Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Business & Management Highly Cited Researchers Citation in United States Rankings 2025

The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
United States
Michael E Porter
Competitive Strategy
Digital Transformation
Economic Development
Health Care
U.S. Political System
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
631,797
169,672
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
United States
Joseph F Hair Jr
multivariate analysis
business analytics
marketing
structural equation modeling
PLS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
504,607
318,406
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
United States
Kevin Lane Keller
Marketing
Branding
Brands
Brand Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
355,354
146,880
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
United States
Valarie Zeithaml
marketing
services marketing
service management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
312,576
97,580
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
United States
Rolph Anderson
Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty
Selling and Sales Management
Multivariate Data Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
276,221
129,031
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
United States
Michael Cole
The role of culture in human development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
264,053
75,108
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
United States
Leonard Berry
Services Marketing
Service Quality
Health Services Research
Improving Cancer Care Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
261,439
76,069
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
United States
A Parasuraman
Services Marketing
Service Quality
Technology & Service
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260,233
86,568
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
United States
R Bagozzi
Marketing
Management
social psychology
statistics
neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238,053
91,297
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
United States
Jay Barney
strategic management
entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237,554
79,509
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
United States
Robert Kaplan
Balanced Scorecard
Activity-Based Costing
Strategy Execution
E-liability Carbon Accounting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235,046
53,766
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
United States
Bruce Avolio
Leadership
Leader Development
Individual to Global Strategic Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219,856
89,119
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
United States
David J Teece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219,757
81,128
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
United States
Claes Fornell
Customer Satisfaction
Marketing
Customer Experience Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219,515
103,922
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
United States
Philip Podsakoff
Organizational Citizenship Behavior
Organizational Research Methods
Leadership
Research Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207,098
99,578
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
United States
Viswanath Venkatesh
Information Systems
Operations Management
Management
Psychology
Technology Adoption
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200,811
105,933
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
United States
Thomas Saaty
Decision Making
AHP
ANP
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,162
70,261
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
United States
Scott B Mackenzie
Marketing
consumer behavior
research methods
advertising
leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189,747
91,010
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
United States
Jeffrey Pfeffer
organizational behavior
power in organizations
evidence-based management
human resources
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186,362
42,105
0.226
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
United States
Paul Slovic
The psychology of risk and decision making
risk perception
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181,352
47,091
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
United States
Walter W Woody Powell
Organizations
economic sociology
science and technology studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176,800
46,250
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
United States
Arjun Appadurai
cultural anthropology
social anthropology
globalization
south asia
violence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,761
42,374
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
United States
R Edward Freeman
stakeholder theory
business ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,436
65,952
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
United States
Thomas H. Davenport
analytics
business analytics
information systems
business process management
artificial intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148,038
42,629
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
United States
G Tomas M Hult
international marketing
marketing strategy
customer satisfaction
supply chain management
international business
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,894
86,550
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5
United States
3
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Michael E Porter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
631,797
169,672
0.269
Competitive Strategy
Digital Transformation
Economic Development
Health Care
U.S. Political System
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27
United States
16
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Joseph F Hair Jr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
504,607
318,406
0.631
multivariate analysis
business analytics
marketing
structural equation modeling
PLS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115
United States
57
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Kevin Lane Keller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
355,354
146,880
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
183
United States
85
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Valarie Zeithaml
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
312,576
97,580
0.312
marketing
services marketing
service management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
298
United States
129
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Rolph Anderson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
276,221
129,031
0.467
Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty
Selling and Sales Management
Multivariate Data Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
358
United States
152
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Michael Cole
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
264,053
75,108
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
378
United States
162
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Leonard Berry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
261,439
76,069
0.291
Services Marketing
Service Quality
Health Services Research
Improving Cancer Care Research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
384
United States
164
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
A Parasuraman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260,233
86,568
0.333
Services Marketing
Service Quality
Technology & Service
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
535
United States
213
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
R Bagozzi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238,053
91,297
0.384
Marketing
Management
social psychology
statistics
neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
538
United States
214
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jay Barney
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237,554
79,509
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
563
United States
223
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Robert Kaplan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235,046
53,766
0.229
Balanced Scorecard
Activity-Based Costing
Strategy Execution
E-liability Carbon Accounting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
649
United States
257
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Bruce Avolio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219,856
89,119
0.405
Leadership
Leader Development
Individual to Global Strategic Leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
651
United States
258
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
David J Teece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219,757
81,128
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
653
United States
259
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Claes Fornell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219,515
103,922
0.473
Customer Satisfaction
Marketing
Customer Experience Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
740
United States
296
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Philip Podsakoff
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207,098
99,578
0.481
Organizational Citizenship Behavior
Organizational Research Methods
Leadership
Research Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
804
United States
321
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Viswanath Venkatesh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200,811
105,933
0.528
Information Systems
Operations Management
Management
Psychology
Technology Adoption
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
874
United States
359
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Thomas Saaty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,162
70,261
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
908
United States
373
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Scott B Mackenzie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189,747
91,010
0.480
Marketing
consumer behavior
research methods
advertising
leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
944
United States
390
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jeffrey Pfeffer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186,362
42,105
0.226
organizational behavior
power in organizations
evidence-based management
human resources
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
990
United States
412
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Paul Slovic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181,352
47,091
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,035
United States
436
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Walter W Woody Powell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176,800
46,250
0.262
Organizations
economic sociology
science and technology studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,355
United States
601
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Arjun Appadurai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,761
42,374
0.276
cultural anthropology
social anthropology
globalization
south asia
violence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,361
United States
603
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
R Edward Freeman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,436
65,952
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,461
United States
647
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Thomas H. Davenport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148,038
42,629
0.288
analytics
business analytics
information systems
business process management
artificial intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,586
United States
706
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
G Tomas M Hult
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,894
86,550
0.610
international marketing
marketing strategy
customer satisfaction
supply chain management
international business