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Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 152 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
Philippines
Rodrigo D Abenes
Filipino Philosophy and Philosophy of Educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
62
0.925
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Philippines
Minda Valencia
Gender
Migration
Disaster
Educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
60
0.909
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Philippines
Eden Evangelista
Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
56
0.889
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Philippines
Jason Orozco
Teacher Education
Science Educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
57
0.934
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Philippines
Mark Joshua D. Roxas
Language
Educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
58
0.983
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Philippines
Zhanina Custodio
gender
inclusive education
disability
higher educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
52
0.963
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Philippines
Joefrey Chan
Science Education
Researc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
48
0.906
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Philippines
Jennie V. Jocson
Curriculum
Assessment
Literature Teaching
Teacher Quality
Gende
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
46
0.885
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Philippines
Leticia N Aquino
Early Childhood Education
language education
mother tongue-base
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
46
0.920

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Philippines
Adelaila Leaño
Special Education
Gifted Educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
45
0.938
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Philippines
Erminda Fortes
mathematic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
39
0.813
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Philippines
Zenaida Reyes
Social Sciences
Women Studies
Teacher Education
Human rights educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
37
0.804
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Philippines
Rosario M. Belmi
science educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
32
0.711
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Philippines
Catherine Briones Guarnes
Systems Thinking
Science Education
Environmental Science
Physics Education
Physical Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
39
0.929
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Philippines
Agnes Reyes
Social Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
30
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Philippines
Amber Dea Marie V Peguit-Opeda
Materials Science
Semiconductor Thin Films
Gas Sensors
Science Educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
30
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Philippines
Sammy Q. Dolba
Language Teaching
Reading Education
Technology Based Education
Family Literac
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
41
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Philippines
Ruel Bonganciso
English Language
Technology in Education
Research in Educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
36
0.878
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Philippines
Aljon Delmo Galang
Education Sciences
Curriculum and Instruction
Language Teaching and Learning
Film and Literature
Korean and Thai Studie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
40
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Philippines
Lina Sario
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
26
0.650
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Philippines
Amor Loniza
Child developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
37
0.974
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Philippines
Rennie Cajetas Saranza
Applied Linguistics
Language
Literature and Multicultural Educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
30
0.789
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Philippines
Rosie Conde
Mathematics Education
Didactics of Mathematics
Anthropological Theory of Didactics
Social Justice and Equity in Mathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
36
0.973
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Philippines
Henelsie Mendoza
World Englishes
Sociolinguistics
Linguistic Landscap
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
36
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Philippines
Denmark L Yonson
Basic and Tertiary Education
Elementary Mathematics
Qualitative Researc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
32
0.889
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,907,879
Philippines
4,475
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Rodrigo D Abenes
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
62
0.925
Filipino Philosophy and Philosophy of Educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,914,648
Philippines
4,516
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Minda Valencia
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
60
0.909
Gender
Migration
Disaster
Educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,934,724
Philippines
4,671
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Eden Evangelista
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
56
0.889
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,947,802
Philippines
4,762
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Jason Orozco
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
57
0.934
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,960,389
Philippines
4,861
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Mark Joshua D. Roxas
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
58
0.983
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,997,210
Philippines
5,150
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Zhanina Custodio
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
52
0.963
gender
inclusive education
disability
higher educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,005,357
Philippines
5,221
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Joefrey Chan
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
48
0.906
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,012,954
Philippines
5,301
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Jennie V. Jocson
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
46
0.885
Curriculum
Assessment
Literature Teaching
Teacher Quality
Gende
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,027,281
Philippines
5,411
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Leticia N Aquino
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
46
0.920
Early Childhood Education
language education
mother tongue-base
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,041,732
Philippines
5,547
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Adelaila Leaño
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
45
0.938

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,043,060
Philippines
5,561
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Erminda Fortes
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
39
0.813
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,058,049
Philippines
5,687
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Zenaida Reyes
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
37
0.804
Social Sciences
Women Studies
Teacher Education
Human rights educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,066,422
Philippines
5,750
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Rosario M. Belmi
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
32
0.711
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,088,479
Philippines
5,933
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Catherine Briones Guarnes
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
39
0.929
Systems Thinking
Science Education
Environmental Science
Physics Education
Physical Scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,090,309
Philippines
5,947
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Agnes Reyes
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
30
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,090,382
Philippines
5,950
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Amber Dea Marie V Peguit-Opeda
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
30
0.714
Materials Science
Semiconductor Thin Films
Gas Sensors
Science Educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,093,120
Philippines
5,978
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Sammy Q. Dolba
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
41
1.000
Language Teaching
Reading Education
Technology Based Education
Family Literac
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,097,472
Philippines
6,012
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Ruel Bonganciso
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
36
0.878
English Language
Technology in Education
Research in Educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,102,761
Philippines
6,053
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Aljon Delmo Galang
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
40
1.000
Education Sciences
Curriculum and Instruction
Language Teaching and Learning
Film and Literature
Korean and Thai Studie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,107,509
Philippines
6,102
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Lina Sario
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
26
0.650
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,121,486
Philippines
6,247
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Amor Loniza
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
37
0.974
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,123,582
Philippines
6,276
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Rennie Cajetas Saranza
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
30
0.789
Applied Linguistics
Language
Literature and Multicultural Educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,129,959
Philippines
6,341
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Rosie Conde
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
36
0.973
Mathematics Education
Didactics of Mathematics
Anthropological Theory of Didactics
Social Justice and Equity in Mathematics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,136,819
Philippines
6,413
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Henelsie Mendoza
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
36
1.000
World Englishes
Sociolinguistics
Linguistic Landscap
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,140,120
Philippines
6,465
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Denmark L Yonson
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
32
0.889
Basic and Tertiary Education
Elementary Mathematics
Qualitative Researc