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
social psychology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,837
18,796
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
psychology
neuroscience
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,499
20,144
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
organizational psychology
culture
innovation
management
motivation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,880
9,475
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Anxiety Disorders
PTSD
Traumatic Stress
Social Anxiety
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,843
10,029
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Organizational psychology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,716
6,855
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Health Psychology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,605
6,366
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
empathy
social neuroscience
social comparison
psychopathology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,915
9,920
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
PsychoNeuroImmunology
Biological Psychiatry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,939
5,076
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Self and Identity
Psychopathology
Psychotherapy
Clinical-Health Psychology
Interdisciplinarity.
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,691
7,654
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,038
5,498
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Psychology of cyberspace
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,323
5,303
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
anxiety/OCD
imagery interventions
psychotherapy/internet treatments
experimental psychopathology
placebo effects
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,980
6,492
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
empathy
prosocial behavior
parenting
values
temperament
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,907
7,623
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Social Psychology
Political Psychology
Emotions
Psychological Interventions
Conflicts
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,214
9,876
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Vocational psychology
career decision making
career assessment
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,587
5,101
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
visual word recognition
cross-linguistics differences in reading
statistical learning
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,540
5,055
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,543
3,978
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
social psychology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,192
4,397
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Social-Personality Psychology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,183
5,666
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Numbers
Cognitive development
Cognitive Psychology
Numerical Cognition
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,922
7,093
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Clinical Psychological Science
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,669
5,749
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Organizational Psychology
OCB
Teamwork
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,653
4,939
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Emotion
Emotion Regulation
self control
Experimental Psychopathology
Social-media
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,527
7,885
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
emotion experience
task-switching
executive functions
working memory
emotion regulation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,262
3,666
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Quantum and mathematical physics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,140
2,578
0.196
Nira Liberman
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,837
18,796
0.363
Ruth Feldman
Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
Herzliya, Israel
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,499
20,144
0.407
Miriam Erez
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,880
9,475
0.280
organizational psychology
culture
innovation
management
motivation
Yair Bar Haim
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,843
10,029
0.404
Anxiety Disorders
PTSD
Traumatic Stress
Social Anxiety
Dov Eden
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,716
6,855
0.277
Yael Benyamini
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,605
6,366
0.282
Shamay Tsoory Simone
University of Haifa
Haifa, Israel
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,915
9,920
0.453
empathy
social neuroscience
social comparison
psychopathology
Raz Yirmiya
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,939
5,076
0.242
PsychoNeuroImmunology
Biological Psychiatry
Golan Shahar
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Beer Sheva, Israel
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,691
7,654
0.370
Self and Identity
Psychopathology
Psychotherapy
Clinical-Health Psychology
Interdisciplinarity.
Nurit Yirmiya
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,038
5,498
0.274
Azy Barak
University of Haifa
Haifa, Israel
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,323
5,303
0.289
Jonathan Huppert
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,980
6,492
0.361
anxiety/OCD
imagery interventions
psychotherapy/internet treatments
experimental psychopathology
placebo effects
Ariel Knafo Noam|Ariel Knafo
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,907
7,623
0.426
empathy
prosocial behavior
parenting
values
temperament
Eran Halperin
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,214
9,876
0.609
Social Psychology
Political Psychology
Emotions
Psychological Interventions
Conflicts
Itamar Gati
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,587
5,101
0.327
Vocational psychology
career decision making
career assessment
Ram Frost
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,540
5,055
0.325
visual word recognition
cross-linguistics differences in reading
statistical learning
Ilana Ritov
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,543
3,978
0.274
Arie Nadler
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,192
4,397
0.310
Avi Besser
Hadassah Academic College
Jerusalem, Israel
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,183
5,666
0.399
Samuel Shaki
Ariel University
Ariel, Israel
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,922
7,093
0.509
Numbers
Cognitive development
Cognitive Psychology
Numerical Cognition
Amit Bernstein
University of Haifa
Haifa, Israel
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,669
5,749
0.421
Anit Somech
University of Haifa
Haifa, Israel
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,653
4,939
0.362
Gal Sheppes
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,527
7,885
0.583
Emotion
Emotion Regulation
self control
Experimental Psychopathology
Social-media
Nachshon Meiran
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Beer Sheva, Israel
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,262
3,666
0.276
emotion experience
task-switching
executive functions
working memory
emotion regulation
Joseph E Avron
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,140
2,578
0.196