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
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
433,924
97,668
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
391,831
77,007
0.197
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
377,319
84,860
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
labor economics
microeconomics
soft skills
early childhood development
personality psychology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
265,085
68,232
0.257
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
254,118
100,399
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Health economics
cost-benefit analysis
program evaluation
injury
health planning & policy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
249,353
160,978
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Behavioral Economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217,309
63,275
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Finance
financial regulation
economic growth
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200,877
51,598
0.257
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Economic History
Institutions
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199,219
39,899
0.200
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Econometrics
Macroeconomics
Applied Econometrics
Time Series Analysis
Panel Data Econometrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186,193
87,822
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Economics
social science
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176,130
42,708
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Economics
Psychology
Behavioral Economics
Medicine
Law
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166,400
50,675
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Econometrics
Health Economics
Transportation
Production Modeling
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162,711
34,819
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
econometrics
panel data
treatment effects
clustering
economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160,640
56,628
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Financial Development
Banking
Firm Access to Finance
Financial Inclusion ...
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,835
46,905
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
labor economics
education
inequality
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,180
37,743
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Growth
Innovation
Contract
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,179
34,570
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
International Finance
International Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics
International Economics
Economic History
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132,569
26,665
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Financial Econometrics
Asset Pricing
Time Series Econometrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,532
27,431
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Economics
Macroeconomics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,922
30,267
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Financial Economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,698
26,808
0.217
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Corporate Finance
Financial Institutions
Risk Management
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,126
31,208
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Econometrics
Applied Econometrics
Economics
Statistics
Stochastic Processes
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,640
33,751
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
health economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,960
49,187
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Corporate Finance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,923
37,994
0.312
Andrei Shleifer
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
433,924
97,668
0.225
Joseph E Stiglitz
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
391,831
77,007
0.197
Amartya Kumar Sen
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
377,319
84,860
0.225
James Heckman
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
265,085
68,232
0.257
labor economics
microeconomics
soft skills
early childhood development
personality psychology
Daron Acemoğlu
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
254,118
100,399
0.395
Ted R Miller
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
249,353
160,978
0.646
Health economics
cost-benefit analysis
program evaluation
injury
health planning & policy
Richard Thaler
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217,309
63,275
0.291
Ross Levine
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200,877
51,598
0.257
Finance
financial regulation
economic growth
Douglass C North
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199,219
39,899
0.200
Mohammad Hashem Pesaran
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186,193
87,822
0.472
Econometrics
Macroeconomics
Applied Econometrics
Time Series Analysis
Panel Data Econometrics
Dani Rodrik
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176,130
42,708
0.242
George Loewenstein|George Lowenstein, George Freud Loewenstein
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166,400
50,675
0.305
Economics
Psychology
Behavioral Economics
Medicine
Law
William Greene
New York University
New York, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162,711
34,819
0.214
Econometrics
Health Economics
Transportation
Production Modeling
Jeffrey M Wooldridge
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160,640
56,628
0.353
econometrics
panel data
treatment effects
clustering
economics
Asli Demirguc-Kunt
World Bank
Washington, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,835
46,905
0.340
Financial Development
Banking
Firm Access to Finance
Financial Inclusion ...
Alan Krueger
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,180
37,743
0.283
labor economics
education
inequality
Philippe Aghion
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,179
34,570
0.260
Kenneth Rogoff
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132,569
26,665
0.201
International Finance
International Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics
International Economics
Economic History
Tim Bollerslev
Duke University
Durham, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,532
27,431
0.210
Financial Econometrics
Asset Pricing
Time Series Econometrics
N Gregory Mankiw
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,922
30,267
0.244
John Y Campbell
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,698
26,808
0.217
René Stulz
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,126
31,208
0.253
Corporate Finance
Financial Institutions
Risk Management
Peter CB Phillips
Yale University
New Haven, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,640
33,751
0.275
Econometrics
Applied Econometrics
Economics
Statistics
Stochastic Processes
Zhang Ping
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,960
49,187
0.403
Luigi Zingales
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,923
37,994
0.312