Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences / Library and Information Science Highly Cited Researchers 138 Scientists Citation in United Kingdom Rankings - 2025
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
Qualitative evidence synthesis
Realist Synthesis
Evidence based library and infornation practice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,587
38,156
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
library and information science
digital literacy
information history
information behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,564
5,338
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
youth
gender
archives
time
digital
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,268
2,954
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
bibliometrics
open access
research evaluation
scholarly communications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,098
1,421
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
practice theory
information practice
academic libraries
librarianship
artificial intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,973
4,312
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Information literacy
information practices learning
Practice Theory
Refugees/ Forced displacement
COVID-19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,267
3,353
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Information Retrieval
Systematic Reviews
Public Health
Library & Information Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,303
4,840
0.768
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
information
document theory
collections
digital society
information ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,917
2,731
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Information Literacy
Virtual worlds
Educational Informatics
Information Behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,100
920
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Social care
trust in information
information literacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,887
2,100
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Library and Information Science
Knowledge Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,756
1,219
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Information Management
Records Management
Information Sciences
Health Information
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,689
865
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Information Science
Systematic Reviews
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,546
2,314
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Human Information Interaction
Human Information Behaviour
Serendipity
Information Encountering
Information Science & Technol
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,153
1,851
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
customer care
scholarly communication
university libraries
quality assurance
physical space
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,108
884
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
information science
information literacy
impact of information
information management
information behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,999
604
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
ELT
DNA encoded chemical library
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,935
875
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Librarianship
Evidence-Based Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,802
2,673
0.954
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
information studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,657
1,045
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
library and information science
evidence based practice
evidence based library and information practice
digital health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,623
1,154
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Information Retrieval
Human Computer Interaction
Information Science
Multimodal Interaction
Interactive Information Retrieva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,605
949
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
ecofeminism
oral history
archives
food
research methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,522
1,302
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Knowledge Management
Information Systems
Software Quality
Software Process
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,455
564
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
people's information behaviour
participative design
information literacy
information capabilities
workplace information literacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,348
711
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Knowledge management
knowledge sharing
absorptive capacityonline communities
online identity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,339
1,078
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,972
692
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Andrew Booth
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,587
38,156
0.651
Qualitative evidence synthesis
Realist Synthesis
Evidence based library and infornation practice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,300
5,007
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
David Bawden
City University London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,564
5,338
0.343
library and information science
digital literacy
information history
information behaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,045
6,726
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Rachel Thomson
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,268
2,954
0.241
youth
gender
archives
time
digital
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
127,784
10,400
422
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ian Rowlands
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,098
1,421
0.175
bibliometrics
open access
research evaluation
scholarly communications
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
130,008
10,539
243
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Andrew M Cox
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,973
4,312
0.541
practice theory
information practice
academic libraries
librarianship
artificial intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
143,737
11,466
849
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Annemaree Lloyd
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,267
3,353
0.461
Information literacy
information practices learning
Practice Theory
Refugees/ Forced displacement
COVID-19
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
166,647
12,999
318
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mark Clowes
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,303
4,840
0.768
Information Retrieval
Systematic Reviews
Public Health
Library & Information Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
177,513
13,727
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Lyn Robinson
City University London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,917
2,731
0.462
information
document theory
collections
digital society
information ethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
251,987
18,690
462
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Sheila Webber
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,100
920
0.224
Information Literacy
Virtual worlds
Educational Informatics
Information Behaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
264,238
19,427
482
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Laura Sbaffi
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,887
2,100
0.540
Social care
trust in information
information literacy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
272,231
19,929
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Hazel Hall
Napier University Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,756
1,219
0.325
Library and Information Science
Knowledge Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
276,487
20,192
123
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Sue Childs
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,689
865
0.234
Information Management
Records Management
Information Sciences
Health Information
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
286,068
20,768
514
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Anna Cantrell
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,546
2,314
0.653
Information Science
Systematic Reviews
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
315,929
22,506
141
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Stephann Makri
City University London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,153
1,851
0.587
Human Information Interaction
Human Information Behaviour
Serendipity
Information Encountering
Information Science & Technol
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
319,823
22,749
230
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Graham Walton
Loughborough University
Loughborough, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,108
884
0.284
customer care
scholarly communication
university libraries
quality assurance
physical space
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
329,428
23,301
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Dorothy Williams
Robert Gordon University
Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,999
604
0.201
information science
information literacy
impact of information
information management
information behaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
335,144
23,650
156
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ghotas Evindar
GlaxoSmithKline
Needham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,935
875
0.298
ELT
DNA encoded chemical library
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
347,869
24,373
1,745
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Eli Harriss
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,802
2,673
0.954
Librarianship
Evidence-Based Medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
363,163
25,193
1,572
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
E Shepherd
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,657
1,045
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
366,723
25,400
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Alison Brettle
University of Salford
Salford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,623
1,154
0.440
library and information science
evidence based practice
evidence based library and information practice
digital health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
368,684
25,510
280
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Martin Halvey
University of Strathclyde
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,605
949
0.364
Information Retrieval
Human Computer Interaction
Information Science
Multimodal Interaction
Interactive Information Retrieva
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
378,109
26,013
793
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Niamh Moore
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,522
1,302
0.516
ecofeminism
oral history
archives
food
research methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
386,082
26,467
289
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ray Dawson
Loughborough University
Loughborough, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,455
564
0.230
Knowledge Management
Information Systems
Software Quality
Software Process
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
399,267
27,184
299
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Mark Hepworth
Loughborough University
Loughborough, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,348
711
0.303
people's information behaviour
participative design
information literacy
information capabilities
workplace information literacy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
400,336
27,255
659
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ana C Vasconcelos
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,339
1,078
0.461
Knowledge management
knowledge sharing
absorptive capacityonline communities
online identity