Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1

affect/emotion
curriculum and pedagogy
decolonization
higher education
education polic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,049
18,356
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2

Applied Psychology
Traffic Psychology
Methodology
Public Healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,928
8,858
0.743
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3

Clinical Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,843
7,124
0.657
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4

Archaeological Material
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,562
4,704
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5

Developmental Psychopathology
Conduct problems
callous-unemotional
bullying
psychophysiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,542
6,207
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6

Glocalization
Globalization
Culture
Religion
Sociolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,386
3,900
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7

Cognitive development
Intelligence
Mind
Personality-Intelligence relations
Brain-Intelligence relation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,952
2,892
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8

Anthropology of Childhood
Sociology of Childhood
Qualitative Research Methods
Ethnicity
Nationalis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,669
3,546
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9

Biolinguistics
Theoretical Linguistics
Psycholinguistics
Language Pathologies
Multilingualis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,113
1,903
0.268
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10

Clinical and Health Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,779
7,437
0.956
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11

Emotion
psychophysiology
coping & emotion regulation ..
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,348
2,852
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12

Tourism Planning and Development
Tourist Behaviour
Sustainable Tourism
Peace Tourism
CS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,405
3,801
0.863
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13

reading
dyslexia
attention deficits
learning disabilitie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,400
2,093
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14

Hospitalit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,192
2,391
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15

Evolutionary Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,946
2,202
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16

Social and Developmental Psychology
Intergroup Relations between Greek Cypriots and Turkis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,227
1,550
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17

brain injury
aging and cognition
acquired language disorders
clinical neuroscience
cognitive rehabilitatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,247
2,253
0.694
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18

Clinical Psychology
Clinical Neuropsychology
Pediatric Neuropsychology
Forensic Neuropsycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,546
1,618
0.636
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19

Psychometrics
educational assessment
educational psychology
research method
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,417
1,470
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20

bullying
parenting
parent-child interactions
adolescenc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,373
1,154
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21

Online education
new technologies
smoking
stress and coping
critical thinkin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,259
654
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22

archaeometallurgy
ancient technology
cypriot archaeolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,152
954
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23

bioarchaeology
human osteology
Mediterranean archaeolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,982
1,422
0.717
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24

Comparative Politics
Party Politics
Far Right
Radical Right
European Politic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,978
870
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25

sociology
migration
inequality/labour/precarity
conflict
sociology of law/right
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,948
721
0.370
Michalinos Zembylas
Open University of Cyprus
Latsia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,049
18,356
0.524
affect/emotion
curriculum and pedagogy
decolonization
higher education
education polic
Mark Sullman
University of Nicosia
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,928
8,858
0.743
Applied Psychology
Traffic Psychology
Methodology
Public Healt
Maria Karekla
University of Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,843
7,124
0.657
Thilo Rehren
Cyprus Institute
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,562
4,704
0.445
Kostas A Fanti
University of Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,542
6,207
0.589
Developmental Psychopathology
Conduct problems
callous-unemotional
bullying
psychophysiolog
Victor Roudometof
University of Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,386
3,900
0.376
Glocalization
Globalization
Culture
Religion
Sociolog
Andreas Demetriou
University of Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,952
2,892
0.323
Cognitive development
Intelligence
Mind
Personality-Intelligence relations
Brain-Intelligence relation
Spyros Spyrou
European University Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,669
3,546
0.462
Anthropology of Childhood
Sociology of Childhood
Qualitative Research Methods
Ethnicity
Nationalis
Kleanthes K Grohmann
University of Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,113
1,903
0.268
Biolinguistics
Theoretical Linguistics
Psycholinguistics
Language Pathologies
Multilingualis
Nuno Ferreira
University of Nicosia
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,779
7,437
0.956
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Panayiotou Georgia
University of Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,348
2,852
0.533
Emotion
psychophysiology
coping & emotion regulation ..
Anna Farmaki
Cyprus University of Technology
Limassol, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,405
3,801
0.863
Tourism Planning and Development
Tourist Behaviour
Sustainable Tourism
Peace Tourism
CS
Timothy C Papadopoulos
University of Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,400
2,093
0.476
reading
dyslexia
attention deficits
learning disabilitie
Anastasios Zopiatis
Cyprus University of Technology
Limassol, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,192
2,391
0.570
Menelaos Apostolou
University of Nicosia
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,946
2,202
0.558
Charis Psaltis
University of Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,227
1,550
0.480
Social and Developmental Psychology
Intergroup Relations between Greek Cypriots and Turkis
Fofi Constantinidou
University of Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,247
2,253
0.694
brain injury
aging and cognition
acquired language disorders
clinical neuroscience
cognitive rehabilitatio
Marios Constantinou
University of Nicosia
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,546
1,618
0.636
Clinical Psychology
Clinical Neuropsychology
Pediatric Neuropsychology
Forensic Neuropsycholog
Michalis P Michaelides
University of Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,417
1,470
0.608
Psychometrics
educational assessment
educational psychology
research method
Panayiotis Stavrinides
University of Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,373
1,154
0.486
bullying
parenting
parent-child interactions
adolescenc
Angelos Kaissidis-Rodafinos
Frederick University
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,259
654
0.290
Online education
new technologies
smoking
stress and coping
critical thinkin
Vasiliki Kassianidou
University of Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,152
954
0.443
archaeometallurgy
ancient technology
cypriot archaeolog
Efthymia Nikita
Cyprus Institute
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,982
1,422
0.717
bioarchaeology
human osteology
Mediterranean archaeolog
Antonis Ellinas
University of Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,978
870
0.440
Comparative Politics
Party Politics
Far Right
Radical Right
European Politic
Nicos Trimikliniotis
University of Nicosia
Nicosia, Cyprus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,948
721
0.370
sociology
migration
inequality/labour/precarity
conflict
sociology of law/right