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
IR
Gender and Politics
Africa
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Last 6 Years
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437
389
0.890
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :52
feminist political economy
resource extraction
social reproduction
gender violence
settler colonialism
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Last 6 Years
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394
316
0.802
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :53
Psychology
Neuroscience
Thought
Cognition
Experience Sampling
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Last 6 Years
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316
314
0.994
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Ranking Based On Selection :54
psychopathology
anxiety
paediatric pain
stress
fear of pain
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Last 6 Years
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231
225
0.974
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Ranking Based On Selection :55
cinema
art
technology
videogames
3D scanning
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207
134
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :56
educational research
assessment and evaluation
research methodology
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Last 6 Years
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201
163
0.811
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :57
developmental psychology
social development
bullying
aggression
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Last 6 Years
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178
137
0.770
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :58
Psychometrics
Biostatistics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
155
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
International Relations
ASEAN
diplomacy
multilateralism
Asia-Pacific
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151
134
0.887
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
Language Testing
Research Methods
English as a Lingua Franca
Instructional design models
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Last 6 Years
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147
141
0.959
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
female offenders
higher education
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147
29
0.197
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :62
Physical Activity
Health Psychology
Behavioural Medicine
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142
86
0.606
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
law librarianship
book history
legal history
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124
23
0.185
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :64
Transportation and Highway Engineering
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Last 6 Years
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123
123
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :65
psychology
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113
101
0.894
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :66
Comparative Politics
Development
Identity Politics
India
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113
40
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :67
Language testing
washback
curriculum
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
88
0.946
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :68
Curriculum
inquiry based learning
education
information literacy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
26
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :69
Perception in virtual reality
VR and AR research
virtual environments
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
86
0.956
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :70
Library and Information Science
Digital Humanities
Human-Animal Bond
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
73
0.811
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :71
Indigenous language revitalization
Mohawk language
Kanyen'kéha
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
70
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :72
developmental psychology
social cognition
shyness
prosocial behaviour
social anxiety
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
65
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
music theory
music of video games
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
39
0.684
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
older adult mental health
mindfulness meditation
implementation science
literature review methodology
clinical trials
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
46
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :75
Social cognitive neuroscience
Emotion
Social cognition and functioning
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Last 6 Years / Total
46
46
1.000
Yolande Bouka
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
437
389
0.890
IR
Gender and Politics
Africa
Rebecca Jane Hall
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
394
316
0.802
feminist political economy
resource extraction
social reproduction
gender violence
settler colonialism
Bronte Mckeown
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
316
314
0.994
Psychology
Neuroscience
Thought
Cognition
Experience Sampling
Aleiia Asmundson
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231
225
0.974
psychopathology
anxiety
paediatric pain
stress
fear of pain
Gabriel Menotti
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207
134
0.647
Jia Ma
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201
163
0.811
educational research
assessment and evaluation
research methodology
Joyce Li
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178
137
0.770
developmental psychology
social development
bullying
aggression
Dylan Ermacora
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Last 6 Years / Total
155
155
1.000
Stéphanie Martel
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151
134
0.887
International Relations
ASEAN
diplomacy
multilateralism
Asia-Pacific
Gwan-Hyeok Im
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
141
0.959
Language Testing
Research Methods
English as a Lingua Franca
Instructional design models
Jill Atkinson
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Last 6 Years / Total
147
29
0.197
Madelaine Gierc
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142
86
0.606
Physical Activity
Health Psychology
Behavioural Medicine
Amy Kaufman
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Last 6 Years / Total
124
23
0.185
law librarianship
book history
legal history
Mohammad Nabipour
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123
123
1.000
Transportation and Highway Engineering
Évéline Poirier
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
101
0.894
Poulomi Chakrabarti
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113
40
0.354
Comparative Politics
Development
Identity Politics
India
Nasreen Sultana
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
88
0.946
Language testing
washback
curriculum
Brenda Reed
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
26
0.280
Curriculum
inquiry based learning
education
information literacy
Siavash Eftekharifar
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
86
0.956
Perception in virtual reality
VR and AR research
virtual environments
Alicia
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
73
0.811
Library and Information Science
Digital Humanities
Human-Animal Bond
Nathan Brinklow
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Last 6 Years / Total
70
70
1.000
Indigenous language revitalization
Mohawk language
Kanyen'kéha
Tara Karasewich
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
65
1.000
developmental psychology
social cognition
shyness
prosocial behaviour
social anxiety
Stephanie Lind
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Last 6 Years / Total
57
39
0.684
Stacey Hatch Registered Psychotherapist
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Last 6 Years / Total
46
46
1.000
older adult mental health
mindfulness meditation
implementation science
literature review methodology
clinical trials
Ruien Wang
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
46
1.000
Social cognitive neuroscience
Emotion
Social cognition and functioning