Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 2024 and list of influential and most cited researchers in Agriculture and Forestry, Art, Design and Architecture, Business and Management, Economics and Econometrics, Education, Engineering and Technology, History, Philosophy, Theology, Law, Medicine and Health Sciences, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences and their 256 sub-branches is a unique service offered only by “AD Scientific Index”. You can see the most cited and influential researchers in the country and region. See also for more specific citation analyses: "last 6 years citation index" Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Total Citations) and Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Last 6 Years Citations)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
50,833
Country Rank
3
Institution Rank : 3
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
![Georgios N. Yannakakis](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/68/2005707.jpg)
Artificial Intelligence
Affective Computing
Human-Computer Interaction
Computational Creativity
Games
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,587
8,045
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
194,990
Country Rank
27
Institution Rank : 27
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
![Gianluca Valentino](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/2a/2005732.jpg)
Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
Accelerator Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,137
3,901
0.759
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
210,975
Country Rank
31
Institution Rank : 31
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
![Antonios Liapis](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/bc/2005740.jpg)
Artificial Intelligence
Procedural Content Generation
Computational Creativity
Human-Computer Interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,736
3,396
0.717
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
228,495
Country Rank
35
Institution Rank : 35
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
![Kenneth P Camilleri](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/6b/2005734.jpg)
Computer vision
electroencephalographic (EEG) signal analysis
thermal image analysis
signal processing
pattern recognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,348
2,568
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
339,648
Country Rank
65
Institution Rank : 64
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
![Lalit Garg](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b2/2005813.jpg)
Health Informatics
Medical Informatics
Stochastic modelling
mathematical analysis
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,746
2,250
0.819
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
346,306
Country Rank
68
Institution Rank : 67
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
![Johann A. Briffa](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/3b/2005799.jpg)
Information Theory
Coding Theory
Image Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,681
2,376
0.886
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
359,267
Country Rank
72
Institution Rank : 71
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
![Gordon J. Pace](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/25/2005748.jpg)
Formal Methods
Runtime Verification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,560
1,206
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
360,204
Country Rank
73
Institution Rank : 72
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
![Konstantinos Makantasis](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/62/2005781.jpg)
Computer vision
Machine Learning
Affective Computing
High-order Data Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,551
2,022
0.793
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
444,891
Country Rank
95
Institution Rank : 94
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
![Alexiei Dingli](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/4e/2005783.jpg)
Artificial Intelligence
Gaming
Deep Learning
Explainable AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,922
850
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
500,658
Country Rank
109
Institution Rank : 108
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
![Héctor P. Martínez](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b0/2005795.jpg)
Affective computing
Games
Multimodal interfaces
Machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,619
812
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
516,641
Country Rank
115
Institution Rank : 114
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
![Joshua Ellul](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/41/2005962.jpg)
Blockchain
Smart Contracts
Cryptocurrency
Technology Regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,544
1,443
0.935
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
554,837
Country Rank
123
Institution Rank : 122
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
![Christian Colombo](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/3d/2005809.jpg)
runtime verification
cyber security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,380
727
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
576,130
Country Rank
130
Institution Rank : 129
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
![Reuben Farrugia](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b2/2005820.jpg)
Image Processing
Computer Vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,298
831
0.640
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
689,767
Country Rank
174
Institution Rank : 171
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
![Matthew Montebello](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/5c/2005874.jpg)
Artificial Intelligence
Technology Enhanced Education
Internet Technologies
Web Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
944
509
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
718,456
Country Rank
184
Institution Rank : 181
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
![Adrian Muscat](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Computer Vision and Language
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
872
550
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
747,330
Country Rank
201
Institution Rank : 197
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
![Adam Gauci](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Machine Learning
Image Processing
Remote Sensing
Oceanography
Instrumentation.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
804
689
0.857
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
807,657
Country Rank
220
Institution Rank : 215
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
![Jean-Paul Ebejer](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/43/2005929.jpg)
Bioinformatics
Cheminformatics
Computer-Aided Drug Design
Data Science
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
676
445
0.658
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
855,531
Country Rank
241
Institution Rank : 236
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
![Michael Rosner](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Artificial Intelligence
Language Technology
Information Extraction
Text Summarisation
NLP and Robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
585
301
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
881,941
Country Rank
252
Institution Rank : 247
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
![Isabel Evans](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/3f/2005924.jpg)
software testing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
538
234
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
981,542
Country Rank
281
Institution Rank : 273
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
![Christian Galea](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/3e/4500935.jpg)
Image Processing
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
382
327
0.856
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,016,535
Country Rank
291
Institution Rank : 283
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
![Philip Farrugia](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b9/5726417.jpg)
Human Factors in Design
Computer-based Design Support
Design of medical devices
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
337
153
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,022,096
Country Rank
292
Institution Rank : 284
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
![Stefania Cristina](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/91/4501753.jpg)
Computer vision
image processing
eye-gaze tracking
assistive technology
human-computer interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330
234
0.709
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,022,920
Country Rank
294
Institution Rank : 286
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
![Andrea Demarco](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f6/4500818.jpg)
speech processing
artificial intelligence
radio astronomy
big data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
329
226
0.687
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,024,980
Country Rank
297
Institution Rank : 289
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
![Juanito Camilleri](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
computer science
information technology
higher education
entrepreneurship
strategic planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
327
10
0.031
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,037,945
Country Rank
307
Institution Rank : 296
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
![David Melhart](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b2/4757715.jpg)
Artificial Intelligence
Affective Computing
Human-Computer Interaction
Player Modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
311
308
0.990
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
50,833
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
3
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
3
Georgios N. Yannakakis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,587
8,045
0.485
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
Artificial Intelligence
Affective Computing
Human-Computer Interaction
Computational Creativity
Games
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
194,990
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
27
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
27
Gianluca Valentino
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,137
3,901
0.759
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
Accelerator Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
210,975
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
31
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
31
Antonios Liapis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,736
3,396
0.717
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
Artificial Intelligence
Procedural Content Generation
Computational Creativity
Human-Computer Interaction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
228,495
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
35
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
35
Kenneth P Camilleri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,348
2,568
0.591
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
Computer vision
electroencephalographic (EEG) signal analysis
thermal image analysis
signal processing
pattern recognition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
339,648
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
65
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
64
Lalit Garg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,746
2,250
0.819
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
Health Informatics
Medical Informatics
Stochastic modelling
mathematical analysis
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
346,306
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
68
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
67
Johann A. Briffa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,681
2,376
0.886
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
Information Theory
Coding Theory
Image Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
359,267
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
72
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
71
Gordon J. Pace
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,560
1,206
0.471
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
Formal Methods
Runtime Verification
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
360,204
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
73
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
72
Konstantinos Makantasis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,551
2,022
0.793
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
Computer vision
Machine Learning
Affective Computing
High-order Data Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
444,891
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
95
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
94
Alexiei Dingli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,922
850
0.442
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
Artificial Intelligence
Gaming
Deep Learning
Explainable AI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
500,658
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
109
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
108
Héctor P. Martínez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,619
812
0.502
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
Affective computing
Games
Multimodal interfaces
Machine learning
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
516,641
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
115
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
114
Joshua Ellul
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,544
1,443
0.935
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
Blockchain
Smart Contracts
Cryptocurrency
Technology Regulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
554,837
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
123
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
122
Christian Colombo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,380
727
0.527
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
runtime verification
cyber security
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
576,130
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
130
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
129
Reuben Farrugia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,298
831
0.640
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
Image Processing
Computer Vision
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
689,767
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
174
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
171
Matthew Montebello
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
944
509
0.539
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
Artificial Intelligence
Technology Enhanced Education
Internet Technologies
Web Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
718,456
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
184
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
181
Adrian Muscat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
872
550
0.631
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
Computer Vision and Language
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
747,330
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
201
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
197
Adam Gauci
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
804
689
0.857
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
Machine Learning
Image Processing
Remote Sensing
Oceanography
Instrumentation.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
807,657
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
220
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
215
Jean-Paul Ebejer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
676
445
0.658
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
Bioinformatics
Cheminformatics
Computer-Aided Drug Design
Data Science
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
855,531
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
241
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
236
Michael Rosner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
585
301
0.515
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
Artificial Intelligence
Language Technology
Information Extraction
Text Summarisation
NLP and Robotics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
881,941
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
252
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
247
Isabel Evans
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
538
234
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
981,542
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
281
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
273
Christian Galea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
382
327
0.856
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
Image Processing
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,016,535
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
291
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
283
Philip Farrugia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
337
153
0.454
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
Human Factors in Design
Computer-based Design Support
Design of medical devices
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,022,096
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
292
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
284
Stefania Cristina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330
234
0.709
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
Computer vision
image processing
eye-gaze tracking
assistive technology
human-computer interaction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,022,920
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
294
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
286
Andrea Demarco
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
329
226
0.687
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
speech processing
artificial intelligence
radio astronomy
big data
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,024,980
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
297
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
289
Juanito Camilleri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
327
10
0.031
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
computer science
information technology
higher education
entrepreneurship
strategic planning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,037,945
![Malta](/flags/mt.png)
307
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
296
David Melhart
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
311
308
0.990
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11165.jpg)
Artificial Intelligence
Affective Computing
Human-Computer Interaction
Player Modelling