Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Others Highly Cited Researchers 2.127 Scientists Citation in New Zealand Rankings - 2025
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 Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,051
Quantitative Aquatic Ecolog
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
6
0.667
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,052
Signal processing
Compressive sensing
Engineering Educatio
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Last 6 Years
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9
5
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,053
Personal Financ
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
4
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,054
Piezoelectric actuators
Optical Tweezers
Swarm Microrobotic
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,055
Computational design
Agent-based modelling
BIM
Parametric design
off-site constructio
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8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,056
Physical Chemistr
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8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,057
Virtual Reality
Animation
Visual Effect
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8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,058
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8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,059
ageing
leisure activities
wellbeing
loneliness
boredo
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Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,060
Analytical and Empirical Digital Marketin
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8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,061
artificial intelligence
general game playing
graph neural network
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8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,062
Research
technician contribution
research funding polic
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8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,063
Gender
Women Empowerment
Women Entrepreneurs
Microfinance
International Business and International Managemen
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Last 6 Years / Total
8
7
0.875
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,064
Physical Chemistr
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
7
0.875
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,065
Behaviour Analysi
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
5
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,066
public art
internet ethics
New Zealand
national identity
copyrigh
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Last 6 Years
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8
1
0.125
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,067
floating dry-docks
rolling stoc
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8
1
0.125
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,068
Microbiology
Genetics
Infectious disease
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,069
game design
game studies
sociology
applied complexity
participatory desig
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,070
Sustainable urban water management (SUWM)
integrated (UWM)
sustainability transitions
strategy as practice
critical institu
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Last 6 Years
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7
7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,071
Augmented Reality
Location-based Services
Data Visualization
Storytellin
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Last 6 Years
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7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,072
Landscape Architecture
Public Art
Educatio
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
3
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,073
Indigenous I
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
1
0.143
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,074
Systematic Theology
Trinity
Christology
John Webster
Karl Bart
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,075
cultural phylogenetics
palaeogenetic
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
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2,459,102
6,992
794
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,051
Yen Th Dinh
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
6
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,459,416
6,993
1,338
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,052
William Yen-Lei Lee
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
5
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
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2,460,205
6,995
795
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,053
Pushpa Wood
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
4
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,462,548
6,999
797
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,054
Nicholas Carlisle
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,462,548
6,999
797
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,055
Jaleh Sadeghi
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
Computational design
Agent-based modelling
BIM
Parametric design
off-site constructio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,462,548
6,999
1,232
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,056
Samuel J Harris
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
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8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,462,548
6,999
334
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,057
Saikrishna Srinivasan
University of Waikato
Hamilton, New Zealand
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,462,548
6,999
1,340
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,058
Chenyu Ni
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
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Last 6 Years
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8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,467,289
7,005
1,233
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,059
Myunik Panthi
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,467,289
7,005
1,341
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,060
Xiaoyi Sylvia Gao
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
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2,467,289
7,005
602
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,061
Alvaro Gunawan
Auckland University of Technology
Auckland, New Zealand
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
artificial intelligence
general game playing
graph neural network
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,467,289
7,005
1,341
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,062
Clare Mclaren
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
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8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,471,188
7,014
1,344
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,063
Saida Parvin
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
7
0.875
Gender
Women Empowerment
Women Entrepreneurs
Microfinance
International Business and International Managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,472,312
7,016
642
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,064
Aminu Hassan Yusuf
University of Canterbury
Christchurch, New Zealand
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
7
0.875
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,475,044
7,018
337
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,065
Cheniel Powell
University of Waikato
Hamilton, New Zealand
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
5
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,477,679
7,022
802
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,066
Bronwyn Holloway-Smith
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Last 6 Years / Total
8
1
0.125
public art
internet ethics
New Zealand
national identity
copyrigh
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,477,900
7,024
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,067
Bill Hudson
Wellington Institute of Technology
Wellington, New Zealand
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8
1
0.125
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,478,527
7,025
803
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,068
Stuart Littlejohn
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,482,991
7,031
1,347
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,069
Richard Durham
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
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7
7
1.000
game design
game studies
sociology
applied complexity
participatory desig
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,482,991
7,031
644
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,070
Rachel Teen
University of Canterbury
Christchurch, New Zealand
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
Sustainable urban water management (SUWM)
integrated (UWM)
sustainability transitions
strategy as practice
critical institu
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,482,991
7,031
339
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,071
Qimo Zhang
University of Waikato
Hamilton, New Zealand
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
Augmented Reality
Location-based Services
Data Visualization
Storytellin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,492,967
7,035
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,072
Paul Woodruffe
Unitec New Zealand
Auckland, New Zealand
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
3
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,494,447
7,036
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,073
George Tongariro
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
1
0.143
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,495,327
7,037
1,236
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,074
Brent Rempel
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
Systematic Theology
Trinity
Christology
John Webster
Karl Bart
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,495,327
7,037
1,236
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,075
Debbie Stoddart
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000