Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University of Malta Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) 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 Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :401
Civil & Structural Engineering
Architecture
Building Heritage and Conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
68
0.486
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :402
Levantine Archaeology
Biblical Archaeology
Hebrew Bible
Classical Hebrew
Phoenician-Punic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244
67
0.275
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :403
Social/economic history
poor relief
public health
colonialism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
67
0.558
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :404
international law
law of the sea
maritime security law
human rights law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
66
0.759
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :405
Natural Language Processing
Computer Vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
64
0.780
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :406
literacy
multilingualism
assessment
education
language learning difficulties
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
64
0.928
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :407
early childhood education and care
early literacy
emergent curriculum
children's rights
teaching and learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
64
0.970
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :408
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,124
62
0.055
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :409
Telecommunications
Computer Networks
Computer Architecture
Entrepreneurship
Knowledge Transfer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
240
62
0.258
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :410
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
62
0.559
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :411
Nanotechnology
smart materials
material science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
62
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :412
Chemistry Education
Science Education
Science and Religion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
241
61
0.253
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :413
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149
61
0.409
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :414
AI Planning
Combinatorial Search
Discrete Optimization
Scheduling
Reinforcement Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
61
0.550
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :415
Geriatric Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
61
0.575
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :416
disability studies
disability policy
social representations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
61
0.938
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :417
Military Architecture and Fortification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203
58
0.286
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :418
Graph Theory
combinatorics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
58
0.763
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :419
Governance
Public Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
58
0.983
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :420
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
58
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :421
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
57
0.781
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :422
governance
institution design
small states
islands
history of government
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
293
56
0.191
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :423
Functional Analysis
Ordered structures
Operator Algebras and Noncommutative Measure Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207
56
0.271
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :424
Scheduling/Optimisation
LSA
Genetic Algorithms
Voynich Manuscript
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
55
0.470
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :425
Protein Methylation
Colorectal Cancer
Chemoresistance
p53 methylation
Proteomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
10
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,607,669
421
399
Ranking Based On Selection: 401
Alex Torpiano
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
68
0.486
Civil & Structural Engineering
Architecture
Building Heritage and Conservation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,612,770
422
400
Ranking Based On Selection: 402
Anthony J. Frendo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244
67
0.275
Levantine Archaeology
Biblical Archaeology
Hebrew Bible
Classical Hebrew
Phoenician-Punic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,613,760
423
401
Ranking Based On Selection: 403
John Chircop
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
67
0.558
Social/economic history
poor relief
public health
colonialism
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,620,691
424
402
Ranking Based On Selection: 404
Felicity Attard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
66
0.759
international law
law of the sea
maritime security law
human rights law
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,633,056
427
403
Ranking Based On Selection: 405
Hoa Trong Vu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
64
0.780
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,634,157
428
404
Ranking Based On Selection: 406
Rachael M Agius
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
64
0.928
literacy
multilingualism
assessment
education
language learning difficulties
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,634,720
429
405
Ranking Based On Selection: 407
Charmaine Bonello
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
64
0.970
early childhood education and care
early literacy
emergent curriculum
children's rights
teaching and learning
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,643,056
430
406
Ranking Based On Selection: 408
Roger Ellul-Micallef
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,124
62
0.055
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,643,293
431
407
Ranking Based On Selection: 409
Saviour Zammit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
240
62
0.258
Telecommunications
Computer Networks
Computer Architecture
Entrepreneurship
Knowledge Transfer
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,644,418
432
408
Ranking Based On Selection: 410
Daniela Farrugia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
62
0.559
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,648,214
433
409
Ranking Based On Selection: 411
Russell Galea|Russell Galea Mifsud
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
62
1.000
Nanotechnology
smart materials
material science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,649,656
434
410
Ranking Based On Selection: 412
Martin Musumeci
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
241
61
0.253
Chemistry Education
Science Education
Science and Religion
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,650,117
435
411
Ranking Based On Selection: 413
Keith Sciberras
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149
61
0.409
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,650,689
436
412
Ranking Based On Selection: 414
Josef Bajada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
61
0.550
AI Planning
Combinatorial Search
Discrete Optimization
Scheduling
Reinforcement Learning
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,650,806
437
413
Ranking Based On Selection: 415
Anthony Fiorini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
61
0.575
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,653,279
438
414
Ranking Based On Selection: 416
Amy Joan Camilleri Zahra
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
61
0.938
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,668,884
441
416
Ranking Based On Selection: 417
Stephen C Spiteri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203
58
0.286
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,670,976
442
417
Ranking Based On Selection: 418
Christina Zarb
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
58
0.763
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,673,147
443
418
Ranking Based On Selection: 419
Colin Borg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
58
0.983
Governance
Public Management
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,674,969
444
419
Ranking Based On Selection: 420
Alexia Aquilina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
58
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,677,781
445
420
Ranking Based On Selection: 421
Maresca Attard Pizzuto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
57
0.781
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,681,994
446
421
Ranking Based On Selection: 422
Edward Warrington
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
293
56
0.191
governance
institution design
small states
islands
history of government
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,682,156
447
422
Ranking Based On Selection: 423
Emanuel Chetcuti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207
56
0.271
Functional Analysis
Ordered structures
Operator Algebras and Noncommutative Measure Theory
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,689,496
448
423
Ranking Based On Selection: 424
Colin Layfield
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
55
0.470
Scheduling/Optimisation
LSA
Genetic Algorithms
Voynich Manuscript
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,156,356
596
562
Ranking Based On Selection: 425
Isaac Micallef
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
10
1.000
Protein Methylation
Colorectal Cancer
Chemoresistance
p53 methylation
Proteomics