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 trade
microeconometrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,963
5,390
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Public Economics
International Trade
Political Economy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,052
675
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
International Trade and Investment
International Migration
Labour Economics
Industrial Organisation
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,239
667
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
International Trade
Economic Geography
Urban and Regional Economics
Macroeconomics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,878
389
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
international trade
economic geography
statistics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,684
899
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
international trade
economic growth
international economics
organizational economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,552
1,090
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
International trade and agriculture
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,522
932
0.612
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
International Taxation
Taxation of companies and charities
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,440
175
0.122
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
International trade and finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,371
585
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
International trade
multinational firms
international migration
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
988
697
0.705
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
International Business and Supply Management
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
413
337
0.816
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
International Trade
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
361
243
0.673
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
International Trade
Trade Policies
Labour and Gender Analysis
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
333
223
0.670
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
International Trade
International Finance
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
322
290
0.901
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
International trade and investment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219
207
0.945
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
International Economics
Labor Economics
Finance
Regional Economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173
125
0.723
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
International Business
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
120
0.960
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Data Science
Empirical Micro
International Trade
Econometrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
93
0.853
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
International Trade
Innovation
Tax Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
90
0.882
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
international trade
labor economics
development economics
spatial economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
74
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
International Trade
Industrial Organization
Labor Economics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
43
0.642
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
International Trade Law
International Investment Law
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
48
0.923
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
International cooperation
compliance
international financial institutions
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
15
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
international business
multinational corporations
neo-institutionalism
critical management studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
3
0.097
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Law
International Trade
EU
Post-Conflict Development
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
3
0.500
Mario Larch
Universität Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Germany
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,963
5,390
0.601
International trade
microeconometrics
Eckhard Janeba
Universität Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,052
675
0.221
Public Economics
International Trade
Political Economy
Udo Kreickemeier
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,239
667
0.298
International Trade and Investment
International Migration
Labour Economics
Industrial Organisation
Michael Pflüger
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,878
389
0.207
International Trade
Economic Geography
Urban and Regional Economics
Macroeconomics
Damiaan Persyn
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,684
899
0.534
international trade
economic geography
statistics
Harald Fadinger
Universität Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,552
1,090
0.702
international trade
economic growth
international economics
organizational economics
Yaghoob Jafari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,522
932
0.612
International trade and agriculture
Wolfgang Kessler
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg, Germany
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,440
175
0.122
International Taxation
Taxation of companies and charities
Arne J. Nagengast
Deutsche Bundesbank
Frankfurt, Germany
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,371
585
0.427
International trade and finance
Marcel B Smolka
Europa Universität Flensburg
Flensburg, Germany
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
988
697
0.705
International trade
multinational firms
international migration
Tobias Kosmol
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
413
337
0.816
International Business and Supply Management
Pramila Adeline Crivelli
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
361
243
0.673
Fatima Olanike Kareem
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
333
223
0.670
International Trade
Trade Policies
Labour and Gender Analysis
Stefan Goldbach
Deutsche Bundesbank
Frankfurt, Germany
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
322
290
0.901
International Trade
International Finance
Sonali Chowdhry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219
207
0.945
International trade and investment
Dominik Boddin
Deutsche Bundesbank
Frankfurt, Germany
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173
125
0.723
International Economics
Labor Economics
Finance
Regional Economics
Natalia Ribberink
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
120
0.960
GáborTóth Enikő
Deutsche Bundesbank
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
93
0.853
Data Science
Empirical Micro
International Trade
Econometrics
Florian Unger
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
90
0.882
International Trade
Innovation
Tax Policy
Rizki Nauli Siregar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
74
1.000
international trade
labor economics
development economics
spatial economics
Florian Knauth
Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
43
0.642
International Trade
Industrial Organization
Labor Economics
Cornelia Furculita
Universität Speyer
Speyer, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
48
0.923
International Trade Law
International Investment Law
Burcu Ucaray-Mangitli
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
15
0.385
International cooperation
compliance
international financial institutions
Florian Olischer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
3
0.097
international business
multinational corporations
neo-institutionalism
critical management studies
Attila Nagy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
3
0.500
Law
International Trade
EU
Post-Conflict Development