Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Library and Information Science Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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 :301
Library and Information Science
Scholarly communication
Information Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,917
1,476
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :302
information science
information literacy
impact of information
information management
information behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,909
704
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :303
Information Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,906
1,065
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :304
ELT
DNA encoded chemical library
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,891
1,046
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :305
Information Science
Data Management
Theoretical Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,890
1,904
0.659
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :306
Ciência da Informação
Biblioteconomia
Arquivologia
Museologia
Mediação da Informação
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,884
1,436
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :307
Data Infrastructures
Digital Libraries
Virtual Research Environments
Data Publishing
Scholarly Communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,883
1,101
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :308
Graph theory
Cheminformatics
Information Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,872
1,418
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :309
medical libraries
library automation
discovery
library technology ...
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,835
2,268
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :310
Library and information science
sociology
bibliometrics
scientometrics
Sociology of science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,809
1,405
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :311
Information Retrieval
Recommender Systems
Data Science
Information Science
Lifelogging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,791
1,462
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :312
Libraries and social inclusion
information behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,781
1,268
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :313
Advancing Search Methods
Information Retrieval
Systematic Reviews
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,771
2,117
0.764
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :314
Bibliometrics
Scientometrics
Science and technology policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,768
2,517
0.909
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :315
bibliometrics
sociology of science
research policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,763
1,898
0.687
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :316
AI-based medical image analysis and AI model assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,752
2,256
0.820
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :317
knowledge management
information strategy
social media
user experience design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,738
979
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :318
Quantum Information Science
Quantum Computing
Quantum Networks
Networking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,736
1,777
0.649
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :319
Knowledge management
Knowledge engineering
Information system
Text mining
Blockchain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,730
2,044
0.749
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :320
Ciência da Informação
Redes Sociais
Redes de conhecimento
Inovação
Práticas inovadoras
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,719
973
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :321
Biomedical Informatics
Information Science
Team Science
Research Networking
Translational Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,708
1,071
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :322
Digital Libraries
Grid Computing
Cloud Computing
Data Infrastructure
e-infrastructure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,689
1,089
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :323
Bibliometrics
Library & Information Sciences
Altmetrics
Open Access
Usage Metrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,684
1,401
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :324
User Studies
Bibliometrics
Digital Library
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,682
1,569
0.585
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :325
Strategic Control Systems
SMEs and Entrepreneurship
Control de Gestión
Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,680
2,076
0.775
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
329,257
9,929
594
Ranking Based On Selection: 301
Ángel Borrego
Universitat de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,917
1,476
0.506
Library and Information Science
Scholarly communication
Information Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
330,068
23,283
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 302
Dorothy Williams
Robert Gordon University
Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,909
704
0.242
information science
information literacy
impact of information
information management
information behaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
330,314
2,051
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 303
YU HUI Tao
National University of Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,906
1,065
0.366
Information Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
331,696
23,372
146
Ranking Based On Selection: 304
Ghotas Evindar
GlaxoSmithKline
Needham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,891
1,046
0.362
ELT
DNA encoded chemical library
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
331,748
109,798
740
Ranking Based On Selection: 305
Joshua Borycz
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,890
1,904
0.659
Information Science
Data Management
Theoretical Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
332,352
8,787
77
Ranking Based On Selection: 306
Oswaldo Almeida Júnior
Universidade Estadual de Londrina
Londrina, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,884
1,436
0.498
Ciência da Informação
Biblioteconomia
Arquivologia
Museologia
Mediação da Informação
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
332,459
14,942
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 307
Leonardo Candela
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,883
1,101
0.382
Data Infrastructures
Digital Libraries
Virtual Research Environments
Data Publishing
Scholarly Communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
333,419
73
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 308
Paul Manuel
Kuwait University
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,872
1,418
0.494
Graph theory
Cheminformatics
Information Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
336,861
111,162
531
Ranking Based On Selection: 309
Matthew Hoy
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,835
2,268
0.800
medical libraries
library automation
discovery
library technology ...
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
339,472
5,143
205
Ranking Based On Selection: 310
Rickard Danell
Umea University
Umeå, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,809
1,405
0.500
Library and information science
sociology
bibliometrics
scientometrics
Sociology of science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
341,218
13,016
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 311
Frank Hopfgartner
Universität Koblenz Landau
Koblenz, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,791
1,462
0.524
Information Retrieval
Recommender Systems
Data Science
Information Science
Lifelogging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
342,276
1,580
134
Ranking Based On Selection: 312
Christine Stilwell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,781
1,268
0.456
Libraries and social inclusion
information behaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
343,220
112,946
198
Ranking Based On Selection: 313
Robin Paynter
US Veterans Affairs
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,771
2,117
0.764
Advancing Search Methods
Information Retrieval
Systematic Reviews
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
343,519
16,025
451
Ranking Based On Selection: 314
Weishu Liu 刘维树
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,768
2,517
0.909
Bibliometrics
Scientometrics
Science and technology policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
344,018
5,213
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 315
Björn Hammarfelt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,763
1,898
0.687
bibliometrics
sociology of science
research policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
345,125
16,110
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 316
Feng Yang
Beijing Jiaotong University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,752
2,256
0.820
AI-based medical image analysis and AI model assessment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
346,632
14,001
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 317
Scott Paquette
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,738
979
0.358
knowledge management
information strategy
social media
user experience design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
346,791
113,915
380
Ranking Based On Selection: 318
Martin Suchara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,736
1,777
0.649
Quantum Information Science
Quantum Computing
Quantum Networks
Networking
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
347,419
2,309
373
Ranking Based On Selection: 319
WM Wang 王慧明
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,730
2,044
0.749
Knowledge management
Knowledge engineering
Information system
Text mining
Blockchain
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
348,611
9,425
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 320
Maria Inês Tomaél
Universidade Estadual de Londrina
Londrina, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,719
973
0.358
Ciência da Informação
Redes Sociais
Redes de conhecimento
Inovação
Práticas inovadoras
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
349,735
114,724
657
Ranking Based On Selection: 321
David Eichmann
University of Iowa
Iowa City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,708
1,071
0.395
Biomedical Informatics
Information Science
Team Science
Research Networking
Translational Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
351,721
15,825
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 322
Pasquale Pagano
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,689
1,089
0.405
Digital Libraries
Grid Computing
Cloud Computing
Data Infrastructure
e-infrastructure
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
352,216
1,944
366
Ranking Based On Selection: 323
Juan Gorraiz
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,684
1,401
0.522
Bibliometrics
Library & Information Sciences
Altmetrics
Open Access
Usage Metrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
352,408
8,087
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 324
Thanuskodi S
Alagappa University
Warsaw, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,682
1,569
0.585
User Studies
Bibliometrics
Digital Library
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
352,572
888
238
Ranking Based On Selection: 325
Christian Cancino Del Castillo
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,680
2,076
0.775
Strategic Control Systems
SMEs and Entrepreneurship
Control de Gestión
Chile