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
finance
corporate finance
corporate governance
family firms
family business
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,252
7,865
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
International Finance
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,493
3,157
0.154
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Corporate Finance
Capital Structure
Corporate Governance
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,619
6,137
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Empirical asset pricing
Behavioral finance
International finance
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,025
6,002
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Economics of the Family
Development Economics
Applied Econometrics
Chinese Economy
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,332
5,406
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Financial engineering
optimization
mathematical programming
operations research
control
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,391
4,052
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Asset Management
Simulation in Construction
Construction Engineering and Management
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,815
9,433
0.736
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Empirical corporate finance
Financial networks
Fintechs
China studies
Exchange rate
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,186
4,683
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Financial Accounting
International Markets
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,667
5,460
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Systems Analytics and Optimization
Game Theory and Applications
Economics and Computation
Pattern Recognition and Machine Lea
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,875
4,654
0.428
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
international financial regulation and development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,247
8,223
0.802
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
China business and economics
economics of organizations and strategy
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,319
3,587
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Institutions
Corporate Governance
Financial Accounting
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,124
4,228
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
corporate information systems
group technology
e-business
e-/m-/s-commerce
and supply chain management
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,362
3,211
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Financial Accounting
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,903
1,993
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Industrial organization
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,632
2,568
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Chinese Economy
International Trade
Economic Development
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,372
3,820
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Actuarial science
mathematical finance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,229
2,158
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,983
507
0.085
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Corporate financial reporting in capital markets
Accounting
auditing
and corporate finance issues in China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,818
3,649
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Political Institutions
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,807
3,928
0.676
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Earnings Management
Financial Analyst
Textual Processing
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,639
3,332
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
financial accounting
auditing
corporate governance
international accounting
executive compensation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,306
1,867
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
international economics
industrial organization
technological innovation
financial crisis
FDI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,214
1,174
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
microeconomic theory
labor economics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,163
1,219
0.236
Joseph PH Fan
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,252
7,865
0.324
finance
corporate finance
corporate governance
family firms
family business
Bruno Solnik
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,493
3,157
0.154
Vidhan Goyal
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,619
6,137
0.369
Corporate Finance
Capital Structure
Corporate Governance
KC John Wei
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,025
6,002
0.399
Empirical asset pricing
Behavioral finance
International finance
Junsen Zhang
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,332
5,406
0.377
Economics of the Family
Development Economics
Applied Econometrics
Chinese Economy
Duan Li
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,391
4,052
0.303
Financial engineering
optimization
mathematical programming
operations research
control
Tarek Zayed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,815
9,433
0.736
Asset Management
Simulation in Construction
Construction Engineering and Management
Yue Ma
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,186
4,683
0.384
Empirical corporate finance
Financial networks
Fintechs
China studies
Exchange rate
Mingyi Hung
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,667
5,460
0.468
Financial Accounting
International Markets
Chuangyin Dang
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,875
4,654
0.428
Systems Analytics and Optimization
Game Theory and Applications
Economics and Computation
Pattern Recognition and Machine Lea
Douglas W Arner
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,247
8,223
0.802
international financial regulation and development
Zhigang Tao
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,319
3,587
0.431
China business and economics
economics of organizations and strategy
Tianyu Zhang
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,124
4,228
0.520
Institutions
Corporate Governance
Financial Accounting
Wing S Chow
Hong Kong Baptist University
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,362
3,211
0.436
corporate information systems
group technology
e-business
e-/m-/s-commerce
and supply chain management
Chul W Park
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,903
1,993
0.289
Lin Ping
Lingnan University
Tuen Mun, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,632
2,568
0.387
Yifan Zhang
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,372
3,820
0.599
Chinese Economy
International Trade
Economic Development
Hailiang Yang
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,229
2,158
0.346
Actuarial science
mathematical finance
Edward Ky Chen
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,983
507
0.085
Donghui Wu
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,818
3,649
0.627
Corporate financial reporting in capital markets
Accounting
auditing
and corporate finance issues in China
Walid Saffar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,807
3,928
0.676
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Political Institutions
Amy Zang
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,639
3,332
0.591
Earnings Management
Financial Analyst
Textual Processing
Kevin CW Chen
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,306
1,867
0.352
financial accounting
auditing
corporate governance
international accounting
executive compensation
Leonard Cheng
Lingnan University
Tuen Mun, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,214
1,174
0.225
international economics
industrial organization
technological innovation
financial crisis
FDI
Wing Suen
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,163
1,219
0.236
microeconomic theory
labor economics