The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
economics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,764
7,250
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
gold
International Finance
Cryptocurrencies
Commodities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,484
21,552
0.707
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Health Economics
Ageing
Palliative Care
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,320
5,908
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Economics
Central Banking
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,091
3,653
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
the impact of tech on time and control
AI/analytics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,633
9,610
0.657
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Economics
entrepreneurship
technology
trade
industrialization
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,796
6,689
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Labour Economics
Applied Econometrics
Economics of Education
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,492
5,053
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Health Literacy Measurement
Value Measurement
Health Policy
Tax Policy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,739
8,640
0.678
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Finance
Financial Markets
Financial Economics
Economics
Financial Econometrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,652
11,867
0.938
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Accounting
Corporate Reporting
Corporate Governance
Forensic Accounting
Clinical Governance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,319
4,525
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Forest Economics
Microsimulation
Environmental Economics
Income Distribution
Inequality
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,836
4,491
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Economic History
Famines
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,619
2,382
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Labour economics
industrial relations
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,236
3,538
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Finance
banking
technology
Foreign Exchange
quantitative research
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,129
3,383
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,197
1,013
0.141
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Branding
Consumer Behaviour
Social Media
Employee Behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,056
2,702
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
FDI
International Trade
Tax Competition
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,177
2,073
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Economics and Sustainable Development
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,116
1,272
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Macroeconomics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,731
1,023
0.179
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Economic History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,100
1,702
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Natural computing
evolutionary computing
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,832
1,236
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Economic and Political outcomes of Globalization
International Financial Institutions and Natural resources
and Political Economy of Development in India
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,828
2,721
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Economics
economic geography
sectors
innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,338
711
0.164
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
finance AI
financial data science
behavioural finance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,300
3,344
0.778
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Development Economics
Applied Microeconomics
Household Behaviour
Empirical Industrial Organisation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,056
2,106
0.519
Philip Lane
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,764
7,250
0.221
Brian Lucey
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,484
21,552
0.707
gold
International Finance
Cryptocurrencies
Commodities
Charles Normand
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,320
5,908
0.341
Health Economics
Ageing
Palliative Care
Patrick Honohan
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,091
3,653
0.214
Kieran Conboy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,633
9,610
0.657
the impact of tech on time and control
AI/analytics
Wim Naudé
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,796
6,689
0.485
Economics
entrepreneurship
technology
trade
industrialization
Paul J Devereux
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,492
5,053
0.375
Labour Economics
Applied Econometrics
Economics of Education
Gerardine Doyle
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,739
8,640
0.678
Health Literacy Measurement
Value Measurement
Health Policy
Tax Policy
Shaen Corbet
Dublin City University
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,652
11,867
0.938
Finance
Financial Markets
Financial Economics
Economics
Financial Econometrics
Niamh M. Brennan
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,319
4,525
0.439
Accounting
Corporate Reporting
Corporate Governance
Forensic Accounting
Clinical Governance
Cathal O Donoghue
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,836
4,491
0.457
Forest Economics
Microsimulation
Environmental Economics
Income Distribution
Inequality
Cormac O Grada
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,619
2,382
0.276
Seamus Mcguinness
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,236
3,538
0.430
Labour economics
industrial relations
Joseph O'Sullivan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,129
3,383
0.416
Finance
banking
technology
Foreign Exchange
quantitative research
Frank Barry
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,197
1,013
0.141
Elaine Wallace
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,056
2,702
0.383
Branding
Consumer Behaviour
Social Media
Employee Behaviour
Ron Davies
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,177
2,073
0.336
FDI
International Trade
Tax Competition
Patrick Paul Walsh
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,116
1,272
0.208
Economics and Sustainable Development
Karl Whelan
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,731
1,023
0.179
Morgan Kelly
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,100
1,702
0.334
Anthony Brabazon
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,832
1,236
0.256
Natural computing
evolutionary computing
Krishna Chaitanya Vadlamannati
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,828
2,721
0.564
Economic and Political outcomes of Globalization
International Financial Institutions and Natural resources
and Political Economy of Development in India
David Jacobson
Dublin City University
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,338
711
0.164
Economics
economic geography
sectors
innovation
Michael Dowling
Dublin City University
Dublin, Ireland
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,300
3,344
0.778
finance AI
financial data science
behavioural finance
Carol Newman
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,056
2,106
0.519
Development Economics
Applied Microeconomics
Household Behaviour
Empirical Industrial Organisation