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
Trans-disciplinary integration
ecological economics
ecosystem services and valuation
sustainability science
participatory pr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,091
13,232
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Social and Environmental Accounting
Business Sustainability
CSEAR
Organizational Communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,893
6,375
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Sustainability Accounting
Integrated Reporting
Management Accounting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,187
11,343
0.701
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Development economics
Household surveys
Migration
Poverty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,777
6,762
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Economics of Disasters
Climate Change Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,303
6,878
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Macroeconomics
Public Economics
Political Economy
Behavioral Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,006
2,897
0.223
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
public economics
public finance
economic growth
taxation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,866
2,615
0.265
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
economics econometrics financial econometrics economic history
innovation
sustainability
cliometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,384
3,808
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
population economics
regional science
meta-analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,235
2,768
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Systems Thinking
System Dynamics
Operational Research
Feedback Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,048
2,926
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Capital market research
Corporate governance
Auditing
Corporate Social Responsibility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,792
6,180
0.703
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Diffusion of innovation
Balanced scorecard
Costing Systems
activity-based costing
TDABC
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,541
2,992
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Empirical Macroeconomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,185
2,772
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Auditing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,420
3,827
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
accounting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,262
2,219
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Applied econometrics
meta-analysis
replication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,062
2,781
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
resource economics
environmental economics
ecological economics
biodiversity
agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,774
1,682
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
finance
economics
financial markets
accounting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,384
2,045
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Experimental Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,339
2,000
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Economic evaluation of medical interventions and clinical programmes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,966
1,020
0.205
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Management Accounting
Performance Management
Capital Investment Decision-Making
Public and Third Sector Management Accounting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,906
1,898
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Finacial Accounting
International Accounting
Regulation
Corporate Communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,869
1,466
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Tsunami
Seismology
Geophysics
Environmental Economics
Quantum Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,624
2,245
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
applied econometrics
macroeconomics
commodity markets
real estate economics
labour markets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,577
1,597
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Applied Economics
Agricultural Economics
Resource Economics
Wellbeing Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,441
1,447
0.326
Marjan Van Den Belt
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,091
13,232
0.300
Trans-disciplinary integration
ecological economics
ecosystem services and valuation
sustainability science
participatory pr
Markus J Milne
University of Canterbury
Christchurch, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,893
6,375
0.337
Social and Environmental Accounting
Business Sustainability
CSEAR
Organizational Communication
Charl de Villiers
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,187
11,343
0.701
Sustainability Accounting
Integrated Reporting
Management Accounting
John Gibson
University of Waikato
Hamilton, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,777
6,762
0.429
Development economics
Household surveys
Migration
Poverty
Ilan Noy
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,303
6,878
0.517
Economics of Disasters
Climate Change Economics
Robert MacCulloch
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,006
2,897
0.223
Macroeconomics
Public Economics
Political Economy
Behavioral Economics
Norman Gemmell
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,866
2,615
0.265
public economics
public finance
economic growth
taxation
Les Oxley
University of Waikato
Hamilton, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,384
3,808
0.406
economics econometrics financial econometrics economic history
innovation
sustainability
cliometrics
Jacques Poot
University of Waikato
Hamilton, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,235
2,768
0.300
population economics
regional science
meta-analysis
Robert Y. Cavana
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,048
2,926
0.323
Systems Thinking
System Dynamics
Operational Research
Feedback Economics
Ahsan Habib
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,792
6,180
0.703
Capital market research
Corporate governance
Auditing
Corporate Social Responsibility
Davood Askarany (دکتر داود عسکرانی)
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,541
2,992
0.350
Diffusion of innovation
Balanced scorecard
Costing Systems
activity-based costing
TDABC
Alfred Haug
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,185
2,772
0.339
David Hay
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,420
3,827
0.516
Michael Bradbury
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,262
2,219
0.306
Bob Reed
University of Canterbury
Christchurch, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,062
2,781
0.459
Applied econometrics
meta-analysis
replication
Ross Cullen
Lincoln University Canterbury
Christchurch, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,774
1,682
0.291
resource economics
environmental economics
ecological economics
biodiversity
agriculture
henk berkman
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,384
2,045
0.380
finance
economics
financial markets
accounting
Ananish Chaudhuri
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,339
2,000
0.375
Richard Milne
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,966
1,020
0.205
Economic evaluation of medical interventions and clinical programmes
Deryl Northcott
Auckland University of Technology
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,906
1,898
0.387
Management Accounting
Performance Management
Capital Investment Decision-Making
Public and Third Sector Management Accounting
Asheq Rahman
Auckland University of Technology
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,869
1,466
0.301
Finacial Accounting
International Accounting
Regulation
Corporate Communication
William Power
GNS Science
Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,624
2,245
0.486
Tsunami
Seismology
Geophysics
Environmental Economics
Quantum Optics
Mark J Holmes
University of Waikato
Hamilton, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,577
1,597
0.349
applied econometrics
macroeconomics
commodity markets
real estate economics
labour markets
Caroline Saunders
Lincoln University Canterbury
Christchurch, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,441
1,447
0.326
Applied Economics
Agricultural Economics
Resource Economics
Wellbeing Economics