Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers Citation 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
The psychology of risk and decision making
risk perception
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181,352
47,091
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Organizations
economic sociology
science and technology studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176,800
46,250
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Discrete Choice Experiments & Choice Models
Best-Worst and Max-Diff Scaling
External validity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175,482
56,345
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
administração
psicologia
sociologia
filosofia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172,892
79,760
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
public health
physical activity
program evaluation methods
mass media campaigns
implementation & scale-up
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172,146
74,680
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Ecological Economics
Landscape Ecology
Ecosystem Services
Environmental Science
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169,358
65,604
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Business Process Management
Data Science
Process Mining
Petri nets
Information Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,833
52,939
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
cultural anthropology
social anthropology
globalization
south asia
violence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,761
42,374
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
stakeholder theory
business ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,436
65,952
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
analytics
business analytics
information systems
business process management
artificial intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148,038
42,629
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
international marketing
marketing strategy
customer satisfaction
supply chain management
international business
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,894
86,550
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,228
46,843
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Entrepreneurship
Economics
Innovation
Economic Development
Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139,059
51,849
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
sociology
behavioral science
social networks
management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,217
33,570
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
organization theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,976
44,483
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
entrepreneurship
innovation
strategy
IB & technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,569
47,779
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Marketing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,638
34,281
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Occupational Health
Occupational Stress
Organizational Behavior
Research Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,874
44,605
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
organization studies
management
leadership
critical theory
qualitative method
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,344
40,515
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Management
Organizational Behavior
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Organizational Research Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,296
72,026
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
moral psychology
political psychology
positive psychology
business ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,431
56,366
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,525
42,761
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Organizations
innovation
leadership
strategy
ambidexterity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,253
35,520
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
organizational learning
complex adaptive systems
technology strategy
management of technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,498
30,788
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Strategy
Strategic Management
Family Business
Family Firms
Entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,821
34,553
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
990
412
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Paul Slovic
University of Oregon
Eugene, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181,352
47,091
0.260
The psychology of risk and decision making
risk perception
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,035
436
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Walter W Woody Powell
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176,800
46,250
0.262
Organizations
economic sociology
science and technology studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,048
25
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Jordan Louviere
University of South Australia
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175,482
56,345
0.321
Discrete Choice Experiments & Choice Models
Best-Worst and Max-Diff Scaling
External validity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,074
20
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Antônio Carlos Gil
Universidade Municipal de São Caetano do Sul USCS
São Caetano do Sul, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172,892
79,760
0.461
administração
psicologia
sociologia
filosofia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,084
27
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Adrian Bauman
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172,146
74,680
0.434
public health
physical activity
program evaluation methods
mass media campaigns
implementation & scale-up
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,127
28
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Robert Costanza
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169,358
65,604
0.387
Ecological Economics
Landscape Ecology
Ecosystem Services
Environmental Science
Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,351
35
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Wil van der Aalst
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,833
52,939
0.344
Business Process Management
Data Science
Process Mining
Petri nets
Information Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,355
601
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Arjun Appadurai
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,761
42,374
0.276
cultural anthropology
social anthropology
globalization
south asia
violence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,361
603
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
R Edward Freeman
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,436
65,952
0.430
stakeholder theory
business ethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,461
647
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Thomas H. Davenport
Babson College
Babson Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148,038
42,629
0.288
analytics
business analytics
information systems
business process management
artificial intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,586
706
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
G Tomas M Hult
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,894
86,550
0.610
international marketing
marketing strategy
customer satisfaction
supply chain management
international business
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,624
727
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Michael A Hitt
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,228
46,843
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,648
740
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
David Audretsch
Indiana University System
Bloomington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139,059
51,849
0.373
Entrepreneurship
Economics
Innovation
Economic Development
Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,898
863
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Ronald Burt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,217
33,570
0.260
sociology
behavioral science
social networks
management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,990
918
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Michael D Cohen
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,976
44,483
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,000
920
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Shaker A Zahra
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,569
47,779
0.380
entrepreneurship
innovation
strategy
IB & technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,077
12
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Christian Grönroos
Hanken School of Economics
Helsinki, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,638
34,281
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,144
991
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Paul E Spector
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,874
44,605
0.369
Occupational Health
Occupational Stress
Organizational Behavior
Research Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,162
25
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Mats Alvesson
Lund University
Lund, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,344
40,515
0.337
organization studies
management
leadership
critical theory
qualitative method
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,163
1,002
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Nathan Podsakoff
University of Arizona
Tucson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,296
72,026
0.599
Management
Organizational Behavior
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Organizational Research Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,197
1,026
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Jonathan Haidt
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,431
56,366
0.472
moral psychology
political psychology
positive psychology
business ethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,229
1,040
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Donald C Hambrick
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,525
42,761
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,238
1,047
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Michael Tushman
Harvard Business School
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,253
35,520
0.300
Organizations
innovation
leadership
strategy
ambidexterity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,351
1,108
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Daniel Levinthal
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,498
30,788
0.267
organizational learning
complex adaptive systems
technology strategy
management of technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,539
95
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Danny Miller
HEC Montréal École de Gestion
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,821
34,553
0.312
Strategy
Strategic Management
Family Business
Family Firms
Entrepreneurship