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
Internet skills
digital inequality
digital literacy
digital divide
older adults
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,193
17,415
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Performance Evaluation
Networking
Smart Grid
Network Calculus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,357
5,259
0.149
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
networking - communications - stochastic models
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,748
2,764
0.165
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Distributed computing
Fault Tolerance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,423
1,492
0.091
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
science communication
climate change communication
AI
public understanding of science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,292
7,808
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,865
1,496
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Communications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,424
800
0.181
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Social Media
Mobile Media
Digital Transformation
Digital Business Models
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,090
720
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Media Economics
Media Branding
Advertising
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,088
919
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
medial image analysis
registration
segmentation
quantification
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,723
1,303
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Social Network Analysis
Media Use
Media Effects
Health Communication
Communication Campaigns
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,704
1,820
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Strategic Communication
Public Diplomacy
International Public Relations
Reputation
AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,499
1,821
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
political communication
new media
media systems
comparative research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,184
2,585
0.812
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
digital media and well-being
smartphone-mediated communication
health communication
health literacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,806
2,372
0.845
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Media Policy and Governance
Media Structures and Media Systems in a Comparative Perspective
Public Service Media
Journalism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,655
1,113
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
media history
communication history
media studies
STS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,057
1,296
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Media Psychology
Media Exposure
Media Effects
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,020
771
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Visual communication
digital culture and society
mediatization research
creative methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,935
1,139
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
communication
social sciences
social cognition
public opinion
collective emotions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,927
789
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
journalism
artificial intelligence
journalism innovation
data journalism
accountability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,909
1,354
0.709
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Journalism
Media Ethics
Medienkritik
Journalistische Qualität
Qualitätsmanagement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,843
633
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Digital media
Psychology
Well-being
Longitudinal
Meta-analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,756
1,734
0.987
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Television
Media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,756
308
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Media Psychology
Virtual Reality
Older Adults
Well-Being
Morality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,730
1,043
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Computational Communication Science
Populism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,631
1,195
0.733
Eszter Hargittai
Universität Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,193
17,415
0.403
Internet skills
digital inequality
digital literacy
digital divide
older adults
Jean Yves Le Boudec
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,357
5,259
0.149
Performance Evaluation
Networking
Smart Grid
Network Calculus
Patrick Thiran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,748
2,764
0.165
networking - communications - stochastic models
Andre Schiper
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,423
1,492
0.091
Distributed computing
Fault Tolerance
Mike S Schäfer
Universität Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,292
7,808
0.635
science communication
climate change communication
AI
public understanding of science
Miriam Meckel
Universität Saint Gallen
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,865
1,496
0.308
Bixio Rimoldi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,424
800
0.181
Katarina Stanoevska Slabeva|Katarina Stanoevska
Universität Saint Gallen
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,090
720
0.176
Social Media
Mobile Media
Digital Transformation
Digital Business Models
Gabriele Siegert
Universität Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,088
919
0.225
Media Economics
Media Branding
Advertising
Christine Tanner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,723
1,303
0.350
medial image analysis
registration
segmentation
quantification
machine learning
Thomas N Friemel
Universität Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,704
1,820
0.491
Social Network Analysis
Media Use
Media Effects
Health Communication
Communication Campaigns
Diana Ingenhoff
Université de Fribourg
Fribourg, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,499
1,821
0.520
Strategic Communication
Public Diplomacy
International Public Relations
Reputation
AI
Edda Humprecht
Universität Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,184
2,585
0.812
political communication
new media
media systems
comparative research
Anne Linda Camerini Frisch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,806
2,372
0.845
digital media and well-being
smartphone-mediated communication
health communication
health literacy
Manuel Puppis
Université de Fribourg
Fribourg, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,655
1,113
0.419
Media Policy and Governance
Media Structures and Media Systems in a Comparative Perspective
Public Service Media
Journalism
Gabriele Balbi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,057
1,296
0.630
media history
communication history
media studies
STS
Andreas Fahr
Université de Fribourg
Fribourg, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,020
771
0.382
Media Psychology
Media Exposure
Media Effects
Katharina Lobinger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,935
1,139
0.589
Visual communication
digital culture and society
mediatization research
creative methods
Laurence Kaufmann
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,927
789
0.409
communication
social sciences
social cognition
public opinion
collective emotions
Colin Porlezza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,909
1,354
0.709
journalism
artificial intelligence
journalism innovation
data journalism
accountability
Vinzenz Wyss
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,843
633
0.343
Journalism
Media Ethics
Medienkritik
Journalistische Qualität
Qualitätsmanagement
Laura Marciano
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,756
1,734
0.987
Digital media
Psychology
Well-being
Longitudinal
Meta-analysis
Giuseppe Richeri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,756
308
0.175
Matthias Hofer
Universität Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,730
1,043
0.603
Media Psychology
Virtual Reality
Older Adults
Well-Being
Morality
Martin Wettstein
Universität Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,631
1,195
0.733
Computational Communication Science
Populism