Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Library and Information Science 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 :151
health professions education
health professions librarianship
allied health sciences
qualitative inquiry
program evaluation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,843
1,473
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :152
Ciência da Informação
Gestão da Informação
Gestão do Conhecimento
Biblioteconomia
Arquivologia.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,817
2,371
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :153
informatics
ecology
bioinformatics
biodiversity
human-computer interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,752
1,754
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :154
scholarly communication
bibliometrics
scientometrics
sociology of science
research evaluation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,748
4,240
0.893
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :155
Archives
Recordkeeping
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,690
1,904
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :156
Biomedical Informatics
Artificial Intelligence
Natural Language Processing
Automatic Summarization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,676
1,912
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :157
Climate archives in clams
trees
lakes
and speleothems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,661
2,261
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :158
Information Management
Information Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,653
1,661
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :159
Knowledge Management
Information science
Socio-Technical Systems
Intellectual Capital
Process Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,638
1,641
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :160
Bibliometrics
Scientometrics
Altmetrics
Chemistry
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,561
3,400
0.745
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :161
information retrieval
citation analysis
Digital Story telling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,550
2,087
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :162
Neuroscience
Information Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,536
1,294
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :163
information needs
information literacy
research methods
resources for youth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,466
1,557
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :164
carbonate sediments and rocks as archives of environmental and climate variation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,452
1,714
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :165
Bibliometría
bibliometrics
scientometrics
cienciometría
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,448
1,650
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :166
bibliotecologia
usuarios
usuarios de la información
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,430
2,236
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :167
Argumentation
cognition
urban communication
cultural geography
rhetorical histories
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,424
1,112
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :168
Bilgi Yönetimi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,413
2,025
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :169
Bilgi Okuryazarlığı
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,378
2,089
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :170
Scientometrics
Scientific Forecasting
Visualization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,323
1,490
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :171
Perpustakaan. Agama Islam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,310
2,255
0.523
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :172
Information science
informetrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,300
2,253
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :173
information science
youth
information behavior
social media
public libraries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,292
1,670
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :174
Bibliometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,281
1,700
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :175
Health research methodologies
evidence syntheses
database searching
transparency & reproducibility in biome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,266
4,031
0.945
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
210,664
74,924
692
Ranking Based On Selection: 151
Barbara Rochen Renner
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,843
1,473
0.304
health professions education
health professions librarianship
allied health sciences
qualitative inquiry
program evaluation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
211,718
4,596
242
Ranking Based On Selection: 152
Marta Lígia Pomim Valentim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,817
2,371
0.492
Ciência da Informação
Gestão da Informação
Gestão do Conhecimento
Biblioteconomia
Arquivologia.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
214,457
76,044
227
Ranking Based On Selection: 153
Cynthia Parr
US Department of Agriculture
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,752
1,754
0.369
informatics
ecology
bioinformatics
biodiversity
human-computer interaction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
214,588
9,176
346
Ranking Based On Selection: 154
Adèle Paul-Hus
Université de Montréal
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,748
4,240
0.893
scholarly communication
bibliometrics
scientometrics
sociology of science
research evaluation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
217,188
9,775
782
Ranking Based On Selection: 155
Sue Mckemmish
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,690
1,904
0.406
Archives
Recordkeeping
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
217,763
77,022
590
Ranking Based On Selection: 156
Marcelo Fiszman
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,676
1,912
0.409
Biomedical Informatics
Artificial Intelligence
Natural Language Processing
Automatic Summarization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
218,362
77,187
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 157
David P Gillikin
Union College Schenectady NY
Schenectady, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,661
2,261
0.485
Climate archives in clams
trees
lakes
and speleothems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
218,742
1,044
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 158
David Allen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,653
1,661
0.357
Information Management
Information Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
219,411
8,873
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 159
Peter Heisig
Fachhochschule Potsdam
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,638
1,641
0.354
Knowledge Management
Information science
Socio-Technical Systems
Intellectual Capital
Process Design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
222,860
8,965
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 160
Robin Haunschild
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,561
3,400
0.745
Bibliometrics
Scientometrics
Altmetrics
Chemistry
Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
223,365
1,759
179
Ranking Based On Selection: 161
Mohsen Nouri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,550
2,087
0.459
information retrieval
citation analysis
Digital Story telling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
224,000
4,528
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 162
Masahiko Haruno
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,536
1,294
0.285
Neuroscience
Information Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
227,274
79,831
249
Ranking Based On Selection: 163
Melissa Gross
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,466
1,557
0.349
information needs
information literacy
research methods
resources for youth
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
227,896
9,139
161
Ranking Based On Selection: 164
Eberhard Gischler
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,452
1,714
0.385
carbonate sediments and rocks as archives of environmental and climate variation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
228,089
6,505
273
Ranking Based On Selection: 165
Juan Carlos Valderrama Zurián
Universitat de València
Valencia, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,448
1,650
0.371
Bibliometría
bibliometrics
scientometrics
cienciometría
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
228,965
1,132
345
Ranking Based On Selection: 166
Juan José Calva González
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Mexico City, Mexico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,430
2,236
0.505
bibliotecologia
usuarios
usuarios de la información
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
229,286
80,445
788
Ranking Based On Selection: 167
G Thomas Goodnight
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,424
1,112
0.251
Argumentation
cognition
urban communication
cultural geography
rhetorical histories
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
229,797
1,629
98
Ranking Based On Selection: 168
Bülent Yilmaz
Hacettepe University
Ankara, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,413
2,025
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
231,523
1,654
101
Ranking Based On Selection: 169
Sabriye Serap Kurbanoğlu
Hacettepe University
Ankara, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,378
2,089
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
234,240
81,869
305
Ranking Based On Selection: 170
Robert P Light
Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,323
1,490
0.345
Scientometrics
Scientific Forecasting
Visualization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
234,853
812
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 171
Lasa HS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,310
2,255
0.523
Perpustakaan. Agama Islam
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
235,362
5,409
216
Ranking Based On Selection: 172
Jacqueline Leta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,300
2,253
0.524
Information science
informetrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
235,761
82,284
182
Ranking Based On Selection: 173
Denise E Agosto
Drexel University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,292
1,670
0.389
information science
youth
information behavior
social media
public libraries
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
236,332
2,091
545
Ranking Based On Selection: 174
Bart Thijs
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,281
1,700
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
237,066
10,049
1,077
Ranking Based On Selection: 175
Ana Patricia Ayala
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,266
4,031
0.945
Health research methodologies
evidence syntheses
database searching
transparency & reproducibility in biome