Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 55 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 Rankings
Rankings
1,630,115
World Rank
7,521
Country Rank
26
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
26
Citation Metrics
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Total121
-
Last 6 Years104
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.860
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,640,348
World Rank
7,560
Country Rank
27
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
27
Citation Metrics
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Total119
-
Last 6 Years44
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.370
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,664,939
World Rank
7,687
Country Rank
28
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
28
Social Sciences / Psychology
Psychoanalysis | Psychotherapy | Neuropsychoanalysis | Systems theory | Free energy principl
Psychoanalysis | Psychotherapy | Neuropsychoanalysis | Systems theory | Free energy principl
Citation Metrics
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Total113
-
Last 6 Years86
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.761
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,696,232
World Rank
7,843
Country Rank
29
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
29
Citation Metrics
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Total106
-
Last 6 Years88
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.830
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,790,848
World Rank
8,268
Country Rank
30
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
30
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
Cognitive Linguistics | Second Language Acquisition | Computer-assisted language learnin
Cognitive Linguistics | Second Language Acquisition | Computer-assisted language learnin
Citation Metrics
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Total87
-
Last 6 Years78
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.897
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,878,660
World Rank
8,682
Country Rank
31
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
31
Citation Metrics
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Total72
-
Last 6 Years41
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.569
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,889,005
World Rank
8,730
Country Rank
32
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
32
Others
Corpus approaches to gender-based translation studies | Corpus-based translation | gender and translation | gender and languag
Corpus approaches to gender-based translation studies | Corpus-based translation | gender and translation | gender and languag
Citation Metrics
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Total70
-
Last 6 Years64
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.914
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,950,398
World Rank
9,014
Country Rank
33
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
33
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
systemic functional linguistics | intercultural communication | discourse | interpersonal languag
systemic functional linguistics | intercultural communication | discourse | interpersonal languag
Citation Metrics
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Total61
-
Last 6 Years33
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.541
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,993,928
World Rank
9,198
Country Rank
34
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
34
Business & Management / Communications and Media Studies
Financial Communication | Corporate Image and Reputation | Crisis Communicatio
Financial Communication | Corporate Image and Reputation | Crisis Communicatio
Citation Metrics
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Total55
-
Last 6 Years21
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.382
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,104,715
World Rank
9,724
Country Rank
35
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
35
Citation Metrics
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Total40
-
Last 6 Years38
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.950
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,150,232
World Rank
9,893
Country Rank
36
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
36
Business & Management / Communications and Media Studies
Social Media | Subjective Well-being | Social Suppor
Social Media | Subjective Well-being | Social Suppor
Citation Metrics
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Total35
-
Last 6 Years28
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.800
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,212,237
World Rank
10,137
Country Rank
37
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
37
Citation Metrics
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Total28
-
Last 6 Years28
-
Last 6 Years / Total1.000
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,216,343
World Rank
10,165
Country Rank
38
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
38
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
Linguistic typology | Chinese dialectology | Cantonese Linguistics | Teaching Chinese as a Secon
Linguistic typology | Chinese dialectology | Cantonese Linguistics | Teaching Chinese as a Secon
Citation Metrics
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Total28
-
Last 6 Years27
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.964
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,261,827
World Rank
10,323
Country Rank
39
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
39
Social Sciences / Sociology
Cultural Sociology | Economic Culture | Urban Studies | Popular Culture and Media Studie
Cultural Sociology | Economic Culture | Urban Studies | Popular Culture and Media Studie
Citation Metrics
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Total24
-
Last 6 Years18
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.750
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,279,419
World Rank
10,391
Country Rank
40
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
40
Citation Metrics
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Total22
-
Last 6 Years22
-
Last 6 Years / Total1.000
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,316,515
World Rank
10,538
Country Rank
41
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
41
Citation Metrics
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Total19
-
Last 6 Years19
-
Last 6 Years / Total1.000
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,333,726
World Rank
10,607
Country Rank
42
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
42
Citation Metrics
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Total18
-
Last 6 Years10
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.556
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,419,833
World Rank
10,936
Country Rank
43
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
43
Citation Metrics
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Total11
-
Last 6 Years11
-
Last 6 Years / Total1.000
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,476,328
World Rank
11,165
Country Rank
44
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
44
Citation Metrics
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Total8
-
Last 6 Years4
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.500
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,477,118
World Rank
11,166
Country Rank
45
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
45
Education / Guidance and Counseling
Counselling supervision | Psychodrama | Action Methods | Transactional Analysis | Family therap
Counselling supervision | Psychodrama | Action Methods | Transactional Analysis | Family therap
Citation Metrics
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Total8
-
Last 6 Years3
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.375
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,478,929
World Rank
11,171
Country Rank
46
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
46
Citation Metrics
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Total7
-
Last 6 Years7
-
Last 6 Years / Total1.000
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,508,760
World Rank
11,300
Country Rank
47
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
47
Citation Metrics
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Total6
-
Last 6 Years4
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.667
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,511,278
World Rank
11,303
Country Rank
48
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
48
Citation Metrics
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Total6
-
Last 6 Years2
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.333
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,549,421
World Rank
11,441
Country Rank
49
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
49
Citation Metrics
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Total4
-
Last 6 Years1
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.250
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,551,052
World Rank
11,444
Country Rank
50
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
50
Citation Metrics
-
Total4
-
Last 6 Years0
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.000
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