The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
Design
Human Computer Interaction
Indigenous Knowledge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,917
1,874
0.642
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Remote sensing
Machine learning
Plant phenology
Time series
Land-use change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
960
833
0.868
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Indigenous Knowledge
Ethics
Rural Communities
Co-Design
Technologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
960
478
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Internet of Things (IoT)
AI Ethics & Governance
Cybersecurity
Emerging Technologies
ICT4D
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
347
305
0.879
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Distributed Systems
Agent Coordination
Data Infrastructure
Multiagent Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225
76
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Machine Learning
ML in Healthcare
Quantitative image analysis
AI Ethics
Explainable AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179
165
0.922
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Graph reduction
Shortest path search
Hypergraphs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
93
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Indigenous Knowledge
Wikipedia
Co-Design
Routing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
46
0.597
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Computer Science
GIS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
10
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Image processing
Evolutionary Computing
ERPs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
22
0.759
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Computer Science
Cyber Security
IoT
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
9
0.818
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Data Mining
IoT
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Cyber-Security and Network
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Computer science
Natural Language Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Computer Science Education
AI
Software Development
Robotics
HCI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
1
0.500
Heike Winschiers-Theophilus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,917
1,874
0.642
Design
Human Computer Interaction
Indigenous Knowledge
Eliakim Hamunyela
University of Namibia
Windhoek, Namibia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
960
833
0.868
Remote sensing
Machine learning
Plant phenology
Time series
Land-use change
Gereon Koch Kapuire
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
960
478
0.498
Indigenous Knowledge
Ethics
Rural Communities
Co-Design
Technologies
Attlee Munyaradzi Gamundani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
347
305
0.879
Internet of Things (IoT)
AI Ethics & Governance
Cybersecurity
Emerging Technologies
ICT4D
José Ghislain Quenum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225
76
0.338
Distributed Systems
Agent Coordination
Data Infrastructure
Multiagent Systems
Lameck Mbangula Amugongo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179
165
0.922
Machine Learning
ML in Healthcare
Quantitative image analysis
AI Ethics
Explainable AI
Rafael Rodríguez-Puente
University of Namibia
Windhoek, Namibia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
93
0.528
Graph reduction
Shortest path search
Hypergraphs
Peter Gallert
University of Namibia
Windhoek, Namibia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
46
0.597
Indigenous Knowledge
Wikipedia
Co-Design
Routing
Sebastian Mukumbira
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
10
0.323
Edmore Chikohora
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
22
0.759
Image processing
Evolutionary Computing
ERPs
Edward Nepolo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
9
0.818
Computer Science
Cyber Security
IoT
Machine Learning
Symon Nyalugwe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
Data Mining
IoT
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Cyber-Security and Network
Victor Adelakun Omolaoye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
0
0.000
Computer science
Natural Language Processing
Herman Kandjimi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
1
0.500
Computer Science Education
AI
Software Development
Robotics
HCI