Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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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
Education
Language
Bilingualism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,712
25,898
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Exercise
obesity
physical activity
exercise physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,869
26,555
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
learning sciences
knowledge building
cscl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,371
10,698
0.174
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Education
anthropology
sociology
linguistics
psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,537
14,112
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
education
child psychiatry
ADHD
learning disabilities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,889
12,976
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
sport
sport psychology
youth
expertise
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,179
21,211
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
education
sociology
philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,988
17,105
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Holistic Education
Contemplative Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,099
19,519
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Exercise Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,370
18,473
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
educational psychology
self-regulated learning
metacognition
learning analytics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,723
13,083
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Exercise physiology
skeletal muscle
metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,816
14,915
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Differential Item Functioning
Validity
Item Response Theory
Multilevel Modeling
Measurement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,505
15,195
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,216
11,564
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Exercise Physiology & Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,748
10,709
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Motivation
self-determination theory
psychology
self
education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,735
13,934
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
sport
expertise
skill acquisition
talent identification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,746
14,435
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Indigenous theory
Indigenous feminisms
participatory research
urban education and policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,411
21,313
0.807
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
exercise physiology
sports medicine
breast cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,855
7,840
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Learning
memory
cognition
translation
neuropsychiatric & neurodegenerative disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,649
9,537
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Exercise Physiology
Sedentary Behaviour
Physical Activity
Cardiometabolic Risk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,679
17,335
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
sport and exercise psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,701
6,273
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Exercise
metabolism
type 2 diabetes
nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,333
12,391
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Exercise psychology
health
wellbeing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,417
13,574
0.665
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Educational Psychology
Cognition in reading
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,830
6,650
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
exercise
hypoglycemia
stress
metabolism
diabetes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,956
11,153
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,547
139
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jim Cummins
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,712
25,898
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,410
245
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Robert Ross
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,869
26,555
0.403
Exercise
obesity
physical activity
exercise physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,206
270
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Carl Bereiter
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,371
10,698
0.174
learning sciences
knowledge building
cscl
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,242
363
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Wolff Michael Roth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,537
14,112
0.269
Education
anthropology
sociology
linguistics
psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,412
448
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Rosemary Tannock
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,889
12,976
0.283
education
child psychiatry
ADHD
learning disabilities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,154
473
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jean Côté
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,179
21,211
0.480
sport
sport psychology
youth
expertise
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,212
516
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Maurice Tardif
Université de Montréal
Montreal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,988
17,105
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,434
621
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
John P Miller
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,099
19,519
0.512
Holistic Education
Contemplative Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,601
679
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
David G Behm
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St John’s, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,370
18,473
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,068
707
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Philip H Winne
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,723
13,083
0.366
educational psychology
self-regulated learning
metacognition
learning analytics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,447
794
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Martin Gibala
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,816
14,915
0.455
Exercise physiology
skeletal muscle
metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,739
811
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Bruno D Zumbo
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,505
15,195
0.467
Differential Item Functioning
Validity
Item Response Theory
Multilevel Modeling
Measurement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,118
910
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Philip C Abrami
Concordia University Montréal
Montreal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,216
11,564
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,726
936
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Lawrence L Spriet
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,748
10,709
0.360
Exercise Physiology & Biochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,979
992
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Frederic Guay
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,735
13,934
0.485
Motivation
self-determination theory
psychology
self
education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,239
1,039
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Joe Baker
York University
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,746
14,435
0.520
sport
expertise
skill acquisition
talent identification
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,189
1,122
164
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Eve Tuck
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,411
21,313
0.807
Indigenous theory
Indigenous feminisms
participatory research
urban education and policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,064
1,165
133
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Donald Mckenzie
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,855
7,840
0.303
exercise physiology
sports medicine
breast cancer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,414
1,174
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Timothy John Bussey
Western University Canada
London, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,649
9,537
0.372
Learning
memory
cognition
translation
neuropsychiatric & neurodegenerative disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,083
1,250
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Travis Saunders
University of Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,679
17,335
0.702
Exercise Physiology
Sedentary Behaviour
Physical Activity
Cardiometabolic Risk
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,150
1,554
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Craig Hall
Western University Canada
London, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,701
6,273
0.289
sport and exercise psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,035
1,601
194
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jonathan Little
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,333
12,391
0.581
Exercise
metabolism
type 2 diabetes
nutrition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,438
1,711
235
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Sabiston Catherine
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,417
13,574
0.665
Exercise psychology
health
wellbeing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,062
1,794
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
John R Kirby
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,830
6,650
0.335
Educational Psychology
Cognition in reading
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,561
1,904
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Michael C Riddell
York University
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,956
11,153
0.588
exercise
hypoglycemia
stress
metabolism
diabetes