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
Financial Accounting
Finance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
53
0.981
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :77
Dramatic Literature
Criticism
Drama-therapy
Theatre and Mental Health
Theatre for Social Change
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
22
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :78
Structures and Materials Engineering
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49
45
0.918
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :79
Library and Information Science
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Last 6 Years
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49
36
0.735
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :80
Teaching
Research
Aliteracy
Bibliotherapy
School Librarianship
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48
45
0.938
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :81
Taxation
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Last 6 Years / Total
47
47
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :82
History
International Relations
Religion in History and International Relations
Church History
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Last 6 Years / Total
46
44
0.957
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :83
Animal nutrition
Ruminant nutrition and production
Non-conventional feed resources
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Last 6 Years / Total
46
29
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :84
Law Librarianship
Copyright Studies
Freedom of Information
Human Rights and Indigenous Knowledge System
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Last 6 Years / Total
44
39
0.886
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :85
African Literature
Creative Writing
Oral Literature
Comparative & Dramatic Literature
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
33
0.767
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :86
broadcast Journalism
Development Communication
Health Communication
film and Cinematography.
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Last 6 Years / Total
42
42
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :87
biogas
wastewater treatment
biorefinery
pyrolysis
waste-to-energy recovery
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Last 6 Years / Total
42
41
0.976
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :88
Economics
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40
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :89
Mycobacteriology
Antimicrobial Resistance
Laboratory Medicine
Biomedical Science
Supply Chain Management
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Last 6 Years / Total
40
27
0.675
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :90
Bacteriology
Environmental Microbiology
Applied Microbiology
Biotechnology
Nanotechnology
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Last 6 Years / Total
37
37
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :91
Information Literacy
E-resource
Digitization
Library Automation
Institutional Repository
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Last 6 Years / Total
37
32
0.865
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :92
Political Science
Public Administration
Policy Analysis
Environmental Governance and Politics and Diplomacy
Comparative loca
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35
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :93
Animal Physiology
Animal Reproduction
Artificial Insemination
Animal Bioclimatology
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35
35
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :94
Environmental Geophysics
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35
31
0.886
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :95
Environmental Health
Public Health
Carbon Footprint
Ecological Footprint
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Last 6 Years / Total
34
34
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :96
Neuroscience
neurobehavioral
synaptic plasticity
memory
hydrocephalus
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Last 6 Years / Total
31
31
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :97
Toxicology
Clinical Biochemistry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
26
0.867
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :98
Public Sector Economics
Development Economics
Macroeconomics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
19
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :99
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
12
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :100
Human resources
General management
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
26
1.000
Khafilat Olayiwola
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
53
0.981
Financial Accounting
Finance
Imoh Sunday Obot
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
22
0.440
Dramatic Literature
Criticism
Drama-therapy
Theatre and Mental Health
Theatre for Social Change
Adeyemi Festus Oluwasogo
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
45
0.918
Structures and Materials Engineering
Ui Mbofung
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
36
0.735
Library and Information Science
Margaret Olusola Abimbola
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
45
0.938
Teaching
Research
Aliteracy
Bibliotherapy
School Librarianship
Obafemi Tunde Olutokunbo
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
47
1.000
Babajimi O. Faseke
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
44
0.957
History
International Relations
Religion in History and International Relations
Church History
Ot Soyelu
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
29
0.630
Animal nutrition
Ruminant nutrition and production
Non-conventional feed resources
Oj Bamgbose
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
39
0.886
Law Librarianship
Copyright Studies
Freedom of Information
Human Rights and Indigenous Knowledge System
Stephen O Solanke
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
33
0.767
African Literature
Creative Writing
Oral Literature
Comparative & Dramatic Literature
Adenike Omotayo Okeya
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
42
1.000
broadcast Journalism
Development Communication
Health Communication
film and Cinematography.
Atilade Oladunni
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
41
0.976
biogas
wastewater treatment
biorefinery
pyrolysis
waste-to-energy recovery
Ss. Abere
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
40
1.000
Adewale Adegboyega Oke
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
27
0.675
Mycobacteriology
Antimicrobial Resistance
Laboratory Medicine
Biomedical Science
Supply Chain Management
Oyindamola John Samson
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
37
1.000
Bacteriology
Environmental Microbiology
Applied Microbiology
Biotechnology
Nanotechnology
Adekunle Emmanuel Oyadeyi
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
32
0.865
Information Literacy
E-resource
Digitization
Library Automation
Institutional Repository
İkemefuna Taire Paul Okudolo
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
35
1.000
Political Science
Public Administration
Policy Analysis
Environmental Governance and Politics and Diplomacy
Comparative loca
Akinbola Elizabeth T.|Amusan Elizabeth Toluwani
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
35
1.000
Animal Physiology
Animal Reproduction
Artificial Insemination
Animal Bioclimatology
Charles Olubunmi Ogunkoya
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
31
0.886
Edet Otto
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
34
1.000
Environmental Health
Public Health
Carbon Footprint
Ecological Footprint
Ajiboye Ebenezer Oyedele
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
31
1.000
Neuroscience
neurobehavioral
synaptic plasticity
memory
hydrocephalus
Adenike Adebola Adewale
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
26
0.867
Toxicology
Clinical Biochemistry
Oo Olaoye
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
19
0.633
Public Sector Economics
Development Economics
Macroeconomics
Eo Oyebode
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
12
0.444
Me Akinade
Ajayi Crowther University Oyo
Los Angeles, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
26
1.000
Human resources
General management