Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationBusiness & Management / Strategic 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
Decision Sciences
Business Analytics
Multivariate Analysis Methods
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
272,019
221,162
0.813
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
management
organization
strategy
rebalancing society
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246,091
47,302
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
strategic management
entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
236,085
78,205
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139,451
46,136
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Management
Organizational Behavior
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Organizational Research Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,111
70,904
0.595
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,926
42,225
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
organizational learning
complex adaptive systems
technology strategy
management of technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,963
30,307
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Strategy
Strategic Management
Family Business
Family Firms
Entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,339
34,098
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
strategic management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,903
24,884
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
economics
organizations
innovation
evolutionary theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,948
22,279
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Social networks
knowledge
computational models
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,554
32,644
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Compassion
Positive identity
generosity
job crafting
high quality connections
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,737
30,329
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
strategy
marketing
eTourism
tourism
hospitality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,130
47,767
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Leadership
Interpersonal relationships
Groups
Career Progression
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,079
32,346
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Tourism
Hospitality
Technology Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,762
44,602
0.597
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Strategic HRM
HRM
Executive Succession
Human Resource Management
Human Capital
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,142
26,406
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
meta-analysis
research synthesis
systematic reviews
evidence-based policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,825
42,831
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Strategic management
entrepreneurship
supply chain strategy
research methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,760
30,960
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Strategic Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,655
19,733
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Management
IT Strategy
Strategy
Digital business
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,161
15,931
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Careers
work-life
leadership development
career development
protean careers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,348
15,574
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Strategy and Organisation
strategy process
strategy change
power and political process
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,257
11,544
0.185
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Technology Acceptance
Technology Management
Operations Management
PLS
Technology Adoption
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,377
45,405
0.740
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,835
27,132
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Management
Innovation
Strategy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,853
19,116
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
307
12
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Christian M Ringle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
272,019
221,162
0.813
Decision Sciences
Business Analytics
Multivariate Analysis Methods
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
461
22
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Henry Mintzberg
McGill University
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246,091
47,302
0.192
management
organization
strategy
rebalancing society
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
533
214
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jay Barney
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
236,085
78,205
0.331
strategic management
entrepreneurship
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,622
724
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Michael A Hitt
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139,451
46,136
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,183
1,013
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Nathan Podsakoff
University of Arizona
Tucson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,111
70,904
0.595
Management
Organizational Behavior
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Organizational Research Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,236
1,042
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Donald C Hambrick
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,926
42,225
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,343
1,101
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Daniel Levinthal
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,963
30,307
0.264
organizational learning
complex adaptive systems
technology strategy
management of technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,528
94
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Danny Miller
HEC Montréal École de Gestion
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,339
34,098
0.309
Strategy
Strategic Management
Family Business
Family Firms
Entrepreneurship
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,156
175
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Robert M Grant
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,903
24,884
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,565
1,694
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sidney G Winter
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,948
22,279
0.240
economics
organizations
innovation
evolutionary theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,807
1,814
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Stephen P Borgatti
University of Kentucky
Lexington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,554
32,644
0.365
Social networks
knowledge
computational models
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,244
2,009
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jane Dutton
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,737
30,329
0.362
Compassion
Positive identity
generosity
job crafting
high quality connections
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,589
366
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Dimitrios Buhalis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,130
47,767
0.596
strategy
marketing
eTourism
tourism
hospitality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,824
2,292
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Robert C Liden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,079
32,346
0.414
Leadership
Interpersonal relationships
Groups
Career Progression
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,212
4
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Rob Law
University of Macau
Macau, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,762
44,602
0.597
Tourism
Hospitality
Technology Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,391
2,549
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Patrick M Wright
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,142
26,406
0.361
Strategic HRM
HRM
Executive Succession
Human Resource Management
Human Capital
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,086
2,885
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Hannah R Rothstein
CUNY Baruch College
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,825
42,831
0.631
meta-analysis
research synthesis
systematic reviews
evidence-based policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,391
3,017
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Dave Ketchen
Auburn University
Auburn, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,760
30,960
0.471
Strategic management
entrepreneurship
supply chain strategy
research methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,414
3,025
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Gregory Dess
University of Texas Dallas
Richardson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,655
19,733
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,650
3,139
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
N Venkat Venkatraman
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,161
15,931
0.248
Management
IT Strategy
Strategy
Digital business
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,975
3,305
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Douglas T Tim Hall
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,348
15,574
0.250
Careers
work-life
leadership development
career development
protean careers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,996
602
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Andrew Pettigrew
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,257
11,544
0.185
Strategy and Organisation
strategy process
strategy change
power and political process
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,166
8
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
T Ramayah|Ramayah Thurasamy, Thurasamy, R.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Penang, Malaysia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,377
45,405
0.740
Technology Acceptance
Technology Management
Operations Management
PLS
Technology Adoption
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,278
3,447
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Luis Gomez Mejia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,835
27,132
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,443
119
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Georg Von Krogh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,853
19,116
0.319
Management
Innovation
Strategy