The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
international child health
tuberculosis
rheumatic heart disease
emerging infectious diseases
humanitarian health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,834
72,126
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Health Economics
Health Services Research
Cost Effectiveness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,319
28,788
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Econometrics
Efficiency Analysis
Stochastic Frontier Analysis
Survey Sampling
Linear Models
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,289
12,377
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Accounting
Intellectual capital
Social and environmental accounting
Public sector accounting
Professional associations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,983
14,147
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Corporate Governance and Corporate Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,900
11,196
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
international trade
agricultural economics
development economics
food policy
wine economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,341
6,512
0.184
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Economics
Econometrics
Health Economics
Economics of Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,084
12,805
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Productivity and Efficiency
Financial Economics
Macroeconomic Policies
Energy Economics
Time
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,171
12,766
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Behavioral Economics
Sociology of Science
Scientometrics
Public Finance
Sports Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,123
14,593
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Construction
Urban Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,515
16,909
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Empirical legal studies
development economics
energy economics
Chinese economy
judicial behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,071
15,865
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Health Economics
Economic Evaluation
Epidemiological Modelling
Mental Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,594
10,980
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Labor Economics
Econometrics
Consumer Demand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,389
6,724
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Economics
Ecology
Environment
Gender Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,347
5,375
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
International Economics
International Trade
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,854
3,298
0.133
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Accounting
finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,230
5,219
0.215
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
efficiency
productivity
econometrics
economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,109
6,706
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,029
8,696
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Intellectual Capital
Corporate Reporting
Qualitative Research Methods
Management Accounting
Accounting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,883
15,544
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
political economy
society-nature relationships
academic governance
geoscience and society
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,702
7,126
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,637
2,985
0.126
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Networks
Urban Economics
Crime
Labor economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,490
8,148
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
labour economics
experimental economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,307
4,416
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,774
5,077
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
health economics
health policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,321
4,875
0.240
Samantha Colquhoun
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,834
72,126
0.430
international child health
tuberculosis
rheumatic heart disease
emerging infectious diseases
humanitarian health
Nicholas Graves
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,319
28,788
0.485
Health Economics
Health Services Research
Cost Effectiveness
George Battese
University of New England Australia
Armidale, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,289
12,377
0.232
Econometrics
Efficiency Analysis
Stochastic Frontier Analysis
Survey Sampling
Linear Models
James Guthrie
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,983
14,147
0.337
Accounting
Intellectual capital
Social and environmental accounting
Public sector accounting
Professional associations
Ronald W Masulis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,900
11,196
0.274
Corporate Governance and Corporate Finance
Kym Anderson
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,341
6,512
0.184
international trade
agricultural economics
development economics
food policy
wine economics
Jenny Lye
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,084
12,805
0.365
Economics
Econometrics
Health Economics
Economics of Education
IKM Mokhtarul Wadud
Deakin University
Geelong, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,171
12,766
0.374
Productivity and Efficiency
Financial Economics
Macroeconomic Policies
Energy Economics
Time
Benno Torgler
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,123
14,593
0.441
Behavioral Economics
Sociology of Science
Scientometrics
Public Finance
Sports Economics
Martin Skitmore
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,515
16,909
0.520
Russell Smyth
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,071
15,865
0.511
Empirical legal studies
development economics
energy economics
Chinese economy
judicial behavior
Yong Yi Lee
Deakin University
Geelong, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,594
10,980
0.398
Health Economics
Economic Evaluation
Epidemiological Modelling
Mental Health
Michael Keane
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,389
6,724
0.246
Labor Economics
Econometrics
Consumer Demand
Clement Tisdell
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,347
5,375
0.212
Economics
Ecology
Environment
Gender Studies
Max Corden
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,854
3,298
0.133
International Economics
International Trade
Philip Brown
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,230
5,219
0.215
CJ O Donnell
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,109
6,706
0.278
efficiency
productivity
econometrics
economics
Robert Faff
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,029
8,696
0.362
John Dumay
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,883
15,544
0.651
Intellectual Capital
Corporate Reporting
Qualitative Research Methods
Management Accounting
Accounting
Noel Castree
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,702
7,126
0.301
political economy
society-nature relationships
academic governance
geoscience and society
william Griffiths
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,637
2,985
0.126
Yves Zenou
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,490
8,148
0.362
Networks
Urban Economics
Crime
Labor economics
Alison Booth
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,307
4,416
0.207
labour economics
experimental economics
Paul W Miller
Curtin University
Bentley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,774
5,077
0.244
Jane Hall
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,321
4,875
0.240