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 Rankings
Rankings

1,284,677
World Rank

353
Country Rank

341
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Citation Metrics
-
Total238
-
Last 6 Years43
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.181
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

1,314,412
World Rank

359
Country Rank

347
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Citation Metrics
-
Total224
-
Last 6 Years108
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.482
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

1,330,408
World Rank

360
Country Rank

348
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Citation Metrics
-
Total217
-
Last 6 Years47
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.217
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

1,484,606
World Rank

401
Country Rank

383
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Citation Metrics
-
Total161
-
Last 6 Years136
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.845
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

1,641,406
World Rank

428
Country Rank

408
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Citation Metrics
-
Total119
-
Last 6 Years44
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.370
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

1,751,374
World Rank

454
Country Rank

431
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Law / Law and Legal Studies
international law | law of the sea | maritime security law | human rights la
international law | law of the sea | maritime security law | human rights la
Citation Metrics
-
Total95
-
Last 6 Years66
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.695
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

1,861,431
World Rank

478
Country Rank

454
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Law / Law and Legal Studies
Information Technology Law | Data Privacy Law | Consumer Law | Artificial Intelligenc
Information Technology Law | Data Privacy Law | Consumer Law | Artificial Intelligenc
Citation Metrics
-
Total75
-
Last 6 Years51
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.680
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

1,956,682
World Rank

505
Country Rank

478
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Citation Metrics
-
Total60
-
Last 6 Years51
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.850
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

1,979,668
World Rank

510
Country Rank

483
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Citation Metrics
-
Total57
-
Last 6 Years34
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.596
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

2,076,602
World Rank

531
Country Rank

503
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Citation Metrics
-
Total44
-
Last 6 Years23
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.523
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

2,101,438
World Rank

539
Country Rank

511
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Law / Law and Legal Studies
International law and conflict | international human rights law and migration | international crimina
International law and conflict | international human rights law and migration | international crimina
Citation Metrics
-
Total41
-
Last 6 Years20
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.488
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

2,196,411
World Rank

564
Country Rank

531
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Citation Metrics
-
Total30
-
Last 6 Years29
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.967
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

2,206,138
World Rank

567
Country Rank

534
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Law / Law and Legal Studies
digital games | international law | artificial intelligence | philosophy of technology | philosophy of la
digital games | international law | artificial intelligence | philosophy of technology | philosophy of la
Citation Metrics
-
Total29
-
Last 6 Years29
-
Last 6 Years / Total1.000
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

2,239,734
World Rank

575
Country Rank

542
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Citation Metrics
-
Total26
-
Last 6 Years23
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.885
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

2,459,182
World Rank

628
Country Rank

593
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Law / Law and Legal Studies
Constitutional & Administrative Law | Ombudsman legislation | Development Planning Law | Citizenship and related legislatio
Constitutional & Administrative Law | Ombudsman legislation | Development Planning Law | Citizenship and related legislatio
Citation Metrics
-
Total9
-
Last 6 Years6
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.667
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

2,476,068
World Rank

632
Country Rank

597
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Law / Law and Legal Studies
Health care law | advance decision making | mental health law | disability law | human reproduction and the la
Health care law | advance decision making | mental health law | disability law | human reproduction and the la
Citation Metrics
-
Total8
-
Last 6 Years4
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.500
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

2,506,060
World Rank

642
Country Rank

607
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

2,552,300
World Rank

654
Country Rank

618
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18