Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 236 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 Rankings
Rankings
909,544
World Rank
26,028
Country Rank
76
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
76
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Total563
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Last 6 Years500
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Last 6 Years / Total0.888
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
920,092
World Rank
26,298
Country Rank
77
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
77
Citation Metrics
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Total549
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Last 6 Years155
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Last 6 Years / Total0.282
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
927,405
World Rank
26,461
Country Rank
78
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
78
Citation Metrics
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Total539
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Last 6 Years230
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Last 6 Years / Total0.427
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
936,766
World Rank
26,687
Country Rank
79
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
79
History, Philosophy, Theology / History
Histoire contemporaine | Réfugiés | Apatrides | Juristes internationaliste
Histoire contemporaine | Réfugiés | Apatrides | Juristes internationaliste
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Total527
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Last 6 Years242
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Last 6 Years / Total0.459
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
949,750
World Rank
26,990
Country Rank
80
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
80
Citation Metrics
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Total511
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Last 6 Years238
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Last 6 Years / Total0.466
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
949,930
World Rank
26,996
Country Rank
81
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
81
Citation Metrics
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Total511
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Last 6 Years134
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Last 6 Years / Total0.262
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
975,236
World Rank
27,587
Country Rank
82
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
82
Citation Metrics
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Total481
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Last 6 Years262
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Last 6 Years / Total0.545
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
980,602
World Rank
27,709
Country Rank
83
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
83
Citation Metrics
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Total475
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Last 6 Years218
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Last 6 Years / Total0.459
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
991,414
World Rank
27,976
Country Rank
84
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
84
Citation Metrics
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Total463
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Last 6 Years168
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Last 6 Years / Total0.363
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
995,851
World Rank
28,092
Country Rank
85
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
85
Citation Metrics
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Total458
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Last 6 Years213
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Last 6 Years / Total0.465
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
996,924
World Rank
28,122
Country Rank
86
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
86
Citation Metrics
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Total457
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Last 6 Years128
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Last 6 Years / Total0.280
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
999,443
World Rank
28,179
Country Rank
87
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
87
History, Philosophy, Theology / History
History of political thought | Enlightenment | Liberalism | Theory of state | Michel Foucaul
History of political thought | Enlightenment | Liberalism | Theory of state | Michel Foucaul
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Total454
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Last 6 Years239
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Last 6 Years / Total0.526
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
999,703
World Rank
28,187
Country Rank
88
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
88
Law / Law and Legal Studies
Law | Public utility regulation | Law and economics | Law of the internet | comparative Law & Economic
Law | Public utility regulation | Law and economics | Law of the internet | comparative Law & Economic
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Total454
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Last 6 Years74
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Last 6 Years / Total0.163
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,010,540
World Rank
28,455
Country Rank
89
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
89
Citation Metrics
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Total442
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Last 6 Years248
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Last 6 Years / Total0.561
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,013,417
World Rank
28,514
Country Rank
90
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
90
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Total439
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Last 6 Years212
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Last 6 Years / Total0.483
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,016,208
World Rank
28,577
Country Rank
91
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
91
Economics & Econometrics / Accounting & Finance
Financial and Time Series Econometrics | Industrial Organizatio
Financial and Time Series Econometrics | Industrial Organizatio
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Total436
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Last 6 Years245
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Last 6 Years / Total0.562
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,023,094
World Rank
28,756
Country Rank
92
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
92
Citation Metrics
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Total429
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Last 6 Years182
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Last 6 Years / Total0.424
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,035,176
World Rank
29,038
Country Rank
93
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
93
Citation Metrics
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Total417
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Last 6 Years91
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Last 6 Years / Total0.218
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,060,647
World Rank
29,591
Country Rank
94
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
94
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
NLP | corpus linguistics | annotation | digital humanitie
NLP | corpus linguistics | annotation | digital humanitie
Citation Metrics
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Total392
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Last 6 Years208
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Last 6 Years / Total0.531
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,062,554
World Rank
29,631
Country Rank
95
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
95
Citation Metrics
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Total390
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Last 6 Years285
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Last 6 Years / Total0.731
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,064,459
World Rank
29,674
Country Rank
96
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
96
Economics & Econometrics / Environmental Economics
Energy Economics | Environmental Economics | Sustainable Mobilit
Energy Economics | Environmental Economics | Sustainable Mobilit
Citation Metrics
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Total388
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Last 6 Years335
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Last 6 Years / Total0.863
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,074,964
World Rank
29,910
Country Rank
97
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
97
Law / Law and Legal Studies
Industrial Organization | Law and Economics | Corporate Governance | Development Economic
Industrial Organization | Law and Economics | Corporate Governance | Development Economic
Citation Metrics
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Total379
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Last 6 Years124
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Last 6 Years / Total0.327
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,077,812
World Rank
29,973
Country Rank
98
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
98
Citation Metrics
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Total376
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Last 6 Years293
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Last 6 Years / Total0.779
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,079,750
World Rank
30,008
Country Rank
99
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
99
Citation Metrics
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Total374
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Last 6 Years352
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Last 6 Years / Total0.941
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,084,555
World Rank
30,123
Country Rank
100
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
100
Citation Metrics
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Total370
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Last 6 Years273
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Last 6 Years / Total0.738
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