The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
Digital Humanities
Serious Games
Affective computing
AI Ethics
Generative AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,280
2,390
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
media studies
media policy
communications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,829
2,814
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Research Methods
Applied Statistics
Psychometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,512
2,525
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Communication Networks
Wireless Networks
Mobile Communications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,437
1,038
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
AI in journalism
dissinformation
Data - driven Journalism
Semantic Web
Open data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,538
2,443
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,410
1,904
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Information Systems Development
Enterprise Modeling
Goal-Oriented Requirements Engineering
Cultural Information Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,950
896
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Information Systems
Privacy
Security
Social Networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,740
1,305
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Media technologies
Audiovisual Signal Processing
Multimedia Semantics
Machine Learning
Digital Content Authentication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,702
1,830
0.677
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Communication networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,517
995
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
communication networks
machine learning
data analytics
content verification
security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,147
1,580
0.736
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Communication Networks
Digital Communications
Multimedia Communications
Semantic Web
Knowledge Representation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,442
230
0.160
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
communication networks
cogitive networks
network management
energy efficiency
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,417
867
0.612
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
User Profiling
Personalization
Recommender Systems
Data Mining
Computational Journalism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,412
282
0.200
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Digital Health
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Decision support systems
Personalised Medici
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,151
290
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Learning with ICT
Digital Media
Digital Games
Machine Learning
Natural Language Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
992
350
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
6G
Software-Defined Networking
Networks Functions Virtualization
Network Applications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
938
593
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
mass media
journalism
foreign correspondents
populism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
929
749
0.806
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Integrated Circuits
Hardware Security
VLSI Testing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
910
292
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
media management
strategic marketing
corporate social responsibility
marketing communications
cultural management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
849
700
0.824
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Digital Sociology
Technoethics
Digital Ethics
New Media and Society
Public Discourse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
789
421
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Cultural and Media Studies
Semiotics
Visual Communication
Cultural Theory
Cultural Diplomacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
773
375
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Communication Theory
Signal Processing
RFIC
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
641
486
0.758
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Biophysics
Biomedical Engineering
Ambient Assisted Living
Telemedicine and HomeCare
e/mHealth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
593
303
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Sociology and Political Economy of Mass Media
New Media
Sociology of News
Sociology of Fake News
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
591
220
0.372
Kostas Karpouzis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,280
2,390
0.381
Digital Humanities
Serious Games
Affective computing
AI Ethics
Generative AI
Stylianos Papathanassopoulos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,829
2,814
0.483
media studies
media policy
communications
Nikolaos Tsigilis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,512
2,525
0.458
Research Methods
Applied Statistics
Psychometrics
Lazaros Merakos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,437
1,038
0.191
Communication Networks
Wireless Networks
Mobile Communications
Andreas Veglis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,538
2,443
0.691
AI in journalism
dissinformation
Data - driven Journalism
Semantic Web
Open data
George Kalliris
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,410
1,904
0.558
Evangelia Vagelio Kavakli
University of the Aegean
Mytilene, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,950
896
0.304
Information Systems Development
Enterprise Modeling
Goal-Oriented Requirements Engineering
Cultural Information Systems
Maria Karyda
University of the Aegean
Mytilene, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,740
1,305
0.476
Information Systems
Privacy
Security
Social Networks
Charalampos Dimoulas
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,702
1,830
0.677
Media technologies
Audiovisual Signal Processing
Multimedia Semantics
Machine Learning
Digital Content Authentication
Tsilopoulos Christos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,517
995
0.395
Communication networks
Konstantinos Demestichas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,147
1,580
0.736
communication networks
machine learning
data analytics
content verification
security
Mitrou N.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,442
230
0.160
Communication Networks
Digital Communications
Multimedia Communications
Semantic Web
Knowledge Representation
Evgenia Adamopoulou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,417
867
0.612
communication networks
cogitive networks
network management
energy efficiency
Constantinos Mourlas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,412
282
0.200
User Profiling
Personalization
Recommender Systems
Data Mining
Computational Journalism
Dimitra Dionysiou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,151
290
0.252
Digital Health
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Decision support systems
Personalised Medici
Ilias Karasavvidis
University of Thessaly
Volos, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
992
350
0.353
Learning with ICT
Digital Media
Digital Games
Machine Learning
Natural Language Processing
Eirini Liotou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
938
593
0.632
6G
Software-Defined Networking
Networks Functions Virtualization
Network Applications
Iliana Giannouli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
929
749
0.806
mass media
journalism
foreign correspondents
populism
Emmanouil Kalligeros
University of the Aegean
Mytilene, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
910
292
0.321
Integrated Circuits
Hardware Security
VLSI Testing
Paraskevi Evi Dekoulou
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
849
700
0.824
media management
strategic marketing
corporate social responsibility
marketing communications
cultural management
Charalambos Tsekeris
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
789
421
0.534
Digital Sociology
Technoethics
Digital Ethics
New Media and Society
Public Discourse
Gregory Paschalidis|Γρηγόρης Πασχαλίδης
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
773
375
0.485
Cultural and Media Studies
Semiotics
Visual Communication
Cultural Theory
Cultural Diplomacy
Panos N. Alevizos
Technical University of Crete
Chania, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
641
486
0.758
Communication Theory
Signal Processing
RFIC
Maria Haritou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
593
303
0.511
Biophysics
Biomedical Engineering
Ambient Assisted Living
Telemedicine and HomeCare
e/mHealth
Georgios Pleios
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
591
220
0.372
Sociology and Political Economy of Mass Media
New Media
Sociology of News
Sociology of Fake News