Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :51
IPE
Energy
Development
Neo-liberalism
Globalisation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
453
194
0.428
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :52
Comparative Politics/International Relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
442
187
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :53
Political Islam
International Relations
Middle East Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
408
172
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
conflict resolution
ethnic conflict
peacebuilding
Middle East politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375
227
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :55
Animal Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
340
258
0.759
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :56
International Relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
302
74
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :57
Political Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
296
56
0.189
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :58
Political Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235
61
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
politics
economics
literary theory
Shakespeare
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
232
150
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
Russia Middle East IR politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
232
74
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
International relations
Defense and Security
Nuclear weapons
Asia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
232
55
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :62
political parties
ideologies
role of ideas in politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225
136
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
American Politics
Political Methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
220
198
0.900
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :64
Rule of law
democratic theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192
176
0.917
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :65
Ideology
social movements
neoliberalism
green politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182
106
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :66
Comparative Politics
Middle Eastern Politics - Egyptian Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173
75
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :67
Human-Centered Computing
Healthcare Informatics
System Behaviour
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171
134
0.784
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :68
Political Science
International Relations
Global Political Economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169
77
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :69
international relations/ foreign policy/ Middle East
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162
45
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :70
Political Philosophy
International Law
International Relations
Security Studies
Geopolitics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
149
0.968
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :71
religious freedom
comparative politics
democracy assistance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150
103
0.687
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :72
International Relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138
92
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
Interantional Relations
Comparative Politics
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Insurgency and Counterinsurgency
Middle East Pol
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
59
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
Middle East Studies
State Formation
Ethnic Conflict
Sectarianism
Colonialism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
94
0.855
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :75
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
37
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
941,699
51,778
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Michael F Keating
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
453
194
0.428
IPE
Energy
Development
Neo-liberalism
Globalisation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
951,584
260,953
298
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Saban Taniyici
American University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
442
187
0.423
Comparative Politics/International Relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
983,373
897
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Sami Baroudi
Lebanese American University
Beirut, Lebanon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
408
172
0.422
Political Islam
International Relations
Middle East Politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,016,854
933
399
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Ohannes Geukjian
American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375
227
0.605
conflict resolution
ethnic conflict
peacebuilding
Middle East politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,055,128
8,655
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Auwalu Abdullahi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
340
258
0.759
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,102,291
284,679
326
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
James R. Lee
American University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
302
74
0.245
International Relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,110,564
2,168
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Hassan Hamdan Al-Alkim
American University of Ras al Khaimah AURAK
Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
296
56
0.189
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,205,777
139
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Simon R Clarke
American University of Armenia
Yerevan, Armenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235
61
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,210,691
65,105
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Neema Parvini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
232
150
0.647
politics
economics
literary theory
Shakespeare
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,211,160
1,153
433
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Talal Nizameddin
American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
232
74
0.319
Russia Middle East IR politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,211,211
299,862
342
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Eleni Ekmektsioglou
American University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
232
55
0.237
International relations
Defense and Security
Nuclear weapons
Asia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,223,378
65,682
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Eunice Goes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225
136
0.604
political parties
ideologies
role of ideas in politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,231,981
302,766
345
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Andrew O Ballard
American University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
220
198
0.900
American Politics
Political Methodology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,288,526
3,426
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Charl Swart
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192
176
0.917
Rule of law
democratic theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,312,048
69,516
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Rafal Soborski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182
106
0.582
Ideology
social movements
neoliberalism
green politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,333,685
11,188
214
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Safinaz El Tarouty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173
75
0.434
Comparative Politics
Middle Eastern Politics - Egyptian Politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,337,747
14,644
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Ishola Dada Muraina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171
134
0.784
Human-Centered Computing
Healthcare Informatics
System Behaviour
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,343,552
11,384
217
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Sean Mcmahon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169
77
0.456
Political Science
International Relations
Global Political Economy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,361,815
2,657
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Hassan Alalkim
American University of Ras al Khaimah AURAK
Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162
45
0.278
international relations/ foreign policy/ Middle East
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,381,308
2,695
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Khaled Al-Kassimi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
149
0.968
Political Philosophy
International Law
International Relations
Security Studies
Geopolitics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,393,570
565
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Dennis P. Petri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150
103
0.687
religious freedom
comparative politics
democracy assistance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,428,830
31
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Lawan Malami Goni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138
92
0.667
International Relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,519,546
6,033
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Khalil Fadl Osman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
59
0.532
Interantional Relations
Comparative Politics
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Insurgency and Counterinsurgency
Middle East Pol
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,521,991
1,556
143
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Abbas Assi
Lebanese American University
Beirut, Lebanon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
94
0.855
Middle East Studies
State Formation
Ethnic Conflict
Sectarianism
Colonialism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,534,630
19,256
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Aminu Abbas Abubakr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
37
0.346