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
Sport Science
Altitude
Exercise Physiology
Hypoxia
Fatigue
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,884
13,628
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sport Science
Sport and Exercise Psychology
Health Psychology
Sport Psychiatry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,318
12,147
0.663
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
didactique des langues
formation des enseignants
psycholinguistique
linguistique appliquée
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,798
5,038
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Educational Psychology
Educational Research
Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,365
5,171
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Exercise science
Motor Learning
Geriatric Rehabilitation
Wearable Movement Analysis Systems
Gerontechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,526
6,324
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Exercise Physiology
Injury Prevention
Neuromuscular Performance
Football Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,100
7,422
0.567
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sociology of Education
Social stratification and mobility
Life course research
Methods & applied
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,634
3,366
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
education & training
public health & epidemiology
HIV/AIDS & cancer
low/middle/high income countries
research methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,386
3,737
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Exercise physiology
Cardiopulmonary physiology
Environmental physiology
Locomotion
Sport science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,363
2,327
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sports Economics Organization Platform Management New Institutional Economics Postal Markets Contest Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,413
1,449
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
computer science educational
video games
artificial intelligence
mobile robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,786
2,023
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Teaching
Teacher Education
Educational Technology
Professional Development
TPACK
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,335
3,793
0.711
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
teaching quality
judgment accuracy
motivation
international comparisons
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,187
4,024
0.776
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Exercise Science
Neuroplasticity
Cognitive Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,137
4,374
0.851
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Sportwissenschaft
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,860
2,846
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
skeletal muscle physiology
neuromuscular plasticity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,475
2,360
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Didática de línguas
linguística aplicada
estudos da linguagem
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,144
1,181
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Education et Assurance Qualité
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,791
260
0.069
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Educational Measurement
Longitudinal Data
Successful Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,586
1,733
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Educational technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,456
853
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
éducation
évaluation
jugement professionnel
collaboration
revue scientifique
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,452
1,481
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Education
Analogy
Development
Learning
Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,383
1,719
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Sport Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,168
2,074
0.655
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
early childhood education
teacher cooperation
education policy
gender
Sprachförderung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,860
1,502
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,824
906
0.321
Grégoire Millet
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,884
13,628
0.489
Sport Science
Altitude
Exercise Physiology
Hypoxia
Fatigue
Markus Gerber
Universität Basel
Basel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,318
12,147
0.663
Sport Science
Sport and Exercise Psychology
Health Psychology
Sport Psychiatry
Joaquim Dolz
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,798
5,038
0.319
didactique des langues
formation des enseignants
psycholinguistique
linguistique appliquée
Kurt Reusser
Universität Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,365
5,171
0.360
Educational Psychology
Educational Research
Education
Eling D De Bruin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,526
6,324
0.468
Exercise science
Motor Learning
Geriatric Rehabilitation
Wearable Movement Analysis Systems
Gerontechnology
Oliver Faude
Universität Basel
Basel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,100
7,422
0.567
Exercise Physiology
Injury Prevention
Neuromuscular Performance
Football Research
Becker Rolf
Universität Bern
Bern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,634
3,366
0.266
Sociology of Education
Social stratification and mobility
Life course research
Methods & applied
Julia Bohlius
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,386
3,737
0.302
education & training
public health & epidemiology
HIV/AIDS & cancer
low/middle/high income countries
research methods
Guido Ferretti
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,363
2,327
0.278
Exercise physiology
Cardiopulmonary physiology
Environmental physiology
Locomotion
Sport science
Helmut Dietl
Universität Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,413
1,449
0.195
Sports Economics Organization Platform Management New Institutional Economics Postal Markets Contest Theory
Stéphane Magnenat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,786
2,023
0.350
computer science educational
video games
artificial intelligence
mobile robotics
Dominik Petko
Universität Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,335
3,793
0.711
Teaching
Teacher Education
Educational Technology
Professional Development
TPACK
Anna Katharina Praetorius
Universität Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,187
4,024
0.776
teaching quality
judgment accuracy
motivation
international comparisons
Sebastian Ludyga
Universität Basel
Basel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,137
4,374
0.851
Exercise Science
Neuroplasticity
Cognitive Neuroscience
Achim Conzelmann
Universität Bern
Bern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,860
2,846
0.586
Nicolas Place
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,475
2,360
0.527
skeletal muscle physiology
neuromuscular plasticity
Glaís Sales Cordeiro
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,144
1,181
0.285
Didática de línguas
linguística aplicada
estudos da linguagem
William F Pralong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,791
260
0.069
Martin J Tomasik
Universität Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,586
1,733
0.483
Educational Measurement
Longitudinal Data
Successful Development
Daniel K Schneider
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,456
853
0.247
Lucie Mottier Lopez
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,452
1,481
0.429
éducation
évaluation
jugement professionnel
collaboration
revue scientifique
Emmanuel Sander
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,383
1,719
0.508
Education
Analogy
Development
Learning
Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Chris Englert
Universität Bern
Bern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,168
2,074
0.655
Franziska Vogt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,860
1,502
0.525
early childhood education
teacher cooperation
education policy
gender
Sprachförderung
Mònica Feixas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,824
906
0.321