Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationBusiness & Management / Human Resource Management 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
Heart Failure
Hypertension
Biotechnology
Organisational Behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182,619
88,459
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Organizational Behavior
Human Resource Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,614
15,669
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
internal medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,957
26,892
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
HRM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,310
18,940
0.470
* 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
38,923
14,832
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Human Resources
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,722
12,734
0.329
* 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
38,530
12,771
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Strategic HRM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,389
17,112
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
International HRM
Comparative HRM
expatriation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,076
11,238
0.340
* 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
32,034
14,924
0.466
* 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
29,017
13,618
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
International HRM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,607
14,596
0.510
* 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
28,595
11,342
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
International Business
International HRM
Scientometrics
International Management
Expatriation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,593
11,335
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Human Resource Management
Positive Organizational Behavior
Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,302
14,869
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Human capital
strategy
Human Resource Management
Future of Work
Work Automation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,241
10,208
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
strategic human resources
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,905
6,615
0.246
* 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
26,033
7,689
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Human resource management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,025
9,161
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Sociology - Human Resource Management - Projects
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,580
11,286
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
turnover
socialization
recruitment
talent management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,194
13,042
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
HRM
HRD
Social Psychology
Industrial Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,426
19,897
0.849
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
talent management
statistical bioinformatics
quantitative genetics
statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,925
5,371
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Human Resource Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,553
9,229
0.409
* 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
21,691
4,547
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
976
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
182,619
88,459
0.484
Heart Failure
Hypertension
Biotechnology
Organisational Behaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,978
5,696
26
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
44,614
15,669
0.351
Organizational Behavior
Human Resource Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,735
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
42,957
26,892
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,115
559
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Alan Saks
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,310
18,940
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,927
1,306
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Neil Anderson
University of Bradford
Bradford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,923
14,832
0.381
Organizational Psychology
HRM
Innovation
Creativity
Employee Selection
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,039
7,099
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Chockalingam Viswesvaran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,722
12,734
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,159
7,153
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Barry Gerhart
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,530
12,771
0.331
Human Resource Management
Compensation
International Management
Human Capital
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,248
7,198
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
David Lepak
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,389
17,112
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,200
1,702
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
33,076
11,238
0.340
International HRM
Comparative HRM
expatriation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,230
121
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Filip Lievens
Singapore Management University
Singapore, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,034
14,924
0.466
Human Resource Management
Talent Assessment
Adaptability
Selection
Employer Branding
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,620
10,910
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
29,017
13,618
0.469
Human Capital Resources
Staffing
Human Resources
Talent
Statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,142
2,118
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Pawan Budhwar
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,607
14,596
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,161
1,042
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Adrian Wilkinson
Griffith University
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,595
11,342
0.397
Human resource management
employment relations
employee voice
industrial relations
HRM
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,163
2,119
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Anne Wil Harzing
Middlesex University
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,593
11,335
0.396
International Business
International HRM
Scientometrics
International Management
Expatriation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,834
670
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Dirk Van Dierendonck
Erasmus University
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,302
14,869
0.545
Human Resource Management
Positive Organizational Behavior
Leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,923
11,912
148
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
John Boudreau
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,241
10,208
0.375
Human capital
strategy
Human Resource Management
Future of Work
Work Automation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,409
12,122
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Brian Becker
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,905
6,615
0.246
strategic human resources
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,790
12,704
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
26,033
7,689
0.295
action learning
learning organizations
informal and incidental learning
HRD
organization development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,808
12,708
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
26,025
9,161
0.352
Human resource management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,523
2,492
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Andrew Dainty
Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,580
11,286
0.441
Sociology - Human Resource Management - Projects
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,169
13,285
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
25,194
13,042
0.518
turnover
socialization
recruitment
talent management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,490
258
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Arunava Narayan Mukherjee
Arka Jain University Gamharia
Gamharia, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,426
19,897
0.849
HRM
HRD
Social Psychology
Industrial Sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,430
894
106
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ritsert Jansen
University of Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,925
5,371
0.234
talent management
statistical bioinformatics
quantitative genetics
statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,235
114
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Peter Boxall
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,553
9,229
0.409
Human Resource Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,170
3,161
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mohamed Zairi
University of Bradford
Bradford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,691
4,547
0.210
Quality Management
Performance Management
Strategy
HRM
Operations Management