Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Open and Distance Education Rankings 2025
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 :76
Learning sciences
Classroom dialogue
Teacher professional development
AI in education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,191
2,732
0.856
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :77
Online Learning
Statistical Learning Theory
Explainable Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,189
2,328
0.730
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :78
Learning Analytics
MOOCs
AI in Education
Synthetic Data Generation
Artificial data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,128
2,736
0.875
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :79
Adaptive learning
distance education
mobile learning
social media
evaluation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,058
1,684
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :80
online learning
educational technology
teaching presence
online teaching
higher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,041
1,021
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :81
Educational Technology
Open and Distance Learning
Learning Analytics
AI in Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,922
2,319
0.794
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :82
Online Education
e-learning
Rural Development
Rural Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,862
875
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :83
Technology Acceptance
Cross cultural studies in IS
Behavioral information security
Distance Education
DEA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,853
1,547
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :84
philosophy of education/open distance learning/indigenous epistemological/educational research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,852
1,693
0.594
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :85
Open Educational Practices
Ethical Educational Technologies
Inclusive Teaching
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Politica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,780
2,399
0.863
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :86
e-learning
dropout
educational data mining
learning analytics
wikipedia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,760
928
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :87
elearning
information visualization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,752
700
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :88
Multimedia Learning
Online Learning
Mobile Learning
Computational Thinking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,749
1,640
0.597
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :89
Learning
Teacher Education
Distance Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,740
706
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :90
Distance learning
Linguistics
Pedagogy
learning culture
course desgin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,712
1,637
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :91
E-Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,669
410
0.154
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :92
e-learning
technology enhanced learning
educational design
distance education
digital distance education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,635
1,365
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :93
eLearning
Open Education
Blockchain
OER
MOOC
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,634
1,110
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :94
Sistem Pengambilan Keputusan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,627
1,981
0.754
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :95
eLearning
Virtual Patients
PBL/TBL
Scenario-Based Learning
Curriculum Transformation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,600
611
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :96
e-learning
e-administration
e-government
green IT
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,537
2,393
0.943
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :97
PBL
learning design
online learning
professional education
analytics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,443
974
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :98
e-learning
TIC
educación
tecnología educativa
innovación educativa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,421
1,825
0.754
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :99
online learning
online collaboration
educational development
makerspaces
making
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,377
1,301
0.547
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :100
elearning
instructional design
technical communication
management of training and communication
knowledge mobilization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,377
735
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
299,033
2,038
511
Ranking Based On Selection: 76
Gaowei Chen
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,191
2,732
0.856
Learning sciences
Classroom dialogue
Teacher professional development
AI in education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
299,200
6,441
546
Ranking Based On Selection: 77
Tim Van Erven
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,189
2,328
0.730
Online Learning
Statistical Learning Theory
Explainable Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
304,061
2,115
252
Ranking Based On Selection: 78
Mohammad Khalil
University of Bergen
Bergen, Norway
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,128
2,736
0.875
Learning Analytics
MOOCs
AI in Education
Synthetic Data Generation
Artificial data
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
309,866
104,166
324
Ranking Based On Selection: 79
Baiyun Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,058
1,684
0.551
Adaptive learning
distance education
mobile learning
social media
evaluation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
311,328
104,530
405
Ranking Based On Selection: 80
Eric Fredericksen
University of Rochester
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,041
1,021
0.336
online learning
educational technology
teaching presence
online teaching
higher education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
321,719
2,963
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 81
Mehmet Fırat
Anadolu University
Eskişehir, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,922
2,319
0.794
Educational Technology
Open and Distance Learning
Learning Analytics
AI in Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
327,288
23,173
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 82
Frank Rennie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,862
875
0.306
Online Education
e-learning
Rural Development
Rural Leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
328,044
323
157
Ranking Based On Selection: 83
Khaled Alshare
Qatar University
Katar, Qatar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,853
1,547
0.542
Technology Acceptance
Cross cultural studies in IS
Behavioral information security
Distance Education
DEA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
328,147
1,463
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 84
Moeketsi Letseka
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,852
1,693
0.594
philosophy of education/open distance learning/indigenous epistemological/educational research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
335,049
13,640
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 85
Rajiv Jhangiani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,780
2,399
0.863
Open Educational Practices
Ethical Educational Technologies
Inclusive Teaching
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Politica
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
337,040
10,231
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 86
Julià Minguillón
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,760
928
0.336
e-learning
dropout
educational data mining
learning analytics
wikipedia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
337,840
4,540
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 87
Riccardo Mazza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,752
700
0.254
elearning
information visualization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
338,082
112,046
200
Ranking Based On Selection: 88
Jongpil Cheon
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,749
1,640
0.597
Multimedia Learning
Online Learning
Mobile Learning
Computational Thinking
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
339,072
112,306
1,114
Ranking Based On Selection: 89
Tim H Murphy
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,740
706
0.258
Learning
Teacher Education
Distance Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
341,792
15,856
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 90
Xiangyang Zhang
Jiangsu Radio & TV University
Jiangsu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,712
1,637
0.604
Distance learning
Linguistics
Pedagogy
learning culture
course desgin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
346,343
13,213
172
Ranking Based On Selection: 91
Guido Rößling
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,669
410
0.154
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
349,814
1,952
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 92
Mark Nichols
Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,635
1,365
0.518
e-learning
technology enhanced learning
educational design
distance education
digital distance education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
349,926
402
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 93
Carmen Holotescu
Ioan Slavici University
Timișoara, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,634
1,110
0.421
eLearning
Open Education
Blockchain
OER
MOOC
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
350,598
1,669
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 94
Made Candiasa
Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha
Singaraja, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,627
1,981
0.754
Sistem Pengambilan Keputusan
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
353,618
24,664
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 95
Terry Poulton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,600
611
0.235
eLearning
Virtual Patients
PBL/TBL
Scenario-Based Learning
Curriculum Transformation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
360,363
419
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 96
Sorin Burlacu
Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies
Bucharest, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,537
2,393
0.943
e-learning
e-administration
e-government
green IT
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
371,082
14,866
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 97
Angela Van Barneveld
Lakehead University
Thunder Bay, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,443
974
0.399
PBL
learning design
online learning
professional education
analytics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
373,579
11,438
272
Ranking Based On Selection: 98
Pablo César Muñoz Carril
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,421
1,825
0.754
e-learning
TIC
educación
tecnología educativa
innovación educativa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
378,901
15,155
670
Ranking Based On Selection: 99
Jennifer Lock
University of Calgary
Calgary, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,377
1,301
0.547
online learning
online collaboration
educational development
makerspaces
making
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
378,947
15,157
211
Ranking Based On Selection: 100
Saul Carliner
Concordia University Montréal
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,377
735
0.309
elearning
instructional design
technical communication
management of training and communication
knowledge mobilization