Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Drake University Highly Cited Researchers Citation 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 IndexUniversities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025

* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :26
United States
Allan Vestal
contracts
legal history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
927
106
0.114
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
United States
Jerrid Kruse
Science education
nature of science
nature of technology
preservice teacher education
history of science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
886
681
0.769
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
United States
Bengu Erguner Tekinalp
Adlerian
Individual Psychology
Positive Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
708
457
0.645
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
United States
Lindsay Woodward
Adolescent Literacy
Digital Literacy
Teacher Professional Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
697
535
0.768
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
United States
Jerry Honts
cell molecular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
665
86
0.129
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
United States
Mark Kende
constitutional law
comparative constitutional law
corruption
First Amendment
emolument clauses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
653
135
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
United States
Maura Irene Strassberg
legal ethics
sexuality and the law
polygamy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
653
106
0.162
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
United States
Jerry Anderson
Property
Environmental Law
Administrative Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
645
116
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
United States
Meredith Luttrell
Exercise Physiology
Vascular Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
640
389
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
United States
Tom Buckmiller
adult education
Native American
standards based grading
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
544
473
0.869
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
United States
Miguel Schor
Constitutional Law
Comparative Constitutional Law
Democracy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
541
122
0.226
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
United States
Cathy Lesser Mansfield
Consumer Law
Contracts Law
Payment Systems
Holocaust
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
503
79
0.157
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
United States
Laurie Dore
civil procedure
evidence
conflict of laws
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
479
98
0.205
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
United States
Nanci J Ross
ethnobotany
historical ecology
ethnoecology
ethnobiology
ethnobiology education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
464
171
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
United States
Catherine Gillespie
Eating Disorder Recovery & Early Childhood Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
446
149
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
United States
Anthony Gaughan
Civil Procedure
Constitutional Law
Election Law
Legal & Constitutional History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
421
227
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
United States
Melissa Weresh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
421
178
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
United States
James Sacco
Environmental Toxicology
Canine genetics
Canine cancer
Drug and xenobiotic metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
380
174
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
United States
Shelley Fairbairn
education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
360
201
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
United States
Sandra Patton-Imani
race gender queerness family
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
359
120
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
United States
Daniel S Alexander
History of mathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
319
141
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
United States
Hunter R Clark
international law
international trade
international human rights
constitutional law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
310
23
0.074
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
United States
Eliza Dy Boarman
pharmacy education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
304
247
0.813
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
United States
Andrew Jurs
Expert Evidence
Evidence
Criminal Procedure
Criminal Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
290
110
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
United States
Heath Henderson
Development economics
computational economics
applied econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
289
216
0.747
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
693,794
United States
206,048
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Allan Vestal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
927
106
0.114
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
709,749
United States
209,884
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Jerrid Kruse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
886
681
0.769
Science education
nature of science
nature of technology
preservice teacher education
history of science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
788,656
United States
228,201
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Bengu Erguner Tekinalp
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
708
457
0.645
Adlerian
Individual Psychology
Positive Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
793,829
United States
229,374
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Lindsay Woodward
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
697
535
0.768
Adolescent Literacy
Digital Literacy
Teacher Professional Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
810,340
United States
233,122
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Jerry Honts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
665
86
0.129
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
816,376
United States
234,468
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Mark Kende
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
653
135
0.207
constitutional law
comparative constitutional law
corruption
First Amendment
emolument clauses
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
816,381
United States
234,470
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Maura Irene Strassberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
653
106
0.162
legal ethics
sexuality and the law
polygamy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
820,460
United States
235,325
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Jerry Anderson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
645
116
0.180
Property
Environmental Law
Administrative Law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
822,858
United States
235,831
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Meredith Luttrell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
640
389
0.608
Exercise Physiology
Vascular Physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
874,831
United States
247,080
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Tom Buckmiller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
544
473
0.869
adult education
Native American
standards based grading
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
876,917
United States
247,526
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Miguel Schor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
541
122
0.226
Constitutional Law
Comparative Constitutional Law
Democracy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
899,517
United States
252,045
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Cathy Lesser Mansfield
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
503
79
0.157
Consumer Law
Contracts Law
Payment Systems
Holocaust
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
919,238
United States
255,428
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Laurie Dore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
479
98
0.205
civil procedure
evidence
conflict of laws
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
932,052
United States
257,594
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Nanci J Ross
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
464
171
0.369
ethnobotany
historical ecology
ethnoecology
ethnobiology
ethnobiology education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
947,988
United States
260,326
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Catherine Gillespie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
446
149
0.334
Eating Disorder Recovery & Early Childhood Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
970,817
United States
264,127
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Anthony Gaughan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
421
227
0.539
Civil Procedure
Constitutional Law
Election Law
Legal & Constitutional History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
970,932
United States
264,154
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Melissa Weresh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
421
178
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,011,830
United States
270,913
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
James Sacco
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
380
174
0.458
Environmental Toxicology
Canine genetics
Canine cancer
Drug and xenobiotic metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,032,942
United States
274,201
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Shelley Fairbairn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
360
201
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,034,247
United States
274,408
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Sandra Patton-Imani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
359
120
0.334
race gender queerness family
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,080,487
United States
281,414
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Daniel S Alexander
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
319
141
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,091,868
United States
283,132
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Hunter R Clark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
310
23
0.074
international law
international trade
international human rights
constitutional law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,098,950
United States
284,193
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Eliza Dy Boarman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
304
247
0.813
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,118,787
United States
286,980
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Andrew Jurs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
290
110
0.379
Expert Evidence
Evidence
Criminal Procedure
Criminal Law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,119,664
United States
287,111
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Heath Henderson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
289
216
0.747
Development economics
computational economics
applied econometrics