Citation Rankings
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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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,252
7,865
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
International Finance
Citation Metrics
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
Citation Metrics
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
Citation Metrics
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
Citation Metrics
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
Citation Metrics
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
Citation Metrics
Total
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
Citation Metrics
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
Citation Metrics
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
Citation Metrics
Total
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
Citation Metrics
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
Citation Metrics
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
Citation Metrics
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
Citation Metrics
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
Citation Metrics
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
Citation Metrics
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
Citation Metrics
Total
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
Citation Metrics
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
Citation Metrics
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
Citation Metrics
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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,163
1,219
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,887
264
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Joseph PH Fan
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,252
7,865
0.324
finance
corporate finance
corporate governance
family firms
family business
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,003
328
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Bruno Solnik
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,493
3,157
0.154
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,537
414
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,828
469
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,488
504
127
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,274
550
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,102
577
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,636
629
101
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,777
665
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,850
708
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,091
751
182
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,993
931
230
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
121,166
947
228
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
134,911
1,036
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
144,560
1,102
280
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,699
1,128
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Lin Ping
Lingnan University
Tuen Mun, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,632
2,568
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
157,035
1,167
269
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
160,715
1,195
303
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
167,422
1,232
313
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
172,130
1,266
289
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
172,454
1,270
197
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Walid Saffar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,807
3,928
0.676
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Political Institutions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
177,521
1,300
190
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
188,307
1,383
204
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
191,578
1,403
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
193,340
1,416
366
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
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