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
management
organization
strategy
rebalancing society
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
248,737
39,577
0.159
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Strategy
Strategic Management
Family Business
Family Firms
Entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,276
29,627
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
intellectual capital
knowledge management
human capital measurement
disruptive technology
knowledge worker productivity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,101
17,543
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
management
organizational behavior
trust
deviance
psychological contracts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,671
13,915
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
strategy process
strategy-as-practice
qualitative methods
strategy
health care management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,045
17,288
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,634
4,569
0.140
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
social networks
trust
organizational theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,204
6,871
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Absenteeism
Presenteeism
Job design
Context effects
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,874
9,843
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
DEA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,093
7,122
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Family business
Family firms
Management
Strategy
Strategic management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,670
9,465
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Economics of Innovation
Technology Entrepreneurship
Knowledge Flows
Regional Innovation
Crowdfunding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,365
10,952
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Management history
gender
existentialism
critical sensemaking
organizational culture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,256
7,652
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Strategy
Management
Industrial Organization
Global Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,950
6,172
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Governance
Strategic Management
Entrepreneurship
Family Business
Institutions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,368
5,828
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
gender equality
social responsibility
cognition
strategy
innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,049
7,326
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
strategy
design
country competitiveness
compensation
social entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,850
5,281
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
strategic management
international business
Interfirm alliances
transaction cost economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,542
2,591
0.178
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Alliances
boundaries of the firm
multinational firms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,053
3,210
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Strategy
technology and innovation
entrepreneurship
CSR
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,624
3,931
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
business groups
business families
comparative institutional analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,661
4,393
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Strategic Management
Strategies for Social Impact
Public-Private Partnerships
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,436
4,612
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Management and Organizational Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,268
4,560
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Strategy
Energy & Sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,061
3,389
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Strategy-as-practice
Organization Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,415
3,670
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Brain imaging
brain stimulation
depression
transcranial magnetic stimulation
child and adolescent psychiatry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,151
4,684
0.512
Henry Mintzberg
McGill University
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
248,737
39,577
0.159
management
organization
strategy
rebalancing society
Danny Miller
HEC Montréal École de Gestion
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,276
29,627
0.264
Strategy
Strategic Management
Family Business
Family Firms
Entrepreneurship
Nick Bontis
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,101
17,543
0.343
intellectual capital
knowledge management
human capital measurement
disruptive technology
knowledge worker productivity
Sandra L Robinson
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,671
13,915
0.298
management
organizational behavior
trust
deviance
psychological contracts
Ann Langley
HEC Montréal École de Gestion
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,045
17,288
0.443
strategy process
strategy-as-practice
qualitative methods
strategy
health care management
Nancy J Adler
McGill University
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,634
4,569
0.140
Bill Mcevily
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,204
6,871
0.227
social networks
trust
organizational theory
Gary Johns
Concordia University Montréal
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,874
9,843
0.396
Absenteeism
Presenteeism
Job design
Context effects
Wade D Cook
York University
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,093
7,122
0.322
Isabelle Le Breton Miller
HEC Montréal École de Gestion
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,670
9,465
0.437
Family business
Family firms
Management
Strategy
Strategic management
Ajay Agrawal
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,365
10,952
0.513
Economics of Innovation
Technology Entrepreneurship
Knowledge Flows
Regional Innovation
Crowdfunding
Albert J Mills
Saint Mary's University
Halifax, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,256
7,652
0.419
Management history
gender
existentialism
critical sensemaking
organizational culture
Anita Mcgahan
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,950
6,172
0.364
Strategy
Management
Industrial Organization
Global Health
Eric Gedajlovic
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,368
5,828
0.356
Governance
Strategic Management
Entrepreneurship
Family Business
Institutions
Sarah Kaplan
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,049
7,326
0.456
gender equality
social responsibility
cognition
strategy
innovation
Roger Martin
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,850
5,281
0.333
strategy
design
country competitiveness
compensation
social entrepreneurship
Joanne Oxley
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,542
2,591
0.178
strategic management
international business
Interfirm alliances
transaction cost economics
Anoop Madhok
York University
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,053
3,210
0.228
Alliances
boundaries of the firm
multinational firms
Justin Tan (谭劲松)
York University
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,624
3,931
0.289
Strategy
technology and innovation
entrepreneurship
CSR
Michael Carney
Concordia University Montréal
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,661
4,393
0.377
business groups
business families
comparative institutional analysis
Sergio Lazzarini
Ivey Business School
Ontario, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,436
4,612
0.403
Strategic Management
Strategies for Social Impact
Public-Private Partnerships
Julie Aitken Schermer
Western University Canada
London, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,268
4,560
0.444
Management and Organizational Studies
Harrie Vredenburg
University of Calgary
Calgary, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,061
3,389
0.337
Strategy
Energy & Sustainability
Linda Rouleau
HEC Montréal École de Gestion
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,415
3,670
0.390
Strategy-as-practice
Organization Theory
Frank P Macmaster
University of Calgary
Calgary, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,151
4,684
0.512
Brain imaging
brain stimulation
depression
transcranial magnetic stimulation
child and adolescent psychiatry