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
e-business
innovation adoption
online social networks
online addiction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,453
19,645
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Innovation and capability
relational ties and guanxi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,981
14,192
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
AI Transformation
Technological Innovation & Entrepreneurship
AI & Data Science
FinTech &
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,459
10,391
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
technological innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,682
6,501
0.973
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
bilayer photoanode
water
wastewater
filtration
accelerator
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,439
2,482
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Sustainability
Innovation
Supply Chain Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,095
3,036
0.741
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
upper echelons theory
strategic leadership
corporate social responsibility
firm innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,665
2,737
0.747
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Sustainability science
innovation systems
green chemistry
chemical regulation...
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,062
1,253
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Entrepreneurship
Strategic Management
Innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,009
1,247
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Innovation Management
Entrepreneurship
Marketing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,917
956
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Innovation policy
Climate change
Environmet
China
Hong kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,666
452
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Entrepreneurship
Social Enterprise
AI
UX
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,482
403
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Comparative and international education policy
Social entrepreneurship
innovation
and reform in education
Research quality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,216
653
0.537
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Innovative Design
Tangible Interaction Design
Design Education
Advanced Material Applications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,205
972
0.807
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Entrepreneurship & Strategy
Board process and leadership structure
IPOs
Technology & innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
959
681
0.710
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Social Entrepreneurship
Social Innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
919
882
0.960
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
769
418
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Strategic Leadership
Corporate Governance
Stakeholder Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
462
460
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Design management
Design policy
Product design
New product development
Design-driven Entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
300
211
0.703
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Corporate Sustainability
ESG Strategy
Institutional Logics
Social Entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238
230
0.966
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
leadership and identity
team leadership
leadership development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
210
173
0.824
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Innovation and knowledge creation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
57
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Leadership
Entrepreneurship
Smart City
ArtTech
Learning Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
16
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Leadership
Business
Entrepreneuership
Developing countries
Human Capital Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
Matthew Ko Lee
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,453
19,645
0.498
e-business
innovation adoption
online social networks
online addiction
Kevin Zheng Zhou
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,981
14,192
0.546
Innovation and capability
relational ties and guanxi
Keng Siau
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,459
10,391
0.425
AI Transformation
Technological Innovation & Entrepreneurship
AI & Data Science
FinTech &
Yiqun Xiao
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,682
6,501
0.973
Wallace Leung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,439
2,482
0.456
bilayer photoanode
water
wastewater
filtration
accelerator
Chris Ky Lo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,095
3,036
0.741
Sustainability
Innovation
Supply Chain Management
Yi Tang
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,665
2,737
0.747
upper echelons theory
strategic leadership
corporate social responsibility
firm innovation
Kira Matus
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,062
1,253
0.608
Sustainability science
innovation systems
green chemistry
chemical regulation...
Yanfeng Zheng
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,009
1,247
0.621
Entrepreneurship
Strategic Management
Innovation
Chester To
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,917
956
0.499
Innovation Management
Entrepreneurship
Marketing
Erik Baark
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,666
452
0.271
Innovation policy
Climate change
Environmet
China
Hong kong
Erwin Huang
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,482
403
0.272
Entrepreneurship
Social Enterprise
AI
UX
Chad Lykins
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,216
653
0.537
Comparative and international education policy
Social entrepreneurship
innovation
and reform in education
Research quality
Stephen Jia Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,205
972
0.807
Innovative Design
Tangible Interaction Design
Design Education
Advanced Material Applications
Sam Garg
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
959
681
0.710
Entrepreneurship & Strategy
Board process and leadership structure
IPOs
Technology & innovation
Liang Shang
Lingnan University
Tuen Mun, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
919
882
0.960
Social Entrepreneurship
Social Innovation
Reuben Mondejar
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
769
418
0.544
Shuping Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
462
460
0.996
Strategic Leadership
Corporate Governance
Stakeholder Management
Liu Xihui
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
300
211
0.703
Design management
Design policy
Product design
New product development
Design-driven Entrepreneurship
Yoojung Ahn
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238
230
0.966
Corporate Sustainability
ESG Strategy
Institutional Logics
Social Entrepreneurship
Susanna Chui
Hang Seng University of Hong Kong
Lek Yuen Estate, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
210
173
0.824
leadership and identity
team leadership
leadership development
Qinyu Ryan Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
57
1.000
Innovation and knowledge creation
Daniel Chun
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
16
0.444
Leadership
Entrepreneurship
Smart City
ArtTech
Learning Technology
Fatile Ayobami Joshua
Hong Kong Baptist University
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
Leadership
Business
Entrepreneuership
Developing countries
Human Capital Development