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
Intrinsic Motivation
Economic Psychology
Materialism
Happiness
Corruption
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,578
6,518
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Environmental Sociology
Animals and Society
Social Movements
Public Opinion
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,506
4,651
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
computational chemistry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,517
4,313
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Qunatum chemistry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,968
5,156
0.575
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Medical mycology
Cryptococcus neoformans
host-pathogen interactions
evolution of virulence
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,383
1,060
0.166
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
carbon nanomaterials
electrochemical sensing
photoelectron spectroscopy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,638
2,199
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
mathematics education
flipped classroom
statistics education
technology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,120
2,098
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Health Behavior
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,925
385
0.098
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Accounting
International Business
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,911
1,043
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Labor Economics
Health Economics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,861
1,266
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Seed germination ecology
Plant Ecology
Climate change
Conservation biology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,677
1,799
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
sport marketing
personal branding
brand management
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,554
1,041
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
cell signaling
inflammation
mitophagy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,465
1,016
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Language
Music
Prosody
EEG
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,447
1,192
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Civility
diversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,445
1,084
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Social media
technostress
negative effects
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,351
2,914
0.870
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Psychology
Personality
Self & Identity
Self-Talk
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,344
1,664
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Learning Theory
Deep Learning
Big Data
High Dimensional Data
Data Science
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,154
1,265
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
business
marketing
consumer psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,133
872
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations
Deep Learning
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,060
1,497
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
optics
acoustics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,034
596
0.196
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Development Economics & Technological Change
International Trade
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,019
1,588
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Forensic Anthropology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,888
845
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
quantum chemistry
molecular visualization
drug design
catalysis
chemical education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,872
419
0.146
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Mathematics classroom research
teacher education
mathematics comparative studies
Lesson study
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,753
1,568
0.570
Thomas Li Ping Tang
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,578
6,518
0.371
Intrinsic Motivation
Economic Psychology
Materialism
Happiness
Corruption
Angela Mertig
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,506
4,651
0.344
Environmental Sociology
Animals and Society
Social Movements
Public Opinion
Jing Kong
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,517
4,313
0.453
Fenglai Liu
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,968
5,156
0.575
Erin E Mcclelland
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,383
1,060
0.166
Medical mycology
Cryptococcus neoformans
host-pathogen interactions
evolution of virulence
Charles C Chusuei
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,638
2,199
0.390
carbon nanomaterials
electrochemical sensing
photoelectron spectroscopy
Jeremy Strayer
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,120
2,098
0.509
mathematics education
flipped classroom
statistics education
technology
Norman L Weatherby
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,925
385
0.098
Stephen B Salter
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,911
1,043
0.267
Accounting
International Business
Charles L Baum
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,861
1,266
0.328
Jeffrey L Walck
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,677
1,799
0.489
Seed germination ecology
Plant Ecology
Climate change
Conservation biology
Donald P Roy
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,554
1,041
0.293
sport marketing
personal branding
brand management
David Edward Nelson
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,465
1,016
0.293
cell signaling
inflammation
mitophagy
Cyrille Magne
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,447
1,192
0.346
Language
Music
Prosody
EEG
Jacqueline Gilbert
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,445
1,084
0.315
Stoney Brooks
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,351
2,914
0.870
Social media
technostress
negative effects
Tom Brinthaupt
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,344
1,664
0.498
Psychology
Personality
Self & Identity
Self-Talk
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Wu Qiang
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,154
1,265
0.401
Learning Theory
Deep Learning
Big Data
High Dimensional Data
Data Science
Timothy R Graeff
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,133
872
0.278
business
marketing
consumer psychology
AQM Khaliq
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,060
1,497
0.489
Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations
Deep Learning
WM Robertson
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,034
596
0.196
Bichaka Fayissa
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,019
1,588
0.526
Development Economics & Technological Change
International Trade
Hugh Berryman
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,888
845
0.293
Preston Macdougall
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,872
419
0.146
quantum chemistry
molecular visualization
drug design
catalysis
chemical education
Rongjin Huang
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,753
1,568
0.570
Mathematics classroom research
teacher education
mathematics comparative studies
Lesson study