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University of Primorska Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025

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 IndexUniversities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025

* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Slovenia
Vita Postuvan
psychology
suicidology
psychotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,825
6,004
0.680
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Slovenia
Dragan Marusic
Algebraic Graph Theory
Permutation Groups
Discrete Mathematics
Symmetries of Graphs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,906
2,464
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Slovenia
Lara Lusa
Biostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,886
3,084
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Slovenia
Tomaž Pisanski
Discrete Mathematics
Discrete Geometry
Topological graph theory
Mathematical Chemistry
Algebraic Graph Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,856
1,273
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Slovenia
Dusanka Janezic
Mathematics in Natural Sciences
Computational
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,824
1,614
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Slovenia
Marko Tkalcic
recommender systems
affective computing
affective user modeling
personality computing
user modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,097
2,259
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Slovenia
Milan Vodopivec
Labor economices
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,060
767
0.189
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Slovenia
Andreja Kutnar
wood
wood composites
adhesive bonding
sustainabile built environment
environmental impacts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,710
2,574
0.694
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Slovenia
Nejc Šarabon
human movement
aging
injuies prevention
rehabilitation
ergonomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,629
2,800
0.772
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Slovenia
Enes Pasalic
Cryptography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,860
1,047
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Slovenia
Andreja Istenic Previously Istenic Starcic
Teacher education
Educational technology
Computer-assisted learning
Social robotic in education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,802
2,280
0.814
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Slovenia
Emil Juvan
tourist behaviour
destination management
environmentally sustainable tourism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,800
2,322
0.829
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Slovenia
Bojan Lazar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,659
1,358
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Slovenia
Tina Podlogar
psychology
mental health
suicidology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,436
2,020
0.829
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Slovenia
Roberto Biloslavo
management
wisdom
leadership
sustainability
strategic planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,336
931
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Slovenia
Martin Milanič
Graph Theory
Discrete Mathematics
Theoretical Computer Science
Combinatorial Optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,061
975
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Slovenia
Elena Buzan
Molecular Ecology
Epigenetics
Wildlife
Nature conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,987
1,347
0.678
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Slovenia
Laura Iacolina
population genetics
evolution
wildlife
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,579
1,020
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Slovenia
Branko Kavšek
Artificial Intelligence
Data Science
Data Mining
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,569
521
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Slovenia
Sasa Kenig
DNA repair
glioblastoma
infrared spectroscopy
functional foods
bioactive compounds
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,409
986
0.700
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Slovenia
Rado Bohinc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,406
245
0.174
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Slovenia
Istvan Kovacs
Group action on graphs (arc-transitive graphs
DCI-groups
semiregular automorphisms) - Association schemes (Cayley schemes
Sch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,383
663
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Slovenia
David A Carr
Human-Computer Interaction
Information Visualisation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,379
125
0.091
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Slovenia
Michael Mrissa
Distributed computing
Edge computing
IoT
Web APIs
Privacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,228
412
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Slovenia
Klavdija Kutnar
Algebraic Graph Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,113
578
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,383
Slovenia
78
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Vita Postuvan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,825
6,004
0.680
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
144,491
Slovenia
102
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Dragan Marusic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,906
2,464
0.357
Algebraic Graph Theory
Permutation Groups
Discrete Mathematics
Symmetries of Graphs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
204,007
Slovenia
168
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Lara Lusa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,886
3,084
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
205,259
Slovenia
169
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Tomaž Pisanski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,856
1,273
0.262
Discrete Mathematics
Discrete Geometry
Topological graph theory
Mathematical Chemistry
Algebraic Graph Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
206,552
Slovenia
173
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Dusanka Janezic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,824
1,614
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
240,589
Slovenia
211
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Marko Tkalcic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,097
2,259
0.551
recommender systems
affective computing
affective user modeling
personality computing
user modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
242,602
Slovenia
215
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Milan Vodopivec
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,060
767
0.189
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
263,019
Slovenia
247
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Andreja Kutnar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,710
2,574
0.694
wood
wood composites
adhesive bonding
sustainabile built environment
environmental impacts
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
267,943
Slovenia
255
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Nejc Šarabon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,629
2,800
0.772
human movement
aging
injuies prevention
rehabilitation
ergonomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
327,474
Slovenia
312
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Enes Pasalic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,860
1,047
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
332,884
Slovenia
320
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Andreja Istenic Previously Istenic Starcic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,802
2,280
0.814
Teacher education
Educational technology
Computer-assisted learning
Social robotic in education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
333,076
Slovenia
321
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Emil Juvan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,800
2,322
0.829
tourist behaviour
destination management
environmentally sustainable tourism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
347,330
Slovenia
342
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Bojan Lazar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,659
1,358
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
371,778
Slovenia
360
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Tina Podlogar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,436
2,020
0.829
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
384,105
Slovenia
380
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Roberto Biloslavo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,336
931
0.399
management
wisdom
leadership
sustainability
strategic planning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
421,243
Slovenia
413
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Martin Milanič
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,061
975
0.473
Graph Theory
Discrete Mathematics
Theoretical Computer Science
Combinatorial Optimization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
432,619
Slovenia
421
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Elena Buzan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,987
1,347
0.678
Molecular Ecology
Epigenetics
Wildlife
Nature conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
506,950
Slovenia
505
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Laura Iacolina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,579
1,020
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
509,251
Slovenia
509
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Branko Kavšek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,569
521
0.332
Artificial Intelligence
Data Science
Data Mining
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
545,350
Slovenia
555
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Sasa Kenig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,409
986
0.700
DNA repair
glioblastoma
infrared spectroscopy
functional foods
bioactive compounds
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
546,223
Slovenia
556
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Rado Bohinc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,406
245
0.174
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
551,819
Slovenia
566
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Istvan Kovacs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,383
663
0.479
Group action on graphs (arc-transitive graphs
DCI-groups
semiregular automorphisms) - Association schemes (Cayley schemes
Sch
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
552,930
Slovenia
567
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
David A Carr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,379
125
0.091
Human-Computer Interaction
Information Visualisation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
593,259
Slovenia
611
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Michael Mrissa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,228
412
0.336
Distributed computing
Edge computing
IoT
Web APIs
Privacy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
628,056
Slovenia
650
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Klavdija Kutnar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,113
578
0.519