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
Development Economics
Finance
Poverty
Microfinance
Microcredit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,479
10,401
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Leadership
public management
public administration reform
governance
Latin American public management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,930
4,376
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Public Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,958
3,171
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Housing
urban policy
spatial segregation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,675
1,395
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Public management
environmental policy
sustainability management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,655
666
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
HIV/AIDS
Hepatitis C
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Meta-Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,363
1,636
0.692
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Public Mental Health
Evidence-based Practices
Implementation Science
Global Mental Health
Depression Care
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,124
1,330
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Public Administration - Public Management- State Capacity - Civil Services -
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,991
1,005
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Public and nonprofit financial management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,952
1,207
0.618
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
NGOs
Nonprofits
Third Sector
International Relations
Public Administration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,802
1,279
0.710
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Public Economics
Development Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,617
1,185
0.733
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Development
U.S. foreign policy
sanitation
Philippines
Ghana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,453
215
0.148
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
public financial management
state and local finance
program evaluation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,037
679
0.655
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Governance
migration
urban
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
934
335
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Banking
central banking
money
public administration
history of economic thought
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
734
613
0.835
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
performance budgeting
fiscal sustainability
public budgeting and finance
public management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
636
350
0.550
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Critical Minerals
BRI
Horn of Africa
Ecological Civilization
EU-China Relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
442
426
0.964
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
public and private international law
international dispute settlement
counterterrorism
comparative law
international relatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
438
154
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Gender
Globalization
Geopolitics of Knowledge Production
Arab Gulf States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
285
132
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
bureaucracy
public administration
public policy implementation
public management
state elites
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225
53
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Climate Adaptation
Food systems
Climate Finance
Climate-aligned Fiscal Policy
Planetary Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
29
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
performance management
performance evaluation
performance measurement
performance appraisal
organizational performance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
17
0.739
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
organizations
technology
science and technology studies
public health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
7
0.500
Jonathan J Morduch
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,479
10,401
0.278
Development Economics
Finance
Poverty
Microfinance
Microcredit
Sonia M Ospina
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,930
4,376
0.490
Leadership
public management
public administration reform
governance
Latin American public management
Wojciech Kopczuk
Columbia University New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,958
3,171
0.456
Katherine O Regan
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,675
1,395
0.380
Housing
urban policy
spatial segregation
Steven Cohen
Columbia University New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,655
666
0.251
Public management
environmental policy
sustainability management
Jonathan Feelemyer
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,363
1,636
0.692
HIV/AIDS
Hepatitis C
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Meta-Analysis
Victoria K Ngo
City University of New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,124
1,330
0.626
Public Mental Health
Evidence-based Practices
Implementation Science
Global Mental Health
Depression Care
Mariana Chudnovsky
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,991
1,005
0.505
Public Administration - Public Management- State Capacity - Civil Services -
Thad Calabrese
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,952
1,207
0.618
Public and nonprofit financial management
George E Mitchell
City University of New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,802
1,279
0.710
NGOs
Nonprofits
Third Sector
International Relations
Public Administration
Michael Carlos Best
Columbia University New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,617
1,185
0.733
Public Economics
Development Economics
John Gershman
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,453
215
0.148
Development
U.S. foreign policy
sanitation
Philippines
Ghana
Travis St Clair
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,037
679
0.655
public financial management
state and local finance
program evaluation
Jill Simone Gross
City University of New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
934
335
0.359
Governance
migration
urban
Lev Menand
Columbia University New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
734
613
0.835
Banking
central banking
money
public administration
history of economic thought
Elaine Yi Lu|Yi Lu
City University of New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
636
350
0.550
performance budgeting
fiscal sustainability
public budgeting and finance
public management
Sophia Kalantzakos
New York University Shanghai
Pudong, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
442
426
0.964
Critical Minerals
BRI
Horn of Africa
Ecological Civilization
EU-China Relations
Vincent Joel Proulx
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
438
154
0.352
public and private international law
international dispute settlement
counterterrorism
comparative law
international relatio
May Al Dabbagh
New York University Shanghai
Pudong, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
285
132
0.463
Gender
Globalization
Geopolitics of Knowledge Production
Arab Gulf States
Daniel De Bonis
Columbia University New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225
53
0.236
bureaucracy
public administration
public policy implementation
public management
state elites
Juan José Guzmán Ayala
Columbia University New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
29
1.000
Climate Adaptation
Food systems
Climate Finance
Climate-aligned Fiscal Policy
Planetary Health
Nurbek Kabizhan
Columbia University New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
17
0.739
performance management
performance evaluation
performance measurement
performance appraisal
organizational performance
Sanjana Malhotra
Columbia University New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
7
0.500
organizations
technology
science and technology studies
public health