Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1

Corporate Finance
Financial Markets
Financial Planning
Bibliometric analysis
Structure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,408
36,870
0.960
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2

Growth
development
India
Chin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,410
7,895
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3

Sustainability
Environmental Modeling
Life Cycle Assessment
Biodiversity Conservation
Ecological Economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,358
16,599
0.904
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4

Accounting and Financ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,205
12,713
0.739
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5

Development Economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,160
7,769
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6

Financ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,400
8,299
0.619
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7

Pred Analytics/Data Science
AI/ML/Deep Learning
Big Data Analytics
Analytical CRM
Evol Computin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,266
6,560
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8

Ad Hoc Networks
MANET
VANET
Io
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,196
8,172
0.670
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9

Financ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,726
3,554
0.303
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10

Environmental Economics
Climate change
energy & finance
growth
development economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,249
4,013
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11

Development Economics
Applied econometric
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,754
1,939
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12

corporate governance
csr
accounting
auditing. management control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,274
3,932
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13

International Economics
Macroeconomics and Development Economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,035
1,385
0.197
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14

Finance
Risk Management
Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,473
2,822
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15

GREEN ACCOUNTING
CLIMATE CHANGE
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
ENERGY ECONOMIC
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,447
3,724
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16

Energy Economics
Time Series Modeling
Cleaner Technologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,367
3,247
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17

Environmental Economics
Development Economics
Evolutionary Game Theory
Political Econom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,219
2,619
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18

Financ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,134
2,602
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19

Ecological economics
Human dimension in wildlife
Conservation sciencerest
Second interes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,965
3,167
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20

Economic Load Dispatch■Combined Heat and Power Dispatch■Optimal Power Flow■Hydrothermal Scheduling■Automatic Generatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,687
3,418
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21

Corporate Finance
Business Valuation
Investment & Wealth Management
Enterprise Risk Managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,426
4,243
0.782
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22

Cyber Security
Digital Forensics
Biometric
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,413
1,512
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23

Finance and Marketin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,227
1,970
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24

Environmental and Resource Economics
Efficiency and Productivity Analysis
Applied Econometric
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,077
2,444
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25

economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,883
1,837
0.376
Satish Kumar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,408
36,870
0.960
Corporate Finance
Financial Markets
Financial Planning
Bibliometric analysis
Structure
Arvind Subramanian
Ashoka University
Sonepat, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,410
7,895
0.236
Abhishek Chaudhary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,358
16,599
0.904
Sustainability
Environmental Modeling
Life Cycle Assessment
Biodiversity Conservation
Ecological Economic
Saurabh Agarwal
Indian Institute of Finance
Greater Noida, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,205
12,713
0.739
Accounting and Financ
Panchanan Das
University of Calcutta
Kolkata, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,160
7,769
0.549
Sudipta Das
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,400
8,299
0.619
Vadlamani Ravi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,266
6,560
0.494
Pred Analytics/Data Science
AI/ML/Deep Learning
Big Data Analytics
Analytical CRM
Evol Computin
Saurabh Sharma
Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Karnataka, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,196
8,172
0.670
Ad Hoc Networks
MANET
VANET
Io
Amitabh Gupta
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,726
3,554
0.303
Soumyananda Dinda
University of Burdwan
Bardhaman, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,249
4,013
0.434
Environmental Economics
Climate change
energy & finance
growth
development economic
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Jyotsna Jalan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,754
1,939
0.221
Development Economics
Applied econometric
Nava Subramaniam
Amrita University
Coimbatore, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,274
3,932
0.541
corporate governance
csr
accounting
auditing. management control
Deepak Nayyar
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,035
1,385
0.197
International Economics
Macroeconomics and Development Economic
A Vinay Kumar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,473
2,822
0.436
Finance
Risk Management
Psycholog
Haripriya Gundimeda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,447
3,724
0.578
GREEN ACCOUNTING
CLIMATE CHANGE
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
ENERGY ECONOMIC
Sajal Ghosh
Management Development Institute
Gurgaon, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,367
3,247
0.510
Energy Economics
Time Series Modeling
Cleaner Technologie
E Somanathan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,219
2,619
0.421
Environmental Economics
Development Economics
Evolutionary Game Theory
Political Econom
Abhay Kumar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,134
2,602
0.424
Ruchi Badola
Wildlife Institute of India
Dehradun, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,965
3,167
0.531
Ecological economics
Human dimension in wildlife
Conservation sciencerest
Second interes
Provas Kumar Roy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,687
3,418
0.601
Economic Load Dispatch■Combined Heat and Power Dispatch■Optimal Power Flow■Hydrothermal Scheduling■Automatic Generatio
Aman Srivastava
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,426
4,243
0.782
Corporate Finance
Business Valuation
Investment & Wealth Management
Enterprise Risk Managemen
BM Mehtre
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,413
1,512
0.279
Cyber Security
Digital Forensics
Biometric
Sushil Kumar
Jagannath University NCR
Jhajjar, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,227
1,970
0.377
Finance and Marketin
Surender Kumar
Delhi School of Economics
Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,077
2,444
0.481
Environmental and Resource Economics
Efficiency and Productivity Analysis
Applied Econometric
Reetika Khera
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,883
1,837
0.376