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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Experience Economy
Experience Design
Mass Customization
Authenticity
Observation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,322
14,731
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Intraocular lenses and accommodative lenses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,043
9,284
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,192
10,308
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Design
modularity
complex systems
new product development
industry evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,236
7,066
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Design
optimisation
3D Printing
Additive Manufacturing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,715
13,843
0.668
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Fotografia y Diseño
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,613
2,412
0.130
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Design
human computer interaction
geometric machine learning
computer aided design
human machine interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,476
9,879
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Design
innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,717
7,787
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Design methods
design research
co-design
prototyping
service design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,066
9,498
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Design
Management
Interaction
Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,853
6,579
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Design
Synthesis
and Characterization of New Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,955
7,744
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Industrial Design
Design for Experience
Design for Wellbeing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,346
6,722
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Typography
Screen Typography
UX
Interaction Design
User Interface Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,201
5,560
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,456
6,542
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Process integration
process design
process optimisation
process simulation.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,856
4,770
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,623
5,500
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Architecture
Design
Design thinking
Cognition
Creativity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,919
3,566
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Healthcare Ergonomics
Human Factors for patient safety
(ambulance and care facility design
moving and handling
falls)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,658
3,920
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Design for Sustainability
Sustainable Product-Service System
Distributed Economies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,305
3,666
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
design
optimization
affordances
packaging
metamaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,007
3,936
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,667
6,828
0.788
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
design
optimization
neural networks
genetic algorithms
evolutionary optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,325
1,082
0.130
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,051
6,133
0.762
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Architectural Design
Building Information Modelling (BIM)
Digital Construction
Sustainable Built Environments
Green Building
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,518
5,851
0.778
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Sustainable Design
Design for Sustainable Behaviour
Strategic Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,954
3,617
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,770
7,012
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
James H Gilmore
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,322
14,731
0.384
Experience Economy
Experience Design
Mass Customization
Authenticity
Observation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,585
8,717
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
James M. Scott
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,043
9,284
0.281
Intraocular lenses and accommodative lenses
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,870
2,091
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Nigel Cross
Open University UK
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,192
10,308
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,911
13,671
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Carliss Y Baldwin
Harvard Business School
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,236
7,066
0.292
Design
modularity
complex systems
new product development
industry evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,417
3,272
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Richard Hague
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,715
13,843
0.668
Design
optimisation
3D Printing
Additive Manufacturing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,326
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Bryan Gonzalez Herrera
Universidad Técnica Nacional
Alajuela, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,613
2,412
0.130
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,764
19,274
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Karthik Ramani
Purdue University
West Lafayette, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,476
9,879
0.535
Design
human computer interaction
geometric machine learning
computer aided design
human machine interaction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,331
2,065
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Kees Dorst
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,717
7,787
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,824
1,289
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Pieter Jan Stappers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,066
9,498
0.557
Design methods
design research
co-design
prototyping
service design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,626
21,552
77
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Richard Buchanan
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,853
6,579
0.390
Design
Management
Interaction
Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,410
23,056
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Duck Young Chung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,955
7,744
0.485
Design
Synthesis
and Characterization of New Materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,416
1,598
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Pieter Desmet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,346
6,722
0.469
Industrial Design
Design for Experience
Design for Wellbeing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,495
282
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Hilary Kenna
Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and Technology IADT
Dún Laoghaire, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,201
5,560
0.421
Typography
Screen Typography
UX
Interaction Design
User Interface Design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,672
254
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Serkan Bayraktaroğlu
Sakarya University
Sakarya, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,456
6,542
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,015
219
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Dominic CY Foo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,856
4,770
0.439
Process integration
process design
process optimisation
process simulation.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,210
36,180
254
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Carl Disalvo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,623
5,500
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,718
767
115
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Gabriela Goldschmidt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,919
3,566
0.360
Architecture
Design
Design thinking
Cognition
Creativity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,603
8,286
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Sue Hignett
Loughborough University
Loughborough, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,658
3,920
0.406
Healthcare Ergonomics
Human Factors for patient safety
(ambulance and care facility design
moving and handling
falls)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,902
4,214
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano
Milano, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,305
3,666
0.394
Design for Sustainability
Sustainable Product-Service System
Distributed Economies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,833
42,674
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Georges Fadel
Clemson University
Clemson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,007
3,936
0.437
design
optimization
affordances
packaging
metamaterials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,649
213
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Maya Sari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,667
6,828
0.788
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,912
46,111
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Prabhat Hajela
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,325
1,082
0.130
design
optimization
neural networks
genetic algorithms
evolutionary optimization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,315
5,138
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Qihong Fang
Hunan University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,051
6,133
0.762
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
131,965
661
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ali GhaffarianHoseini
Auckland University of Technology
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,518
5,851
0.778
Architectural Design
Building Information Modelling (BIM)
Digital Construction
Sustainable Built Environments
Green Building
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
143,425
926
166
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Casper Boks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,954
3,617
0.520
Sustainable Design
Design for Sustainable Behaviour
Strategic Design