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.
* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings

267,949
World Rank

10,776
Country Rank

123
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Business & Management / Communications and Media Studies
communication | journalism | politics | methods | computational communication scienc
communication | journalism | politics | methods | computational communication scienc
Citation Metrics
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Total2,284
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Last 6 Years1,958
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Last 6 Years / Total0.857
* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings

332,505
World Rank

13,060
Country Rank

150
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Business & Management / Communications and Media Studies
media and time | automation | networked discourse | peer production | local news and data journalis
media and time | automation | networked discourse | peer production | local news and data journalis
Citation Metrics
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Total2,805
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Last 6 Years1,554
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Last 6 Years / Total0.554
* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings

859,749
World Rank

30,782
Country Rank

318
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Business & Management / Communications and Media Studies
media processing & effects | health communication | narrative persuasion | quantitative & qualitative methods | psychophysiolog
media processing & effects | health communication | narrative persuasion | quantitative & qualitative methods | psychophysiolog
Citation Metrics
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Total469
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Last 6 Years376
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Last 6 Years / Total0.802
* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings

927,553
World Rank

33,035
Country Rank

355
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Business & Management / Communications and Media Studies
Media Culture | Social Media | Platformization | Digital Book Culture | Social T
Media Culture | Social Media | Platformization | Digital Book Culture | Social T
Citation Metrics
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Total376
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Last 6 Years324
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Last 6 Years / Total0.862
* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings

986,146
World Rank

35,001
Country Rank

381
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Business & Management / Communications and Media Studies
media reception | media use | theory building | methodolog
media reception | media use | theory building | methodolog
Citation Metrics
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Total395
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Last 6 Years286
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Last 6 Years / Total0.724
* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings

1,258,658
World Rank

43,666
Country Rank

470
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Business & Management / Communications and Media Studies
Journalismus | Neue Medien | Online-Forschun
Journalismus | Neue Medien | Online-Forschun
Citation Metrics
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Total929
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Last 6 Years165
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Last 6 Years / Total0.178
* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings

1,526,591
World Rank

51,069
Country Rank

552
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Business & Management / Communications and Media Studies
Medienwandel | Journalismusgeschichte | Medienpolitik | politische Kommunikatio
Medienwandel | Journalismusgeschichte | Medienpolitik | politische Kommunikatio
Citation Metrics
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Total106
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Last 6 Years99
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Last 6 Years / Total0.934