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
Banking
financial intermediation
corporate finance
asset pricing
financial crises
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,931
25,498
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Accounting
economic sociology
governmentality
public management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,094
16,003
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
finance
transition economies
regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,315
16,146
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Financial & Economic Inclusion
Strategic Change & Management
Risk & Decision Analysis
Management Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,502
7,416
0.167
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
World Development
Poverty
Inequality
Governance
Microfinance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,107
8,617
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
accounting
organization theory
regulation
auditing
governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,510
8,156
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Corporate finance
mutual funds
corporate governance
corporate social responsibility
ESG
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,186
10,652
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Corporate Finance
Applied Microeconomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,305
14,429
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Accounting for sustainability
stakeholders
NGO
intellectual capital
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,322
12,890
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
finance
financial time series
risk management
investments
behavioral finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,994
10,282
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Financial innovation
household finance
financial engineering
financial institutions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,544
6,986
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
accountability
corporate reporting
social and environmental accounting
sustainability accounting
sustainability reporting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,862
9,281
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Organizational Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,298
9,188
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Accounting
Auditing
Financial reporting
Small private companies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,293
5,608
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
tax
investment
finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,087
4,199
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
actuarial science
biostatistics
econometrics
finance
statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,522
6,855
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Finance and development
financial stability
economic growth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,730
3,736
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Accounting
Accountability
Finance
Governance
Development and Sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,660
11,754
0.802
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
accounting
finance
corporate governance
small firms
enterprise
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,627
3,477
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Accounting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,477
2,768
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Accounting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,247
3,196
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Finance
Financial Econometrics
Volatility
Derivatives
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,970
2,376
0.170
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Crypto Assets
Risk Management
FinTech
Quantitative Finance
Asset Pricing and Derivatives
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,563
3,420
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Economics
Digital Finance
Accounting and Finance
Financial Inclusion
Sustainable Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,521
12,909
0.955
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
financial instability
financial regulation
economics of banking
institutional investors
pension funds
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,034
2,417
0.185
Franklin Allen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,931
25,498
0.248
Banking
financial intermediation
corporate finance
asset pricing
financial crises
Peter Miller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,094
16,003
0.216
Accounting
economic sociology
governmentality
public management
Simeon Djankov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,315
16,146
0.230
finance
transition economies
regulation
Howard Thomas
Coventry University
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,502
7,416
0.167
Financial & Economic Inclusion
Strategic Change & Management
Risk & Decision Analysis
Management Education
David Hulme
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,107
8,617
0.220
World Development
Poverty
Inequality
Governance
Microfinance
Michael Power
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,510
8,156
0.243
accounting
organization theory
regulation
auditing
governance
Henri Servaes
London Business School
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,186
10,652
0.321
Corporate finance
mutual funds
corporate governance
corporate social responsibility
ESG
Renee Adams
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,305
14,429
0.461
Corporate Finance
Applied Microeconomics
Jeffrey Unerman
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,322
12,890
0.455
Accounting for sustainability
stakeholders
NGO
intellectual capital
Chris Brooks
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,994
10,282
0.381
finance
financial time series
risk management
investments
behavioral finance
Peter Tufano
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,544
6,986
0.285
Financial innovation
household finance
financial engineering
financial institutions
Carol Adams
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,862
9,281
0.389
accountability
corporate reporting
social and environmental accounting
sustainability accounting
sustainability reporting
Daniel Ferreira
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,298
9,188
0.453
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Organizational Economics
Jill Collis
Brunel University
Uxbridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,293
5,608
0.276
Accounting
Auditing
Financial reporting
Small private companies
Michael Peter Devereux
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,087
4,199
0.232
tax
investment
finance
Jens Perch Nielsen
City University London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,522
6,855
0.415
actuarial science
biostatistics
econometrics
finance
statistics
Panicos Demetriades
University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,730
3,736
0.254
Finance and development
financial stability
economic growth
Collins G Ntim
University of Southampton
Southampton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,660
11,754
0.802
Accounting
Accountability
Finance
Governance
Development and Sustainability
kevin keasey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,627
3,477
0.238
accounting
finance
corporate governance
small firms
enterprise
Christopher Nobes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,477
2,768
0.191
Richard Laughlin
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,247
3,196
0.224
Stephen Taylor
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,970
2,376
0.170
Finance
Financial Econometrics
Volatility
Derivatives
Carol Alexander
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,563
3,420
0.252
Crypto Assets
Risk Management
FinTech
Quantitative Finance
Asset Pricing and Derivatives
Ozili Peterson K|P Ozili, Peterson Ozili, Peterson Kitakogelu Ozili
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,521
12,909
0.955
Economics
Digital Finance
Accounting and Finance
Financial Inclusion
Sustainable Development
E Philip Davis
Brunel University
Uxbridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,034
2,417
0.185
financial instability
financial regulation
economics of banking
institutional investors
pension funds