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
WTO law
International Investment Law
SOE
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
9
0.138
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :52
Health Economics
Industrial Organization
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Last 6 Years
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63
58
0.921
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :53
Game Theory
Mechanism Design and Implementation Theory
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61
51
0.836
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
Energy Economics
Environmental and Resource Economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
53
0.914
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :55
Corporate Finance
Green finance
ESG
Corporate Governance
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50
50
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :56
Finance accounting pension social security
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Last 6 Years
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47
37
0.787
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :57
International Macroeconomics
International Finance
Time Series Econometrics
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Last 6 Years
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42
41
0.976
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :58
educational psychology
language education
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41
40
0.976
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
Public Economics
Political Economy
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40
40
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
risk theory
continuous-state branching process
random tree
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
30
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
International Trade
International Finance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
33
0.846
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :62
Financial Engineering
Derivative Pricing and Risk management
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Last 6 Years
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38
38
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
23
0.719
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :64
Corporate Finance
Fintech
Islamic Finance
E-learning
E commerce
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31
31
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :65
Financial Integration
Economic Integration
Financial Economics
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31
30
0.968
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :66
Real Estate & Urban Economics
Household Finance
Development Economics
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19
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :67
Econometrics
Quality Control
Public Health
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17
17
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :68
Industrial economics
Digital products trade
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16
12
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :69
FinTech
Financial Market Forecasting
Machine learning
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Last 6 Years
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12
12
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :70
International Trade
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
4
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :71
Economics (contemporary)/Finance/Financial Technology
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8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :72
macroeconomics
growth
innovation
income inequality
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
5
0.833
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
Household Finance
Investor Behavior
Risk Management
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
Business
Education
Pedagogy
Economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
Zhijin Huang 黄志瑾
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65
9
0.138
WTO law
International Investment Law
SOE
Xin Zhao
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
58
0.921
Health Economics
Industrial Organization
Yifei Sun
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
51
0.836
Game Theory
Mechanism Design and Implementation Theory
Xiaoli Zheng
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
53
0.914
Energy Economics
Environmental and Resource Economics
Chenxing Jing
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
50
1.000
Corporate Finance
Green finance
ESG
Corporate Governance
Assel K Izekenova
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
37
0.787
Finance accounting pension social security
Hang Zhou
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
41
0.976
International Macroeconomics
International Finance
Time Series Econometrics
Yang, Yan
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
40
0.976
educational psychology
language education
Zhuo Nie|聂卓
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
40
1.000
Public Economics
Political Economy
Hongwei Bi
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
30
0.750
risk theory
continuous-state branching process
random tree
Zhe Chen 谌哲
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
33
0.846
International Trade
International Finance
Bing Dong
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
38
1.000
Financial Engineering
Derivative Pricing and Risk management
Ronaldo Carpio
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32
23
0.719
Shaikh Sabbir Ahmed Waliullah
International University of Business Agriculture and Technology University of Dhaka
Dhaka, Bangladesh
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31
31
1.000
Corporate Finance
Fintech
Islamic Finance
E-learning
E commerce
Muhammad Zubair Saeed
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Last 6 Years / Total
31
30
0.968
Financial Integration
Economic Integration
Financial Economics
Fan Zhang
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Last 6 Years / Total
19
19
1.000
Real Estate & Urban Economics
Household Finance
Development Economics
Rehana Parvin
International University of Business Agriculture and Technology University of Dhaka
Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
Econometrics
Quality Control
Public Health
Ivan Sarafanov (伊万·沙拉法诺夫)
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16
12
0.750
Industrial economics
Digital products trade
Rizwan Ali
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Last 6 Years / Total
12
12
1.000
FinTech
Financial Market Forecasting
Machine learning
Mahmood Noori
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9
4
0.444
Mozaffar A Chowdhury
International University of Business Agriculture and Technology University of Dhaka
Dhaka, Bangladesh
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8
8
1.000
Economics (contemporary)/Finance/Financial Technology
Wenbo Zhu
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6
5
0.833
macroeconomics
growth
innovation
income inequality
Hongmin Yuan
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3
3
1.000
Household Finance
Investor Behavior
Risk Management
Meinhaj Hossain
International University of Business Agriculture and Technology University of Dhaka
Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
Business
Education
Pedagogy
Economics