Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationBusiness & Management / Public Administration 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
Ecological Economics
Landscape Ecology
Ecosystem Services
Environmental Science
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169,358
65,604
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
organization theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,976
44,483
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
entrepreneurship
technology transfer
corporate social responsibility
innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,231
35,523
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Nutrition
Obesity
Public Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,725
20,450
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Public Administration
Comparative Public Administration
Public Policy
European Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,916
25,272
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Public Health
Epidemiology
Chronic Diseases
Risk factors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,052
67,212
0.908
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
economics
environment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,666
15,710
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Policy development
mental health and public health
training
research and implementation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,097
32,783
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Innovation - Entrepreneurship - Geography - Public Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,764
16,337
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
public policy
policy design
public administration
political science
comparative public policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,690
27,581
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Misinformation
Science Communication
Health Communication
Political Communication
Science and Technology Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,559
21,125
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
public administration
public management
public service motivation
public human resource management
altruism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,617
17,353
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Public health and data science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,516
40,042
0.899
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
trust
leadership
organizational behavior
learning
organizational control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,335
13,535
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
science and technology policy
higher education policy
organization theory
public management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,360
15,774
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Bureaucracy
Organization Studies
Sociology
Public Administration
Ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,915
10,472
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
public health
infectious disease surveillance and epidemiology
human and avian influenza
biostatistics
zoonotic diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,315
37,235
0.924
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Public Opinion - Climate Change - Risk Perception - Risk Communication - Sustainability Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,086
23,901
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Public Management
Bureaucracy
Race
Representation
Behavioral Public Administration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,346
13,113
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Development Economics
Finance
Poverty
Microfinance
Microcredit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,161
10,878
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
public management
public administration
public governance
trust
performance management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,624
13,260
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
public health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,490
34,003
0.958
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Education policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,233
11,092
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Informal economy
undeclared work
public policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,222
13,653
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Molecular epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,213
18,959
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,127
28
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Robert Costanza
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169,358
65,604
0.387
Ecological Economics
Landscape Ecology
Ecosystem Services
Environmental Science
Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,990
918
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Michael D Cohen
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,976
44,483
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,158
1,970
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Donald Siegel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,231
35,523
0.417
entrepreneurship
technology transfer
corporate social responsibility
innovation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,461
2,130
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Kelly D Brownell
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,725
20,450
0.250
Nutrition
Obesity
Public Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,753
2,258
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
B Guy Peters
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,916
25,272
0.320
Public Administration
Comparative Public Administration
Public Policy
European Politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,332
59
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
KR Thankappan
Central University of Kerala
Kasaragod, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,052
67,212
0.908
Public Health
Epidemiology
Chronic Diseases
Risk factors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,449
3,045
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Herman Daly
University of Maryland
College Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,666
15,710
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,100
66
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Mohammad Taghi Yasamy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,097
32,783
0.617
Policy development
mental health and public health
training
research and implementation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,779
4,661
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Maryann Feldman
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,764
16,337
0.322
Innovation - Entrepreneurship - Geography - Public Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,421
406
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Michael Patrick Howlett|Michael Howlett, M. Howlett, Michael Patrick Howlett
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,690
27,581
0.566
public policy
policy design
public administration
political science
comparative public policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,826
5,140
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Dietram A Scheufele
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,559
21,125
0.444
Misinformation
Science Communication
Health Communication
Political Communication
Science and Technology Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,977
5,695
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
James L Perry
Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,617
17,353
0.389
public administration
public management
public service motivation
public human resource management
altruism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,019
96
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Joseph T Wu
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,516
40,042
0.899
Public health and data science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,567
5,959
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sim B Sitkin
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,335
13,535
0.312
trust
leadership
organizational behavior
learning
organizational control
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,521
6,402
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Barry Bozeman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,360
15,774
0.381
science and technology policy
higher education policy
organization theory
public management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,774
112
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Paul Du Gay
Copenhagen Business School
Frederiksberg, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,915
10,472
0.256
Bureaucracy
Organization Studies
Sociology
Public Administration
Ethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,110
118
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Eric Lau
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,315
37,235
0.924
public health
infectious disease surveillance and epidemiology
human and avian influenza
biostatistics
zoonotic diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,236
6,742
115
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Anthony Leiserowitz
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,086
23,901
0.596
Public Opinion - Climate Change - Risk Perception - Risk Communication - Sustainability Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,669
6,935
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Kenneth J Meier
American University
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,346
13,113
0.333
Public Management
Bureaucracy
Race
Representation
Behavioral Public Administration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,402
7,271
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jonathan J Morduch
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,161
10,878
0.285
Development Economics
Finance
Poverty
Microfinance
Microcredit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,729
127
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Geert Bouckaert
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,624
13,260
0.352
public management
public administration
public governance
trust
performance management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,238
19
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Santi Martini *
Universitas Airlangga
Surabaya, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,490
34,003
0.958
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,444
8,193
132
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Helen F Ladd
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,233
11,092
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,074
1,681
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Colin C Williams
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,222
13,653
0.411
Informal economy
undeclared work
public policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,050
118
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Xueling Sim
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,213
18,959
0.589