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 :26
network science
complex systems
computational social science
cognitive science
bibliometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,496
8,819
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
digitization
usability of website
Library & information Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,128
9,912
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Geographic Information Science
Image fusion
Spatial planning
Air pollution monitoring
Human mobility for public health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,956
12,326
0.650
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,337
6,386
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
sciences
information literacy
TIC
pédagogie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,026
5,657
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Scholarly publishing
value of reading
value of libraries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,967
5,093
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Information Science
Library
knowledge management
ebook
livro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,848
14,128
0.792
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Medical Imaging
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Image Informatics
Visual Information Retrieval
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,890
11,032
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Bibliometrics
Informetrics
Scientometrics
Webometrics
Scholarly Communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,836
5,065
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Library & Information Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,818
16,509
0.982
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
science policy
scientometrics
scholarly communication
science communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,543
11,118
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,026
5,410
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
E-government
ICT
Information Policy
Library Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,903
6,146
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Bibliometrics
Semantic Web
Data Science
Knowledge Graph
AI in health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,813
7,629
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
biomedical ontology
bioNLP
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,511
5,371
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Mapping protein-protein interactions
phage-display
combinatorial peptide libraries
protein evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,261
2,157
0.141
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
library and information science
digital literacy
information history
information behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,884
5,618
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Biomedical Informatics
Information Retrieval
Natural Language Processing
Question Answering
Summarization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,762
9,069
0.614
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Scientometrics
Bibliometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,551
4,900
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Cartography
Geographical Information Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,470
4,151
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
information retrieval
medical libraries
systematic reviews
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,032
11,451
0.879
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
social psychology
social exchange
trust
CSCW
Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,518
5,694
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Information science
Bioinformatics
Text Mining
Information Retrieval
Lifesciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,492
9,096
0.728
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
bibliography
documentation
libraries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,488
3,664
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Information science
User Experience Design
Human-Computer Interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,315
2,067
0.168
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,995
17,001
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Johan Bollen
Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,496
8,819
0.430
network science
complex systems
computational social science
cognitive science
bibliometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,804
351
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Rucha Kamat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,128
9,912
0.518
digitization
usability of website
Library & information Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,326
357
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Bo Huang
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,956
12,326
0.650
Geographic Information Science
Image fusion
Spatial planning
Air pollution monitoring
Human mobility for public health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,239
19,454
426
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Barbara Haley Wixom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,337
6,386
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,274
422
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Sophie Fally
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,026
5,657
0.314
sciences
information literacy
TIC
pédagogie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,486
19,936
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Carol Tenopir
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Knoxville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,967
5,093
0.283
Scholarly publishing
value of reading
value of libraries
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,893
439
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Abel L Packer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,848
14,128
0.792
Information Science
Library
knowledge management
ebook
livro
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,496
21,505
230
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Sameer Antani
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,890
11,032
0.653
Medical Imaging
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Image Informatics
Visual Information Retrieval
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,702
21,583
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Blaise Cronin
Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,836
5,065
0.301
Bibliometrics
Informetrics
Scientometrics
Webometrics
Scholarly Communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,762
288
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Mousa Yaminfirooz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,818
16,509
0.982
Library & Information Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,845
22,030
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Cassidy R Sugimoto
Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,543
11,118
0.672
science policy
scientometrics
scholarly communication
science communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,104
22,934
262
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Janis F Brown
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,026
5,410
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,642
23,148
217
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
John Bertot
University of Maryland
College Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,903
6,146
0.386
E-government
ICT
Information Policy
Library Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,058
23,314
245
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Ying Ding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,813
7,629
0.482
Bibliometrics
Semantic Web
Data Science
Knowledge Graph
AI in health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,485
23,845
254
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Olivier Bodenreider
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,511
5,371
0.346
biomedical ontology
bioNLP
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,656
24,308
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Brian Kay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,261
2,157
0.141
Mapping protein-protein interactions
phage-display
combinatorial peptide libraries
protein evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,586
5,021
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
David Bawden
City University London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,884
5,618
0.377
library and information science
digital literacy
information history
information behaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,237
25,281
264
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Dina Demner-Fushman
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,762
9,069
0.614
Biomedical Informatics
Information Retrieval
Natural Language Processing
Question Answering
Summarization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,232
1,392
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Félix de Moya Anegón
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,551
4,900
0.362
Scientometrics
Bibliometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,771
2,941
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Li Zhilin
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,470
4,151
0.308
Cartography
Geographical Information Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,634
1,786
151
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Wichor M. Bramer
Erasmus University
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,032
11,451
0.879
information retrieval
medical libraries
systematic reviews
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,220
30,441
571
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Coye Cheshire
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,518
5,694
0.455
social psychology
social exchange
trust
CSCW
Computer Supported Cooperative Work
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,416
1,299
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Patrick Ruch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,492
9,096
0.728
Information science
Bioinformatics
Text Mining
Information Retrieval
Lifesciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,454
30,518
573
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Michael K Buckland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,488
3,664
0.293
bibliography
documentation
libraries
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,691
30,976
317
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Andrew Dillon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,315
2,067
0.168
Information science
User Experience Design
Human-Computer Interaction