The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
Innovation
higher education
performance indicators
online learning
mathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,828
13,880
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Innovation
Technology Management and Policy
Entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,333
5,534
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Innovation
Innovation Policy
Intellectual property
Economic growth
Intellectual property rights
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,274
3,536
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Entrepreneurial Universities
Ambidexterity
Technometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,535
5,725
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
brewing
beer
plant-microbe interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,021
8,518
0.654
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Innovation
Service Operations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,738
5,234
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
innovation
entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,139
4,556
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Leadership
Social Justice
Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,533
4,886
0.748
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Liquid Biopsy / Personalized & Genomic Medicine / Blue Biotech
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,232
2,706
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Entrepreneurship
Small business
PME
Entrepreneuriat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,031
3,779
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
entrepreneurship
technology transfer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,959
3,409
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Sustainable development
business sustainability
globalisation
learning
innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,933
1,403
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
entrepreneurship
innovation management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,804
3,165
0.659
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Information Society
e-Governance
social innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,524
3,038
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Multistakeholder innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,443
2,006
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
open innovation - user innovation - innovation management - Living Labs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,331
2,615
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Entrepreneurial finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,235
3,341
0.789
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
public governance
open innovation
citizen science
geospatial information science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,894
2,368
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
entrepreneurship
strategy
buyouts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,465
1,701
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
energy policy
energy economics
development policy
technology & innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,332
2,506
0.752
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
innovation
entrepreneurship
public policy
talent migration
spatial innovation systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,329
980
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
innovation
international business
strategy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,322
2,034
0.612
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Innovation
Economy
Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,045
944
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Social and sustainable enterprise
hybrid and alternative organizational forms
moral markets
legitimacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,986
1,890
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Entrepreneurship Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,835
2,133
0.752
Martin Valcke
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,828
13,880
0.465
Innovation
higher education
performance indicators
online learning
mathematics
Koenraad Debackere
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,333
5,534
0.361
Innovation
Technology Management and Policy
Entrepreneurship
Bruno Van Pottelsberghe
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,274
3,536
0.248
Innovation
Innovation Policy
Intellectual property
Economic growth
Intellectual property rights
Bart Van Looy
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,535
5,725
0.423
Entrepreneurial Universities
Ambidexterity
Technometrics
Stijn Spaepen
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,021
8,518
0.654
brewing
beer
plant-microbe interactions
Allard Van Riel
Hasselt University
Hasselt, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,738
5,234
0.446
Innovation
Service Operations
Gailly
Université Catholique de Louvain
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,139
4,556
0.560
Jeroen Stouten
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,533
4,886
0.748
Leadership
Social Justice
Change
Gregory Maes
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,232
2,706
0.434
Liquid Biopsy / Personalized & Genomic Medicine / Blue Biotech
Frank Janssen
Université Catholique de Louvain
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,031
3,779
0.627
Entrepreneurship
Small business
PME
Entrepreneuriat
Mirjam Knockaert
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,959
3,409
0.572
entrepreneurship
technology transfer
Nigel Roome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,933
1,403
0.284
Sustainable development
business sustainability
globalisation
learning
innovation
Petra Andries
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,804
3,165
0.659
entrepreneurship
innovation management
Gianluca Misuraca
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,524
3,038
0.672
Information Society
e-Governance
social innovation
Annouk Lievens
University of Antwerp
Antwerp, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,443
2,006
0.451
Dimitri Schuurman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,331
2,615
0.604
open innovation - user innovation - innovation management - Living Labs
Tom Vanacker
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,235
3,341
0.789
Sven Schade
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,894
2,368
0.608
public governance
open innovation
citizen science
geospatial information science
Miguel Meuleman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,465
1,701
0.491
entrepreneurship
strategy
buyouts
Szabo Sandor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,332
2,506
0.752
energy policy
energy economics
development policy
technology & innovation
Sami Mahroum
Free University of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,329
980
0.294
innovation
entrepreneurship
public policy
talent migration
spatial innovation systems
Bart Leten
Hasselt University
Hasselt, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,322
2,034
0.612
innovation
international business
strategy
Mikel Landabaso
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,045
944
0.310
Innovation
Economy
Development
Benjamin Huybrechts
Université de Liège
Liège, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,986
1,890
0.633
Social and sustainable enterprise
hybrid and alternative organizational forms
moral markets
legitimacy
Margherita Bacigalupo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,835
2,133
0.752