Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationBusiness & Management / Communications and Media Studies Rankings 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.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
The role of culture in human development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
264,053
75,108
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
cultural anthropology
social anthropology
globalization
south asia
violence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,761
42,374
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Communication Theory
Wireless Communications
Optical Communications
6G
Global Connectivity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,712
56,716
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Content analysis
Cybernetics
Discourse
human centered design
Critial social science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,599
44,205
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Aggression and violence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,060
26,668
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
discourse analysis
discursive psychology
conversation analysis
social interaction
qualitative
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,031
15,183
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
journalism
media theory
mass communication theory
media studies
media work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,009
23,657
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Media
culture
communication
journalism
cultural science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,263
12,651
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
climate change
public health
communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,994
26,165
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Media effects
Communication theory
Social media
Adolescents
Person-specific media effects
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,934
26,816
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
digital media
political communication
social movements
media
civic engagement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,723
18,363
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Interpersonal and Nonverbal Communication
Deception
New communication technologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,260
15,074
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
human computer interaction
artificial intelligence
digital health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,177
9,294
0.189
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Communication and Information Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,064
9,908
0.202
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Group Communication
Organizational Communication
Organizational Innovation
Technology Implementation
Management Information
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,551
10,054
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
social media
computer-mediated communication
computer-supported cooperative work
HCI
groupware
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,447
16,149
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,924
14,843
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Multimedia
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,943
31,396
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
crisis management
crisis communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,294
21,901
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Internet skills
digital inequality
digital literacy
digital divide
older adults
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,244
19,074
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Children and media
youth culture
media education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,909
12,655
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Communication
Intercultural Communication
Media Studies
Health Communication
Qualitative Research Methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,250
25,355
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Learning Technologies
Digital Media and Learning
Human-Computer Interaction
Constructionism
Design-Based Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,286
14,524
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Communications
cultural studies
cultural geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,278
7,442
0.189
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
media
gender
sexuality
neoliberalism
subjectivity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,251
20,204
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
358
152
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Michael Cole
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
264,053
75,108
0.284
The role of culture in human development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,355
601
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Arjun Appadurai
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,761
42,374
0.276
cultural anthropology
social anthropology
globalization
south asia
violence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,007
4
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mohamed Slim Alouini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,712
56,716
0.558
Communication Theory
Wireless Communications
Optical Communications
6G
Global Connectivity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,020
1,442
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Klaus Krippendorff
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,599
44,205
0.435
Content analysis
Cybernetics
Discourse
human centered design
Critial social science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,659
2,683
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Brad J Bushman
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,060
26,668
0.375
Aggression and violence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,251
2,959
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jonathan Potter
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,031
15,183
0.227
discourse analysis
discursive psychology
conversation analysis
social interaction
qualitative
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,456
166
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mark Deuze
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,009
23,657
0.394
journalism
media theory
mass communication theory
media studies
media work
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,550
332
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
John Hartley
Curtin University
Bentley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,263
12,651
0.229
Media
culture
communication
journalism
cultural science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,611
4,111
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Edward Maibach
George Mason University
Fairfax, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,994
26,165
0.476
climate change
public health
communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,724
226
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Patti M Valkenburg
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,934
26,816
0.526
Media effects
Communication theory
Social media
Adolescents
Person-specific media effects
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,796
4,669
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
W Lance Bennett
University of Washington
Seattle, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,723
18,363
0.362
digital media
political communication
social movements
media
civic engagement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,250
4,884
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Judee Burgoon
University of Arizona
Tucson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,260
15,074
0.306
Interpersonal and Nonverbal Communication
Deception
New communication technologies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,276
4,898
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Pattie Maes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,177
9,294
0.189
human computer interaction
artificial intelligence
digital health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,304
46
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Shlomo Shamai Shitz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,064
9,908
0.202
Communication and Information Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,552
5,491
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Marshall Scott Poole
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,551
10,054
0.221
Group Communication
Organizational Communication
Organizational Innovation
Technology Implementation
Management Information
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,609
5,515
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Cliff Lampe
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,447
16,149
0.355
social media
computer-mediated communication
computer-supported cooperative work
HCI
groupware
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,836
5,626
132
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Michael Schudson
Columbia University New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,924
14,843
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,268
385
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Meng Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,943
31,396
0.714
Multimedia
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,587
5,971
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
W. Timothy Coombs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,294
21,901
0.506
crisis management
crisis communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,090
236
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Eszter Hargittai
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,244
19,074
0.452
Internet skills
digital inequality
digital literacy
digital divide
older adults
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,261
1,168
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
David Buckingham
Loughborough University
Loughborough, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,909
12,655
0.302
Children and media
youth culture
media education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,581
14
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Deddy Mulyana
Universitas Padjadjaran Bandung
Sumedang, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,250
25,355
0.615
Communication
Intercultural Communication
Media Studies
Health Communication
Qualitative Research Methodology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,708
6,950
184
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Mitchel Resnick
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,286
14,524
0.370
Learning Technologies
Digital Media and Learning
Human-Computer Interaction
Constructionism
Design-Based Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,712
1,283
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
David Morley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,278
7,442
0.189
Communications
cultural studies
cultural geography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,732
1,286
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Rosalind Gill
City University London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,251
20,204
0.515
media
gender
sexuality
neoliberalism
subjectivity