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
Econometrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,241
10,638
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Auditing
performance measurement
governance
boards
audit committees
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,809
2,986
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Health Economics
Economics of Education
Causal inference
Analytics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,395
5,336
0.722
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Corporate Finance
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,707
2,046
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
international finance
macroeconometrics
economic history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,210
875
0.168
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,049
1,589
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Microeconomics
Organizational Economics
Contract Theory
Industrial Organization ...
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,191
881
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Finance Theory
Banking
Risk Managment
Financial Stability
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,012
444
0.147
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
International Business
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,914
963
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Macroeconomics
Monetary Economics
Housing
Search
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,365
585
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Economic Geology
Mineral Exploration
Mineralogy
Geochemistry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,211
1,065
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
economic geography
urban geography
sustainable food systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,161
778
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Economic Geology
Geochemistry
Element Cycling
Mineral Deposits
Isotopes
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,889
1,232
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Pricing
revenue management
supply chain management
consumer behavior
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,617
618
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
game theory
microeconomics
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,570
328
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Financial Markets Infrastructure
Macroeconomics
Blockchain
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,513
981
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Economics of Education
Chinese Economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,358
450
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Environmental Footprint
Industrial Ecology
Carbon Accounting
Urban Water Systems
Mining and Sustainability
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,353
1,090
0.806
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Applied Microeconomics
Industrial Organization
Experimental Economics
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,312
543
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
information economics
evidence based policy
development
education
experimental economics
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,242
766
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
International Trade
Intellectual Property Rights
Applied Microeconomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
953
583
0.612
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Finance Derivatives
Risk Management
Asset Pricing
& Applied Mathematics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
906
169
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
787
146
0.186
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Corporate finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
762
464
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Economics of entrepreneurship
innovation
contract theory
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
688
400
0.581
James G Mackinnon
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,241
10,638
0.225
Steven E Salterio
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,809
2,986
0.339
Auditing
performance measurement
governance
boards
audit committees
Steven F Lehrer
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,395
5,336
0.722
Health Economics
Economics of Education
Causal inference
Analytics
Sean Cleary
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,707
2,046
0.359
Gregor W Smith
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,210
875
0.168
international finance
macroeconometrics
economic history
Glenn P Jenkins
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,049
1,589
0.392
Jan Zabojnik
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,191
881
0.276
Microeconomics
Organizational Economics
Contract Theory
Industrial Organization ...
Frank Milne
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,012
444
0.147
Finance Theory
Banking
Risk Managment
Financial Stability
Jean Paul Roy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,914
963
0.330
Allen Head
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,365
585
0.247
Macroeconomics
Monetary Economics
Housing
Search
Gema Olivo
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,211
1,065
0.482
Economic Geology
Mineral Exploration
Mineralogy
Geochemistry
Betsy Donald
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,161
778
0.360
economic geography
urban geography
sustainable food systems
Daniel Layton Matthews
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,889
1,232
0.652
Economic Geology
Geochemistry
Element Cycling
Mineral Deposits
Isotopes
Yuri Levin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,617
618
0.382
Pricing
revenue management
supply chain management
consumer behavior
Ruqu Wang
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,570
328
0.209
Thorsten Koeppl
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,513
981
0.648
Financial Markets Infrastructure
Macroeconomics
Blockchain
Weili Ding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,358
450
0.331
Economics of Education
Chinese Economy
Qian Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,353
1,090
0.806
Environmental Footprint
Industrial Ecology
Carbon Accounting
Urban Water Systems
Mining and Sustainability
Henry S Schneider
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,312
543
0.414
Applied Microeconomics
Industrial Organization
Experimental Economics
Christopher Cotton
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,242
766
0.617
information economics
evidence based policy
development
education
experimental economics
Olena Ivus
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
953
583
0.612
International Trade
Intellectual Property Rights
Applied Microeconomics
Wulin Suo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
906
169
0.187
Finance Derivatives
Risk Management
Asset Pricing
& Applied Mathematics
Christopher Ferrall
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
787
146
0.186
Evan Dudley
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
762
464
0.609
Veikko Thiele
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
688
400
0.581
Economics of entrepreneurship
innovation
contract theory