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
Economic Theory
Game Theory
Decision Theory
Models of Bounded Rationality...
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,753
8,604
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Innovation
Growth
Patents
R&D
Higher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,482
11,046
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Investments
Corporate Finance
Capital Markets
Stochastic Dominance
Experimental Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,622
4,906
0.178
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Macroeconomics
Monetary Theory and Policy and Political Economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,903
2,804
0.128
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Labor Economics
Economics of Education
Development Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,157
6,213
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Decision Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,139
4,703
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Law and Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,181
4,858
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
family economics
labor economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,602
2,810
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,975
2,419
0.202
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Game Theory
Mathematical Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,178
1,525
0.136
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Macroeconomics
Economic Growth
the Economy of Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,172
2,595
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Empirical IO
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,830
1,733
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,763
1,746
0.179
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Macroeconomics
Monetary Policy
International Finance
Emerging Markets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,620
1,152
0.120
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Macroeconomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,398
1,676
0.178
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Financial Economics
Economic History
Economies of East Asia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,274
2,069
0.223
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
cybersecurity
social networks
software & Internet industries
cryptocurrencies
open source
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,155
2,601
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
public economics
theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,000
1,076
0.120
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
game theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,852
2,204
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ecosystem services
Sustainable development
Ecological Engineering
Environmental Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,172
4,860
0.595
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Labor economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,136
841
0.103
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Financial Accounting and Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,711
1,798
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Financial Economics
Asset Pricing
Bayesian analysis
market anomalies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,653
3,086
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Environmental Economics
Demography
International Trade
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,626
4,159
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,538
2,045
0.271
Ariel Rubinstein
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,753
8,604
0.176
Economic Theory
Game Theory
Decision Theory
Models of Bounded Rationality...
Manuel Trajtenberg
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,482
11,046
0.233
Innovation
Growth
Patents
R&D
Higher Education
Haim Levy
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,622
4,906
0.178
Investments
Corporate Finance
Capital Markets
Stochastic Dominance
Experimental Economics
Alex Cukierman
Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
Herzliya, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,903
2,804
0.128
Macroeconomics
Monetary Theory and Policy and Political Economy
Victor Lavy
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,157
6,213
0.294
Labor Economics
Economics of Education
Development Economics
Itzhak Gilboa
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,139
4,703
0.246
Alma Cohen
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,181
4,858
0.320
Yoram Weiss
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,602
2,810
0.192
Chaim Fershtman
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,975
2,419
0.202
Bezalel Peleg
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,178
1,525
0.136
Game Theory
Mathematical Economics
Joseph Zeira
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,172
2,595
0.255
Macroeconomics
Economic Growth
the Economy of Israel
Saul Lach
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,830
1,733
0.176
Zvi Eckstein
Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
Herzliya, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,763
1,746
0.179
Leonardo Leiderman
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,620
1,152
0.120
Macroeconomics
Monetary Policy
International Finance
Emerging Markets
Zvi Hercowitz
Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
Herzliya, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,398
1,676
0.178
Yishay Yafeh
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,274
2,069
0.223
Financial Economics
Economic History
Economies of East Asia
Neil Gandal
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,155
2,601
0.284
cybersecurity
social networks
software & Internet industries
cryptocurrencies
open source
Eytan Sheshinski
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,000
1,076
0.120
Dov Monderer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,852
2,204
0.249
Andrea Ghermandi
University of Haifa
Haifa, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,172
4,860
0.595
Ecosystem services
Sustainable development
Ecological Engineering
Environmental Economics
Reuben Gronau
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,136
841
0.103
Eli Amir
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,711
1,798
0.233
Financial Accounting and Analysis
Doron Avramov
Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
Herzliya, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,653
3,086
0.403
Financial Economics
Asset Pricing
Bayesian analysis
market anomalies
Avraham Ebenstein
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,626
4,159
0.545
Environmental Economics
Demography
International Trade
Mark Gradstein
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Beer Sheva, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,538
2,045
0.271