Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences / Open and Distance Education Highly Cited Researchers 22 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
online learning and teaching
distance education
digital media
new learning spaces
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,598
1,893
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
elearning
online pedagogy
health informatics
technological interventions in health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,584
1,780
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
distance education
online learning
open learning
e-learning
online learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,000
1,041
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
eLearning
distance education
digital identity
education for development
digital inequality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,798
1,534
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Online Education
e-learning
Rural Development
Rural Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,940
809
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
eLearning
Virtual Patients
PBL/TBL
Scenario-Based Learning
Curriculum Transformation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,647
521
0.197
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Qualitative Educational Research
Sociology of Education and Technology
Open Distance Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,460
2,202
0.895
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Bioscience
Mathematical Literacy
Emotional Intelligence
Online Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,021
410
0.203
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
reinforcement learning
online learning
virtual reality
multimedia
graph signal processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,008
1,220
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Remote labs
distance education
virtual worlds
games
engineering education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,520
496
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
e-learning
blended learning
VLE
hybrid learning
technology enhanced learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,403
378
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Online and Distance Education
Future Education
Learning Sciences
Networked Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,346
723
0.537
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
971
588
0.606
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
elearning
education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
827
303
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Games
games and learning
online learning
social media
engagament
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
783
384
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
MOOC
clinical bioinformatics
genomics
online learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
601
197
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
e-Learning
m-Learning
Medical Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
570
161
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
elearning
digital health
mobile technology
health inequalities
social care
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
558
207
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
E-Learning
Distance Education
Teacher Education
Professional Development
Best Practice use of VLEs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
545
160
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
digital learning
distance learning
online learning
elearning
playful learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
519
174
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
eLearning
pedagogy
technology enhanced learning
organisation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
513
59
0.115
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Multimodality
Ethnography
Language and Literacies Research
Technology-Mediated Teaching and Learning
Online Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
487
229
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
226,103
17,023
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Regine Hampel
Open University UK
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,598
1,893
0.412
online learning and teaching
distance education
digital media
new learning spaces
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
226,712
17,061
426
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Heather Wharrad
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,584
1,780
0.388
elearning
online pedagogy
health informatics
technological interventions in health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
257,187
18,996
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Alan Tait
Open University UK
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,000
1,041
0.260
distance education
online learning
open learning
e-learning
online learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
269,046
19,731
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Tharindu R Liyanagunawardena
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,798
1,534
0.404
eLearning
distance education
digital identity
education for development
digital inequality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
334,037
23,591
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Frank Rennie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,940
809
0.275
Online Education
e-learning
Rural Development
Rural Leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
363,527
25,211
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Terry Poulton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,647
521
0.197
eLearning
Virtual Patients
PBL/TBL
Scenario-Based Learning
Curriculum Transformation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
384,560
26,381
290
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Kyungmee Lee
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,460
2,202
0.895
Qualitative Educational Research
Sociology of Education and Technology
Open Distance Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
444,648
29,549
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Vicki Tariq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,021
410
0.203
Bioscience
Mathematical Literacy
Emotional Intelligence
Online Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
446,597
29,654
1,821
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Laura Toni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,008
1,220
0.608
reinforcement learning
online learning
virtual reality
multimedia
graph signal processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
538,926
34,406
192
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Michael Callaghan
University of Ulster
Coleraine, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,520
496
0.326
Remote labs
distance education
virtual worlds
games
engineering education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
566,452
35,743
542
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Richard Walker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,403
378
0.269
e-learning
blended learning
VLE
hybrid learning
technology enhanced learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
580,803
36,497
421
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
murat oztok
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,346
723
0.537
Online and Distance Education
Future Education
Learning Sciences
Networked Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
697,199
41,776
117
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Marija Cubric
University of Hertfordshire
Hatfield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
971
588
0.606
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
754,706
44,168
606
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Mark Childs
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
827
303
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
773,744
44,938
329
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Alex Moseley
University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
783
384
0.490
Games
games and learning
online learning
social media
engagament
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
863,027
48,185
1,499
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ang Davies
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
601
197
0.328
MOOC
clinical bioinformatics
genomics
online learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
880,641
48,813
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sheetal Kavia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
570
161
0.282
e-Learning
m-Learning
Medical Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
887,712
49,099
177
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Andy Pulman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
558
207
0.371
elearning
digital health
mobile technology
health inequalities
social care
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
895,862
49,492
3,102
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jill Fresen
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
545
160
0.294
E-Learning
Distance Education
Teacher Education
Professional Development
Best Practice use of VLEs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
914,384
50,448
121
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Katie Piatt
University of Brighton
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
519
174
0.335
digital learning
distance learning
online learning
elearning
playful learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
919,300
50,720
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
MJ Stiles
Staffordshire University
Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
513
59
0.115
eLearning
pedagogy
technology enhanced learning
organisation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
940,490
51,831
2,853
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Myrrh Domingo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
487
229
0.470
Multimodality
Ethnography
Language and Literacies Research
Technology-Mediated Teaching and Learning
Online Learning