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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 146 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
Operations Management
Technological Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Qualit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,296
873
0.674
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Plant physiology
GWAS
aluminum tolerance
endophytic bacteria
geneti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,219
776
0.637
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Polymers
Organic Chemistry
Materials Science
Green Chemistry
Analytical Chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,188
496
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Operations Research
Supply Chain Management
Health Care Modellin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,169
945
0.808
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Comportamiento del consumido
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,090
503
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Thermodynamics of macromolecules in aqueous solutions
Development and characterization of nanoparticle systems
Colloid Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,077
901
0.837
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Green & Sustainable Science
Biotechnology
Bioenergy
Biofuels
Catalysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
984
736
0.748
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Functional Neurosurgery. Radiosurgery. Skull Bas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
977
345
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Alzheimer disease
Molecular and Cellular Neuropharmacology
Hippocampal Vulnerabilit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
916
604
0.659
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Computational Thinking
Information Literacy
Content curation
ICT in Education
STE
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
900
411
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Ph.D. in Operations Research and Management Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
880
536
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
neurología
epidemiología
epilepsia
cefale
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
875
230
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
labor Economics
microeconometrics
pseudo panel dat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
858
371
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
STS
Education
Digital transformation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
811
771
0.951
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Economics of education
Economics of crime
Entrepreneurship
Applied Econometric
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
786
413
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Finanzas corporativas
Inversión empresarial
Finanzas Internacionales
Estrategia empresaria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
719
468
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Memoria
Movimientos Sociales
Conflicto Armado
Empresario
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
716
263
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Organizational Behavior
Organizational Theor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
714
425
0.595
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Corporate Finance
Sustainabilit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
713
361
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Epidemiología
Salud Pública
e-Health
Diáspora African
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
709
365
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Educación
sociología de la educación
conflicto y convivencia en educación
intervención socia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
684
186
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Pharmaceutical policy
pharmacoepidemiology
health economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
632
328
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Accounting
Finance
Microfinance
knowledge managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
626
585
0.935
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Machine learning
Big Data
Artificial Intelligenc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
611
382
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Dinamismo de PYMES
Internacionalización de PYMES
Entrepreneurshi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
558
350
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
611,986
1,902
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Ricardo Santa
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,296
873
0.674
Operations Management
Technological Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Qualit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
633,958
2,032
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Thaura Ghneim
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,219
776
0.637
Plant physiology
GWAS
aluminum tolerance
endophytic bacteria
geneti
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
643,262
2,089
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Giovanni Rojas
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,188
496
0.418
Polymers
Organic Chemistry
Materials Science
Green Chemistry
Analytical Chemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
648,849
2,116
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Andres Felipe Osorio Muriel
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,169
945
0.808
Operations Research
Supply Chain Management
Health Care Modellin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
674,029
2,285
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Ana Arboleda
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,090
503
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
678,256
2,317
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Constain Hugo Salamanca Mejia
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,077
901
0.837
Thermodynamics of macromolecules in aqueous solutions
Development and characterization of nanoparticle systems
Colloid Physic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
710,954
2,557
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Carlos Alvarez Vasco
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
984
736
0.748
Green & Sustainable Science
Biotechnology
Bioenergy
Biofuels
Catalysi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
713,801
2,581
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Javier Lobato-Polo
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
977
345
0.353
Functional Neurosurgery. Radiosurgery. Skull Bas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
736,878
2,762
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Alvaro Barrera Ocampo
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
916
604
0.659
Alzheimer disease
Molecular and Cellular Neuropharmacology
Hippocampal Vulnerabilit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
743,308
2,801
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Juan Carlos Lopez Garcia
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
900
411
0.457
Computational Thinking
Information Literacy
Content curation
ICT in Education
STE
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
751,233
2,857
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Felipe Henao
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
880
536
0.609
Ph.D. in Operations Research and Management Scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
753,454
2,878
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Yuri Takeuchi
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
875
230
0.263
neurología
epidemiología
epilepsia
cefale
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
760,260
2,927
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Jhon Mora
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
858
371
0.432
labor Economics
microeconometrics
pseudo panel dat
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
779,795
3,094
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Robin Castro-Gil
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
811
771
0.951
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
790,976
3,166
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Carlos Giovanni González Espitia
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
786
413
0.525
Economics of education
Economics of crime
Entrepreneurship
Applied Econometric
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
822,029
3,402
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Guillermo Buenaventura Vera
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
719
468
0.651
Finanzas corporativas
Inversión empresarial
Finanzas Internacionales
Estrategia empresaria
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
823,644
3,411
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Luis Fernando Baron
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
716
263
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
824,461
3,419
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Iván Darío Sánchez Manchola
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
714
425
0.595
Organizational Behavior
Organizational Theor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
825,030
3,426
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Julian Benavides
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
713
361
0.506
Corporate Finance
Sustainabilit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
826,951
3,439
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Yoseth Ariza Araújo
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
709
365
0.515
Epidemiología
Salud Pública
e-Health
Diáspora African
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
839,708
3,564
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Ana Lucía Paz Rueda
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
684
186
0.272
Educación
sociología de la educación
conflicto y convivencia en educación
intervención socia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
867,147
3,791
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Angela Acosta
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
632
328
0.519
Pharmaceutical policy
pharmacoepidemiology
health economic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
870,217
3,817
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Mercedes Fajardo Ortiz
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
626
585
0.935
Accounting
Finance
Microfinance
knowledge managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
878,852
3,899
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Javier Diaz-Cely
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
611
382
0.625
Machine learning
Big Data
Artificial Intelligenc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
912,611
4,169
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Mónica Franco Ángel
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
558
350
0.627
Dinamismo de PYMES
Internacionalización de PYMES
Entrepreneurshi