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 :1,326
Comparative Education
Higher Education
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Last 6 Years / Total
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10
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,327
Higher Education Management
Governance and Policy Issues
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Last 6 Years / Total
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10
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,328
Higher Education
System Analysis and Design
Business Intelligence
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
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2
0.200
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,329
Higher education
student engagement
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9
9
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,330
resource allocation
higher education management
partial least squares. structural equation modeling
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9
9
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,331
School Administration
Education Administration in Higher Education
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Last 6 Years
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9
9
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,332
higher education policy
marketisation
internationalisation
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Last 6 Years / Total
9
8
0.889
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,333
Doctoral research in K12 Education
Leaderhsip
Ministry
Business
Higher Education
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
6
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,334
Continuous professional development
leadership
higher education
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
4
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,335
higher education
ICT
organisations
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
3
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,336
Internationalization of Higher Education
International Cooperation & Universities
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
2
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,337
willingness to communicate (WTC) internationalisation of higher education (IHE)
art appreciation
society and culture
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
2
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,338
Medical education
higher education
medical education
accreditation
quality assurance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,339
Migration
education
leadership
higher education
Kazakhstan
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Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,340
Equity and Inclusion
Technology Use in Online Teaching
Supporting and Assessing Online Learning
Digital Inclusion Strategies
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Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,341
Higher Education
Causal Inference
Proxy bias
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8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,342
Secondary/Higher education
Inclusive education
Gender in Education.
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Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,343
higher education
technology acceptance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,344
higher education student outcomes
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,345
translation studies
second language adquisition
TIC in higher education
intercultural studies
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
7
0.875
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,346
higher education
institutional research
r
python
power bi
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
6
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,347
Higher Education
Faculty Development
Information Literacy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
6
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,348
internationalization of higher education
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,349
Higher education
Academic work
Science Communication
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,350
Education
Educational Management
Social Science
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Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,181,980
6,630
627
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,326
Bernard Wasilwa Wanyama
Kenyatta University
Nairobi, Kenya
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
10
1.000
Comparative Education
Higher Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,188,070
179
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,327
Abukar Mukhtar Omar
SIMAD University Mogadishu
Mogadishu, Somalia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
10
1.000
Higher Education Management
Governance and Policy Issues
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,195,168
6,878
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,328
Kabas Albakry
Auckland Institute of Studies
Auckland, New Zealand
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
2
0.200
Higher Education
System Analysis and Design
Business Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,195,893
9,391
260
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,329
Trang Nguyen
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
9
1.000
Higher education
student engagement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,195,893
39,143
121
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,330
Bello Garba Kofar Sauri|Kofarsauri Bell Garba, Kofar Sauri Bello Garba, Garba Bello Kofar Sauri
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Last 6 Years / Total
9
9
1.000
resource allocation
higher education management
partial least squares. structural equation modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,202,066
4,996
500
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,331
Ahmad Mahmoud Rathwan
Yarmouk University
Irbid, Jordan
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
9
1.000
School Administration
Education Administration in Higher Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,205,934
93,774
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,332
John Mariampillai
Buckinghamshire New University
High Wycombe, United Kingdom
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
8
0.889
higher education policy
marketisation
internationalisation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,208,862
431,120
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,333
Susan Casstevens
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
6
0.667
Doctoral research in K12 Education
Leaderhsip
Ministry
Business
Higher Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,210,794
434
368
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,334
Ionie Liburd Willett
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
4
0.444
Continuous professional development
leadership
higher education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,211,021
12,495
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,335
Maria Veronica Gandini
Universidad Nacional de Catamarca
San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, Argentina
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
3
0.333
higher education
ICT
organisations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,211,483
12,505
220
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,336
Mariano Martin Pérez
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
2
0.222
Internationalization of Higher Education
International Cooperation & Universities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,211,681
6,781
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,337
Glendora Tiu
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Last 6 Years / Total
9
2
0.222
willingness to communicate (WTC) internationalisation of higher education (IHE)
art appreciation
society and culture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,212,360
9,481
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,338
Thuy Ha Minh
VinUniversity
Hanoi, Vietnam
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Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
Medical education
higher education
medical education
accreditation
quality assurance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,212,360
2,674
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,339
Azat Kaimoldiyev|Азат Қаймолдиев, Азат Каймолдиев
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
Migration
education
leadership
higher education
Kazakhstan
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,212,360
431,454
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,340
Roxanne Kemp
Life University
Marietta, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
Equity and Inclusion
Technology Use in Online Teaching
Supporting and Assessing Online Learning
Digital Inclusion Strategies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,212,360
35,506
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,341
Nakao Ran|中尾走
Hiroshima City University
Hiroshima, Japan
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
Higher Education
Causal Inference
Proxy bias
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,212,360
2,674
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,342
Talgat Zhussipbek
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
Secondary/Higher education
Inclusive education
Gender in Education.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,218,452
6,663
216
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,343
Ágnes Halász
Corvinus University of Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
higher education
technology acceptance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,218,452
432,116
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,344
Brian T Hester
University of Tennessee System
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
higher education student outcomes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,223,356
96,310
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,345
Shiyang Liu 刘诗扬
China Foreign Affairs University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
7
0.875
translation studies
second language adquisition
TIC in higher education
intercultural studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,226,078
432,969
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,346
David Onder
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
6
0.750
higher education
institutional research
r
python
power bi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,226,078
902
542
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,347
Efrain Flores Rivera
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
6
0.750
Higher Education
Faculty Development
Information Literacy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,229,923
2,742
635
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,348
Sholpan Tazabek
Nazarbayev University
Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
internationalization of higher education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,229,923
35,932
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,349
Guillermo López Franco
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
Higher education
Academic work
Science Communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,229,923
7,026
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,350
Irene Gumiran
Rizal Technological University
Mandaluyong City, Philippines
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
Education
Educational Management
Social Science