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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 139 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
marketing
value
blockchain
A
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
306
146
0.477
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
TESL
Applied Linguistic
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
295
207
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
histor
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
294
115
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
marketing
channel relationships
transaction-cost theor
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
258
83
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Public opinion
election
political behavio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
250
132
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Molecular Biolog
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244
216
0.885
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
GIS
National Geographic
Database
IS
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233
168
0.721
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Physiological Psychology
Behavioral Neuroscienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
86
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Media Communication
Citizen Science
Popular Culture
Journalism
Japa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201
144
0.716
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
dialogic interaction
foreign language education
qualitative methodolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
196
159
0.811
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Japanese production system
Organizational capability of Toyota syste
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
29
0.149
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Life Physics
Nonlinear Scienc
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
190
10
0.053
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Physical Chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188
83
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Biophysics
Soft matter
Active matter
Colloid and interface science
Artificial cel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186
168
0.903
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
facial attractiveness
Facial Emotion Recognition
Fractals
Emotion and Complex Network
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
177
37
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Computer Network
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
49
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
社会福祉学、ソーシャルワーク、福祉思想・哲学�
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171
69
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Clinical Child Psychology
Cognitive Behavioral Therap
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168
162
0.964
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Corporate financ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
53
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Energy policy
Energy Economics
Energy poverty
Energy efficienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167
166
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
public administration
public policy
public managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146
134
0.918
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Japanese American history
Japanese Canadian Histor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144
49
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Cell biology
Membrane trafficking
Liquid-liquid phase separatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142
142
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
political behavior
electoral system
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
22
0.158
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Development
Economics
Agricultur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130
117
0.900
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,165,583
20,604
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Philip Sugai
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
306
146
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,181,696
20,816
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Peter Neff
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
295
207
0.702
TESL
Applied Linguistic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,183,719
20,834
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Mizutani Satoshi
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
294
115
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,244,925
21,665
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Yonghoon Choi 崔容熏
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
258
83
0.322
marketing
channel relationships
transaction-cost theor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,259,318
21,859
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Takeshi Iida
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
250
132
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,270,290
22,001
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Atsushi Hatanaka
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244
216
0.885
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,292,959
22,314
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Yu Fujimoto
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233
168
0.721
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,330,856
22,804
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Toshimichi Hata
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
86
0.398
Physiological Psychology
Behavioral Neuroscienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,366,490
23,290
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Yasuhito Abe|阿部康人, Abe Yasuhito
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201
144
0.716
Media Communication
Citizen Science
Popular Culture
Journalism
Japa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,379,256
23,445
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Roehl Sybing
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
196
159
0.811
dialogic interaction
foreign language education
qualitative methodolog
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,385,935
23,558
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
鈴木 良始
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
29
0.149
Japanese production system
Organizational capability of Toyota syste
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,396,848
23,684
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
吉川研一|吉川研一
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
190
10
0.053
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,402,038
23,749
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Koji Osawa
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188
83
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,406,423
23,812
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Hiroki Sakuta
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186
168
0.903
Biophysics
Soft matter
Active matter
Colloid and interface science
Artificial cel
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,434,219
24,140
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Takuma Takehara
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
177
37
0.209
facial attractiveness
Facial Emotion Recognition
Fractals
Emotion and Complex Network
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,437,105
24,179
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Onur Alparslan
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
49
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,452,178
24,369
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
木原活信
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171
69
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,459,469
24,480
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Kohei Kishida
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168
162
0.964
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,500,303
24,982
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Yoshiaki Nose
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
53
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,462,377
24,516
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Moegi Igawa
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167
166
0.994
Energy policy
Energy Economics
Energy poverty
Energy efficienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,532,717
25,394
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Yu Noda
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146
134
0.918
public administration
public policy
public managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,541,835
25,506
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Masumi Izumi
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144
49
0.340
Japanese American history
Japanese Canadian Histor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,546,233
25,567
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Tomofumi Yoshida
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142
142
1.000
Cell biology
Membrane trafficking
Liquid-liquid phase separatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,560,299
25,723
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Yoshitaka Nishizawa
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
22
0.158
political behavior
electoral system
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,592,565
26,124
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Rangarirai Gavin Muchetu
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130
117
0.900
Development
Economics
Agricultur