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 :1
Management
Innovation
Strategy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,171
18,553
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Internet skills
digital inequality
digital literacy
digital divide
older adults
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,116
18,040
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Innovation
Business Model
R&D Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,289
16,611
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Performance Evaluation
Networking
Smart Grid
Network Calculus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,918
6,148
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Leadership
Psychometrics
Leadership Development
Charisma
Research Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,222
15,892
0.563
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
supply chain management
logistics
purchasing
operations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,493
11,986
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
business markets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,669
4,736
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
organization theory
csr
international management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,181
9,303
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Business Ethics
Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate Citizenship
Deliberative Democracy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,843
8,519
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
networking - communications - stochastic models
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,536
3,220
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Entrepreneurship
family business
corporate governance
strategy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,335
10,157
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Distributed computing
Fault Tolerance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,321
1,783
0.109
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Public Mental Health
Epidemiology
Aging
Dementia
Cognitive Decline
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,040
9,924
0.619
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Judgment and Decision Making
Risk
Bounded Rationality
Simple Heuristics
Ethical Decisions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,730
4,081
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Entomology
Insect-Plant Interactions
Insect Ecology
Chemical Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,493
4,849
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Strategy
Organization
Philosophy of Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,652
7,637
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
decision-making
brain stimulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,826
7,301
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Renewable Energy
Energy Policy
Management
Venture Capital
Social Acceptance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,796
6,829
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Business Process Management
Process Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,794
5,446
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Business Sustainability
Responsible Leadership Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,733
5,469
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
leadership
teams
global collaboration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,144
3,892
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
international management
international strategy
top management teams
corporate governance
diversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,664
4,178
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
entrepreneurship
technology
strategy
innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,600
7,075
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
science communication
climate change communication
public sphere
conspiracy theories
public understanding of science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,220
7,650
0.682
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Business Excellence
Market Orientation
Brand Strategy
Price Management
Luxury Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,935
3,827
0.350
Georg Von Krogh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,171
18,553
0.314
Management
Innovation
Strategy
Eszter Hargittai
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,116
18,040
0.439
Internet skills
digital inequality
digital literacy
digital divide
older adults
Oliver Gassmann
Universität Saint Gallen
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,289
16,611
0.434
Innovation
Business Model
R&D Management
Jean Yves Le Boudec
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,918
6,148
0.176
Performance Evaluation
Networking
Smart Grid
Network Calculus
John Antonakis
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,222
15,892
0.563
Leadership
Psychometrics
Leadership Development
Charisma
Research Methods
Stephan M Wagner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,493
11,986
0.533
supply chain management
logistics
purchasing
operations
İvan Snehota
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,669
4,736
0.229
Andreas Georg Scherer
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,181
9,303
0.461
organization theory
csr
international management
Guido Palazzo
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,843
8,519
0.452
Business Ethics
Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate Citizenship
Deliberative Democracy
Patrick Thiran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,536
3,220
0.195
networking - communications - stochastic models
Thomas Zellweger
Universität Saint Gallen
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,335
10,157
0.622
Entrepreneurship
family business
corporate governance
strategy
Andre Schiper
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,321
1,783
0.109
Distributed computing
Fault Tolerance
Emiliano Albanese
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,040
9,924
0.619
Public Mental Health
Epidemiology
Aging
Dementia
Cognitive Decline
Ulrich Hoffrage
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,730
4,081
0.259
Judgment and Decision Making
Risk
Bounded Rationality
Simple Heuristics
Ethical Decisions
Silvia Dorn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,493
4,849
0.313
Entomology
Insect-Plant Interactions
Insect Ecology
Chemical Ecology
David Seidl
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,652
7,637
0.521
Strategy
Organization
Philosophy of Science
Christian C Ruff
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,826
7,301
0.528
decision-making
brain stimulation
Rolf Wüstenhagen
Universität Saint Gallen
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,796
6,829
0.495
Renewable Energy
Energy Policy
Management
Venture Capital
Social Acceptance
Barbara Weber
Universität Saint Gallen
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,794
5,446
0.426
Business Process Management
Process Modeling
Thomas Dyllick
Universität Saint Gallen
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,733
5,469
0.430
Business Sustainability
Responsible Leadership Education
Martha Maznevski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,144
3,892
0.320
leadership
teams
global collaboration
Winfried Ruigrok
Universität Saint Gallen
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,664
4,178
0.358
international management
international strategy
top management teams
corporate governance
diversity
Marc Gruber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,600
7,075
0.610
entrepreneurship
technology
strategy
innovation
Mike S Schäfer
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,220
7,650
0.682
science communication
climate change communication
public sphere
conspiracy theories
public understanding of science
Harley Krohmer
Universität Bern
Bern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,935
3,827
0.350
Business Excellence
Market Orientation
Brand Strategy
Price Management
Luxury Management