Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Library and Information Science 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 :201
Information Science
ICT
information Seeking Behaviour
Innovation and Development
Research Methodology and Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,738
2,931
0.784
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :202
Semantic Evolution
Digital Libraries
Web Archiving
Data Management in Distributed Systems
Self-organizing Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,736
767
0.205
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :203
Knowledge Management
Information Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,727
783
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :204
Knowledge management
Information management
Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,724
1,391
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :205
evidence synthesis
systematic reviews
meta-analyses
medical librarianship
neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,715
1,730
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :206
Social care
trust in information
information literacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,679
2,125
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :207
Library and Information Science
Knowledge Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,659
1,314
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :208
Information Management
Records Management
Information Sciences
Health Information
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,642
1,003
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :209
Librarianship
Information Literacy
Digital Inclusion
Public Libraries
Academic Libraries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,615
1,164
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :210
Library Science
Library and Information Science
Bibliotecas
Documentación
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,608
1,310
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :211
library and information science
academic libraries
design thinking
user experience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,593
991
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :212
Library and Information Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,574
1,054
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :213
Knowledge Management
Innovation Management
Creativity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,571
1,747
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :214
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Comparative Genomics
Microbiology
Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,569
1,459
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :215
Social informatics
information science
internet studies
social studies of science
Library and Information Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,547
1,272
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :216
Bibliometría
Cibermetría
Colaboración científica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,508
2,046
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :217
information science
library science
information access
computer science
technologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,500
2,966
0.847
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :218
Digital libraries
social networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,484
174
0.050
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :219
Knowledge Management
Knowledge Services
Blended Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,466
1,728
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :220
Quantitative Studies of Science and Technology
Research Evaluation
Scientometrics
Bibliometric methods
Indicators.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,465
1,536
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :221
Research communication
Libraries
Literacy
Health promotion and wellbeing
Higher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,450
2,964
0.859
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :222
bibliometría
cienciometría
informetría
evaluación científica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,447
1,527
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :223
GIScience
Geographic Information Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,445
2,542
0.738
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :224
librarianship
systematic reviews
evidence based medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,444
2,721
0.790
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :225
Library and information science
learning
information practices
information seeking and use
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,443
919
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
261,242
251
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 201
Manir Abdullahi Kamba
Bayero University
Gwarzo Road Kano, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,738
2,931
0.784
Information Science
ICT
information Seeking Behaviour
Innovation and Development
Research Methodology and Statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
261,422
10,341
180
Ranking Based On Selection: 202
Thomas Risse
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,736
767
0.205
Semantic Evolution
Digital Libraries
Web Archiving
Data Management in Distributed Systems
Self-organizing Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
261,950
90,354
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 203
Michael Ed Koenig
Long Island University
Brooklyn, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,727
783
0.210
Knowledge Management
Information Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
262,137
1,791
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 204
Johan Olaisen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,724
1,391
0.374
Knowledge management
Information management
Leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
262,727
90,593
132
Ranking Based On Selection: 205
Katherine Goold Akers
Wayne State University
Detroit, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,715
1,730
0.466
evidence synthesis
systematic reviews
meta-analyses
medical librarianship
neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
264,920
19,468
482
Ranking Based On Selection: 206
Laura Sbaffi
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,679
2,125
0.578
Social care
trust in information
information literacy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
266,134
19,549
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 207
Hazel Hall
Napier University Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,659
1,314
0.359
Library and Information Science
Knowledge Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
267,185
19,615
117
Ranking Based On Selection: 208
Sue Childs
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,642
1,003
0.275
Information Management
Records Management
Information Sciences
Health Information
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
268,871
7,939
172
Ranking Based On Selection: 209
José-Antonio Gómez-Hernández
Universidad de Murcia
Murcia, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,615
1,164
0.322
Librarianship
Information Literacy
Digital Inclusion
Public Libraries
Academic Libraries
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
269,322
7,952
173
Ranking Based On Selection: 210
José Antonio Merlo Vega|José Antonio Merlo Vega, José A. Merlo-Vega, José A. Merlo
Universidad de Salamanca
Salamanca, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,608
1,310
0.363
Library Science
Library and Information Science
Bibliotecas
Documentación
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
270,342
92,753
298
Ranking Based On Selection: 211
Steven Bell
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,593
991
0.276
library and information science
academic libraries
design thinking
user experience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
271,575
11,397
249
Ranking Based On Selection: 212
Li Zhang
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,574
1,054
0.295
Library and Information Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
271,767
409
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 213
Vincent Ribiere
Bangkok University
Bangkok, Thailand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,571
1,747
0.489
Knowledge Management
Innovation Management
Creativity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
271,899
93,229
685
Ranking Based On Selection: 214
David M Kristensen
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,569
1,459
0.409
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Comparative Genomics
Microbiology
Virology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
273,337
93,645
900
Ranking Based On Selection: 215
Eric T Meyer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,547
1,272
0.359
Social informatics
information science
internet studies
social studies of science
Library and Information Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
275,848
8,141
341
Ranking Based On Selection: 216
Adolfo Alonso-Arroyo
Universitat de València
Valencia, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,508
2,046
0.583
Bibliometría
Cibermetría
Colaboración científica
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
276,377
51
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 217
E Ciencias De La Información
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,500
2,966
0.847
information science
library science
information access
computer science
technologies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
277,524
94,888
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 218
Kurt Maly
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,484
174
0.050
Digital libraries
social networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
278,767
1,917
310
Ranking Based On Selection: 219
Eric Tsui
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,466
1,728
0.499
Knowledge Management
Knowledge Services
Blended Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
278,849
1,497
457
Ranking Based On Selection: 220
Ricardo Arencibia Jorge
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Mexico City, Mexico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,465
1,536
0.443
Quantitative Studies of Science and Technology
Research Evaluation
Scientometrics
Bibliometric methods
Indicators.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
279,856
12,377
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 221
Margaret Merga
Edith Cowan University
Joondalup, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,450
2,964
0.859
Research communication
Libraries
Literacy
Health promotion and wellbeing
Higher education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
280,099
8,289
110
Ranking Based On Selection: 222
Elias Sanz Casado
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,447
1,527
0.443
bibliometría
cienciometría
informetría
evaluación científica
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
280,203
95,706
625
Ranking Based On Selection: 223
Stefan Leyk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,445
2,542
0.738
GIScience
Geographic Information Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
280,278
95,724
1,847
Ranking Based On Selection: 224
Mark Maceachern
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,444
2,721
0.790
librarianship
systematic reviews
evidence based medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
280,400
4,269
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 225
Louise Limberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,443
919
0.267
Library and information science
learning
information practices
information seeking and use