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 :51
library science
immunology
oncology
dermatology
gynecology & obstetrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,358
8,859
0.717
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :52
scientists in literature
science communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,301
1,926
0.157
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :53
Bibliotecas
artes
ocio
niños
diseño
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,190
6,919
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
youth
gender
archives
time
digital
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,089
3,394
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :55
Dense Linear Algebra
Libraries
High-Performance Computing
Parallel Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,076
2,832
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :56
Information Science
Bibliometrics
Scientometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,035
2,204
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :57
Social media
data analytics
blockchain
crowdfunding
IT adoption
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,447
6,641
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :58
Information Retrieval
Data Science
Text Mining
Digital Libraries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,192
5,527
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
bibliometrics
altmetrics
research evaluation
scholarly communication
#ScholCommLab
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,887
6,846
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
Bibliometrics
Scientometrics
Databases
Citations
Altmetrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,810
7,006
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
Quantum Circuits
Quantum Compilation
Quantum Computing
Quantum Information Science
Reversible
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,733
6,856
0.639
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :62
Information Sciences
Data Visualization
Astronomy
High-Performance Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,378
6,949
0.670
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
knowledge management
intellectual capital
innovation
creativity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,248
7,282
0.711
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :64
information seeking
information behavior
communication
policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,940
2,872
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :65
e-services
library science
LIS
e-business
m-learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,782
6,085
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :66
Algorithms of Oppression
black feminism
critical digital media studies
communication
library & information science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,436
8,645
0.916
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :67
Information literacy
instructional design
self-regulated learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,421
4,912
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :68
digital libraries
information retrieval
information literacy
social media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,227
3,667
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :69
knowledge management
information science
social media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,205
4,383
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :70
Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,158
5,769
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :71
Information Security
Network Security
Cryptanalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,133
4,133
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :72
Human-computer interaction
Usability
Medical informatics
Participatory design
Information seeking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,116
3,593
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
biodiversity
digital library
taxonomy
conservation
ants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,985
2,788
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
Information Science and Telecommunications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,918
1,561
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :75
Medical Librarianship
Information Literacy
Evidence based Medicine
Systematic Reviews
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,869
3,088
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,245
1,934
182
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Jacqueline Limpens
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,358
8,859
0.717
library science
immunology
oncology
dermatology
gynecology & obstetrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,656
3,521
252
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Roslynn Haynes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,301
1,926
0.157
scientists in literature
science communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,492
227
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
María Concepción Macias Rodríguez
Universidad Tecnológica de Querétaro
Querétaro, Mexico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,190
6,919
0.568
Bibliotecas
artes
ocio
niños
diseño
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,355
6,646
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Rachel Thomson
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,089
3,394
0.281
youth
gender
archives
time
digital
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,454
32,148
330
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Robert Van De Geijn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,076
2,832
0.235
Dense Linear Algebra
Libraries
High-Performance Computing
Parallel Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,786
32,270
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Belver C. Griffith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,035
2,204
0.183
Information Science
Bibliometrics
Scientometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,706
34,074
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Bin Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,447
6,641
0.580
Social media
data analytics
blockchain
crowdfunding
IT adoption
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,996
1,467
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Fabio Crestani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,192
5,527
0.494
Information Retrieval
Data Science
Text Mining
Digital Libraries
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,886
3,962
105
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Stefanie Haustein
Université d'Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,887
6,846
0.629
bibliometrics
altmetrics
research evaluation
scholarly communication
#ScholCommLab
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,629
2,261
208
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Rodrigo Costas|Rodrigo Costas Comesaña, Rodrigo Costas-Comesana
Leiden University
Leiden, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,810
7,006
0.648
Bibliometrics
Scientometrics
Databases
Citations
Altmetrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,364
36,409
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Dmitri Maslov
IBM Corporation
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,733
6,856
0.639
Quantum Circuits
Quantum Compilation
Quantum Computing
Quantum Information Science
Reversible
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,010
37,649
339
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Matthew J Turk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,378
6,949
0.670
Information Sciences
Data Visualization
Astronomy
High-Performance Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95,431
532
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Aino Kianto
Lappeenranta University of Technology
Lappeenranta, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,248
7,282
0.711
knowledge management
intellectual capital
innovation
creativity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,828
39,320
111
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Donald O Case
University of Kentucky
Lexington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,940
2,872
0.289
information seeking
information behavior
communication
policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,629
809
192
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Dickson KW Chiu
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,782
6,085
0.622
e-services
library science
LIS
e-business
m-learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,781
41,395
744
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Safiya Umoja Noble
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,436
8,645
0.916
Algorithms of Oppression
black feminism
critical digital media studies
communication
library & information science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,999
2,628
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Saskia Brand Gruwel
Open University
Milton Keynes, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,421
4,912
0.521
Information literacy
instructional design
self-regulated learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,567
711
233
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Schubert Foo
Nanyang Technological University
Jurong West, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,227
3,667
0.397
digital libraries
information retrieval
information literacy
social media
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,872
714
234
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Alton Chua
Nanyang Technological University
Jurong West, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,205
4,383
0.476
knowledge management
information science
social media
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,517
42,689
1,163
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Christopher Stave
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,158
5,769
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,847
531
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Cheng Chi Lee
Fu Jen Catholic University
New Taipei City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,133
4,133
0.453
Information Security
Network Security
Cryptanalysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,069
1,006
276
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Morten Hertzum
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,116
3,593
0.394
Human-computer interaction
Usability
Medical informatics
Participatory design
Information seeking
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,871
43,474
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Donat Agosti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,985
2,788
0.310
biodiversity
digital library
taxonomy
conservation
ants
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,787
43,787
432
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Prashant Krishnamurthy
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,918
1,561
0.175
Information Science and Telecommunications
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,471
5,009
325
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Lisa Tjosvold
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,869
3,088
0.348
Medical Librarianship
Information Literacy
Evidence based Medicine
Systematic Reviews