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
Health services
social justice
feminist ethics
death studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,598
14,665
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
crime theory
crime data
routine activities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,935
11,979
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Meta-analysis
Criminology
Crime Policy
Correctional Effectiveness
Juvenile Delinquency
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,068
10,808
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Criminology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,117
7,203
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
private law
sociology of law
legal theory
contract law
legal pluralism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,707
8,807
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Criminology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,605
7,560
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,359
10,504
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Direito Constitucional
Teoria dos Direitos Fundamentais
Eficácia e Efetividade dos direitos fundamentais no direito público.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,960
12,145
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
real estate
housing
mortgage markets
subprime
housing finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,432
11,364
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
law and economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,891
5,201
0.174
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Information Economics
Platforms
Strategy
Industrial Organization
Law and Economics
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,681
16,674
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Criminology
Operations Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,646
6,737
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Victimology
violence against women
campus crime
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,611
13,132
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
victimization
VAW
measurement
campus crime
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,377
13,051
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Criminology
Peace and conflict
Qualitative Analysis
sustainable development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,138
8,368
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
international relations
international law
international political economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,112
9,584
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Social policy
data science
behavioral science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,013
12,766
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
political science
law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,619
5,552
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Biodiversity
Agroecology
Tropical Conservation and Development
Myrmecology
Environmental Justice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,235
10,747
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
drug abuse
violence
crime and antisocial behavior
epidemiology
school dropout
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,175
16,602
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
antitrust
legal history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,749
6,239
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
public health
health policy
health law
injury prevention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,631
8,315
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
statistics
sociology
demography
criminology
social indicators
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,526
6,736
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Political Philosophy
Phil. of Int'l Law
Bioethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,505
7,557
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Environmental and climate justice
land use
sustainability
health equity
disaster and resilience planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,303
9,366
0.343
Vikki Entwistle
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,598
14,665
0.424
Health services
social justice
feminist ethics
death studies
Marcus Felson
Texas State University
San Marcos, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,935
11,979
0.353
crime theory
crime data
routine activities
David B Wilson
George Mason University
Fairfax, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,068
10,808
0.327
Meta-analysis
Criminology
Crime Policy
Correctional Effectiveness
Juvenile Delinquency
Terence Thornberry
University of Maryland
College Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,117
7,203
0.224
Gunther Teubner
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,707
8,807
0.278
private law
sociology of law
legal theory
contract law
legal pluralism
Mahlogonolo Thobane
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,605
7,560
0.239
Raymond Paternoster
University of Maryland
College Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,359
10,504
0.335
Ingo Sarlet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,960
12,145
0.392
Direito Constitucional
Teoria dos Direitos Fundamentais
Eficácia e Efetividade dos direitos fundamentais no direito público.
David Reiss
Brooklyn Law School
Brooklyn, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,432
11,364
0.373
real estate
housing
mortgage markets
subprime
housing finance
Robert Cooter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,891
5,201
0.174
Marshall Van Alstyne Questrom Chair
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,681
16,674
0.562
Information Economics
Platforms
Strategy
Industrial Organization
Law and Economics
Alfred Blumstein
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,646
6,737
0.227
Bonnie Fisher
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,611
13,132
0.443
Victimology
violence against women
campus crime
Bonnie S Fisher
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,377
13,051
0.444
victimization
VAW
measurement
campus crime
Gomment Imoudu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,138
8,368
0.287
Criminology
Peace and conflict
Qualitative Analysis
sustainable development
Beth Simmons
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,112
9,584
0.329
international relations
international law
international political economy
Jens Ludwig
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,013
12,766
0.440
Social policy
data science
behavioral science
John Ferejohn
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,619
5,552
0.194
Ivette Perfecto
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,235
10,747
0.381
Biodiversity
Agroecology
Tropical Conservation and Development
Myrmecology
Environmental Justice
Michael G Vaughn
Saint Louis University
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,175
16,602
0.589
drug abuse
violence
crime and antisocial behavior
epidemiology
school dropout
Herbert Hovenkamp
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,749
6,239
0.225
David M Studdert
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,631
8,315
0.301
public health
health policy
health law
injury prevention
KC Land
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,526
6,736
0.245
statistics
sociology
demography
criminology
social indicators
Allen Buchanan
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,505
7,557
0.275
Political Philosophy
Phil. of Int'l Law
Bioethics
Robert D Bullard
Texas Southern University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,303
9,366
0.343
Environmental and climate justice
land use
sustainability
health equity
disaster and resilience planning