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
Sustainable finance
climate finance
financial networks
systemic risk
complex networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,940
7,760
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,800
5,894
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Finance
Economics
Statistics
Probability
Financial Econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,719
6,714
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Applied Corporate Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,134
4,057
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Actuarial Mathematics
Applied Probability
Actuarial Science
Insurance Mathematics
Risk Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,957
3,010
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Finance
Financial econometrics
Econometric Theory
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,607
2,810
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Finance
Econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,592
2,308
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Corporate finance
Corporate governance
Finance
Sustainable finance
Political economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,584
5,232
0.690
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Quantitative Finance
Quantitative Risk Management
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,478
2,580
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Financial Crises and Regulation
Credit and Banking
Real Estate Economics
Corporate Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,448
3,490
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,161
1,967
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
ESG
Climate Finance
Responsible and Sustainable Finance
Corporate Finance
Behavioral Finance
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,989
6,439
0.921
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,882
2,716
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Household Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,314
2,998
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Corporate finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,700
1,503
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,247
1,309
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Financial Econometrics
Portfolio Optimization
Risk Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,955
1,497
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
sustainability
finance
risk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,275
4,224
0.988
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,179
2,712
0.649
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Empirical Asset Pricing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,033
2,456
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Financial crises
international banking
networks
natural disasters
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,871
1,728
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Finance
Economics
Asset Pricing
Term Structure
Econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,832
1,017
0.265
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Financial technology (fintech)
digital finance
sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,816
2,233
0.585
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,801
1,562
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Financial Statement Analysis
Capital Market Research
Corporate Governance
Mergers and Acquisitions
Corporate Reporting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,518
1,651
0.469
Stefano Battiston
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,940
7,760
0.557
Sustainable finance
climate finance
financial networks
systemic risk
complex networks
Amit Goyal
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,800
5,894
0.427
Olivier Ledoit
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,719
6,714
0.489
Finance
Economics
Statistics
Probability
Financial Econometrics
Ruediger Fahlenbrach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,134
4,057
0.444
Applied Corporate Finance
Albrecher Hansjörg
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,957
3,010
0.336
Actuarial Mathematics
Applied Probability
Actuarial Science
Insurance Mathematics
Risk Theory
Olivier Scaillet
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,607
2,810
0.369
Finance
Financial econometrics
Econometric Theory
Eric Jondeau
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,592
2,308
0.304
Alexander F Wagner
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,584
5,232
0.690
Corporate finance
Corporate governance
Finance
Sustainable finance
Political economy
Damir Filipovic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,478
2,580
0.345
Quantitative Finance
Quantitative Risk Management
Deniz Igan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,448
3,490
0.469
Financial Crises and Regulation
Credit and Banking
Real Estate Economics
Corporate Finance
Michael Rockinger
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,161
1,967
0.275
Philipp Krueger
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,989
6,439
0.921
ESG
Climate Finance
Responsible and Sustainable Finance
Corporate Finance
Behavioral Finance
Erwan Morellec
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,882
2,716
0.395
Markus Schmid
Universität Saint Gallen
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,314
2,998
0.475
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Household Finance
François Degeorge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,700
1,503
0.264
Paul Söderlind
Universität Saint Gallen
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,247
1,309
0.249
Marc Paolella
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,955
1,497
0.302
Financial Econometrics
Portfolio Optimization
Risk Management
Julian Fritz Koelbel
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,275
4,224
0.988
sustainability
finance
risk
Laurent Fresard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,179
2,712
0.649
Francesco Franzoni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,033
2,456
0.609
Empirical Asset Pricing
Goetz Von Peter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,871
1,728
0.446
Financial crises
international banking
networks
natural disasters
Peter Hördahl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,832
1,017
0.265
Finance
Economics
Asset Pricing
Term Structure
Econometrics
Thomas Puschmann
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,816
2,233
0.585
Financial technology (fintech)
digital finance
sustainability
Manuel Ammann
Universität Saint Gallen
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,801
1,562
0.411
Paul Andre
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,518
1,651
0.469
Financial Statement Analysis
Capital Market Research
Corporate Governance
Mergers and Acquisitions
Corporate Reporting