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
Strategic management
strategy
organization theory
entrepreneurship
Austrian economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,361
25,288
0.433
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Ranking Based On Selection :2
Statistical Computing
Statistics
Probability
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,286
36,217
0.621
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Ranking Based On Selection :3
Emerging Multinational Firms
Indigenous Research on Chinese Management
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,877
20,057
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Bureaucracy
Organization Studies
Sociology
Public Administration
Ethics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,361
10,077
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,036
10,439
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
CSR
sustainability
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,360
12,309
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Information Strategy
Economics of IS
E-Commerce
Financial Services and Technology
IT and Pricing
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,499
7,996
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Political
Sovereignty
Liberalism
Social
Foucault
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,041
6,389
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
collaborative governance
public innovation
democracy
political leadership
politicians
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,287
10,994
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
development economics
innovation studies
institutional economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,903
4,150
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,085
6,279
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Business studies and managerial economics
accounting
knowledge management
performance management
operations management
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,135
4,564
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Organization studies
Critical management studies
Organizational communication
Knowledge work
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,796
6,118
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Public Mental Health
Adversity
Preventive Interventions
Low- and Middle-Income Countries
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,338
8,509
0.638
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Strategy
Innovation
Sustainability
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,214
7,490
0.613
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Environmental and occupational exposures and Health
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,866
6,583
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
strategy
aesthetics
organization studies
technology
craft
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,664
4,780
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Strategic HRM
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,564
4,964
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Societal transformation
institutional entrepreneurship
management practices
translation processes
sustainable development
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,217
4,612
0.500
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Ranking Based On Selection :20
public management
public governance
public-private partnerships
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,195
4,221
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Platform ecosystems
platform competition
competitive strategy
digital transformation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,160
8,025
0.876
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Corporate Governance
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,457
2,985
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
benchmarking
contracting
agency
regulation
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,428
2,859
0.339
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Ranking Based On Selection :24
Corporate sustainability
sustainable finance
regulation
UN Global Compact
multi-stakeholder initiative
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,214
4,411
0.537
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Ranking Based On Selection :25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,116
5,323
0.656
Nicolai Foss
Copenhagen Business School
Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,361
25,288
0.433
Strategic management
strategy
organization theory
entrepreneurship
Austrian economics
Peter Dalgaard
Copenhagen Business School
Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,286
36,217
0.621
Statistical Computing
Statistics
Probability
Peter Ping Li
Copenhagen Business School
Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,877
20,057
0.491
Emerging Multinational Firms
Indigenous Research on Chinese Management
Paul Du Gay
Copenhagen Business School
Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,361
10,077
0.250
Bureaucracy
Organization Studies
Sociology
Public Administration
Ethics
Majken Schultz
Copenhagen Business School
Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,036
10,439
0.316
Jeremy Moon
Copenhagen Business School
Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,360
12,309
0.419
Robert J Kauffman
Copenhagen Business School
Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,499
7,996
0.314
Information Strategy
Economics of IS
E-Commerce
Financial Services and Technology
IT and Pricing
Mitchell Dean
Copenhagen Business School
Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,041
6,389
0.255
Political
Sovereignty
Liberalism
Social
Foucault
Eva Sørensen
Roskilde University
Roskilde, Denmark
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,287
10,994
0.542
collaborative governance
public innovation
democracy
political leadership
politicians
Björn Johnson
Aalborg University
Aalborg, Denmark
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,903
4,150
0.220
development economics
innovation studies
institutional economics
Thomas Ritter
Copenhagen Business School
Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,085
6,279
0.347
Jan Mouritsen
Copenhagen Business School
Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,135
4,564
0.283
Business studies and managerial economics
accounting
knowledge management
performance management
operations management
Dan Kärreman
Copenhagen Business School
Frederiksberg, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,796
6,118
0.387
Organization studies
Critical management studies
Organizational communication
Knowledge work
Wietse A Tol
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,338
8,509
0.638
Public Mental Health
Adversity
Preventive Interventions
Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Lorenzo Massa
Aalborg University
Aalborg, Denmark
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,214
7,490
0.613
Strategy
Innovation
Sustainability
Vivi Schlünssen
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,866
6,583
0.667
Environmental and occupational exposures and Health
Robin Holt
Copenhagen Business School
Frederiksberg, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,664
4,780
0.495
strategy
aesthetics
organization studies
technology
craft
Dana Minbaeva
Copenhagen Business School
Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,564
4,964
0.519
Eva Boxenbaum
Copenhagen Business School
Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,217
4,612
0.500
Societal transformation
institutional entrepreneurship
management practices
translation processes
sustainable development
Carsten Greve
Copenhagen Business School
Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,195
4,221
0.459
public management
public governance
public-private partnerships
Carmelo Cennamo
Copenhagen Business School
Frederiksberg, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,160
8,025
0.876
Platform ecosystems
platform competition
competitive strategy
digital transformation
Steen Thomsen
Copenhagen Business School
Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,457
2,985
0.353
Peter Bogetoft
Copenhagen Business School
Frederiksberg, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,428
2,859
0.339
benchmarking
contracting
agency
regulation
Andreas Rasche
Copenhagen Business School
Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,214
4,411
0.537
Corporate sustainability
sustainable finance
regulation
UN Global Compact
multi-stakeholder initiative
Lotte Bøgh Andersen
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,116
5,323
0.656