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
Netherlands
Jacqueline Limpens
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
Australia
Roslynn Haynes
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
Mexico
María Concepción Macias Rodríguez
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
United Kingdom
Rachel Thomson
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
United States
Robert Van De Geijn
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
United States
Belver C. Griffith
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
United States
Bin Wang
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
Switzerland
Fabio Crestani
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
Canada
Stefanie Haustein
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
Netherlands
Rodrigo Costas|Rodrigo Costas Comesaña, Rodrigo Costas-Comesana
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
United States
Dmitri Maslov
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
United States
Matthew J Turk
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
Finland
Aino Kianto
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
United States
Donald O Case
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
Hong Kong
Dickson KW Chiu
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
United States
Safiya Umoja Noble
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
Netherlands
Saskia Brand Gruwel
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
Singapore
Schubert Foo
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
Singapore
Alton Chua
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
United States
Christopher Stave
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
Taiwan
Cheng Chi Lee
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
Denmark
Morten Hertzum
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
United States
Donat Agosti
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
United States
Prashant Krishnamurthy
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
Canada
Lisa Tjosvold
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
Netherlands
1,934
182
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Jacqueline Limpens
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
Australia
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,492
Mexico
227
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
María Concepción Macias Rodríguez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,190
6,919
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,355
United Kingdom
6,646
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Rachel Thomson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,089
3,394
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,454
United States
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
United States
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,706
United States
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
Switzerland
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
Canada
3,962
105
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Stefanie Haustein
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
Netherlands
2,261
208
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Rodrigo Costas|Rodrigo Costas Comesaña, Rodrigo Costas-Comesana
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
United States
36,409
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Dmitri Maslov
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
United States
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
Finland
532
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Aino Kianto
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
United States
39,320
111
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Donald O Case
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
Hong Kong
809
192
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Dickson KW Chiu
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
United States
41,395
744
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Safiya Umoja Noble
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
Netherlands
2,628
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Saskia Brand Gruwel
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
Singapore
711
233
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Schubert Foo
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
Singapore
714
234
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Alton Chua
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
United States
42,689
1,163
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Christopher Stave
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,158
5,769
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,847
Taiwan
531
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Cheng Chi Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,133
4,133
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,069
Denmark
1,006
276
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Morten Hertzum
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
United States
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
United States
43,787
432
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Prashant Krishnamurthy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,918
1,561
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,471
Canada
5,009
325
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Lisa Tjosvold
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