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 Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,239
14,887
0.235
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
behavioral economics
finance
political economy
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,973
11,438
0.636
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Climate Change Economics
Environmental Economics
Innovation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,957
10,667
0.668
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Development Economics
Political Economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,496
8,863
0.432
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,781
8,511
0.238
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Econometrics
Time Series Analysis
Empirical Macro
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,749
6,471
0.411
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
economics and finance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,593
4,739
0.409
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
labor economics
political economy of redistribution
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,951
4,240
0.236
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Public Economics
Gender
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,158
4,205
0.683
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Economics
Finance
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,891
3,684
0.286
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Accounting
finanical reporting
investment management
financial accounting
valuation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,414
3,296
0.266
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Population dynamics
epidemiology
health economics
infectious diseases
mathematical modelling
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,921
3,294
0.556
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Macroeconomics
Monetary Economics
International Macroeconomics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,701
3,164
0.296
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Financial econometrics
asset management
empirical derivatives pricing
asset pricing
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,546
3,100
0.474
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Shareholder Activism
ESG
Panama Papers
Asset Management
Corporate Governance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,177
3,031
0.726
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Health Economics
Epidemiology
Outcomes Research
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,659
2,869
0.784
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Private Equity
Venture Capital
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance of Financial Institutions
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,952
2,775
0.702
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
applied econometrics
political economics
economics of crime
immigration
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,237
2,748
0.649
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
monetary economics
financial supervision
illegal financial markets
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,010
2,737
0.304
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
economic and social history
historical demography
inequality
social mobility
economic history
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,477
2,682
0.599
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
International Economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,198
2,674
0.836
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Microeconomics
Information Economics
Organizational Economics
Industrial Organization
Financial Economics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,759
2,492
0.369
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Political Economics
Public Economics
Pensions
COVID-19
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,514
2,485
0.451
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
labor economics
health economics
applied microeconomics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,080
2,329
0.458
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Economics
Finance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,401
1,986
0.827
Guido Tabellini
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,239
14,887
0.235
Nicola Gennaioli
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,973
11,438
0.636
behavioral economics
finance
political economy
Valentina Bosetti
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,957
10,667
0.668
Climate Change Economics
Environmental Economics
Innovation
Eliana La Ferrara
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,496
8,863
0.432
Development Economics
Political Economics
Francesco Giavazzi
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,781
8,511
0.238
Massimiliano Marcellino
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,749
6,471
0.411
Econometrics
Time Series Analysis
Empirical Macro
Elena Carletti
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,593
4,739
0.409
Tito Boeri
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,951
4,240
0.236
labor economics
political economy of redistribution
Paola Profeta
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,158
4,205
0.683
Carlo Favero
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,891
3,684
0.286
Peter F Pope
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,414
3,296
0.266
Accounting
finanical reporting
investment management
financial accounting
valuation
Alessia Melegaro
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,921
3,294
0.556
Population dynamics
epidemiology
health economics
infectious diseases
mathematical modelling
Tommaso Monacelli
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,701
3,164
0.296
Macroeconomics
Monetary Economics
International Macroeconomics
Massimo Guidolin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,546
3,100
0.474
Financial econometrics
asset management
empirical derivatives pricing
asset pricing
Hannes F Wagner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,177
3,031
0.726
Shareholder Activism
ESG
Panama Papers
Asset Management
Corporate Governance
Oriana Ciani
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,659
2,869
0.784
Health Economics
Epidemiology
Outcomes Research
Stefano Caselli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,952
2,775
0.702
Private Equity
Venture Capital
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance of Financial Institutions
Paolo Pinotti
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,237
2,748
0.649
applied econometrics
political economics
economics of crime
immigration
Donato Masciandaro
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,010
2,737
0.304
monetary economics
financial supervision
illegal financial markets
Guido Alfani
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,477
2,682
0.599
economic and social history
historical demography
inequality
social mobility
economic history
Italo Colantone
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,198
2,674
0.836
Marco Ottaviani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,759
2,492
0.369
Microeconomics
Information Economics
Organizational Economics
Industrial Organization
Financial Economics
Vincenzo Galasso
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,514
2,485
0.451
Political Economics
Public Economics
Pensions
COVID-19
Jerome Adda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,080
2,329
0.458
labor economics
health economics
applied microeconomics
Julien Sauvagnat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,401
1,986
0.827