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
Circular Economy
Operations Research
Digital Supply chain
Supply Chain Management
Resilience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,059
45,557
0.746
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Statistical Computing
Statistics
Probability
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,286
36,217
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Emerging Multinational Firms
Indigenous Research on Chinese Management
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,877
20,057
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
consumer behaviour
marketing
food science
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,580
17,213
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
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 :7
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 :8
Communication Theory
Wireless Communications
5G
6G
Internet of Things
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,638
18,934
0.618
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
CSR
sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,360
12,309
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Public governance
governance networks
collaborative innovation
democracy
political leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,587
14,634
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Data-centric Design Engineering
Operations Research
Forecasting
Meteorology
Energy Systems
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,987
16,897
0.650
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Consumer behavior
Social and environmental marketing
Consumer and environmental protection
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,723
14,209
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Information Strategy
Economics of IS
E-Commerce
Financial Services and Technology
IT and Pricing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,499
7,996
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
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 :15
Operations Research
Cutting and Packing
Maritime Optimization
Railway Optimization
Energy models
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,308
10,299
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Entrepreneurship
economics of organization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,847
10,798
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Relationship marketing
CSR
Corporate social responsibility
Genealogy
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,566
9,564
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
collaborative governance
public innovation
democracy
political leadership
politicians
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,287
10,994
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Transport optimization
Robust planning
disruption management
generalized set partitioning problem
manpower planning
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,451
8,812
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
development economics
innovation studies
institutional economics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,903
4,150
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,085
6,279
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Decisions
Information networks
Organization
Adaptation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,542
5,846
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
communication studies
participatory health research
dialogue communication theory
collaborative
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,701
6,408
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
consumer research
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,259
5,948
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Business studies and managerial economics
accounting
knowledge management
performance management
operations management
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,135
4,564
0.283
Kannan Govindan
University of Southern Denmark
Tianjin, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,059
45,557
0.746
Circular Economy
Operations Research
Digital Supply chain
Supply Chain Management
Resilience
Nicolai Foss
Copenhagen Business School
Frederiksberg, Denmark
Citation Metrics
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
Citation Metrics
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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,877
20,057
0.491
Emerging Multinational Firms
Indigenous Research on Chinese Management
Klaus G Grunert
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,580
17,213
0.424
consumer behaviour
marketing
food science
Paul Du Gay
Copenhagen Business School
Frederiksberg, Denmark
Citation Metrics
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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,036
10,439
0.316
Petar Popovski
Aalborg University
Aalborg, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,638
18,934
0.618
Communication Theory
Wireless Communications
5G
6G
Internet of Things
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
Jacob Torfing
Roskilde University
Roskilde, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,587
14,634
0.530
Public governance
governance networks
collaborative innovation
democracy
political leadership
Pierre Pinson
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,987
16,897
0.650
Data-centric Design Engineering
Operations Research
Forecasting
Meteorology
Energy Systems
John Thøgersen
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,723
14,209
0.552
Consumer behavior
Social and environmental marketing
Consumer and environmental protection
Robert J Kauffman
Copenhagen Business School
Frederiksberg, Denmark
Citation Metrics
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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,041
6,389
0.255
Political
Sovereignty
Liberalism
Social
Foucault
David Pisinger
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,308
10,299
0.424
Operations Research
Cutting and Packing
Maritime Optimization
Railway Optimization
Energy models
C Mirjam Van Praag
Copenhagen Business School
Frederiksberg, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,847
10,798
0.453
Entrepreneurship
economics of organization
Adam Lindgreen
Copenhagen Business School
Frederiksberg, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,566
9,564
0.465
Relationship marketing
CSR
Corporate social responsibility
Genealogy
Eva Sørensen
Roskilde University
Roskilde, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,287
10,994
0.542
collaborative governance
public innovation
democracy
political leadership
politicians
Jesper Larsen
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,451
8,812
0.453
Transport optimization
Robust planning
disruption management
generalized set partitioning problem
manpower planning
Björn Johnson
Aalborg University
Aalborg, Denmark
Citation Metrics
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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,085
6,279
0.347
Thorbjørn Knudsen
University of Southern Denmark
Tianjin, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,542
5,846
0.333
Decisions
Information networks
Organization
Adaptation
louise phillips|louise jane phillips, LJ Phillips
Roskilde University
Roskilde, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,701
6,408
0.384
communication studies
participatory health research
dialogue communication theory
collaborative
Søren Askegaard
University of Southern Denmark
Tianjin, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,259
5,948
0.366
Jan Mouritsen
Copenhagen Business School
Frederiksberg, Denmark
Citation Metrics
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