Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1

Ethnic identity
humanistic approach to higher educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
622
316
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2

psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
589
588
0.998
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3

Sociology of Mass Media and Communications
Political and Military Sociolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
384
263
0.685
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4

Higher Education Administration
Higher Education Management
Education Ploic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
329
109
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5

Turkish politics
Kemalism
Political Islam
Armenian Politics
Security in the South Caucasu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
268
199
0.743
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6

China and Eurasia
World Order
International Security
Belt and Road Initiative
Geopolitic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260
239
0.919
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7

civil society
post-communist democratisatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231
143
0.619
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8

Political Philosoph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231
57
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9

Civil society
democratisation of post-Soviet countries
social science research method
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
213
125
0.587
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10

psychophysiology
psychology
acmeology
human physiolog
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
208
91
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11

anthropology
cultural history
religion
social histor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192
91
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12

Social Psychology
Psychology of Emergency Situation
Cross-Cultural Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168
159
0.946
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13

Civil Society
Democratization
Social Partnershi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
67
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14

русский язык
лингвистика
модальные частицы
система образовани�
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
110
0.705
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15

psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151
90
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16

TESOL
educational technology
corpus research
assessment and evaluatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
80
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17

Ottoman Studies
Turkish Geopolitics
Turkish-Armenian Relations
Armenian Genocide Studies
Moder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
30
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18

Autofiction
French Literature
Armenian Studies
Detective Fiction
Conspiracy Theorie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
47
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19

Political Science
Comparative Politics
Democratization studie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
57
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20

Sociolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
58
0.674
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21

History of German Literature
Semiotics of cCulture
Urban Studies
Semiotics of the Cit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
51
0.836
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22

International relations
International security
Information security
Geopolitics
Cyber Securit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
43
0.811
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23

social psychology
psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
29
0.659
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24

International Relations
Foreign Policy Analysis
Small States
Regional Integration
Security Studie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
40
0.976
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25

Small State Foreign Policy
International Security Studies
Foreign Policy Analysis
Regiona
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
23
0.561
Asya Berberyan
Russian Armenian State University
Yerevan, Armenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
622
316
0.508
Ethnic identity
humanistic approach to higher educatio
Ani Grigoryan
Yerevan State University
Yerevan, Armenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
589
588
0.998
Arthur Atanesyan
Yerevan State University
Yerevan, Armenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
384
263
0.685
Sociology of Mass Media and Communications
Political and Military Sociolog
Arevik Ohanyan
Eurasia International University
Yerevan, Armenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
329
109
0.331
Higher Education Administration
Higher Education Management
Education Ploic
Vahram Ter-Matevosyan
American University of Armenia
Yerevan, Armenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
268
199
0.743
Turkish politics
Kemalism
Political Islam
Armenian Politics
Security in the South Caucasu
Mher Sahakyan|Мгер Саакян, Մհեր Սահակյան, Mher Sahakyan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260
239
0.919
China and Eurasia
World Order
International Security
Belt and Road Initiative
Geopolitic
Yevgenya Jenny Paturyan
American University of Armenia
Yerevan, Armenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231
143
0.619
civil society
post-communist democratisatio
Simon R Clarke
American University of Armenia
Yerevan, Armenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231
57
0.247
Valentina Gevorgyan
Yerevan Physics Institute
Yerevan, Armenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
213
125
0.587
Civil society
democratisation of post-Soviet countries
social science research method
LS Stepanyan|Степанян Л.С., Ստեփանյան Լ.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
208
91
0.438
psychophysiology
psychology
acmeology
human physiolog
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Yulia Antonyan
Yerevan State University
Yerevan, Armenia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192
91
0.474
anthropology
cultural history
religion
social histor
Anna Khachatryan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168
159
0.946
Social Psychology
Psychology of Emergency Situation
Cross-Cultural Psycholog
Ashot Aleksanyan
Yerevan Physics Institute
Yerevan, Armenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
67
0.416
Civil Society
Democratization
Social Partnershi
Карен Акопян (Karen Hakobyan) (Կարեն Հակոբյան)
Russian Armenian State University
Yerevan, Armenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
110
0.705
русский язык
лингвистика
модальные частицы
система образовани�
Hrant Avanesyan
Yerevan Physics Institute
Yerevan, Armenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151
90
0.596
Irshat Madyarov
American University of Armenia
Yerevan, Armenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
80
0.571
TESOL
educational technology
corpus research
assessment and evaluatio
Ruben Safrastyan|Сафрастян, Safrastian, Safrastjan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
30
0.224
Ottoman Studies
Turkish Geopolitics
Turkish-Armenian Relations
Armenian Genocide Studies
Moder
Tigran Amiryan
Russian Armenian State University
Yerevan, Armenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
47
0.382
Autofiction
French Literature
Armenian Studies
Detective Fiction
Conspiracy Theorie
Alexander Markarov
Yerevan Physics Institute
Yerevan, Armenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
57
0.538
Political Science
Comparative Politics
Democratization studie
Gevorg Poghosyan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
58
0.674
Tigran Simyan
Yerevan Physics Institute
Yerevan, Armenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
51
0.836
History of German Literature
Semiotics of cCulture
Urban Studies
Semiotics of the Cit
Ruben Elamiryan
Russian Armenian State University
Yerevan, Armenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
43
0.811
International relations
International security
Information security
Geopolitics
Cyber Securit
Elina Asriyan
Yerevan Physics Institute
Yerevan, Armenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
29
0.659
Erik Davtyan
Yerevan Physics Institute
Yerevan, Armenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
40
0.976
International Relations
Foreign Policy Analysis
Small States
Regional Integration
Security Studie
Narek Galstyan
Yerevan Physics Institute
Yerevan, Armenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
23
0.561
Small State Foreign Policy
International Security Studies
Foreign Policy Analysis
Regiona