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
Public health and data science
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,829
39,355
0.898
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
public health
infectious disease surveillance and epidemiology
human and avian influenza
biostatistics
zoonotic diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,524
36,452
0.922
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Pathogenesis and transmission of influenza and other respiratory viruses
antivirals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,536
17,717
0.786
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Public Management
Public Administration
Public Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,870
9,212
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
virology
evolution
molecular epidemiology
phylodynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,325
5,612
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Statistical genetics
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,792
7,398
0.949
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Public administration
Public financial management
public budgeting
performance management
sustainable management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,172
3,703
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Science and Innovation Policy for Sustainability
Governance of Data-Driven Innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,203
3,919
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
public administration
performance management
budgeting
e-government
citizen participation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,548
1,638
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Strategic Planning
Strategic Management
Public Management
Behavioral Public Administration
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,645
3,499
0.960
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Rehabilitation
complementary and alternative medicine
pediatric physiotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,644
2,236
0.614
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Public design
inclusive design
user reception
social design
design and society
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,214
1,517
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Public Opinion
Political Culture
Chinese Mass Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,816
1,136
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Virus
Evolution
Phylogenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,594
2,581
0.995
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Hong Kong politics
comparative politics
democratization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,873
867
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Public Administration and Management
Public Administration
Public Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,664
1,002
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Infectious Diseases
Epidemiology
Public Health
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,466
1,431
0.976
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Public Management
Nonprofit Management
Regulation
Entrepreneurship
Philanthropy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,380
832
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Public Management
Performance Management
Citizen Participation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
443
433
0.977
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Environmental Justice
Information Disclosure
Regulation
Citizen-state Interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
254
246
0.969
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
public administration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
230
57
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Techonology and Governance
Smart City
Big Data Analytics
Public Policy
Public Administration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
218
218
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Public Management
Social Equity
DEI in public services
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
95
0.990
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Public Administration
Public Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
59
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Political communication
Public opinion
Big data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
Joseph T Wu
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,829
39,355
0.898
Public health and data science
Eric Lau
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,524
36,452
0.922
public health
infectious disease surveillance and epidemiology
human and avian influenza
biostatistics
zoonotic diseases
Hui-Ling Yen
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,536
17,717
0.786
Pathogenesis and transmission of influenza and other respiratory viruses
antivirals
Richard M Walker
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,870
9,212
0.441
Public Management
Public Administration
Public Policy
Vijaykrishna Dhanasekaran
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,325
5,612
0.392
virology
evolution
molecular epidemiology
phylodynamics
Maggie Haitian Wang|Haitian Wang, Maggie Wang, 王海天
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,792
7,398
0.949
Statistical genetics
Bioinformatics
Xiaohu Wang
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,172
3,703
0.516
Public administration
Public financial management
public budgeting
performance management
sustainable management
Masaru Yarime
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,203
3,919
0.632
Science and Innovation Policy for Sustainability
Governance of Data-Driven Innovation
Alfred Tat Kei Ho
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,548
1,638
0.360
public administration
performance management
budgeting
e-government
citizen participation
Bert George
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,645
3,499
0.960
Strategic Planning
Strategic Management
Public Management
Behavioral Public Administration
Shirley SM Fong
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,644
2,236
0.614
Rehabilitation
complementary and alternative medicine
pediatric physiotherapy
Kin Wai Michael Siu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,214
1,517
0.472
Public design
inclusive design
user reception
social design
design and society
Wenfang Tang 唐文方
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,816
1,136
0.403
Public Opinion
Political Culture
Chinese Mass Politics
Yunshi Liao
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,594
2,581
0.995
Virus
Evolution
Phylogenetics
Ngok Ma
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,873
867
0.463
Hong Kong politics
comparative politics
democratization
Nicolai Nick Petrovsky
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,664
1,002
0.602
Public Administration and Management
Public Administration
Public Management
Dillon C Adam|Dillon Adam, Dillon Charles Adam
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,466
1,431
0.976
Infectious Diseases
Epidemiology
Public Health
Genomics
Xueyong Zhan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,380
832
0.603
Public Management
Nonprofit Management
Regulation
Entrepreneurship
Philanthropy
Jiasheng Zhang
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
443
433
0.977
Public Management
Performance Management
Citizen Participation
Zhengyan Li
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
254
246
0.969
Environmental Justice
Information Disclosure
Regulation
Citizen-state Interactions
Hon S Chan
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
230
57
0.248
Corey Kewei Xu
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
218
218
1.000
Techonology and Governance
Smart City
Big Data Analytics
Public Policy
Public Administration
Fangda Ding
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
95
0.990
Public Management
Social Equity
DEI in public services
Binzizi Dong
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
59
1.000
Public Administration
Public Management
Qianying Ye
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
Political communication
Public opinion
Big data