Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationBusiness & Management / Communications and Media Studies Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the 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 :76
медиаобразование
медиаграмотность
media
media literacy
media education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,646
8,563
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :77
Human Computer Interaction
Computer Mediated Communication
Well-Being
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,546
5,678
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :78
misinformation
disinformation
fake news
conspiracy theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,545
8,509
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :79
Sensor Networks
Human-Computer Interaction
Ubiquitous Computing (IoT)
Space Systems
Musical Controllers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,495
6,444
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :80
Communications networks
wireless and Internet technologies
machine learning and optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,275
11,805
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :81
Political Communication
Comunicación Política
Social Media
Digital Journalism
Periodismo Digital
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,749
11,994
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :82
Health communication
media effects
health behavior
meta-analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,623
11,369
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :83
Social Media
Online learning
Social Networks
Virtual Communities
Internet Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,539
5,248
0.223
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :84
deliberative democracy
deliberative polling
public opinion
democratic theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,326
6,848
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :85
political communication
image repair discourse
persuasive attack attitude change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,275
7,053
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :86
child language disorders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,207
8,040
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :87
Social Media
Internet Studies
Privacy
Disinformation
Far-Right
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,069
15,332
0.665
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :88
Communication Systems and Networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,962
14,374
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :89
Multimedia
Pattern Recognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,737
15,569
0.685
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :90
television
media effects
mass communication
cultivation analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,712
5,055
0.223
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :91
television cultural history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,681
11,295
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :92
media studies
media and cultural and creative industries
popular music
cultural policy
cultural work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,496
8,997
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :93
journalism
political communication
misinformation
platforms
digital media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,231
18,466
0.831
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :94
Political Communication
Comunicación Política
AI & Society
Journalism
Periodismo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,169
14,035
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :95
Health Communication
Media Effects
Evaluation
Campaigns
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,081
8,433
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :96
New Media Theory
Arboreal Humanities
Media Studies
Affect Theory
Ecocriticism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,047
7,907
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :97
news
gatekeeping
cross-cultural news
mediating the message
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,959
7,630
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :98
Information seeking behavior
Interactive information retrieval
personalization of information retrieval
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,753
3,776
0.174
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :99
Media psychology
media effects
exposure to media content
new media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,727
9,086
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :100
Intercultural Communication
Cross-Cultural Adaptation
Interethnic Communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,456
6,867
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,003
97
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 76
Федоров А.В.
Taganrog State Pedagogical Institute
Taganrog,, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,646
8,563
0.347
медиаобразование
медиаграмотность
media
media literacy
media education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,188
13,702
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 77
Steve Whittaker
University of California Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,546
5,678
0.231
Human Computer Interaction
Computer Mediated Communication
Well-Being
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,189
13,703
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 78
Brian Spitzberg
San Diego State University
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,545
8,509
0.347
misinformation
disinformation
fake news
conspiracy theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,266
13,737
332
Ranking Based On Selection: 79
Joseph Paradiso
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,495
6,444
0.263
Sensor Networks
Human-Computer Interaction
Ubiquitous Computing (IoT)
Space Systems
Musical Controllers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,694
2,664
176
Ranking Based On Selection: 80
Kin K Leung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,275
11,805
0.486
Communications networks
wireless and Internet technologies
machine learning and optimization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,681
36
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 81
Sebastián Valenzuela
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,749
11,994
0.505
Political Communication
Comunicación Política
Social Media
Digital Journalism
Periodismo Digital
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,953
14,428
153
Ranking Based On Selection: 82
Seth M Noar
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,623
11,369
0.481
Health communication
media effects
health behavior
meta-analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,113
14,494
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 83
Caroline Haythornthwaite
Syracuse University
Syracuse, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,539
5,248
0.223
Social Media
Online learning
Social Networks
Virtual Communities
Internet Research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,524
14,652
556
Ranking Based On Selection: 84
James Fishkin
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,326
6,848
0.294
deliberative democracy
deliberative polling
public opinion
democratic theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,641
14,696
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 85
William Benoit
Ohio University
Athens, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,275
7,053
0.303
political communication
image repair discourse
persuasive attack attitude change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,784
14,760
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 86
Rhea Paul
Sacred Heart University
Fairfield, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,207
8,040
0.346
child language disorders
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,040
14,858
162
Ranking Based On Selection: 87
Alice Marwick
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,069
15,332
0.665
Social Media
Internet Studies
Privacy
Disinformation
Far-Right
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,221
296
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 88
Kyung Sup Kwak
Inha University
Incheon, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,962
14,374
0.626
Communication Systems and Networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,667
1,212
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 89
Richang Hong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,737
15,569
0.685
Multimedia
Pattern Recognition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,713
15,148
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 90
Michael Morgan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,712
5,055
0.223
television
media effects
mass communication
cultivation analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,779
2,957
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 91
John Williams
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,681
11,295
0.498
television cultural history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,175
2,993
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 92
David Hesmondhalgh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,496
8,997
0.400
media studies
media and cultural and creative industries
popular music
cultural policy
cultural work
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,769
3,042
366
Ranking Based On Selection: 93
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,231
18,466
0.831
journalism
political communication
misinformation
platforms
digital media
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,907
659
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 94
Homero Gil De Zúñiga
Universidad de Salamanca
Salamanca, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,169
14,035
0.633
Political Communication
Comunicación Política
AI & Society
Journalism
Periodismo
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,103
15,722
285
Ranking Based On Selection: 95
Robert Hornik
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,081
8,433
0.382
Health Communication
Media Effects
Evaluation
Campaigns
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,186
15,757
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 96
Richard Grusin
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Milwaukee, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,047
7,907
0.359
New Media Theory
Arboreal Humanities
Media Studies
Affect Theory
Ecocriticism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,389
15,848
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 97
Pamela Shoemaker
Syracuse University
Syracuse, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,959
7,630
0.347
news
gatekeeping
cross-cultural news
mediating the message
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,848
16,037
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 98
Nicholas Belkin
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,753
3,776
0.174
Information seeking behavior
Interactive information retrieval
personalization of information retrieval
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,919
1,550
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 99
Peter Vorderer
Universität Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,727
9,086
0.418
Media psychology
media effects
exposure to media content
new media
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,575
16,321
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 100
Young Yun Kim
University of Oklahoma
Norman, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,456
6,867
0.320
Intercultural Communication
Cross-Cultural Adaptation
Interethnic Communication