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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 215 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: 76
adult cooperative learning
study circles
agency
self-regulated learning
co-regulation o
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
371
180
0.485
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 77
Economic History 18-20c
Economy World Wars
Development and industrialisatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
370
133
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 78
Labor economics
macroeconomics
monetary economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
364
243
0.668
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 79
Histoire de l'ar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
355
150
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 80
Renaissance
poetry
mystic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
343
136
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 81
educational technology
embodiment
cognition
digital environments
lifelong learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
342
302
0.883
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 82
Transportation
Urban Freigh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
340
217
0.638
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 83
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
337
143
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 84
behavioral finance
behavioral strategy
decision-making
stakeholder theor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
333
125
0.375
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 85
réseaux
prétopologie
sociologi
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
329
119
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 86
Education
civilisation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
325
98
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 87
Histoire médiévale - Histoire de l'Itali
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
323
106
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 88
English for Specific Purpose
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
322
180
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 89
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
315
144
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 90
History of economics
history of economic thought
feminist economics
gender economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
318
178
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 91
Health Organisation
Management and Economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
308
81
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 92
Information Extraction
Deep Learning
LSTM
Cybersecurity
Ontologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
301
280
0.930
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 93
blind children
tactile books
emotion
developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
292
200
0.685
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 94
argumentation
collaborative learning
emotions
embodiment
human intelligenc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
275
194
0.705
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 95
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
248
143
0.577
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 96
Acquisition
plurilinguisme
contact des langues
socialisation
language polic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244
129
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 97
géographie urbaine
géographie historique
Etats-Unis
skylin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237
83
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 98
biological anthropolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235
154
0.655
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 99
Typology
Morphosyntax
Diachronic Linguistics
General Linguistic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
220
129
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 100
géographie
risques
Japon
catastrophe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
218
133
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,083,769
30,102
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 76
Jonathan Kaplan
Université de Lyon II
Lyon, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
371
180
0.485
adult cooperative learning
study circles
agency
self-regulated learning
co-regulation o
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,085,021
30,127
77
Ranking Based On Selection: 77
Marcel Boldorf
Université de Lyon II
Lyon, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
370
133
0.359
Economic History 18-20c
Economy World Wars
Development and industrialisatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,091,605
30,290
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 78
Julien Albertini
Université de Lyon II
Lyon, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
364
243
0.668
Labor economics
macroeconomics
monetary economic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,102,455
30,534
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 79
Laurent Baridon
Université de Lyon II
Lyon, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
355
150
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,117,003
30,848
80
Ranking Based On Selection: 80
Michèle Clément
Université de Lyon II
Lyon, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
343
136
0.397
Renaissance
poetry
mystic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,117,536
30,858
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 81
Rawad Chaker
Université de Lyon II
Lyon, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
342
302
0.883
educational technology
embodiment
cognition
digital environments
lifelong learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,120,514
30,917
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 82
Clélia Lopez.
Université de Lyon II
Lyon, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
340
217
0.638
Transportation
Urban Freigh
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,124,562
31,009
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 83
Niall Bond
Université de Lyon II
Lyon, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
337
143
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,129,764
31,119
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 84
Laurent Vilanova
Université de Lyon II
Lyon, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
333
125
0.375
behavioral finance
behavioral strategy
decision-making
stakeholder theor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,134,925
31,243
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 85
DaludVincent Monique
Université de Lyon II
Lyon, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
329
119
0.362
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,140,238
31,350
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 86
Denis Poizat
Université de Lyon II
Lyon, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
325
98
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,142,946
31,404
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 87
Jean-Louis Gaulin
Université de Lyon II
Lyon, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
323
106
0.328
Histoire médiévale - Histoire de l'Itali
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,144,006
31,425
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 88
Séverine Wozniak
Université de Lyon II
Lyon, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
322
180
0.559
English for Specific Purpose
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,153,685
31,645
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 89
Antoine Rolland
Université de Lyon II
Lyon, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
315
144
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,149,391
31,549
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 90
Rebeca Gomez Betancourt
Université de Lyon II
Lyon, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
318
178
0.560
History of economics
history of economic thought
feminist economics
gender economic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,163,777
31,844
91
Ranking Based On Selection: 91
Valérie Buthion
Université de Lyon II
Lyon, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
308
81
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,172,729
32,039
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 92
Houssem Gasmi
Université de Lyon II
Lyon, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
301
280
0.930
Information Extraction
Deep Learning
LSTM
Cybersecurity
Ontologie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,187,364
32,297
93
Ranking Based On Selection: 93
Dannyelle Valente
Université de Lyon II
Lyon, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
292
200
0.685
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,215,216
32,872
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 94
Claire Polo
Université de Lyon II
Lyon, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
275
194
0.705
argumentation
collaborative learning
emotions
embodiment
human intelligenc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,264,007
33,730
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 95
Ahmed Hefnawy
Université de Lyon II
Lyon, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
248
143
0.577
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,271,946
33,877
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 96
Anna Ghimenton
Université de Lyon II
Lyon, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244
129
0.529
Acquisition
plurilinguisme
contact des langues
socialisation
language polic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,286,242
34,151
97
Ranking Based On Selection: 97
Christian Montès
Université de Lyon II
Lyon, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237
83
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,289,898
34,216
98
Ranking Based On Selection: 98
Berenice Chamel
Université de Lyon II
Lyon, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235
154
0.655
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,322,610
34,750
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 99
Katarzyna Janic
Université de Lyon II
Lyon, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
220
129
0.586
Typology
Morphosyntax
Diachronic Linguistics
General Linguistic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,326,998
34,818
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 100
Marie Augendre
Université de Lyon II
Lyon, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
218
133
0.610