The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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 methods
design research
co-design
prototyping
service design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,121
8,961
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Industrial Design
Design for Experience
Design for Wellbeing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,100
6,220
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
desgin
problem-solving
team
mental models
experience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,379
2,324
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Architectural Design
Cultural Heritage
Semantic Web Technologies
Building Information Modelling
Design Thinking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,757
4,173
0.725
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Technology Commercialization
Innovation Processes
Design Process
Effectuation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,185
2,593
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Performance Based Design
Architecture
Computational Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,399
1,380
0.575
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
architectural design
design information management
analysis
vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,718
837
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Analog Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,094
262
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
healthcare
human-centred design
human factors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,015
884
0.871
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Design
Interaction Design
Human Computer Interaction
Product Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
675
262
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
EUV Lithography
Photonic Crystal Fibres
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
559
335
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Design
Simulation
Fabrication and Characterization of Integrated Photonic circuits
InP-based Opto-electronic devices
Silicon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
496
172
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
design
management
science
socio-cultural
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
471
196
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Thin films
Optical coatings
Plasma Etch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
446
154
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
interaction design research
research through design
design for non-humans
nature-inclusive design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
346
309
0.893
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
data-enabled design
design research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
329
257
0.781
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
corporate social responsibility - industrial relations - organization studies - labour governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
318
280
0.881
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Human-Computer Interaction
Affective Computing
Biofeedback
Shared Informatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
315
266
0.844
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Design
Interaction Design
Semantics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
290
74
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244
111
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
mm-wave & RF integrated circuit design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
228
155
0.680
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Design for Wellbeing
Women's Health
User Experience
Interaction Design
Human-Centered Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181
165
0.912
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
design
behavior change motivation
healthy aging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
124
0.844
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
RF system and circuit design
Analog IC design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
31
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Structural Biology
Biochemistry
Chemical Biology
Durg Delivery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
117
0.893
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,496
1,262
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Pieter Jan Stappers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,121
8,961
0.495
Design methods
design research
co-design
prototyping
service design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,583
1,583
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Pieter Desmet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,100
6,220
0.412
Industrial Design
Design for Experience
Design for Wellbeing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
164,295
3,948
260
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Petra Badke-Schaub
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,379
2,324
0.364
desgin
problem-solving
team
mental models
experience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
182,099
4,314
172
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Pieter Pauwels
Eindhoven University of Technology
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,757
4,173
0.725
Architectural Design
Cultural Heritage
Semantic Web Technologies
Building Information Modelling
Design Thinking
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
201,667
4,706
200
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
I. Reymen
Eindhoven University of Technology
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,185
2,593
0.500
Technology Commercialization
Innovation Processes
Design Process
Effectuation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
392,034
7,963
652
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Sevil Sariyildiz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,399
1,380
0.575
Performance Based Design
Architecture
Computational Design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
497,567
9,593
828
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Alexander Koutamanis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,718
837
0.487
architectural design
design information management
analysis
vision
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
654,615
11,774
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sanjay Kumar Wadhwa
NXP Semiconductors
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,094
262
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
681,277
12,143
1,106
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Marijke Melles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,015
884
0.871
healthcare
human-centred design
human factors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
824,605
14,003
1,332
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ianus Keller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
675
262
0.388
Design
Interaction Design
Human Computer Interaction
Product Design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
886,951
14,822
118
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Nitin N. Edavalath
ASML Holding
Veldhoven, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
559
335
0.599
EUV Lithography
Photonic Crystal Fibres
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
933,065
15,498
766
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Abhinav Rohit
Eindhoven University of Technology
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
496
172
0.347
Design
Simulation
Fabrication and Characterization of Integrated Photonic circuits
InP-based Opto-electronic devices
Silicon
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
954,360
15,818
230
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Paul Gardien
Philips Research
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
471
196
0.416
design
management
science
socio-cultural
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
976,649
16,122
136
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ping Kuang
ASML Holding
Veldhoven, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
446
154
0.345
Thin films
Optical coatings
Plasma Etch
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,078,742
17,594
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Boudewijn Boon
Hogeschool van Amsterdam HvA
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
346
309
0.893
interaction design research
research through design
design for non-humans
nature-inclusive design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,099,465
17,885
249
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Janne Van Kollenburg
Philips Research
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
329
257
0.781
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,113,422
18,088
814
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Nora Lohmeyer
Radboud University
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
318
280
0.881
corporate social responsibility - industrial relations - organization studies - labour governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,117,394
18,150
937
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Mengru Xue
Eindhoven University of Technology
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
315
266
0.844
Human-Computer Interaction
Affective Computing
Biofeedback
Shared Informatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,152,810
18,593
963
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Bram Van Der Vlist
Eindhoven University of Technology
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
290
74
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,226,019
19,523
1,031
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Erfaneh Allameh
Eindhoven University of Technology
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244
111
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,254,611
19,879
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Denizhan Karaca
NXP Semiconductors
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
228
155
0.680
mm-wave & RF integrated circuit design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,353,108
20,994
1,093
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Asli Günay
University of Twente
Enschede, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181
165
0.912
Design for Wellbeing
Women's Health
User Experience
Interaction Design
Human-Centered Design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,443,177
21,959
1,247
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Carlijn Valk
Eindhoven University of Technology
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
124
0.844
design
behavior change motivation
healthy aging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,465,429
22,175
1,164
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Dlovan Mahrof
University of Twente
Enschede, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
31
0.221
RF system and circuit design
Analog IC design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,491,626
22,429
1,773
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Chao Wang
University of Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
117
0.893
Structural Biology
Biochemistry
Chemical Biology
Durg Delivery