Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Villanova University Highly Cited Researchers Citation 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 IndexUniversities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025

* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :76
United States
Anthony Lagalante
analytical chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,074
608
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :77
United States
Benjamin D Sachs
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,954
972
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :78
United States
Dana Opulente
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,926
1,842
0.956
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :79
United States
Melissa Hodges
Gender
Work
Family
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,925
1,262
0.656
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :80
United States
Michael Risch
Intellectual Property
Patent Law
Copyright Law
Trade Secret Law
Internet Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,891
589
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :81
United States
Richard Booth
corporations
corporate finance
securities regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,847
298
0.161
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :82
United States
Jill Mccorkel
Sociology of Punishment
Sociology of Law
Sociology of Race
Class
& Gender
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,755
763
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :83
United States
GF Jones
Heat Transfer
Fluid Mechanics
Solar Energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,751
960
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :84
United States
Michael F Brown
Comparative Cognition
Spatial Cognition
Animal Cognition
Social Cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,734
299
0.172
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :85
United States
Lillian N Cassel
Information Retrieval
Web Information
Interdisciplinary computing
digital libraries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,721
509
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :86
United States
Shawn Gross
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,718
697
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :87
United States
Jeremy P Carlo
condensed matter physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,687
412
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :88
United States
Jesse Frey
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,678
844
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :89
United States
Tom Way
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,662
586
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :90
United States
Paul Hanouna
Corporate Finance
Credit Risk
Financial Intermediation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,649
625
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :91
United States
Krista Malott
Critically conscious pedagogy
Racism
White racial Identity
Multicultural Counseling
Group Counseling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,642
1,124
0.685
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :92
United States
Beth Vallen
Consumer Behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,640
1,007
0.614
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :93
United States
Giorgi Japaridze Dzhaparidze
Computability Logic
Game Semantics
Provability Logic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,596
403
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :94
United States
Andrea Welker
geotechnical engineering
stormwater
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,550
803
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :95
United States
Bridget Wadzuk
Water Resources Engineering
Stormwater Green Infrastructure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,528
1,022
0.669
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :96
United States
Charles Zech
Church Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,520
283
0.186
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :97
United States
Chengyu Li
Fluid mechanics
Computational fluid dynamics
Bio-inspired flow
Biofluids
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,518
1,297
0.854
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :98
United States
Kimberli D Scott
Ecology
Biogeochemistry
Biology
Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,500
530
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :99
United States
Sally Scholz
Social and Political Theory
Feminist Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,468
817
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :100
United States
Joseph C Toscano
Cognitive Science
Speech Perception
Language Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,458
876
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
419,291
United States
134,484
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 76
Anthony Lagalante
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,074
608
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
437,838
United States
139,542
77
Ranking Based On Selection: 77
Benjamin D Sachs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,954
972
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
442,319
United States
140,748
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 78
Dana Opulente
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,926
1,842
0.956
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
442,532
United States
140,799
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 79
Melissa Hodges
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,925
1,262
0.656
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
448,387
United States
142,365
80
Ranking Based On Selection: 80
Michael Risch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,891
589
0.311
Intellectual Property
Patent Law
Copyright Law
Trade Secret Law
Internet Law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
455,977
United States
144,408
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 81
Richard Booth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,847
298
0.161
corporations
corporate finance
securities regulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
472,161
United States
148,788
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 82
Jill Mccorkel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,755
763
0.435
Sociology of Punishment
Sociology of Law
Sociology of Race
Class
& Gender
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
472,863
United States
148,982
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 83
GF Jones
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,751
960
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
476,072
United States
149,790
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 84
Michael F Brown
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,734
299
0.172
Comparative Cognition
Spatial Cognition
Animal Cognition
Social Cognition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
478,468
United States
150,454
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 85
Lillian N Cassel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,721
509
0.296
Information Retrieval
Web Information
Interdisciplinary computing
digital libraries
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
478,991
United States
150,585
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 86
Shawn Gross
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,718
697
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
484,882
United States
152,090
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 87
Jeremy P Carlo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,687
412
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
486,568
United States
152,530
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 88
Jesse Frey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,678
844
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
489,918
United States
153,482
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 89
Tom Way
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,662
586
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
492,497
United States
154,174
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 90
Paul Hanouna
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,649
625
0.379
Corporate Finance
Credit Risk
Financial Intermediation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
493,820
United States
154,537
91
Ranking Based On Selection: 91
Krista Malott
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,642
1,124
0.685
Critically conscious pedagogy
Racism
White racial Identity
Multicultural Counseling
Group Counseling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
494,257
United States
154,647
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 92
Beth Vallen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,640
1,007
0.614
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
503,456
United States
157,117
93
Ranking Based On Selection: 93
Giorgi Japaridze Dzhaparidze
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,596
403
0.253
Computability Logic
Game Semantics
Provability Logic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
513,341
United States
159,740
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 94
Andrea Welker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,550
803
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
518,107
United States
160,995
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 95
Bridget Wadzuk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,528
1,022
0.669
Water Resources Engineering
Stormwater Green Infrastructure
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
520,044
United States
161,549
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 96
Charles Zech
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,520
283
0.186
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
520,335
United States
161,636
97
Ranking Based On Selection: 97
Chengyu Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,518
1,297
0.854
Fluid mechanics
Computational fluid dynamics
Bio-inspired flow
Biofluids
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
524,505
United States
162,733
98
Ranking Based On Selection: 98
Kimberli D Scott
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,500
530
0.353
Ecology
Biogeochemistry
Biology
Climate Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
531,651
United States
164,643
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 99
Sally Scholz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,468
817
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
533,964
United States
165,227
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 100
Joseph C Toscano
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,458
876
0.601
Cognitive Science
Speech Perception
Language Processing