Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 52 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
Sport Marketing
Value Co-Creation
Sponsorships
Sustainable Tourism
Digitalization in Sports
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,627
1,044
0.642
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
sport management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,345
470
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
physical education
sport philosophy
sport pedagogy
talent development
existential philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,016
779
0.767
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Sports physiology
athletic performance
training and testing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
935
816
0.873
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
physical education
pedagogy
meaningfulness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
929
835
0.899
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Associate Professor in Biomechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
881
711
0.807
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Physiology
Sport Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
744
538
0.723
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Sports science
Biomechanics
Physiology
Swimming
Lifesaving
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
670
580
0.866
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Exercise Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
597
532
0.891
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Athlete development
talent development
skill learning
sport coaching
elite sport systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
511
462
0.904
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Sport management
Sport policy
Sport governance
Sport events
Organization theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
482
417
0.865
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Teacher education
Physical education
Models-based practice
Self-study
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
416
380
0.913
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Military Sciences
Sports Sciences
Pedagogy
Philosophy
Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
410
274
0.668
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Sports medicine
Sports tech
Health tech
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330
328
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Skeletal Muscle Boengineering
Aging
Epigenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
317
308
0.972
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
282
204
0.723
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
biomechanics
musculoskeletal physiology
muscle architecture
tendon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
276
241
0.873
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Biomechanics
Physiology
Motor Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
268
216
0.806
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
organisational psychology
mental health
traumatic injury
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
253
250
0.988
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Sport sociology
sport philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223
193
0.865
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
outdoor education
public health
nature tourism
pedagogy
winter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
184
160
0.870
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180
179
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
aspiring leaders
sport events
critical management studies
qualitative method
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
177
59
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Sport Management
Sport for Development & Peace
Sport Policy
African Sport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
42
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
17
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
517,006
3,628
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Chris Horbel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,627
1,044
0.642
Sport Marketing
Value Co-Creation
Sponsorships
Sustainable Tourism
Digitalization in Sports
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
582,348
4,080
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Berit Skirstad *
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,345
470
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
682,396
4,704
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Kenneth Aggerholm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,016
779
0.767
physical education
sport philosophy
sport pedagogy
talent development
existential philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
712,206
4,885
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Live Steinnes Luteberget
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
935
816
0.873
Sports physiology
athletic performance
training and testing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
714,544
4,896
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Stephanie Beni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
929
835
0.899
physical education
pedagogy
meaningfulness
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
733,609
5,024
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Hannah Rice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
881
711
0.807
Associate Professor in Biomechanics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
792,895
5,402
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Øyvind Skattebo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
744
538
0.723
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
828,502
5,611
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Bjørn Harald Olstad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
670
580
0.866
Sports science
Biomechanics
Physiology
Swimming
Lifesaving
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
866,856
5,826
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Laura Oberholzer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
597
532
0.891
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
922,408
6,190
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Christian Thue Bjørndal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
511
462
0.904
Athlete development
talent development
skill learning
sport coaching
elite sport systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
946,564
6,366
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Anna-Maria Strittmatter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
482
417
0.865
Sport management
Sport policy
Sport governance
Sport events
Organization theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,006,858
6,791
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Mats Hordvik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
416
380
0.913
Teacher education
Physical education
Models-based practice
Self-study
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,013,131
6,833
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Anders Mcd Sookermany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
410
274
0.668
Military Sciences
Sports Sciences
Pedagogy
Philosophy
Sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,100,545
7,398
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Torstein Dalen-Lorentsen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330
328
0.994
Sports medicine
Sports tech
Health tech
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,117,412
7,512
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Piotr Patryk Gorski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
317
308
0.972
Skeletal Muscle Boengineering
Aging
Epigenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,167,114
7,852
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Annett Victoria Stornæs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
282
204
0.723
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,175,875
7,900
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Amelie Werkhausen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
276
241
0.873
biomechanics
musculoskeletal physiology
muscle architecture
tendon
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,188,587
7,974
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Ove Sollie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
268
216
0.806
Biomechanics
Physiology
Motor Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,212,544
8,103
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Niels Boysen Feddersen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
253
250
0.988
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,267,007
8,411
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Morten Renslo Sandvik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223
193
0.865
Sport sociology
sport philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,349,803
8,824
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Jannicke Høyem
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
184
160
0.870
outdoor education
public health
nature tourism
pedagogy
winter
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,358,719
8,875
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Milla Saarinen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180
179
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,367,979
8,924
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Annika Bodemar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
177
59
0.333
aspiring leaders
sport events
critical management studies
qualitative method
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,900,239
11,001
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Derrick Charway
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
42
1.000
Sport Management
Sport for Development & Peace
Sport Policy
African Sport
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,941,368
11,117
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Allan Bennich Grønkjær
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
17
0.459