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
Chemical Biology and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,142
1,255
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
public administration
public finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,109
949
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Presence
video games
new media
media effects
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,534
1,317
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
cognitive neuroscience
psycholinguistics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,423
1,546
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
International Business
Marketing
Economics
Markets
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,408
872
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
3D bioprinting
microarray biochip
3D cell cultures
high-content cell imaging
tunable hydrogel
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,354
1,086
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,274
948
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
organizational behavior
human resources
business strategy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,269
2,197
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,187
1,366
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
AI/ML
Cybersecurity
Quantum Computing
Internet of Things
Distributed Systems
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,095
2,675
0.864
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Educational Technology
Educational Psychology
Gifted Education
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,013
1,235
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Statistical Physics
Microfluidics
Sociophysics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,990
701
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Empirically-based decision-making in economic development
environmental affairs
and energy policy
Second interest
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,844
718
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Cancer Cell Biology
RNA Molecular Biology
Androgen Receptor
noncoding RNAs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,834
1,591
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Molecular Biology
Cell Biology
Chromosome Biology
Molecular Parasitology
Genetics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,834
887
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Communication
Media
Journalism
Politics
and Elections
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,773
1,486
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
LGBT healthcare
LGBT health disparities
LGBT aging
health services research
public health
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,647
842
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,628
845
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Adult learning and development
mentoring
communities of practice
health professions education
adult education history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,628
771
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
sustainable real estate
housing finance
environmental
driverless cars
transportation equity
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,595
778
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Additive Manufacturing
Materials Science and Engineering
Phase Transformation
Microstructure Evolution
Surface Engineering
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,594
2,104
0.811
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Cell and Tissue Mechanics
AFM
Microfluidics
Stem cells
Tissue Engineering
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,572
1,268
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,563
1,408
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Psychology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,545
1,496
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
meiosis
chromosome structure
recombination
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,542
829
0.326
Xue Long Sun
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,142
1,255
0.303
Chemical Biology and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Michael W Spicer
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,109
949
0.231
public administration
public finance
Paul Skalski
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,534
1,317
0.373
Presence
video games
new media
media effects
Robert Hurley
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,423
1,546
0.452
Andrew Gross
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,408
872
0.256
International Business
Marketing
Economics
Markets
Moo Yeal Lee
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,354
1,086
0.324
3D bioprinting
microarray biochip
3D cell cultures
high-content cell imaging
tunable hydrogel
Elizabeth Domholdt
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,274
948
0.290
Benjamin E Baran
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,269
2,197
0.672
organizational behavior
human resources
business strategy
Savita Singh
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,187
1,366
0.429
Sathish Ap Kumar
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,095
2,675
0.864
AI/ML
Cybersecurity
Quantum Computing
Internet of Things
Distributed Systems
Selma Koc
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,013
1,235
0.410
Educational Technology
Educational Psychology
Gifted Education
Miron Kaufman
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,990
701
0.234
Statistical Physics
Microfluidics
Sociophysics
William Bowen
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,844
718
0.252
Empirically-based decision-making in economic development
environmental affairs
and energy policy
Second interest
Girish Shukla
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,834
1,591
0.561
Cancer Cell Biology
RNA Molecular Biology
Androgen Receptor
noncoding RNAs
Bibo Li
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,834
887
0.313
Molecular Biology
Cell Biology
Chromosome Biology
Molecular Parasitology
Genetics
Anup Kumar
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,773
1,486
0.536
Communication
Media
Journalism
Politics
and Elections
Don Allensworth Davies
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,647
842
0.318
LGBT healthcare
LGBT health disparities
LGBT aging
health services research
public health
Timothy Degroot
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,628
845
0.322
Catherine Hansman
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,628
771
0.293
Adult learning and development
mentoring
communities of practice
health professions education
adult education history
Robert A Simons
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,595
778
0.300
sustainable real estate
housing finance
environmental
driverless cars
transportation equity
Tushar Borkar
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,594
2,104
0.811
Additive Manufacturing
Materials Science and Engineering
Phase Transformation
Microstructure Evolution
Surface Engineering
Chandra Kothapalli
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,572
1,268
0.493
Cell and Tissue Mechanics
AFM
Microfluidics
Stem cells
Tissue Engineering
Thijs Heus
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,563
1,408
0.549
Kenneth E Vail III
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,545
1,496
0.588
G Valentin Borner
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,542
829
0.326