Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
signal processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,224
1,118
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Communication
wireless networks
biomedical applications
antenna design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,455
1,308
0.899
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Public relations
social media
professionalization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,010
794
0.786
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Media effects and uses and gratifications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
857
530
0.618
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Public Relations and Advertising
Strategic Communication
Media Campaigns
CSR and Crisis Communication
Activism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
594
374
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Media & Communication
Social and media frames
news and policy narratives
disaster communication
science com
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
412
308
0.748
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
New Media and Public Relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
325
240
0.738
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
democratization
Arabian Peninsula Area Studies
discourse
digital inequalities
intercultural communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219
142
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
IS Implementation
IT Adoption
Social media relation to business and society
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
45
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Machine learning
Natural Language Processing
Social Media Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
68
0.829
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Media and Communication Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
42
0.857
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
film
cinema
moving image
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
9
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Agenda setting
Public sphere
New media
Filter bubble
Need for orientation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Communication - Learning technologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
6
0.750
Ahmed Youssef
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,224
1,118
0.503
communication
signal processing
Ali F Almutairi
Kuwait University
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,455
1,308
0.899
Communication
wireless networks
biomedical applications
antenna design
Cristina Navarro Ruiz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,010
794
0.786
Public relations
social media
professionalization
Ali Al Kandari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
857
530
0.618
Media effects and uses and gratifications
Manaf Bashir
Kuwait University
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
594
374
0.630
Public Relations and Advertising
Strategic Communication
Media Campaigns
CSR and Crisis Communication
Activism
Michael Bourk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
412
308
0.748
Media & Communication
Social and media frames
news and policy narratives
disaster communication
science com
Ali A Dashti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
325
240
0.738
New Media and Public Relations
Fahed Al-Sumait
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219
142
0.648
democratization
Arabian Peninsula Area Studies
discourse
digital inequalities
intercultural communication
Shady Fraiha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
45
0.441
IS Implementation
IT Adoption
Social media relation to business and society
Hana Alostad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
68
0.829
Machine learning
Natural Language Processing
Social Media Mining
Fadi Jaber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
42
0.857
Media and Communication Studies
Gavin Wilson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
9
0.529
film
cinema
moving image
Albaraa Altourah
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
Agenda setting
Public sphere
New media
Filter bubble
Need for orientation
Ayman A El Samad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
6
0.750
Communication - Learning technologie