Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Business & Management / Communications and Media Studies Highly Cited Researchers 6 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025

The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
United States
Beth Haller
Disability Studies
Media Representations
Disabled Media Creators
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,679
1,151
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
United States
Efe Sevin
public diplomacy
place branding
network analysis
public relations
international relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,757
1,101
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
United States
Lingling Zhang
mass communication
advertising
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,247
850
0.682
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
United States
Michael S Duffy
Film and Media Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
41
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
United States
Eric Karikari
Organizational Communication
Critical/Cultural Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
46
0.939
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
United States
John Kirch
journalism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
12
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
360,022
United States
117,756
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Beth Haller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,679
1,151
0.430
Disability Studies
Media Representations
Disabled Media Creators
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
490,111
United States
152,972
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Efe Sevin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,757
1,101
0.627
public diplomacy
place branding
network analysis
public relations
international relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
607,571
United States
183,598
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Lingling Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,247
850
0.682
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,629,701
United States
357,284
144
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Michael S Duffy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
41
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,853,177
United States
387,977
165
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Eric Karikari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
46
0.939
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,970,442
United States
403,207
169
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
John Kirch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
12
0.364