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
Public Mental Health
Epidemiology
Aging
Dementia
Cognitive Decline
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,351
10,208
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Public Management
Public Administration
Leadership
Prosocial Motivation
Public Service Motivation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,463
4,198
0.563
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Public Management
Public Governance
Institutionalism
Organization Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,939
1,668
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Public Administration
Policy Implementation
Public Policy
Policy Studies
Policy Evaluation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,121
3,018
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
New Public Management
Reforms in the Public Sector
Human Resource Management in the Public Sector
Sociology of Organizations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,981
2,681
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Social protection
Social Development
Higher Education
Public Management
International Comparisons
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,973
823
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
humain ressource management
public management
public administration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,745
1,131
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
public management
strategy work
pluralistic settings
organizational identity
social construction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,600
1,089
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Public Policy
Corporate Responsibility
Sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,047
761
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
public management
occupational health
managers
well being
public service motivation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,781
939
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Public Economics
Political Economy
IO
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,765
699
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Public Finance
Macroeconomics
Economic Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,711
1,004
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Public Management
Artifical Intelligence
Local Governance
Agencies
Public Corporate Governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,609
721
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Public Policy
Public Administration
Governance
Digitalization
Health Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,587
1,419
0.894
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Health Care Regulation
Health Care Management
Health Services Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,509
1,042
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
compliance
local governance
implementation
International Organizations
International Public
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,269
974
0.768
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Local autonomy
decentralization
local government
governance
public administration and policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,227
1,118
0.911
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
public governance
collaborations
health policy
process management
network analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,212
729
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
public sector financial management
fiscal policy
fiscal federalism
valuation of nonmarket goods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,158
355
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Public Economics
Tax Competition
Regional and Urban economics
Applied Econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
809
403
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Public Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
798
265
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Public Financial Management
Public Sector Accounting
Government Finance Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
795
428
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
eGovernment
public management
information systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
694
231
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Public Economics
Regulation
Public Services (Energy
Water
Waste)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
612
130
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Public Management
Public Financial Management
Public Budgeting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
531
111
0.209
Emiliano Albanese
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,351
10,208
0.624
Public Mental Health
Epidemiology
Aging
Dementia
Cognitive Decline
Adrian Ritz
Universität Bern
Bern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,463
4,198
0.563
Public Management
Public Administration
Leadership
Prosocial Motivation
Public Service Motivation
Schedler Kuno
Universität Saint Gallen
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,939
1,668
0.281
Public Management
Public Governance
Institutionalism
Organization Theory
Fritz Sager
Universität Bern
Bern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,121
3,018
0.589
Public Administration
Policy Implementation
Public Policy
Policy Studies
Policy Evaluation
David Giauque
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,981
2,681
0.538
New Public Management
Reforms in the Public Sector
Human Resource Management in the Public Sector
Sociology of Organizations
Francois Xavier Merrien
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,973
823
0.207
Social protection
Social Development
Higher Education
Public Management
International Comparisons
Yves Emery
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,745
1,131
0.412
humain ressource management
public management
public administration
Claus D Jacobs
Universität Bern
Bern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,600
1,089
0.419
public management
strategy work
pluralistic settings
organizational identity
social construction
Philipp Aerni
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,047
761
0.372
Public Policy
Corporate Responsibility
Sustainability
Céline Desmarais
Haute École d'Ingénierie et de Gestion du Canton de Vaud
Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,781
939
0.527
public management
occupational health
managers
well being
public service motivation
Marko Koethenbuerger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,765
699
0.396
Public Economics
Political Economy
IO
Florian Scheuer
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,711
1,004
0.587
Public Finance
Macroeconomics
Economic Theory
Reto Steiner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,609
721
0.448
Public Management
Artifical Intelligence
Local Governance
Agencies
Public Corporate Governance
Philipp Trein
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,587
1,419
0.894
Public Policy
Public Administration
Governance
Digitalization
Health Policy
Carl Rudolf Blankart
Universität Bern
Bern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,509
1,042
0.691
Health Care Regulation
Health Care Management
Health Services Research
Jörn Ege
Universität Bern
Bern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,269
974
0.768
compliance
local governance
implementation
International Organizations
International Public
Nicolas Keuffer
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,227
1,118
0.911
Local autonomy
decentralization
local government
governance
public administration and policy
Achim Lang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,212
729
0.601
public governance
collaborations
health policy
process management
network analysis
Nils Soguel
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,158
355
0.307
public sector financial management
fiscal policy
fiscal federalism
valuation of nonmarket goods
Raphael Parchet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
809
403
0.498
Public Economics
Tax Competition
Regional and Urban economics
Applied Econometrics
Mario Jametti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
798
265
0.332
Andreas Bergmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
795
428
0.538
Public Financial Management
Public Sector Accounting
Government Finance Statistics
Olivier Glassey
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
694
231
0.333
eGovernment
public management
information systems
Barbara Antonioli|Barbara Antonioli Mantegazzini, B. Antonioli Mantegazzini, BA Mantegazzini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
612
130
0.212
Public Economics
Regulation
Public Services (Energy
Water
Waste)
Lukas Summermatter
Universität Saint Gallen
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
531
111
0.209
Public Management
Public Financial Management
Public Budgeting