Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
Exercise Science
Sport Sciences
Exercise
Health
Fitness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,211
8,537
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Exercise biochemistry
exercise immunology
pediatric exercise science
sports nutrition
strength and conditioning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,924
6,585
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Environmental Physiology
Occupational Physiology
Thermoregulation
Heat stress
Clothing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,169
7,737
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
sport
exercise
health
psychology
physical education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,874
4,803
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
biomechanics
Sport Science
Hamstrings mechanics
Isokinetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,771
4,360
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Youth sport
Life Skills
Self-Regulation
Participation Motivation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,024
3,182
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Sports Nutrition
Exercise Physiology
Redox Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,010
4,358
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
sport psychology
physical education
health
exercise
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,367
3,684
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
muscle metabolism
recovery
fatigue
athletics
training
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,849
4,159
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Sport Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,347
4,097
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Sport psychology
sport paedagogy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,625
2,989
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
exercise
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,533
3,381
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Biomechanics
Signal processing
gait analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,986
2,388
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Exercise Physiology
Exercise Training
Skeletal muscle adaptations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,764
3,230
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Lifestyle Medicine
Clinical Exercise Physiology
Clinical Hypnosis
Hyperbaric Medicine
Muscle Mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,716
2,725
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
ICT in Education
ICT in Physical & Health Education
Computer Science Education
Game-Based Learning
Mobile Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,336
2,165
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Exercise Physiology
Eccentric exercise
Muscle damage
Isokinetic dynamometry
Oxidative stress
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,258
2,587
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Sport Service Evaluation
Sport Service Design
Sport Consumer Behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,763
2,166
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Φυσιολογία θηλαστικών
της άσκησης
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,548
1,993
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Exercise Physiology
Clinical Exercise Physiology
Sports Sciences
Exercise Sciences
physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,324
1,861
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Physical Activity
Motor Assessment
Psychomotor Therapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,296
2,050
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Exercise Physiology
Muscle Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,063
2,233
0.550
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
New technology
ICT in Physical Education
Distance learning
Badminton
swimming
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,671
1,622
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Sports biomechanics
swimming
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,529
1,542
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Electromyography
Electrical stimulation
H-reflex
Fatigue
Ageing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,488
1,548
0.444
Yiannis Koutedakis
University of Thessaly
Volos, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,211
8,537
0.402
Exercise Science
Sport Sciences
Exercise
Health
Fitness
Ioannis Fatouros
University of Thessaly
Volos, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,924
6,585
0.473
Exercise biochemistry
exercise immunology
pediatric exercise science
sports nutrition
strength and conditioning
Andreas D Flouris
University of Thessaly
Volos, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,169
7,737
0.588
Environmental Physiology
Occupational Physiology
Thermoregulation
Heat stress
Clothing
Yannis Theodorakis
University of Thessaly
Volos, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,874
4,803
0.404
sport
exercise
health
psychology
physical education
Eleftherios Kellis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,771
4,360
0.405
biomechanics
Sport Science
Hamstrings mechanics
Isokinetics
Marios Goudas
University of Thessaly
Volos, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,024
3,182
0.317
Youth sport
Life Skills
Self-Regulation
Participation Motivation
Michalis G Nikolaidis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,010
4,358
0.435
Sports Nutrition
Exercise Physiology
Redox Biology
Athanasios Papaioannou
University of Thessaly
Volos, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,367
3,684
0.393
sport psychology
physical education
health
exercise
Gregory C. Bogdanis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,849
4,159
0.530
muscle metabolism
recovery
fatigue
athletics
training
Antonis Hatzigeorgiadis
University of Thessaly
Volos, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,347
4,097
0.558
Tsorbatzoudis Haralambos
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,625
2,989
0.451
Sport psychology
sport paedagogy
Athanasios Chatzinikolaou
Democritus University of Thrace
Komotini, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,533
3,381
0.518
Giannis Giakas
University of Thessaly
Volos, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,986
2,388
0.399
Biomechanics
Signal processing
gait analysis
Gerasimos Terzis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,764
3,230
0.560
Exercise Physiology
Exercise Training
Skeletal muscle adaptations
Georgios K Sakkas
University of Thessaly
Volos, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,716
2,725
0.477
Lifestyle Medicine
Clinical Exercise Physiology
Clinical Hypnosis
Hyperbaric Medicine
Muscle Mechanics
Marina Papastergiou
University of Thessaly
Volos, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,336
2,165
0.406
ICT in Education
ICT in Physical & Health Education
Computer Science Education
Game-Based Learning
Mobile Learning
Vassilis Paschalis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,258
2,587
0.492
Exercise Physiology
Eccentric exercise
Muscle damage
Isokinetic dynamometry
Oxidative stress
Nicholas D Theodorakis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,763
2,166
0.455
Sport Service Evaluation
Sport Service Design
Sport Consumer Behavior
Geladas N
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,548
1,993
0.438
Φυσιολογία θηλαστικών
της άσκησης
Konstantina Dipla
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,324
1,861
0.430
Exercise Physiology
Clinical Exercise Physiology
Sports Sciences
Exercise Sciences
physiology
Antonis Kambas
Democritus University of Thrace
Komotini, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,296
2,050
0.477
Physical Activity
Motor Assessment
Psychomotor Therapy
Antonios Kyparos
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,063
2,233
0.550
Exercise Physiology
Muscle Physiology
Panos Antoniou
Democritus University of Thrace
Komotini, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,671
1,622
0.442
New technology
ICT in Physical Education
Distance learning
Badminton
swimming
Vassilios Gourgoulis
Democritus University of Thrace
Komotini, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,529
1,542
0.437
Sports biomechanics
swimming
Dimitrios A. Patikas
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,488
1,548
0.444
Electromyography
Electrical stimulation
H-reflex
Fatigue
Ageing