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
Industrial Organization
Finance
Psychology
Macroeconomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199,955
41,907
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169,073
51,405
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Finance
Economics
Regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160,255
34,091
0.213
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Operations Management
Supply Chain
Humanitarian Logistics
Sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,291
17,949
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Business Schools
Digital transformation
Higher education
Metaverse
Social Media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,633
30,578
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
discourse analysis
pragmatics
linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,937
14,323
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Evolutionary biology
Genomics
Ancient DNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,196
25,361
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,608
7,537
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
RFID/IoT/Blockchain
Cognitive analytics management
Business Analytics
Big Data
AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,733
31,769
0.820
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Economic Complexity
Economic Geography
Digital Democracy
Collective Intelligence
Complex Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,773
19,480
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Marketing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,094
4,993
0.135
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Prehistory
human evolution
archeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,034
12,564
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Experimental Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,881
10,683
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
leadership
strategy
international assignments
expatriates
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,305
6,593
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Entrepreneurship
Education
entrepreneurship education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,712
18,512
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Environmental economics
ecological economics
industrial ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,361
6,045
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Cognitive Psychology
Psycholinguistics
Reading
Dyslexia
Reading Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,835
9,674
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
anthropologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,649
12,513
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Organization theory
Organizational learning
Innovation diffusion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,429
10,822
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
economics
international trade
urban economics
economic geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,820
10,254
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Economics of Science
R&D
Innovation
Productivity
Econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,557
6,787
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Entrepreneurship
Innovation
Organization Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,420
5,163
0.182
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Cognitive development
psycholinguistics
language acquisition
cognitive modeling
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,930
10,749
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Consumer Culture Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,533
7,883
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
political economy
political science
globalisation
political analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,394
7,443
0.272
Jean Tirole
Toulouse School of Economics
Toulouse, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199,955
41,907
0.210
Industrial Organization
Finance
Psychology
Macroeconomics
Stanislas Dehaene
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169,073
51,405
0.304
Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Education
Florencio Lopez de Silanes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160,255
34,091
0.213
Finance
Economics
Regulation
Luk Van Wassenhove
INSEAD Business School
Fontainebleau, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,291
17,949
0.279
Operations Management
Supply Chain
Humanitarian Logistics
Sustainability
Andreas Kaplan
ESCP Business School
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,633
30,578
0.513
Business Schools
Digital transformation
Higher education
Metaverse
Social Media
Dominique Maingueneau
Sorbonne Université
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,937
14,323
0.261
discourse analysis
pragmatics
linguistics
Ludovic Orlando
Université de Toulouse III
Toulouse, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,196
25,361
0.561
Evolutionary biology
Genomics
Ancient DNA
Francois Bourguignon
Paris School of Economics
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,608
7,537
0.190
Fosso Wamba Samuel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,733
31,769
0.820
RFID/IoT/Blockchain
Cognitive analytics management
Business Analytics
Big Data
AI
Cesar A Hidalgo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,773
19,480
0.516
Economic Complexity
Economic Geography
Digital Democracy
Collective Intelligence
Complex Systems
Erin Anderson
INSEAD Business School
Fontainebleau, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,094
4,993
0.135
Francesco D Errico
Université de Bordeaux
Bordeaux, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,034
12,564
0.349
Prehistory
human evolution
archeology
Jonathan Grainger
Université D'Aix Marseille
Marseille, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,881
10,683
0.298
Experimental Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience
J Stewart Black
INSEAD Business School
Fontainebleau, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,305
6,593
0.192
leadership
strategy
international assignments
expatriates
Alain Fayolle
EM Lyon Business School
Écully, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,712
18,512
0.566
Entrepreneurship
Education
entrepreneurship education
Robert Ayres
INSEAD Business School
Fontainebleau, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,361
6,045
0.187
Environmental economics
ecological economics
industrial ecology
Johannes Ziegler
Université D'Aix Marseille
Marseille, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,835
9,674
0.304
Cognitive Psychology
Psycholinguistics
Reading
Dyslexia
Reading Development
Philippe Descola
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,649
12,513
0.395
Henrich R Greve
INSEAD Business School
Fontainebleau, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,429
10,822
0.344
Organization theory
Organizational learning
Innovation diffusion
Thierry Mayer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,820
10,254
0.333
economics
international trade
urban economics
economic geography
Jacques Mairesse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,557
6,787
0.222
Economics of Science
R&D
Innovation
Productivity
Econometrics
Philip Anderson
INSEAD Business School
Fontainebleau, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,420
5,163
0.182
Entrepreneurship
Innovation
Organization Theory
Emmanuel Dupoux
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,930
10,749
0.385
Cognitive development
psycholinguistics
language acquisition
cognitive modeling
machine learning
bernard cova
Kedge Business School
Marseille, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,533
7,883
0.286
Colin Hay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,394
7,443
0.272
political economy
political science
globalisation
political analysis