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Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 1.411 Scientists Citation in Romania 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: 1
higher education
statistic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,955
56,459
0.942
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Clinical Psychology
Psychotherapy Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Evidence-Based Practice
Cognitive Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,649
10,404
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Psychology
Public Health
Behavioral Medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,798
5,203
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Psychological assessment
Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Technology and CBT
Parentin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,890
3,756
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
identity
motivation
career developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,249
2,773
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Cognitive scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,699
2,268
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
language
literature
philosophy
religion
translatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,474
1,508
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Zooarchaeology
Archaeology
Landscape
Archaeometr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,435
2,538
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Sociolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,366
972
0.223
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
digital mental health
technology based cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy
parenting program
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,090
3,049
0.745
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
higher education
open_education
fake news
digital_literacy
education for sustainabl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,905
1,391
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Sociologia educatiei
analiza institutionala
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,639
867
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,628
2,794
0.770
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
psychology
personality
evaluative conditioning
mental healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,499
2,014
0.576
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Sociology
Research methodology
Organizational sociolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,006
2,647
0.881
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
e-learning
e-administration
e-government
green I
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,823
2,437
0.863
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
eLearning
Open Education
Blockchain
OER
MOO
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,796
1,101
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Literatur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,336
630
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Geography
Tourism
Territorial planning
Geospor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,269
1,360
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Clinical Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,195
1,132
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Social wor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,173
2,098
0.965
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Human-animal Interactions
Evolutionary Psychology
Service Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,060
1,100
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
elearning
multimedia
web technologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,969
1,069
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Implicit Social Cognition
I/O Psychology
Health Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,926
1,755
0.911
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
e-learning and e-training
VR/AR for active learning
social & semantic web
knowledge managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,901
1,009
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,094
19
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Andreea Mirica
Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies
Bucharest, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,955
56,459
0.942
higher education
statistic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,479
38
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Daniel Ovidiu David
University Babes Bolyai
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,649
10,404
0.529
Clinical Psychology
Psychotherapy Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Evidence-Based Practice
Cognitive Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
121,175
91
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Adriana Baban
University Babes Bolyai
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,798
5,203
0.591
Psychology
Public Health
Behavioral Medicin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
157,837
116
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Anca Dobrean (Domuta)|Anca Domuta
University Babes Bolyai
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,890
3,756
0.545
Psychological assessment
Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Technology and CBT
Parentin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
174,503
144
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Oana Negru-Subtirica
University Babes Bolyai
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,249
2,773
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
191,300
164
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Adrian Opre
University Babes Bolyai
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,699
2,268
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
199,034
176
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Gabriel Horatiu Decuble
University of Bucharest
Bucharest, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,474
1,508
0.275
language
literature
philosophy
religion
translatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
242,892
228
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Adrian Balasescu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,435
2,538
0.572
Zooarchaeology
Archaeology
Landscape
Archaeometr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
246,524
237
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Dumitru Sandu
University of Bucharest
Bucharest, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,366
972
0.223
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
261,797
266
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Oana David
University Babes Bolyai
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,090
3,049
0.745
digital mental health
technology based cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy
parenting program
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
272,718
280
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Gabriela Grosseck
West University of Timisoara
Timisoara, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,905
1,391
0.356
higher education
open_education
fake news
digital_literacy
education for sustainabl
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
289,783
313
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Lazar Vlasceanu
University of Bucharest
Bucharest, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,639
867
0.238
Sociologia educatiei
analiza institutionala
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
290,452
314
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Cazan Ana-Maria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,628
2,794
0.770
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
299,731
334
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Florin Alin Sava
West University of Timisoara
Timisoara, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,499
2,014
0.576
psychology
personality
evaluative conditioning
mental healt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
339,957
398
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Tiru Laurentiu Gabriel
West University of Timisoara
Timisoara, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,006
2,647
0.881
Sociology
Research methodology
Organizational sociolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
357,674
432
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sorin Burlacu
Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies
Bucharest, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,823
2,437
0.863
e-learning
e-administration
e-government
green I
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
360,466
437
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Carmen Holotescu
Ioan Slavici University
Timisoara, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,796
1,101
0.394
eLearning
Open Education
Blockchain
OER
MOO
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
413,809
549
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Carmen Popescu
University of Craiova
Craiova, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,336
630
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
422,771
572
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Alexandru Ilies
University of Oradea
Oradea, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,269
1,360
0.599
Geography
Tourism
Territorial planning
Geospor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
433,097
598
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Bogdan Tudor Tulbure
West University of Timisoara
Timisoara, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,195
1,132
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
436,158
604
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Stanciu Mariana Carmen
West University of Timisoara
Timisoara, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,173
2,098
0.965
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
453,295
650
93
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Alina Simona Rusu
University Babes Bolyai
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,060
1,100
0.534
Human-animal Interactions
Evolutionary Psychology
Service Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
467,971
688
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Diana Andone
Politehnica University Timisoara
Timisoara, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,969
1,069
0.543
elearning
multimedia
web technologie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
475,144
702
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Andrei Rusu
West University of Timisoara
Timisoara, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,926
1,755
0.911
Implicit Social Cognition
I/O Psychology
Health Psycholog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
479,523
717
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Maria Iuliana Dascalu
University Politehnica of Bucharest
Bucharest, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,901
1,009
0.531
e-learning and e-training
VR/AR for active learning
social & semantic web
knowledge managemen