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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 64 Scientists Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) - 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.
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Knowledge Management
Healthcare Informatics
Smart Cities
Information Systems
E-Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,447
10,527
0.640
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
IPE
applied ICT
smart cities
smart villages
research-based policymaking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,854
5,088
0.869
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Creativity
Deviance
Leadership
Learning
Pla
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,773
3,555
0.405
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Corporate Social Responsibility
Sustainability
Organizational Psychology
Marketing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,477
2,140
0.478
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Signal Processing
Wireless Communications
Antenna Arrays
Wireless Networks
Biomedical Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,954
1,875
0.171
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,000
1,635
0.545
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
International business strategy
Global strategy
Foreign divestment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,296
1,067
0.823
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Cognitive Neuroscience
Neuropsychology
Human-Computer Interaction
Virtual Realit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,169
1,166
0.997
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,363
843
0.618
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Optimization
Machine Learning
Data Analytics
Parallel Computing
Computational Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,020
762
0.377
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Banking and finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,638
757
0.462
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Strategic Management
Corporate Finance
Maritime Financial Management
Financial Accounting
Financial Reporting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,055
705
0.668
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
shipping
corporate finance
macroeconomics
forecasting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,381
696
0.504
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
language
memory
aphasia
stroke
neurodegenerative disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,110
688
0.620
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Marketing Strategy
Learning
Product Innovation
Improvisation
Cooperatives
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,107
595
0.282
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
education for sustainability
active/experiential learning
sustainable & smart cities
changing environmental behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
748
501
0.670
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Consumer Behavior
Food Marketing
New Food Technologies
Innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
943
409
0.434
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Banking
Personnel Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
893
376
0.421
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Processes of organizing & sensemaking
organizational change
organizational routines
pragmatis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
516
255
0.494
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
digital business
digital transformation
agile management
enterprise systems
smartphone usag
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,754
252
0.144
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
personal branding
celebrity brands
consumer-based brand equity
sports marketing
digital
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
144
0.742
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Applied Macroeconomics
Defence Economics
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
456
140
0.307
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Analytics
Technology Management
Supply Chain Managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
451
140
0.310
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
International Finance and Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
135
0.844
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
International Business
Strateg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
703
123
0.175
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,148
148
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Miltiadis D Lytras
American College of Greece
Athens, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,447
10,527
0.640
Knowledge Management
Healthcare Informatics
Smart Cities
Information Systems
E-Learning
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,359
426
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Anna Visvizi
American College of Greece
Athens, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,854
5,088
0.869
IPE
applied ICT
smart cities
smart villages
research-based policymaking
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
134,147
765
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Charalampos Mainemelis
American College of Greece
Athens, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,773
3,555
0.405
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
234,712
1,499
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Pavlos A Vlachos
American College of Greece
Athens, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,477
2,140
0.478
Corporate Social Responsibility
Sustainability
Organizational Psychology
Marketing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
267,688
1,762
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Constantinos B. Papadias
American College of Greece
Athens, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,954
1,875
0.171
Signal Processing
Wireless Communications
Antenna Arrays
Wireless Networks
Biomedical Systems
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
305,093
2,067
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Mari Janikian
American College of Greece
Athens, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,000
1,635
0.545
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
438,526
3,141
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Georgios Batsakis
American College of Greece
Athens, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,296
1,067
0.823
International business strategy
Global strategy
Foreign divestment
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
408,986
2,913
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Panagiotis Kourtesis
American College of Greece
Athens, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,169
1,166
0.997
Cognitive Neuroscience
Neuropsychology
Human-Computer Interaction
Virtual Realit
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
520,541
3,805
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Christos Koritos
American College of Greece
Athens, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,363
843
0.618
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
556,999
4,088
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ioannis Christou
American College of Greece
Athens, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,020
762
0.377
Optimization
Machine Learning
Data Analytics
Parallel Computing
Computational Intelligence
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
559,389
4,105
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Panagiotis Avramidis
American College of Greece
Athens, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,638
757
0.462
Banking and finance
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
585,640
4,311
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Christos Sigalas
American College of Greece
Athens, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,055
705
0.668
Strategic Management
Corporate Finance
Maritime Financial Management
Financial Accounting
Financial Reporting
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
590,237
4,347
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Anna Merika
American College of Greece
Athens, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,381
696
0.504
shipping
corporate finance
macroeconomics
forecasting
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
594,532
4,387
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Dimitrios Kasselimis
American College of Greece
Athens, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,110
688
0.620
language
memory
aphasia
stroke
neurodegenerative disease
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
648,603
4,808
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Kyriakos Kyriakopoulos
American College of Greece
Athens, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,107
595
0.282
Marketing Strategy
Learning
Product Innovation
Improvisation
Cooperatives
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
716,758
5,284
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Christina Marouli
American College of Greece
Athens, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
748
501
0.670
education for sustainability
active/experiential learning
sustainable & smart cities
changing environmental behavior
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
802,124
5,846
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Toula Perrea
American College of Greece
Athens, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
943
409
0.434
Consumer Behavior
Food Marketing
New Food Technologies
Innovation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
838,710
6,081
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Konstantinos Tzioumis
American College of Greece
Athens, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
893
376
0.421
Banking
Personnel Economics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,017,177
7,118
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Dionysis Dionysiou
American College of Greece
Athens, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
516
255
0.494
Processes of organizing & sensemaking
organizational change
organizational routines
pragmatis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,022,385
7,149
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nikos Mylonopoulos
American College of Greece
Athens, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,754
252
0.144
digital business
digital transformation
agile management
enterprise systems
smartphone usag
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,297,999
8,500
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Eugenia Tzoumaka
American College of Greece
Athens, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
144
0.742
personal branding
celebrity brands
consumer-based brand equity
sports marketing
digital
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,311,056
8,561
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
George A Zombanakis
American College of Greece
Athens, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
456
140
0.307
Applied Macroeconomics
Defence Economics
Artificial Intelligence
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,311,061
8,562
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Andreas Robotis
American College of Greece
Athens, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
451
140
0.310
Analytics
Technology Management
Supply Chain Managemen
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,331,163
8,645
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Nikolaos Stoupos
American College of Greece
Athens, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
135
0.844
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,376,016
8,868
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Kostas Axarloglou
American College of Greece
Athens, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
703
123
0.175
International Business
Strateg