Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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 :76
Economics
Finance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,485
2,176
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :77
International Macroeconomics
International Trade
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,451
4,523
0.830
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :78
Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,205
1,279
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :79
International economics
financial stability
digital innovation
fintech
inequality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,153
4,822
0.936
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :80
Economic Geography
Urban and Regional Planning
Urban Studies
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,054
2,724
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :81
Economics of Innovation
Innovation
Technology
Survey data
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,028
2,794
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :82
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,997
916
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :83
innovation
intellectual property
global innovation index
economic growth and development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,986
3,127
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :84
labor economics
education economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,978
2,124
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :85
Monetary policy
Macroeconomics
Financial stability and macroprudential issues
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,949
2,113
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :86
Finance
Climate Change
Natural Language Processing
Financial Economics
Mathematical Finance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,939
2,709
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :87
Financial Econometrics
Portfolio Optimization
Risk Management
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,931
1,475
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :88
Monetary policy
central banks
financial markets
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,883
1,010
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :89
Asset Pricing
Household Finance
Applied Econometrics
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,812
2,811
0.584
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :90
Behavioral Economics
Experimental Economics
Field Experiments
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,473
2,815
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :91
International trade
Business Economics
Consumer behaviour
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,380
552
0.126
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :92
spinal cord injury
regenerative medicine
translational medicine
immunity and infection
ageing
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,371
1,956
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :93
Environmental economics
Ecological economics
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,348
2,147
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :94
development economics
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,339
2,108
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :95
Econometrics
applied labor economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,268
1,778
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :96
inequality & poverty
health
economics
international cooperation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,171
2,200
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :97
Financial Economics
Expeimental Finance
Sustainable Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,163
978
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :98
macroeconomics
international economics
monetary policy
public finance
comparative economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,124
1,096
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :99
Economics
Finance
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,100
1,150
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :100
Economics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,085
1,958
0.479
Martin Brown
Universität Saint Gallen
St. Gallen, Switzerland
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,485
2,176
0.397
Raphael Auer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,451
4,523
0.830
International Macroeconomics
International Trade
Paul Söderlind
Universität Saint Gallen
St. Gallen, Switzerland
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,205
1,279
0.246
Jon Frost
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,153
4,822
0.936
International economics
financial stability
digital innovation
fintech
inequality
Heike Mayer
Universität Bern
Bern, Switzerland
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,054
2,724
0.539
Economic Geography
Urban and Regional Planning
Urban Studies
Martin Woerter
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,028
2,794
0.556
Economics of Innovation
Innovation
Technology
Survey data
Timothy Swanson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,997
916
0.183
Sacha Wunsch-Vincent
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,986
3,127
0.627
innovation
intellectual property
global innovation index
economic growth and development
Michele Pellizzari
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,978
2,124
0.427
labor economics
education economics
Richhild Moessner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,949
2,113
0.427
Monetary policy
Macroeconomics
Financial stability and macroprudential issues
Markus Leippold
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,939
2,709
0.548
Finance
Climate Change
Natural Language Processing
Financial Economics
Mathematical Finance
Marc Paolella
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,931
1,475
0.299
Financial Econometrics
Portfolio Optimization
Risk Management
Turner Philip
Universität Basel
Basel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,883
1,010
0.207
Monetary policy
central banks
financial markets
Daniel Hoechle
Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz
Solothurn, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,812
2,811
0.584
Asset Pricing
Household Finance
Applied Econometrics
Michel Marechal
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,473
2,815
0.629
Behavioral Economics
Experimental Economics
Field Experiments
Michel Kostecki
Université de Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,380
552
0.126
International trade
Business Economics
Consumer behaviour
Jivko Stoyanov
Swiss Paraplegic Research
Nottwil, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,371
1,956
0.447
spinal cord injury
regenerative medicine
translational medicine
immunity and infection
ageing
Andrea Baranzini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,348
2,147
0.494
Environmental economics
Ecological economics
Jean Louis Arcand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,339
2,108
0.486
Blaise Melly
Universität Bern
Bern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,268
1,778
0.417
Econometrics
applied labor economics
Isabel Günther
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,171
2,200
0.527
inequality & poverty
health
economics
international cooperation
Rajna Gibson
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,163
978
0.235
Financial Economics
Expeimental Finance
Sustainable Finance
Dubravko Mihaljek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,124
1,096
0.266
macroeconomics
international economics
monetary policy
public finance
comparative economic
Christian Upper
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,100
1,150
0.280
Giacomo De Giorgi
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,085
1,958
0.479