Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationBusiness & Management / Human Resource Management Rankings 2025
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
Heart Failure
Hypertension
Biotechnology
Organisational Behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
177,341
83,384
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Organizational Behavior
Human Resource Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,652
14,895
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
internal medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,381
25,467
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
HRM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,327
18,092
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Organizational Psychology
HRM
Innovation
Creativity
Employee Selection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,139
14,194
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Human Resources
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,058
12,211
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Human Resource Management
Compensation
International Management
Human Capital
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,713
12,100
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Strategic HRM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,451
16,321
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
International HRM
Comparative HRM
expatriation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,324
10,670
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Human Resource Management
Talent Assessment
Adaptability
Selection
Employer Branding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,283
14,288
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Human Capital Resources
Staffing
Human Resources
Talent
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,276
12,987
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
International Business
International HRM
Scientometrics
International Management
Expatriation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,139
10,924
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Human resource management
employment relations
employee voice
industrial relations
HRM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,933
10,814
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
International HRM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,302
13,370
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Human capital
strategy
Human Resource Management
Future of Work
Work Automation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,563
9,678
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Human Resource Management
Positive Organizational Behavior
Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,510
14,139
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
strategic human resources
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,482
6,300
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
action learning
learning organizations
informal and incidental learning
HRD
organization development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,526
7,298
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Human resource management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,512
8,727
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Sociology - Human Resource Management - Projects
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,943
10,731
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
turnover
socialization
recruitment
talent management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,357
12,292
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
talent management
statistical bioinformatics
quantitative genetics
statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,699
5,176
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
HRM
HRD
Social Psychology
Industrial Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,600
19,081
0.844
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Human Resource Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,057
8,837
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Quality Management
Performance Management
Strategy
HRM
Operations Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,348
4,340
0.203
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
987
23
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Andrew J Stewart Coats
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
177,341
83,384
0.470
Heart Failure
Hypertension
Biotechnology
Organisational Behaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,945
5,712
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ricky Griffin
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,652
14,895
0.341
Organizational Behavior
Human Resource Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,049
13
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
T Hani Handoko
Universitas Gadjah Mada
Sleman, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,381
25,467
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,166
563
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Alan Saks
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,327
18,092
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,876
1,297
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Neil Anderson
University of Bradford
Bradford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,139
14,194
0.372
Organizational Psychology
HRM
Innovation
Creativity
Employee Selection
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,935
7,082
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Chockalingam Viswesvaran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,058
12,211
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,147
7,177
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Barry Gerhart
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,713
12,100
0.321
Human Resource Management
Compensation
International Management
Human Capital
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,312
7,258
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
David Lepak
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,451
16,321
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,214
1,700
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Chris Brewster
Henley Business School University of Reading
Henley-on-Thames, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,324
10,670
0.330
International HRM
Comparative HRM
expatriation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,300
119
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Filip Lievens
Singapore Management University
Singapore, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,283
14,288
0.457
Human Resource Management
Talent Assessment
Adaptability
Selection
Employer Branding
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,761
10,992
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Robert Ployhart
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,276
12,987
0.459
Human Capital Resources
Staffing
Human Resources
Talent
Statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,952
2,097
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Anne Wil Harzing
Middlesex University
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,139
10,924
0.388
International Business
International HRM
Scientometrics
International Management
Expatriation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,215
1,046
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Adrian Wilkinson
Griffith University
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,933
10,814
0.387
Human resource management
employment relations
employee voice
industrial relations
HRM
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,033
2,183
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Pawan Budhwar
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,302
13,370
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,083
12,007
149
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
John Boudreau
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,563
9,678
0.364
Human capital
strategy
Human Resource Management
Future of Work
Work Automation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,162
678
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Dirk Van Dierendonck
Erasmus University
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,510
14,139
0.533
Human Resource Management
Positive Organizational Behavior
Leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,210
12,064
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Brian Becker
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,482
6,300
0.238
strategic human resources
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,688
12,706
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Karen E Watkins
University of Georgia
Athens, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,526
7,298
0.286
action learning
learning organizations
informal and incidental learning
HRD
organization development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,714
12,718
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
M Ronald Buckley
University of Oklahoma
Norman, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,512
8,727
0.342
Human resource management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,682
2,506
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Andrew Dainty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,943
10,731
0.430
Sociology - Human Resource Management - Projects
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,716
13,575
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
David G Allen
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,357
12,292
0.505
turnover
socialization
recruitment
talent management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,890
878
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ritsert Jansen
University of Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,699
5,176
0.228
talent management
statistical bioinformatics
quantitative genetics
statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,093
264
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Arunava Narayan Mukherjee
Arka Jain University Gamharia
Gamharia, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,600
19,081
0.844
HRM
HRD
Social Psychology
Industrial Sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,206
115
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Peter Boxall
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,057
8,837
0.401
Human Resource Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,879
3,145
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mohamed Zairi
University of Bradford
Bradford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,348
4,340
0.203
Quality Management
Performance Management
Strategy
HRM
Operations Management