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
International Finance
International Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics
International Economics
Economic History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131,371
31,586
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Financial Econometrics
Asset Pricing
Time Series Econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,314
32,026
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Corporate Finance
Financial Institutions
Risk Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,775
36,933
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Economics
Macroeconomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,569
35,451
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Financial Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,495
31,226
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Econometrics
Applied Econometrics
Economics
Statistics
Stochastic Processes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,235
38,666
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
finance
economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,177
34,335
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Corporate Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,123
43,285
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
health economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,968
57,366
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Economic development
health
well-being
econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,738
36,033
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
macroeconomic and microeconomic theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,040
29,440
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
health economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,220
49,118
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Economics
Information Economics
Economics of AI
Productivity
Economics of Information Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,805
54,056
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Auctions
market design
game theory
mechanism design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,438
22,534
0.197
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
economics
economics of education
education policy
labor economics
economic growth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,308
33,777
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
macroeconomics
environmental economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,342
32,233
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Economics
Labor Economics
Economics of Education
Inequality
Economic History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,847
35,515
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
International finance
International Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics
International economics
Economic History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,714
28,084
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
economics
international trade
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,301
29,222
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Economics
Finance and Econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,890
54,807
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Banking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,141
31,720
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,670
52,071
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
causal inference
econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,169
55,945
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Environmental Economics
Resource Economics
Ecological Economics
Ecosystem Services
Conservation Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,008
54,989
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
economics
information technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,543
22,973
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,844
835
77
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Kenneth Rogoff
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131,371
31,586
0.240
International Finance
International Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics
International Economics
Economic History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,897
862
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Tim Bollerslev
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,314
32,026
0.248
Financial Econometrics
Asset Pricing
Time Series Econometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,075
957
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
René Stulz
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,775
36,933
0.301
Corporate Finance
Financial Institutions
Risk Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,079
959
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
N Gregory Mankiw
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,569
35,451
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,081
961
91
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
John Y Campbell
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,495
31,226
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,125
980
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Peter CB Phillips
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,235
38,666
0.319
Econometrics
Applied Econometrics
Economics
Statistics
Stochastic Processes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,167
1,006
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Raghuram Rajan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,177
34,335
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,172
1,011
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Luigi Zingales
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,123
43,285
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,176
1,013
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Zhang Ping
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,968
57,366
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,184
1,018
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Angus Deaton
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,738
36,033
0.301
Economic development
health
well-being
econometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,276
1,071
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
George A Akerlof
Georgetown University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,040
29,440
0.252
macroeconomic and microeconomic theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,316
9
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Eric Finkelstein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,220
49,118
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,334
1,098
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Erik Brynjolfsson
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,805
54,056
0.467
Economics
Information Economics
Economics of AI
Productivity
Economics of Information Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,377
1,127
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Paul Milgrom
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,438
22,534
0.197
Auctions
market design
game theory
mechanism design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,431
1,157
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Eric Hanushek
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,308
33,777
0.298
economics
economics of education
education policy
labor economics
economic growth
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,566
1,217
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
William Nordhaus
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,342
32,233
0.292
macroeconomics
environmental economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,590
1,227
114
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Lawrence Katz
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,847
35,515
0.323
Economics
Labor Economics
Economics of Education
Inequality
Economic History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,598
1,230
115
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Carmen M Reinhart
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,714
28,084
0.256
International finance
International Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics
International economics
Economic History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,628
1,248
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Gene Grossman
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,301
29,222
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,638
209
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Yongcheol Shin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,890
54,807
0.503
Economics
Finance and Econometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,675
1,271
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Allen Berger
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,141
31,720
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,748
1,308
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Esther Duflo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,670
52,071
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,774
1,321
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Guido Imbens
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,169
55,945
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,781
1,325
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Stephen Polasky
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,008
54,989
0.519
Environmental Economics
Resource Economics
Ecological Economics
Ecosystem Services
Conservation Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,971
1,422
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Hal Varian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,543
22,973
0.224