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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 139 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
international political economy
Asian regionalism
regional integration
Japa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,521
370
0.243
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,481
424
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Cell Biology
Neuroscience
Membrane Trafficking
Signal Transductio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,413
418
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Diagrammatic reasonin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,156
306
0.265
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Instructed Second Language Acquisition
Applied Psycholinguistic
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,126
205
0.182
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
auditory
hearing
vocal communication
neuroetholog
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
888
418
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
behavior analysi
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
883
418
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Disaster
Social Capita
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
811
341
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Robotic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
760
267
0.351
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Politics of Educatio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
733
205
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
anthropology of education/language/Japa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
678
262
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Statistic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
600
251
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Social cognition
Gaze perception
Social brain
Social valu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
597
579
0.970
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Plasma physics
Ion sourc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
533
94
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Polymer Chemistry
Biomaterials
Sustainable Plastics
Data Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
483
459
0.950
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
479
364
0.760
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Statistic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
441
114
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
index number theory
productivity
well-bein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
433
234
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Library and Information Science
Open Access
Scholarly Communicatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
427
171
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Anthropology (media
robot
affect
intimacy
sensitivity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
421
200
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
feminist economics
history of economic thought
social ontology
basic incom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
420
202
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Combinatorial Optimization
Algortihm
Graph
Tree Matching
Edit Distanc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
407
82
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Sensor Networks
Ubiquitous Computing
Mobile System
Human Computer Interaction
Augmented Realit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
394
62
0.157
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
developmental psychology
infant
vocalization
sound environment
auditor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
340
200
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
la
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330
180
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
556,219
11,091
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Takashi Terada
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,521
370
0.243
international political economy
Asian regionalism
regional integration
Japa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
565,478
11,250
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Moritoshi Hirono
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,481
424
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
581,822
11,558
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Yasunori Mori
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,413
418
0.296
Cell Biology
Neuroscience
Membrane Trafficking
Signal Transductio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
653,290
12,772
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Atsushi Shimojima
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,156
306
0.265
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
662,810
12,917
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Nobuhiko Akamatsu
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,126
205
0.182
Instructed Second Language Acquisition
Applied Psycholinguistic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
748,415
14,331
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Kohta I Kobayasi|Kota Kobayashi
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
888
418
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
750,405
14,356
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Muto Takashi
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
883
418
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
780,408
14,875
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Shigeo Tatsuki|立木茂雄
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
811
341
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
803,289
15,243
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Toru Tsumugiwa
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
760
267
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
815,855
15,446
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Robert W Aspinall
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
733
205
0.280
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
843,117
15,897
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Gregory S Poole
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
678
262
0.386
anthropology of education/language/Japa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
885,894
16,550
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Hiroshi Yadohisa
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
600
251
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
887,338
16,577
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Mitsuhiko Ishikawa
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
597
579
0.970
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
931,752
17,233
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Naoki Miyamoto
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
533
94
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
972,554
17,859
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Shin-Nosuke Nishimura
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
483
459
0.950
Polymer Chemistry
Biomaterials
Sustainable Plastics
Data Scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
976,290
17,910
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Marie Katsurai
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
479
364
0.760
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,011,189
18,397
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Hisayuki Hara
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
441
114
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,018,605
18,501
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Hideyuki Mizobuchi
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
433
234
0.540
index number theory
productivity
well-bein
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,024,418
18,598
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Sho Sato
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
427
171
0.400
Library and Information Science
Open Access
Scholarly Communicatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,030,340
18,693
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Hirofumi Katsuno （勝野宏史）|勝野宏史
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
421
200
0.475
Anthropology (media
robot
affect
intimacy
sensitivity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,031,302
18,707
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Toru Yamamori (山森亮)
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
420
202
0.481
feminist economics
history of economic thought
social ontology
basic incom
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,044,646
18,881
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Daiji Fukagawa
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
407
82
0.201
Combinatorial Optimization
Algortihm
Graph
Tree Matching
Edit Distanc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,058,198
19,070
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Hiroto Aida
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
394
62
0.157
Sensor Networks
Ubiquitous Computing
Mobile System
Human Computer Interaction
Augmented Realit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,119,797
19,980
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Yohko Shimada
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
340
200
0.588
developmental psychology
infant
vocalization
sound environment
auditor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,132,608
20,126
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Koji Takahashi
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330
180
0.545