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

447,324
World Rank

135,734
Country Rank

15
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Law / Law and Legal Studies
Criminological Theory | Biosocial Interactions | Life-Course/Developmental Theor
Criminological Theory | Biosocial Interactions | Life-Course/Developmental Theor
Citation Metrics
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Total4,526
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Last 6 Years1,083
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Last 6 Years / Total0.239
* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings

506,240
World Rank

151,124
Country Rank

18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Law / Law and Legal Studies
illicit networks | illicit markets | POP | program evaluation | environmental criminology and crime analysi
illicit networks | illicit markets | POP | program evaluation | environmental criminology and crime analysi
Citation Metrics
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Total1,940
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Last 6 Years914
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Last 6 Years / Total0.471
* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings

511,659
World Rank

152,542
Country Rank

20
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Law / Law and Legal Studies
TESOL | Second Language Acquisition | Technology Enhanced Teaching/Learning | Teacher Education | Social Justice in TESOL and Educat
TESOL | Second Language Acquisition | Technology Enhanced Teaching/Learning | Teacher Education | Social Justice in TESOL and Educat
Citation Metrics
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Total2,243
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Last 6 Years900
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Last 6 Years / Total0.401
* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings

785,196
World Rank

216,273
Country Rank

45
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Citation Metrics
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Total1,492
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Last 6 Years444
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Last 6 Years / Total0.298
* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings

862,233
World Rank

231,698
Country Rank

53
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Citation Metrics
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Total622
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Last 6 Years373
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Last 6 Years / Total0.600
* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings

1,412,586
World Rank

322,779
Country Rank

102
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Citation Metrics
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Total146
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Last 6 Years123
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Last 6 Years / Total0.842
* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings

2,061,600
World Rank

403,837
Country Rank

145
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Citation Metrics
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Total102
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Last 6 Years29
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Last 6 Years / Total0.284
* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
Rankings

2,305,196
World Rank

429,604
Country Rank

168
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Citation Metrics
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Total18
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Last 6 Years12
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Last 6 Years / Total0.667