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
operations research
transportation
combinatorial optimization
industrial engineering
mathematical programming
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,909
34,144
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Organization theory
institutional theory
organization change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,248
12,004
0.217
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
organization theory
institutional theory
change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,669
16,669
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Organization Theory
Economic Sociology
Business History
Entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,447
20,427
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
organization theory
strategic organization
strategic management
organizational learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,854
9,201
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
operations research
combinatorial optimization
mathematical programming
logistics
transportation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,057
11,659
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ivey Business School
Western University
environmental management
sustainability
supply chain management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,956
9,778
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,314
5,865
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
operations management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,251
4,886
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Operating Systems
Security
Virtualization
Storage
Networking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,276
3,228
0.145
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
operations management
innovation management
user innovation
social media
bullshit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,101
10,315
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
simulation
random numbers
Monte Carlo
computer science
operations research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,501
4,480
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Conservation Science
Conservation Biology
Decision Science
Climate Adaptation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,103
9,146
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Operations Research
Combinatorial Optimization
Mathematical Programming
Traveling Salesman Problem
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,047
4,284
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
burnout
emotional labor
workplace aggression/bullying
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,741
4,504
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sustainable Supply Chains
Sustainability Indicators
Sustainability Reporting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,181
9,091
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Supply Chain Management
Operations Management
Operations Strategy
Econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,291
3,193
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Work motivation
occupational health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,764
6,894
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Work motivation
Work passion
Flow
Positive psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,645
7,158
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
performance management
personnel selection
personality assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,225
1,944
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Risk Management
Risk Assessment
Risk Decision-Making
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,195
1,138
0.124
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Organizational Behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,184
4,630
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Judgment
emotion
morality
politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,173
5,015
0.547
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Organizational Behavior
Positive Organizational Psychology
Socialization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,684
4,793
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Organizational Behavior
Industrial Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,124
5,027
0.619
Gilbert Laporte
HEC Montréal École de Gestion
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,909
34,144
0.332
operations research
transportation
combinatorial optimization
industrial engineering
mathematical programming
CR Bob Hinings
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,248
12,004
0.217
Organization theory
institutional theory
organization change
Royston Greenwood
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,669
16,669
0.311
organization theory
institutional theory
change
Roy Suddaby
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,447
20,427
0.422
Organization Theory
Economic Sociology
Business History
Entrepreneurship
Joel Ac Baum
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,854
9,201
0.192
organization theory
strategic organization
strategic management
organizational learning
Jean François Cordeau
HEC Montréal École de Gestion
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,057
11,659
0.353
operations research
combinatorial optimization
mathematical programming
logistics
transportation
Robert Klassen
Western University Canada
London, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,956
9,778
0.338
Ivey Business School
Western University
environmental management
sustainability
supply chain management
Bryan Caron
McGill University
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,314
5,865
0.232
Suresh Goyal
Concordia University Montréal
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,251
4,886
0.201
Andrew Warfield
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,276
3,228
0.145
Operating Systems
Security
Virtualization
Storage
Networking
Ian Mccarthy
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,101
10,315
0.489
operations management
innovation management
user innovation
social media
bullshit
Pierre L Ecuyer
Université de Montréal
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,501
4,480
0.230
simulation
random numbers
Monte Carlo
computer science
operations research
Tara G Martin
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,103
9,146
0.479
Conservation Science
Conservation Biology
Decision Science
Climate Adaptation
William Cook
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,047
4,284
0.225
Operations Research
Combinatorial Optimization
Mathematical Programming
Traveling Salesman Problem
Raymond T Lee
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,741
4,504
0.269
burnout
emotional labor
workplace aggression/bullying
Cory Searcy
Toronto Metropolitan University
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,181
9,091
0.562
Sustainable Supply Chains
Sustainability Indicators
Sustainability Reporting
Kevin Hendricks
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,291
3,193
0.260
Supply Chain Management
Operations Management
Operations Strategy
Econometrics
Claude Fernet
Université du Québec Trois-Rivieres
Trois-Rivières, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,764
6,894
0.586
Work motivation
occupational health
Jacques Forest
Université du Québec Montréal
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,645
7,158
0.615
Work motivation
Work passion
Flow
Positive psychology
Richard Goffin
Western University Canada
London, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,225
1,944
0.211
performance management
personnel selection
personality assessment
William Leiss
Université d'Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,195
1,138
0.124
Risk Management
Risk Assessment
Risk Decision-Making
Jana Raver
Queen's University Kingston
Kingston, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,184
4,630
0.504
Organizational Behavior
Yoel Inbar
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,173
5,015
0.547
Judgment
emotion
morality
politics
Jamie Gruman
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,684
4,793
0.552
Organizational Behavior
Positive Organizational Psychology
Socialization
Usman Raja
Brock University
St. Catharines, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,124
5,027
0.619
Organizational Behavior
Industrial Psychology