Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationBusiness & Management / Strategic Management 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 :26
strategic management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,911
22,583
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
System Dynamics
Sustainability
Climate Change
Process Improvement
Organizational Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,251
17,812
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
family business
family firms
entrepreneurship
strategic management
management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,891
24,367
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
management
applied psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,876
23,202
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Trust
Leadership
Commitment
Decision making
Organizational effectiveness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,012
19,297
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,574
14,504
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
intellectual capital
knowledge management
human capital measurement
disruptive technology
knowledge worker productivity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,428
20,339
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,766
14,171
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,871
14,878
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Management
Umwelt
Nachhaltigkeit
Unternehmertum
Accounting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,004
26,429
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
management
organizational behavior
trust
deviance
psychological contracts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,030
16,422
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Strategy
Innovation
Co-evolution
New Organizational Forms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,454
17,968
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Business Ethics
Organizational Justice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,608
10,952
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
management and psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,963
10,985
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
leadership
technology transfer
entrepreneurship
neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,742
17,110
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Organizational Behavior
Organizational Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,642
17,292
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Organizational Behavior
Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,390
17,716
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
leadership
positive organizational behavior
human resource management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,106
22,833
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
moral psychology
social psychology
political psychology
religion
ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,660
26,308
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
diversity
perceived organizational support
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,548
15,899
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Innovation
Innovation Management
Innovation studies
Open Innovation
University-Industry collaboration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,482
17,257
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
recruitment
education
compensation
academic-practice gap
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,477
12,212
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
social networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,329
12,015
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Cavitation
Sonochemistry
Design of multiphase reactors (Mechanically Agitated contactors
Bubble columns)
Wastewater treatmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,286
17,781
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Strategy
Organization
Alliances
Trust
Networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,225
10,628
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,474
3,551
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Margaret Peteraf
Dartmouth College
Hanover, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,911
22,583
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,810
3,720
105
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
John Sterman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,251
17,812
0.306
System Dynamics
Sustainability
Climate Change
Process Improvement
Organizational Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,633
4,124
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
James J Chrisman
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,891
24,367
0.444
family business
family firms
entrepreneurship
strategic management
management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,901
4,254
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
David A Harrison
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,876
23,202
0.431
management
applied psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,693
4,625
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Roger C Mayer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,012
19,297
0.378
Trust
Leadership
Commitment
Decision making
Organizational effectiveness
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,840
384
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Cynthia Hardy
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,574
14,504
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,892
386
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Nick Bontis
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,428
20,339
0.403
intellectual capital
knowledge management
human capital measurement
disruptive technology
knowledge worker productivity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,399
4,957
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Paul S Adler
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,766
14,171
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,704
5,092
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Anne Tsui
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,871
14,878
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,011
459
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Stefan Schaltegger
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lüneburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,004
26,429
0.562
Management
Umwelt
Nachhaltigkeit
Unternehmertum
Accounting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,353
444
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Sandra L Robinson
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,030
16,422
0.357
management
organizational behavior
trust
deviance
psychological contracts
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,605
279
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Henk W Volberda
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,454
17,968
0.395
Strategy
Innovation
Co-evolution
New Organizational Forms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,980
5,697
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Robert Folger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,608
10,952
0.246
Business Ethics
Organizational Justice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,258
98
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Kwok Leung
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,963
10,985
0.250
management and psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,356
5,868
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
David Waldman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,742
17,110
0.391
leadership
technology transfer
entrepreneurship
neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,883
6,111
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Elizabeth W Morrison
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,642
17,292
0.406
Organizational Behavior
Organizational Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,017
6,182
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Angelo Kinicki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,390
17,716
0.418
Organizational Behavior
Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,151
6,248
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
James Avey
Central Washington University
Ellensburg, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,106
22,833
0.542
leadership
positive organizational behavior
human resource management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,899
6,569
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Jesse Graham
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,660
26,308
0.647
moral psychology
social psychology
political psychology
religion
ethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,967
6,607
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Lynn Shore
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,548
15,899
0.392
diversity
perceived organizational support
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,583
1,272
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Ammon Salter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,482
17,257
0.437
Innovation
Innovation Management
Innovation studies
Open Innovation
University-Industry collaboration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,586
6,897
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Sara L Rynes
University of Iowa
Iowa City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,477
12,212
0.309
recruitment
education
compensation
academic-practice gap
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,681
6,941
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Daniel J Brass
University of Kentucky
Lexington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,329
12,015
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,707
121
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
AB Pandit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,286
17,781
0.453
Cavitation
Sonochemistry
Design of multiphase reactors (Mechanically Agitated contactors
Bubble columns)
Wastewater treatmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,754
6,972
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Akbar Zaheer
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,225
10,628
0.271
Strategy
Organization
Alliances
Trust
Networks