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 Rankings
Rankings

157,343
World Rank

16
Country Rank

5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Economics & Econometrics / Accounting & Finance
Accounting | Finance | Business | Management | Auditin
Accounting | Finance | Business | Management | Auditin
Citation Metrics
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Total6,943
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Last 6 Years5,750
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.828
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

274,982
World Rank

39
Country Rank

7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Economics & Econometrics / Accounting & Finance
Corporate Finance | Investment Behavior | Corporate Governance | SME financin
Corporate Finance | Investment Behavior | Corporate Governance | SME financin
Citation Metrics
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Total3,887
-
Last 6 Years3,053
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.785
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

591,995
World Rank

107
Country Rank

87
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Citation Metrics
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Total1,376
-
Last 6 Years572
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.416
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

600,452
World Rank

109
Country Rank

89
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Citation Metrics
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Total1,343
-
Last 6 Years1,017
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.757
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

656,633
World Rank

119
Country Rank

21
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Citation Metrics
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Total1,148
-
Last 6 Years562
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.490
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

690,332
World Rank

127
Country Rank

102
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Economics & Econometrics / Accounting & Finance
Financial Technology | Accounting | Perfomance Management | SMEs | Hala
Financial Technology | Accounting | Perfomance Management | SMEs | Hala
Citation Metrics
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Total1,045
-
Last 6 Years969
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.927
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

761,338
World Rank

153
Country Rank

122
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Economics & Econometrics / Accounting & Finance
Financial Econometrics | Time series | Financial crisis | volatility modeling | portfolio risk managemen
Financial Econometrics | Time series | Financial crisis | volatility modeling | portfolio risk managemen
Citation Metrics
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Total858
-
Last 6 Years357
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.416
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

893,132
World Rank

195
Country Rank

155
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Economics & Econometrics / Accounting & Finance
Accounting and Finance | Islamic Accouting | Islamic Finance | Governance | Insuranc
Accounting and Finance | Islamic Accouting | Islamic Finance | Governance | Insuranc
Citation Metrics
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Total589
-
Last 6 Years487
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.827
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

1,026,828
World Rank

230
Country Rank

177
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Economics & Econometrics / Accounting & Finance
Financial Literacy | Islamic Financial Literacy | Zakat | Awqa
Financial Literacy | Islamic Financial Literacy | Zakat | Awqa
Citation Metrics
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Total425
-
Last 6 Years361
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.849
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

1,620,050
World Rank

409
Country Rank

73
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Citation Metrics
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Total124
-
Last 6 Years67
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.540
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

1,823,424
World Rank

458
Country Rank

36
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Citation Metrics
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Total81
-
Last 6 Years81
-
Last 6 Years / Total1.000
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

1,974,792
World Rank

505
Country Rank

368
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Citation Metrics
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Total57
-
Last 6 Years57
-
Last 6 Years / Total1.000
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

2,051,286
World Rank

535
Country Rank

47
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Economics & Econometrics / Accounting & Finance
Accounting | economics | zakat | performance measuremen
Accounting | economics | zakat | performance measuremen
Citation Metrics
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Total47
-
Last 6 Years41
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.872
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

2,089,054
World Rank

546
Country Rank

49
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Citation Metrics
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Total42
-
Last 6 Years41
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.976