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
Biogeochemistry
water quality
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,944
1,996
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
emprendimiento
entrepreneurship
design thinking
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,132
1,218
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Social Sciences and the Environment
Sustainability
Natural Resource Management
Environmental Communications
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,125
824
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
610
206
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
wheelchair seating
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
580
278
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Nursing
Asthma
Pediatrics
Children in Nature
Nursing Research
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
540
218
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
climate research
lake water quality
science communication
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
415
151
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Blood Pressure
Diabetes
Exercise Pressor Reflex
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
382
331
0.866
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
305
222
0.728
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Mathematics
statistics
extreme values
transportation
climate modeling
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
268
228
0.851
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Anthropology
Migration
Livelihoods
Health
Madagascar
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
252
143
0.567
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
exercise physiology
disability
youth
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244
179
0.734
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
20th century British Literature
Sherlock Holmes
Fan Studies
History of British Higher Education
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186
116
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
tourism geography
political economy
political ecology
social theory
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167
103
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Botany
Phylogenetics
Mycoheterotrophy
Reproductive Biology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
76
0.576
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
54
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Librarian Leadership
OERs
Humanizing Online Instruction
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
18
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
France
Zacarias Moussaoui
Tanzanite
Alaska
environmental sustainability
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
23
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Counselor Education
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
34
0.723
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Shakespeare
cognitive science
critical disability studies
theories of mindreading
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
27
0.711
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Holocaust Education
Empathy
Social Justice
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
35
0.946
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Educational Leadership
Rural Education
Instructional Leadership
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
29
0.829
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Forensic/criminal/sexual risk assessment
cognitive bias
legal decision making
wrongful conviction
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
32
0.970
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Human rights
international relations
comparative politics
Latin America
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
11
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Law
Business Law
Legal Analytics
Law & Technology
Sports & Recreation Law
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
8
0.320
Joseph N Boyer
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,944
1,996
0.336
Biogeochemistry
water quality
Howard Handthorne Frederick
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,132
1,218
0.237
emprendimiento
entrepreneurship
design thinking
Brian Eisenhauer
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,125
824
0.388
Social Sciences and the Environment
Sustainability
Natural Resource Management
Environmental Communications
Matthew Cheney
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
610
206
0.338
Barbara Crane
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
580
278
0.479
Jean Coffey
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
540
218
0.404
Nursing
Asthma
Pediatrics
Children in Nature
Nursing Research
Lisa Doner
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
415
151
0.364
Michael Brian
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
382
331
0.866
Blood Pressure
Diabetes
Exercise Pressor Reflex
George Pettinico
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
305
222
0.728
Eric Laflamme
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
268
228
0.851
Mathematics
statistics
extreme values
transportation
climate modeling
Laura M Tilghman
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
252
143
0.567
Anthropology
Migration
Livelihoods
Health
Madagascar
Vincenzo G Nocera
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244
179
0.734
Ann K Mcclellan
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186
116
0.624
20th century British Literature
Sherlock Holmes
Fan Studies
History of British Higher Education
Adam Keul
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167
103
0.617
tourism geography
political economy
political ecology
social theory
Diana D Jolles
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
76
0.576
Botany
Phylogenetics
Mycoheterotrophy
Reproductive Biology
Clarissa Uttley
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
54
0.500
Pam Harland
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
18
0.290
Librarian Leadership
OERs
Humanizing Online Instruction
Katherine C Donahue
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
23
0.390
France
Zacarias Moussaoui
Tanzanite
Alaska
environmental sustainability
Mike Mariska
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
34
0.723
Nicholas R Helms
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
27
0.711
Shakespeare
cognitive science
critical disability studies
theories of mindreading
Brandon Haas
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
35
0.946
Holocaust Education
Empathy
Social Justice
Linda L Carrier
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
29
0.829
Educational Leadership
Rural Education
Instructional Leadership
Jennifer Kamorowski
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
32
0.970
Forensic/criminal/sexual risk assessment
cognitive bias
legal decision making
wrongful conviction
Sheryl Shirley
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
11
0.423
Human rights
international relations
comparative politics
Latin America
Chantalle Forgues
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
8
0.320
Law
Business Law
Legal Analytics
Law & Technology
Sports & Recreation Law