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
Communication and Information Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,400
8,289
0.168
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
social media
popular culture
humor
internet memes
values
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,416
6,597
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
communication system
coding
game theory
resource allocation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,209
648
0.063
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Media trust
Third person effect
Presumed media influence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,522
4,700
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
media and communication studies
language and society
qualitative research
discourse and writing practices
tourism and museum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,482
4,103
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
journalism
communication
technology
epistemology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,904
2,880
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
place branding
crisis communication
marketing tourism
image of minorities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,979
2,298
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Communication in Healthcare
Professionalism
Breaking Bad News
Shared Decision Making
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,829
2,590
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Science literacy
Public engagement with science
Citizen science
Science communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,565
2,672
0.585
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Autism spectrum disorder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,497
1,636
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Voice
Voice disorders
Stuttering
Fluency Disorders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,380
1,299
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
ethics in persuasive and health communication
participatory communication
organ donation
digital divide
road safety communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,735
817
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
communication
new media
online tie breaking
unfriending
sharing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,393
1,202
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Political Communication
Journalism Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,366
1,487
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Communication
Discourse Studies
Pragmatics
Political Discourse Analysis
Diplomacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,239
1,166
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,158
1,069
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
communication theory
media philosophy
media witnessing
ethics
media trauma memory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,113
943
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Media psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,083
949
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Journalism
collective memory
popular culture
Israel studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,040
819
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Journalism
Collective Memory
Israel Studies
Media and Conflict
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,945
851
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
New Media
Journalism
Political Communication
Tech & Society
Israeli Protest
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,822
566
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Public deliberation
participatory journalism
citizenship education
democracy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,605
859
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
communications policy
Israel studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,376
603
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
information policy
internet governance
technology and society
digital divide
privacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,235
636
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Media & religion
Social media
Mobile communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,120
878
0.784
Shlomo Shamai Shitz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,400
8,289
0.168
Communication and Information Theory
Limor Shifman
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,416
6,597
0.633
social media
popular culture
humor
internet memes
values
Ephraim Zehavi
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,209
648
0.063
communication system
coding
game theory
resource allocation
Yariv Tsfati
University of Haifa
Haifa, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,522
4,700
0.552
Media trust
Third person effect
Presumed media influence
Chaim Noy
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,482
4,103
0.484
media and communication studies
language and society
qualitative research
discourse and writing practices
tourism and museum
Zvi Reich
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Beer Sheva, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,904
2,880
0.417
journalism
communication
technology
epistemology
Eli Avraham
University of Haifa
Haifa, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,979
2,298
0.462
place branding
crisis communication
marketing tourism
image of minorities
Orit Karnieli Miller
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,829
2,590
0.536
Communication in Healthcare
Professionalism
Breaking Bad News
Shared Decision Making
Ayelet Baram Tsabari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,565
2,672
0.585
Science literacy
Public engagement with science
Citizen science
Science communication
Esther Ben Itzchak
Ariel University
Ariel, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,497
1,636
0.468
Autism spectrum disorder
Ofer Amir
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,380
1,299
0.384
Voice
Voice disorders
Stuttering
Fluency Disorders
Nurit Guttman
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,735
817
0.299
ethics in persuasive and health communication
participatory communication
organ donation
digital divide
road safety communication
Nicholas A John
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,393
1,202
0.502
communication
new media
online tie breaking
unfriending
sharing
Keren Tenenboim Weinblatt
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,366
1,487
0.628
Political Communication
Journalism Studies
Zohar Kampf
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,239
1,166
0.521
Communication
Discourse Studies
Pragmatics
Political Discourse Analysis
Diplomacy
Azi Lev On
Ariel University
Ariel, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,158
1,069
0.495
Amit Pinchevski
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,113
943
0.446
communication theory
media philosophy
media witnessing
ethics
media trauma memory
Nurit Tal Or
University of Haifa
Haifa, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,083
949
0.456
Oren Meyers
University of Haifa
Haifa, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,040
819
0.401
Journalism
collective memory
popular culture
Israel studies
Motti Neiger
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,945
851
0.438
Journalism
Collective Memory
Israel Studies
Media and Conflict
Sam Lehman Wilzig
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,822
566
0.311
New Media
Journalism
Political Communication
Tech & Society
Israeli Protest
Idit Manosevitch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,605
859
0.535
Public deliberation
participatory journalism
citizenship education
democracy
Amit Schejter
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Beer Sheva, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,376
603
0.438
communications policy
Israel studies
Dmitry Epstein
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,235
636
0.515
information policy
internet governance
technology and society
digital divide
privacy
Rosenberg Hananel
Ariel University
Ariel, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,120
878
0.784
Media & religion
Social media
Mobile communication