Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University of Illinois Springfield Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the 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
online learning
learning analytics
data literary
programming & problem solvling
community of inquiry framework
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,159
8,730
0.347
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Image Processing
Medical Image Processing
Pattern Recogntion
Computer Vision
Data Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,061
5,066
0.717
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Forest/Wetland Ecology
Global Change Ecology
Restoration Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,073
4,406
0.623
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
IT Value (Economic
Environmental
Societal)
Information systems and Sustainability
IT Adoption
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,387
2,568
0.585
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Active Cyber Defense
Network Security
Web Security
Machine Learning
Predictive Analytics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,891
1,855
0.981
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Ethics
Entrepreneurship
Family Business
Strategic Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,653
1,065
0.401
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Consumer Behavior
Sustainable Consumption (both at business and consumer levels)
Retail Management
Public Policy Issues
Fash
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,074
971
0.904
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
advertising
marketing
cognitive and affective proccesses
creativity
health care
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,083
881
0.423
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
adolescent psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,737
833
0.223
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
astronomy
astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,259
775
0.343
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Political Psychology
Social Identity
Research Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,225
692
0.311
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
public policy
higher education policy
evaluation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
731
670
0.917
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
CRT
curriculum theory
educational equity
English education
social justice education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
889
671
0.755
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Translation
Genetics
Yeast
Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,394
607
0.435
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Public Finance
Public Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,194
547
0.458
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
microbial ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,403
538
0.383
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Cognitive
Cognitive Neuroscience
Attention
Emotion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,582
459
0.290
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Performance measurement
data breaches
outsourcing
blockchain
ESG
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
742
415
0.559
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Applied Artificial Intelligence
Soft Computing
Sequential Models
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
511
352
0.689
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Negotiation
Personality
Emotional Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
604
348
0.576
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Chemistry Education
Organic Chemistry
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
381
303
0.795
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Ancient History
Greek & Roman Epigraphy
Ancient Numismatics
Archaeology
Papyrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
921
298
0.324
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Public Administration
Public Policy
Minority
Church and State
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
890
297
0.334
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Online Learning
Instructional Technology
Educational Technology
Technology Acceptance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
822
297
0.361
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Paleomagnetism
Structural Geology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
480
287
0.598
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,479
17,111
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Karen Swan
University of Illinois Springfield
Springfield, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,159
8,730
0.347
online learning
learning analytics
data literary
programming & problem solvling
community of inquiry framework
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,954
33,858
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Yanhui Guo
University of Illinois Springfield
Springfield, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,061
5,066
0.717
Image Processing
Medical Image Processing
Pattern Recogntion
Computer Vision
Data Science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,591
39,596
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Hua Chen
University of Illinois Springfield
Springfield, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,073
4,406
0.623
Forest/Wetland Ecology
Global Change Ecology
Restoration Ecology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
204,974
68,531
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Roya Gholami
University of Illinois Springfield
Springfield, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,387
2,568
0.585
IT Value (Economic
Environmental
Societal)
Information systems and Sustainability
IT Adoption
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
284,874
91,709
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Amirreza Niakanlahiji
University of Illinois Springfield
Springfield, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,891
1,855
0.981
Active Cyber Defense
Network Security
Web Security
Machine Learning
Predictive Analytics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
457,449
139,375
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ranjan Karri
University of Illinois Springfield
Springfield, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,653
1,065
0.401
Ethics
Entrepreneurship
Family Business
Strategic Management
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
489,779
147,947
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Shipra Gupta
University of Illinois Springfield
Springfield, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,074
971
0.904
Consumer Behavior
Sustainable Consumption (both at business and consumer levels)
Retail Management
Public Policy Issues
Fash
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
524,271
156,948
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jorge Villegas
University of Illinois Springfield
Springfield, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,083
881
0.423
advertising
marketing
cognitive and affective proccesses
creativity
health care
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
544,306
162,134
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Dennis Papini
University of Illinois Springfield
Springfield, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,737
833
0.223
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
570,443
168,845
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
John C Martin
University of Illinois Springfield
Springfield, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,259
775
0.343
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
611,388
179,081
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
John Transue
University of Illinois Springfield
Springfield, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,225
692
0.311
Political Psychology
Social Identity
Research Methods
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
623,567
182,086
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Bob Blankenberger
University of Illinois Springfield
Springfield, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
731
670
0.917
public policy
higher education policy
evaluation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
622,918
181,927
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jennifer L Martin
University of Illinois Springfield
Springfield, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
889
671
0.755
CRT
curriculum theory
educational equity
English education
social justice education
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
659,066
190,610
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Noah Reynolds
University of Illinois Springfield
Springfield, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,394
607
0.435
Translation
Genetics
Yeast
Biochemistry
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
697,144
199,585
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Kenneth A Kriz
University of Illinois Springfield
Springfield, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,194
547
0.458
Public Finance
Public Policy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
703,153
200,914
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Michael J Lemke
University of Illinois Springfield
Springfield, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,403
538
0.383
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
764,006
214,428
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Karen Reinke
University of Illinois Springfield
Springfield, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,582
459
0.290
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
805,089
223,036
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ahmad H Juma'H|Ahmad H. Jumah, Ilya Ilinko
University of Illinois Springfield
Springfield, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
742
415
0.559
Performance measurement
data breaches
outsourcing
blockchain
ESG
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
874,793
236,778
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Elham Khorasani Buxton
University of Illinois Springfield
Springfield, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
511
352
0.689
Applied Artificial Intelligence
Soft Computing
Sequential Models
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
879,489
237,669
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Sudeep Sharma
University of Illinois Springfield
Springfield, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
604
348
0.576
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
939,833
249,157
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Layne Morsch
University of Illinois Springfield
Springfield, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
381
303
0.795
Chemistry Education
Organic Chemistry
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
946,369
250,321
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Elizabeth Kosmetatou
University of Illinois Springfield
Springfield, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
921
298
0.324
Ancient History
Greek & Roman Epigraphy
Ancient Numismatics
Archaeology
Papyrology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
947,863
250,569
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Will Miller
University of Illinois Springfield
Springfield, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
890
297
0.334
Public Administration
Public Policy
Minority
Church and State
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
947,888
250,575
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Michele Gribbins
University of Illinois Springfield
Springfield, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
822
297
0.361
Online Learning
Instructional Technology
Educational Technology
Technology Acceptance
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
963,438
253,397
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Giovanny Jimenez
University of Illinois Springfield
Springfield, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
480
287
0.598
Paleomagnetism
Structural Geology