Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 303 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
Desarrollo y Crecimiento Económico
Macroeconomía y Política Económica
Economía Colombian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
847
356
0.420
Get Full Access to Premium Data
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Regional geology
Tectonics
Provenance analysis
Geo-Thermochronology
Magmatism and Basin Analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
818
520
0.636
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
chemistry theoretica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
802
227
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
comportamiento del consumidor
comunicación disuasiva
mercadeo socia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
765
378
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Historia empresarial
Historia de Colombia
Historia de la Administració
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
757
303
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Realidad Virtual
computación gráfica
simulación quirúrgic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
711
451
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Design methodologies
DFMA
Augmented Reality
Sustainable transportation
Electric Vehicle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
708
429
0.606
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Pragmatics
Critical Discourse Analysis
Discourse Studies
Second Language Acquisition
Englis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
706
236
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Virtual Reality
Augmented Reality
Mixed Reality
Computer Graphics
Trainin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
705
237
0.336
Smart Institutional Plan
Powerful Insights + Smart Membership = Institutional Success
Unlock 360° Real-Time Institutional Analysis to identify your institution’s strengths and areas for improvement.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Development Economics (macro)
International Economics
Inequalit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
703
391
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Sustainable Design Applications
Engineering Design
Knowledge Engineering
Collaborative Engineering
Product Lifecycle Manage
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
697
269
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
human capital
education
economic growth
international test scores
Penn World Tabl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
690
276
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Asset pricing
Market microstructure
International Finance
Behavioral Financ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
688
362
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Palaeontology
Stratigraphy
Geolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
647
433
0.669
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
intelectuales
imaginarios
mentalidades
cultura política
ideología
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
645
245
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Ecuaciones Diferenciales
Analísis Númeric
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
614
191
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Políticas públicas
teorías del desarroll
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
606
287
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Computer Sciences
Software Engineering
Model-Driven Engineering
Software Process Improvement
ASO
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
569
93
0.163
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Geotechnical Engineering
Earthquake Engineering
Seismic risk
Liquefaction
Numerical Modelin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
558
415
0.744
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
548
224
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Ingeniería sísmica
propagación de ondas sísmicas
dinámica estructural
interacción suelo estructur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
537
219
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
corporate finances
corporate entrepreneurship
financial educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
531
281
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
administración pública
políticas públicas
reformas del Estad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
531
258
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
international economics
business economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
502
199
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Urban Sustainability
SDG
Industrial Ecology
Environmental Collaboration
Nature-based Solution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
499
274
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
764,910
2,969
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Humberto Franco González
Universidad EAFIT
Medellín, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
847
356
0.420
Desarrollo y Crecimiento Económico
Macroeconomía y Política Económica
Economía Colombian
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
776,999
3,073
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Alejandro Beltran Trivino
Universidad EAFIT
Medellín, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
818
520
0.636
Regional geology
Tectonics
Provenance analysis
Geo-Thermochronology
Magmatism and Basin Analysi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
784,039
3,119
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Doris Guerra
Universidad EAFIT
Medellín, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
802
227
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
800,640
3,233
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Yaromir Munoz
Universidad EAFIT
Medellín, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
765
378
0.494
comportamiento del consumidor
comunicación disuasiva
mercadeo socia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
804,334
3,276
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Juan Carlos Jurado Jurado
Universidad EAFIT
Medellín, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
757
303
0.400
Historia empresarial
Historia de Colombia
Historia de la Administració
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
825,911
3,431
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Christian Diaz Leon
Universidad EAFIT
Medellín, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
711
451
0.634
Realidad Virtual
computación gráfica
simulación quirúrgic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
827,382
3,443
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Gilberto Osorio Gómez
Universidad EAFIT
Medellín, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
708
429
0.606
Design methodologies
DFMA
Augmented Reality
Sustainable transportation
Electric Vehicle
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
828,541
3,454
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Lawrence N Berlin
Universidad EAFIT
Medellín, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
706
236
0.334
Pragmatics
Critical Discourse Analysis
Discourse Studies
Second Language Acquisition
Englis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
829,036
3,458
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Helmuth Trefftz
Universidad EAFIT
Medellín, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
705
237
0.336
Virtual Reality
Augmented Reality
Mixed Reality
Computer Graphics
Trainin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
829,878
3,469
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Thomas Goda
Universidad EAFIT
Medellín, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
703
391
0.556
Development Economics (macro)
International Economics
Inequalit
Smart Institutional Plan
Powerful Insights + Smart Membership = Institutional Success
Unlock 360° Real-Time Institutional Analysis to identify your institution’s strengths and areas for improvement.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
833,027
3,493
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Ricardo Mejía Gutiérrez
Universidad EAFIT
Medellín, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
697
269
0.386
Sustainable Design Applications
Engineering Design
Knowledge Engineering
Collaborative Engineering
Product Lifecycle Manage
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
836,567
3,524
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Theodore R Breton
Universidad EAFIT
Medellín, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
690
276
0.400
human capital
education
economic growth
international test scores
Penn World Tabl
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
837,480
3,537
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Diego A. Agudelo
Universidad EAFIT
Medellín, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
688
362
0.526
Asset pricing
Market microstructure
International Finance
Behavioral Financ
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
858,796
3,726
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Andrés L. Cárdenas-Rozo
Universidad EAFIT
Medellín, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
647
433
0.669
Palaeontology
Stratigraphy
Geolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
860,171
3,737
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Juan Camilo Escobar Villegas
Universidad EAFIT
Medellín, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
645
245
0.380
intelectuales
imaginarios
mentalidades
cultura política
ideología
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
877,378
3,890
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
José Albeiro Sánchez Cano
Universidad EAFIT
Medellín, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
614
191
0.311
Ecuaciones Diferenciales
Analísis Númeric
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
881,924
3,924
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Adolfo Eslava
Universidad EAFIT
Medellín, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
606
287
0.474
Políticas públicas
teorías del desarroll
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
905,364
4,118
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Raquel Anaya
Universidad EAFIT
Medellín, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
569
93
0.163
Computer Sciences
Software Engineering
Model-Driven Engineering
Software Process Improvement
ASO
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
912,511
4,168
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Silvana Montoya-Noguera
Universidad EAFIT
Medellín, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
558
415
0.744
Geotechnical Engineering
Earthquake Engineering
Seismic risk
Liquefaction
Numerical Modelin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
919,886
4,228
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Francisco Botero
Universidad EAFIT
Medellín, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
548
224
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
928,090
4,280
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Juan Diego Jaramillo
Universidad EAFIT
Medellín, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
537
219
0.408
Ingeniería sísmica
propagación de ondas sísmicas
dinámica estructural
interacción suelo estructur
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
932,681
4,311
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Raul Armando Cardona
Universidad EAFIT
Medellín, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
531
281
0.529
corporate finances
corporate entrepreneurship
financial educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
932,720
4,313
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
María Fernanda Ramírez Brouchoud
Universidad EAFIT
Medellín, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
531
258
0.486
administración pública
políticas públicas
reformas del Estad
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
956,400
4,461
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Juan Felipe Mejía
Universidad EAFIT
Medellín, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
502
199
0.396
international economics
business economic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
958,842
4,475
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Santiago Mejía-Dugand
Universidad EAFIT
Medellín, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
499
274
0.549
Urban Sustainability
SDG
Industrial Ecology
Environmental Collaboration
Nature-based Solution