Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Higher Education Studies 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 Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,251
Higher Education Management
Administration
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
34
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,252
Edutainment
Socialization
Higher Education
Media
Online Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
25
0.735
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,253
Internationalisation in higher education
Trans National Education
Insider Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
23
0.676
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,254
Asia
higher Education
Internationalization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
19
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,255
Mental Health
Borderline Personality Disorder
couple relationships
trends in higher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
33
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,256
Quality Management in higher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
31
0.939
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,257
Human Rights Education
Higher Education
School Education
Curriculum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
32
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,258
Dental Prosthodontics
Knowledge Management
Quality in Higher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
31
0.969
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,259
Internationalization
student affairs
transitions
student experience in higher education
education administration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
21
0.677
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,260
Platforms
Platform Ecosystems
Knowledge Transfer
Technology Transfer
Higher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
30
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,261
Higher Education
Educational Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
29
0.967
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,262
Automotive Fueling Systems
Energy Efficiency and Management
Higher education Quality and Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
11
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,263
higher education
policy development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
14
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,264
Higher Education Administration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
12
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,265
rhetoric and composition
writing assessment
WPA
trauma-informed/ACEs practices and higher education
transgender rhetorics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
23
0.852
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,266
Learning design. online learning
casualisation of higher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
21
0.808
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,267
higher education research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
20
0.769
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,268
international student cultural engagement
impact of second language learning on academic success
education policy
higher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
25
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,269
men who have sex with men
sexual health
higher education
gender-based violence
sexual harassment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
17
0.680
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,270
Nietzsche
Kafka
Kubrick
prison higher education
literary criticism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
9
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,271
Spatiality
visual methodology
higher education
spatial justice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
20
0.833
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,272
Evaluation of Higher Education
University Rankings & Quality of Higher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
15
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,273
higher education
university faculty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
21
0.913
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,274
Higher Education Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
20
0.870
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,275
Higher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
7
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,918,576
4,305
817
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,251
Abraham Adusei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
34
1.000
Higher Education Management
Administration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,923,936
396,332
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,252
Roland Nuñez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
25
0.735
Edutainment
Socialization
Higher Education
Media
Online Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,924,303
88,084
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,253
Gautam Rajkhowa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
23
0.676
Internationalisation in higher education
Trans National Education
Insider Research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,924,821
31,354
475
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,254
Hotta, Taiji
Hiroshima University
Higashihiroshima, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
19
0.559
Asia
higher Education
Internationalization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,927,141
13,987
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,255
Andile Glodin Mokoena-De Beer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
33
1.000
Mental Health
Borderline Personality Disorder
couple relationships
trends in higher education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,930,385
17,291
365
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,256
Ammara Saeed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
31
0.939
Quality Management in higher education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,934,658
89,758
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,257
Anamika
IILM University
Gurgaon, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
32
1.000
Human Rights Education
Higher Education
School Education
Curriculum
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,937,832
744
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,258
Dugagjin Sokoli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
31
0.969
Dental Prosthodontics
Knowledge Management
Quality in Higher Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,949,774
53,579
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,259
Abu Kamara
Nova Scotia Community College
Halifax, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
21
0.677
Internationalization
student affairs
transitions
student experience in higher education
education administration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,954,731
60,869
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,260
Finn Reiche
Hochschule Landshut
Landshut, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
30
1.000
Platforms
Platform Ecosystems
Knowledge Transfer
Technology Transfer
Higher Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,955,459
400,499
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,261
James Wicks, Edd
Collin College
McKinney,, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
29
0.967
Higher Education
Educational Leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,968,815
1,556
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,262
Momen Sughayyer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
11
0.379
Automotive Fueling Systems
Energy Efficiency and Management
Higher education Quality and Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,977,577
54,036
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,263
Anne Charles
Conestoga College
Kitchener, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
14
0.500
higher education
policy development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,977,877
403,211
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,264
Ming Ju
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
12
0.429
Higher Education Administration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,984,566
404,190
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,265
Andrew Anastasia
Harper College
Palatine, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
23
0.852
rhetoric and composition
writing assessment
WPA
trauma-informed/ACEs practices and higher education
transgender rhetorics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,994,580
14,677
1,474
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,266
Shanali C Govender
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
21
0.808
Learning design. online learning
casualisation of higher education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,994,921
4,711
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,267
Lorelei Tabago
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
20
0.769
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,997,726
405,810
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,268
Loredana Carson
California Lutheran University
Thousand Oaks, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
25
1.000
international student cultural engagement
impact of second language learning on academic success
education policy
higher education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,005,365
14,792
1,402
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,269
Jaco Greeff Brink
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
17
0.680
men who have sex with men
sexual health
higher education
gender-based violence
sexual harassment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,006,818
406,906
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,270
Atif Rafay
Shoreline Community College
Shoreline,, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
9
0.360
Nietzsche
Kafka
Kubrick
prison higher education
literary criticism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,014,467
14,872
1,163
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,271
Bridget Horner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
20
0.833
Spatiality
visual methodology
higher education
spatial justice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,015,821
29,466
131
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,272
Carolina Zayas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
15
0.625
Evaluation of Higher Education
University Rankings & Quality of Higher Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,023,660
409,170
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,273
Jordan Ball
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
21
0.913
higher education
university faculty
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,024,285
409,231
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,274
Chet Jordan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
20
0.870
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,027,469
409,547
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,275
Dwayne K Todd
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
7
0.304