Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Policy Studies Institute Highly Cited Researchers Citation 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
Operations Research
Management Science
Data Envelopment Analysis
DEA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,685
15,214
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
macroeconomics
applied econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,256
3,822
0.198
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Environmental economics
experimental economics
Behavioural economics
development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,284
1,267
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Development economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,204
1,867
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Global Value Chains
Chinese Economy
Foreign Direct Investment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,750
1,277
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,757
413
0.150
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,399
909
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Development Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,082
1,567
0.753
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Bayesian econometrics
empirics of growth
Bayesian Model Averaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,909
958
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,382
668
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
economics
computable general equilibrium
electric power market analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,306
671
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Development
Education
Health
Political Economics
Microeconometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
969
573
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Game Theory
Microeconomic Theory
Industrial Organization
Market Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
919
450
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
692
432
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Labour markets
industrial policy and structural transformation
political economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
496
470
0.948
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Environmental Economics
Applied Microeconomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
490
440
0.898
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Public Expenditure Analysis
Taxation
Debt sustainability
Adaptation to Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
485
420
0.866
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Nepali and South Asian economy
macroeconomics (growth
fiscal policy
trade and development)
policy analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
483
293
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Macroeconomics
heterogeneous agent model
health insurance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
482
348
0.722
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
political economy
economic catch-up
East Asian development
Thailand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
419
312
0.745
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Economic development
Education Economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
406
172
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
international security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
383
112
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Agricultural Econmics
Climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
302
295
0.977
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Firms
Industrial Development
Structural Transformation
Special Economic Zones
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
295
199
0.675
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Cultural Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
253
165
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,562
232
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Kaoru Tone
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,685
15,214
0.452
Operations Research
Management Science
Data Envelopment Analysis
DEA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,496
622
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Fumio Hayashi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,256
3,822
0.198
macroeconomics
applied econometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
236,181
4,777
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Alistair Munro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,284
1,267
0.296
Environmental economics
experimental economics
Behavioural economics
development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
240,320
4,859
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Tetsushi Sonobe|園部哲史
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,204
1,867
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
266,388
5,379
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Yuqing Xing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,750
1,277
0.341
Global Value Chains
Chinese Economy
Foreign Direct Investment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
344,682
6,996
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Yoshitsugu Kanemoto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,757
413
0.150
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
384,328
7,812
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Yoko Kijima
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,399
909
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
426,809
8,678
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Kazushi Takahashi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,082
1,567
0.753
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
454,446
9,228
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Roberto Leon Gonzalez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,909
958
0.502
Bayesian econometrics
empirics of growth
Bayesian Model Averaging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
562,563
11,247
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Michiko Iizuka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,382
668
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
582,231
11,586
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Nobuhiro Hosoe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,306
671
0.514
economics
computable general equilibrium
electric power market analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
689,002
13,375
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Stephan Litschig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
969
573
0.591
Development
Education
Health
Political Economics
Microeconometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
708,164
13,677
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Yosuke Yasuda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
919
450
0.490
Game Theory
Microeconomic Theory
Industrial Organization
Market Design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
808,260
15,305
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Chikako Yamauchi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
692
432
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
918,739
782
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Tsegay Gebrekidan Tekleselassie|Tsegay Gebrekidan Tekleselassie, Tsegay G Tekleselassie, Tsegay Gebrekidan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
496
470
0.948
Labour markets
industrial policy and structural transformation
political economy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
923,756
17,111
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Akio Yamazaki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
490
440
0.898
Environmental Economics
Applied Microeconomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
927,984
794
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Firew Woldeyes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
485
420
0.866
Public Expenditure Analysis
Taxation
Debt sustainability
Adaptation to Climate Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
929,914
17,211
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Chandan Sapkota
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
483
293
0.607
Nepali and South Asian economy
macroeconomics (growth
fiscal policy
trade and development)
policy analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
930,616
17,220
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ponpoje Porapakkarm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
482
348
0.722
Macroeconomics
heterogeneous agent model
health insurance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
986,909
18,044
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Veerayooth Kanchoochat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
419
312
0.745
political economy
economic catch-up
East Asian development
Thailand
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
999,872
18,236
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Rima Prama Artha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
406
172
0.424
Economic development
Education Economic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,023,424
18,598
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Narushige Michishita
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
383
112
0.292
international security
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,116,939
1,204
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Kapila Chinthaka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
302
295
0.977
Agricultural Econmics
Climate change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,127,124
1,152
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Berihu Assefa Gebrehiwot
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
295
199
0.675
Firms
Industrial Development
Structural Transformation
Special Economic Zones
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,190,655
20,993
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Emiko Kakiuchi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
253
165
0.652