Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Business & Management Highly Cited Researchers 2.898 Scientists Citation in Spain Rankings - 2025
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
Entrepreneurship
strateg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,342
18,268
0.403
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Decision making
judgment
forecastin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,959
6,732
0.160
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
AI & Robot
AR VR XR
eWOM
Social Media
Tourism Marketin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,286
24,449
0.639
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Political Communication
Comunicación Política
AI & Society
Journalism
Periodism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,947
13,797
0.576
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Sustainability
Family Firms
Corporate Governance
Smart Citie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,038
13,763
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
work psychology
human resource
personnel selectio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,659
6,220
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
media
semiotics
interfaces
media ecology
media evolutio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,603
10,423
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Public and Social Policies
Economic policy
Health policy
Public health polic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,776
3,812
0.193
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
service marketing
hospitality management
service robots
AI in marketing
influencer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,715
13,856
0.703
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Integration of digital media for learning
design
innovation
elearning
digital game
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,602
6,660
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Marketing
Retailing
Services
Touris
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,677
9,012
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,578
5,345
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
trust
digital marketing
social medi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,294
7,032
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
management
information systems
partial least square
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,932
11,177
0.660
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
SMEs
Innovation and Knowledge
Entrepreneurship
Technology
Managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,606
11,206
0.675
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
innovation
University-Industry collaboration
academic entrepreneurship
technology transfer
barriers to innovatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,411
7,609
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,372
4,997
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Management
strategy
innovation
knowledge
neurostrateg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,947
6,405
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Operational Research
Goal Programming
Business Economics
Forest Management
Decision Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,476
4,388
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Human Resource Management
Strategic Human Resource Managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,427
5,294
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,094
6,056
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Decisión Multicriterio
Investigación Operativa
Gobierno Electrónico
DS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,972
4,968
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Innovation Management
New Product Development
Organizational Learning
International Busines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,911
7,834
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Leadership
knowledge management
partial least squares
PLS-SEM
sport managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,904
9,785
0.657
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Management
Quality Management
Environmental Management and CSR
Sustainability
Cooperative
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,867
7,118
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,641
210
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Christoph Zott
IESE Business School Universidad de Navarra
barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,342
18,268
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,338
232
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Robin Miles Hogarth
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,959
6,732
0.160
Decision making
judgment
forecastin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,593
267
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Carlos Flavián
Universidad de Zaragoza
Zaragoza, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,286
24,449
0.639
AI & Robot
AR VR XR
eWOM
Social Media
Tourism Marketin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,861
643
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Homero Gil De Zúñiga
Universidad de Salamanca
Salamanca, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,947
13,797
0.576
Political Communication
Comunicación Política
AI & Society
Journalism
Periodism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,037
722
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Pascual Berrone
IESE Business School Universidad de Navarra
barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,038
13,763
0.625
Sustainability
Family Firms
Corporate Governance
Smart Citie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,696
808
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jesús F. Salgado
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,659
6,220
0.301
work psychology
human resource
personnel selectio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,859
815
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Carlos A Scolari
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,603
10,423
0.506
media
semiotics
interfaces
media ecology
media evolutio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,206
871
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Vicente Navarro
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,776
3,812
0.193
Public and Social Policies
Economic policy
Health policy
Public health polic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,423
878
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Luis V. Casaló
Universidad de Zaragoza
Zaragoza, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,715
13,856
0.703
service marketing
hospitality management
service robots
AI in marketing
influencer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,768
886
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Begoña Gros
Universitat de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,602
6,660
0.340
Integration of digital media for learning
design
innovation
elearning
digital game
Smart Institutional Plan
Powerful Insights + Smart Membership = Institutional Success
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,843
948
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Irene Gil-Saura
Universitat de València
Valencia, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,677
9,012
0.483
Marketing
Retailing
Services
Touris
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,882
1,037
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Antonio Dávila
IESE Business School Universidad de Navarra
barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,578
5,345
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,016
1,056
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Miguel Guinalíu
Universidad de Zaragoza
Zaragoza, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,294
7,032
0.407
trust
digital marketing
social medi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,556
1,101
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
José L. Roldán
Universidad de Sevilla
Sevilla, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,932
11,177
0.660
management
information systems
partial least square
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,041
1,134
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Domingo Ribeiro-Soriano
Universitat de València
Valencia, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,606
11,206
0.675
SMEs
Innovation and Knowledge
Entrepreneurship
Technology
Managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,906
1,154
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Pablo D'Este
Universitat Politècnica de València
Valencia, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,411
7,609
0.464
innovation
University-Industry collaboration
academic entrepreneurship
technology transfer
barriers to innovatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,090
1,161
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Bruno Cassiman
IESE Business School Universidad de Navarra
barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,372
4,997
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,116
1,211
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
César Camisón
Universitat de València
Valencia, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,947
6,405
0.402
Management
strategy
innovation
knowledge
neurostrateg
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,611
1,266
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Carlos Romero
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,476
4,388
0.284
Operational Research
Goal Programming
Business Economics
Forest Management
Decision Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,836
1,272
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Fernando Martín Alcázar
Universidad de Cádiz
Cádiz, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,427
5,294
0.343
Human Resource Management
Strategic Human Resource Managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,600
1,313
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Joan E Ricart
IESE Business School Universidad de Navarra
barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,094
6,056
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,245
1,328
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jose María Moreno Jiménez
Universidad de Zaragoza
Zaragoza, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,972
4,968
0.332
Decisión Multicriterio
Investigación Operativa
Gobierno Electrónico
DS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,589
1,339
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Joaquín Alegre
Universitat de València
Valencia, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,911
7,834
0.525
Innovation Management
New Product Development
Organizational Learning
International Busines
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,624
1,340
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Gabriel Cepeda Carrion
Universidad de Sevilla
Sevilla, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,904
9,785
0.657
Leadership
knowledge management
partial least squares
PLS-SEM
sport managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,801
1,345
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Iñaki Heras Saizarbitoria
Centro de Física de Materiales
San Sebastián, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,867
7,118
0.479
Management
Quality Management
Environmental Management and CSR
Sustainability
Cooperative