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
Media and communications
international news
news agencies
globalization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,090
4,926
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Media technologies
international advertising
media business models
audience research
social and mobile media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,759
2,355
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
poetic inquiry
interpersonal communication
stigmatized identities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,666
3,164
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Development Communication
Health Communication
Media Effects
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,354
895
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Social Media
Misinformation
Media Manipulation
Influencer Culture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198
198
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
morphosyntax
grammar
pronoun case errors
parent input
language acquisition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
71
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Media Studies
Infrastructure Studies
Cultural and Economic Geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
190
82
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Media effects
Mass Communication
Social Media
Qualitative and Quantitative research
Mass Media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
127
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
intercultural communication
interpersonal communication
migration and transnational families
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
38
0.884
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
media
culture
youtube
communication theory
communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
36
0.947
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Social Media
Fake News & Misinformation
Media Psychology
Media Effects
Political Communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
22
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Dysphagia
Swallowing Disorders
Swallowing Neurophysiology
Dysphonia
Voice Disorders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
relational communication
religion and sexuality
polyamory
queer theory
qualitative inquiry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
10
1.000
Oliver Boyd Barrett
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,090
4,926
0.272
Media and communications
international news
news agencies
globalization
Louisa Ha
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,759
2,355
0.409
Media technologies
international advertising
media business models
audience research
social and mobile media
Sandra L Faulkner
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,666
3,164
0.558
poetic inquiry
interpersonal communication
stigmatized identities
Srinivas Melkote
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,354
895
0.267
Development Communication
Health Communication
Media Effects
Syeda Zainab Akbar
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198
198
1.000
Social Media
Misinformation
Media Manipulation
Influencer Culture
Colleen E Fitzgerald
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
71
0.366
morphosyntax
grammar
pronoun case errors
parent input
language acquisition
Clayton Rosati
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
190
82
0.432
Media Studies
Infrastructure Studies
Cultural and Economic Geography
Faiswal Kasirye
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
127
1.000
Media effects
Mass Communication
Social Media
Qualitative and Quantitative research
Mass Media
Xiaoli Wen
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
38
0.884
intercultural communication
interpersonal communication
migration and transnational families
Alyssa Fisher
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
36
0.947
media
culture
youtube
communication theory
communication
Ali Raza
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
22
1.000
Social Media
Fake News & Misinformation
Media Psychology
Media Effects
Political Communication
Shahryar Zainaee
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
Dysphagia
Swallowing Disorders
Swallowing Neurophysiology
Dysphonia
Voice Disorders
Jesse Reese
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
10
1.000
relational communication
religion and sexuality
polyamory
queer theory
qualitative inquiry