Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
academic profession
higher education
higher education research
scientometrics
bibliometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,541
1,348
0.875
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Higher Education
Sociology of Innovation
Science and Technology Indicators
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
763
434
0.569
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Higher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
553
284
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Knowledge Management
Sustainability
Higher Education Quality
Regional Innovation Policy
National System of Innovations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
548
237
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Higher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
408
161
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Higher Education
Academic Profession
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Competencies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
306
193
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Higher Education
Risks management
University Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
303
263
0.868
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Higher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
44
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
research funding distribution
geography of science
mid-ocean ridges
marine geomorphology
higher education studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
48
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Higher Education
Teaching Languages
Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
32
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
graph theory
higher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
5
0.054
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
biophysics
enzyme catalysis
bioluminescence
higher education
internationalisation of curriculum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
52
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
human capital
intellectual capital
higher education
student opinions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
34
0.810
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
higher education
comparative and international education
arctic research
study abroad programs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
4
0.667
Andrey Lovakov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,541
1,348
0.875
academic profession
higher education
higher education research
scientometrics
bibliometrics
Alena Nefedova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
763
434
0.569
Higher Education
Sociology of Innovation
Science and Technology Indicators
Irina Abankina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
553
284
0.514
Alina R. Kankovskaya Каньковская АР
Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
548
237
0.432
Knowledge Management
Sustainability
Higher Education Quality
Regional Innovation Policy
National System of Innovations
Liudmila Filatova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
408
161
0.395
Marko Turk
Tyumen State University
Tyumen, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
306
193
0.631
Higher Education
Academic Profession
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Competencies
Rasulya Aetdinova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
303
263
0.868
Higher Education
Risks management
University Management
Elena Nikolayenko
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
44
0.389
Alexey Zheleznov, Алексей Железнов|Aleksey Zheleznov, Alexei Zheleznov, Aleksei Zheleznov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
48
0.475
research funding distribution
geography of science
mid-ocean ridges
marine geomorphology
higher education studies
Elena Frayfeld (Fraifeld)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
32
0.337
Higher Education
Teaching Languages
Linguistics
Неустроева Татьяна Кимовна (Tatiana Neustroeva)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
5
0.054
graph theory
higher education
Irina Sukovataya
Siberian Federal University
Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
52
0.591
biophysics
enzyme catalysis
bioluminescence
higher education
internationalisation of curriculum
Ilshat Garafiev
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
34
0.810
human capital
intellectual capital
higher education
student opinions
Николай Фёдорович Артемьев (Nikolai Artemev)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
4
0.667
higher education
comparative and international education
arctic research
study abroad programs