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
International Finance
Financial Development
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,368
6,595
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Management Accounting
Controlling
Strategy Execution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,348
2,769
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
analysis of algorithms
dependence models
mathematical finance
risk measurement
mass-transportation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,158
3,137
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Management Accounting
Trust
Public Sector Accounting
Intelligence
Information Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,808
9,868
0.913
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Rechnungswesen
Controlling
Management Control
Managerial Accounting
Financial Reporting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,530
3,379
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Credit Risk
Stochastik
Statistik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,263
4,239
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Accounting
Controlling
Unternehmensethik
Produktion
Hochschulmanagement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,174
899
0.088
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Controlling
Management Accounting
Management Control
Strategisches Controlling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,707
3,354
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Resource Nexus
Environmental Accounting
Sustainability Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,146
5,806
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Financial Accounting
External Audit
Corporate Governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,068
7,032
0.775
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Finance
Econometrics
Empirical Macroeconomics
Climate Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,964
1,912
0.213
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Digital Finance
Trading
Market Microstructure
Financial Market Regulation
FinTech
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,727
6,298
0.722
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Climate Policy
Integrated Assessment
Energy Economics
Mitigation
Sustainable Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,652
6,949
0.803
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Financial econometrics
European financial markets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,135
2,709
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Accounting
Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,871
2,274
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
FinTech
Crowdfunding
Crowdwork
Data Privacy
New Space Economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,483
5,420
0.724
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Accounting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,896
1,016
0.172
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Initial Coin Offerings
Entrepreneurial Finance
Business Angels
Trademarks
Personality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,842
5,198
0.890
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Household Finance
Financial Advice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,773
2,156
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Finance
Risk Management
Financial Markets
Behavioral Economics
Household Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,747
2,198
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Financial Stability
Banking Regulation
Systemic Risk
International Capital Flows
Economic History of Financial Crises
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,697
2,667
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
International Finance
Empirical Asset Pricing
Investments
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,608
2,598
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
mutual funds
investments
institutional investors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,509
1,927
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Management Accounting
Management Control
Risk Management
Family Business
SMEs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,452
3,888
0.713
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Corporate Finance
Banking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,099
2,262
0.444
Lukas Menkhoff
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,368
6,595
0.459
International Finance
Financial Development
Utz Schäffer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,348
2,769
0.224
Management Accounting
Controlling
Strategy Execution
Rüschendorf Ludger
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,158
3,137
0.281
analysis of algorithms
dependence models
mathematical finance
risk measurement
mass-transportation
Christian Nitzl
Universität der Bundeswehr München
Neubiberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,808
9,868
0.913
Management Accounting
Trust
Public Sector Accounting
Intelligence
Information Systems
Thomas M Fischer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,530
3,379
0.321
Rechnungswesen
Controlling
Management Control
Managerial Accounting
Financial Reporting
Thorsten Schmidt
Technische Universität Chemnitz
Chemnitz, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,263
4,239
0.413
Credit Risk
Stochastik
Statistik
Hans-Ulrich Küpper
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,174
899
0.088
Accounting
Controlling
Unternehmensethik
Produktion
Hochschulmanagement
Thomas Günther
Technische Universität Dresden
Dresden, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,707
3,354
0.346
Controlling
Management Accounting
Management Control
Strategisches Controlling
Edeltraud Guenther
Technische Universität Dresden
Dresden, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,146
5,806
0.635
Resource Nexus
Environmental Accounting
Sustainability Management
Patrick Velte
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,068
7,032
0.775
Financial Accounting
External Audit
Corporate Governance
Stefan Mittnik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,964
1,912
0.213
Finance
Econometrics
Empirical Macroeconomics
Climate Economics
Peter Gomber
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,727
6,298
0.722
Digital Finance
Trading
Market Microstructure
Financial Market Regulation
FinTech
Christoph Bertram
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,652
6,949
0.803
Climate Policy
Integrated Assessment
Energy Economics
Mitigation
Sustainable Finance
Simone Manganelli
European Central Bank
Vancouver, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,135
2,709
0.333
Financial econometrics
European financial markets
Holger Daske
Universität Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,871
2,274
0.289
Lars Hornuf
Universität Bremen
Bremen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,483
5,420
0.724
FinTech
Crowdfunding
Crowdwork
Data Privacy
New Space Economy
Wolfgang Schultze
Universität Augsburg
Augsburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,896
1,016
0.172
Christian Fisch
Universität Trier
Trier, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,842
5,198
0.890
Initial Coin Offerings
Entrepreneurial Finance
Business Angels
Trademarks
Personality
Andreas Hackethal
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,773
2,156
0.373
Household Finance
Financial Advice
Andreas Oehler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,747
2,198
0.382
Finance
Risk Management
Financial Markets
Behavioral Economics
Household Finance
Isabel Schnabel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,697
2,667
0.468
Financial Stability
Banking Regulation
Systemic Risk
International Capital Flows
Economic History of Financial Crises
Maik Schmeling
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,608
2,598
0.463
International Finance
Empirical Asset Pricing
Investments
Alexander Kempf
Universität zu Köln
Köln, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,509
1,927
0.350
mutual funds
investments
institutional investors
Martin RW Hiebl
Universität Siegen
Siegen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,452
3,888
0.713
Management Accounting
Management Control
Risk Management
Family Business
SMEs
Florian Heider
European Central Bank
Vancouver, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,099
2,262
0.444
Corporate Finance
Banking