Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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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
Finance
financial regulation
economic growth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197,626
59,318
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Finance
Economics
Regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158,504
40,222
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Financial Development
Banking
Firm Access to Finance
Financial Inclusion ...
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,943
53,406
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Financial Econometrics
Asset Pricing
Time Series Econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,775
31,541
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Corporate Finance
Financial Institutions
Risk Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,035
36,307
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
finance
economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,625
33,886
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Corporate Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,459
42,663
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,278
29,469
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Banking
financial intermediation
corporate finance
asset pricing
financial crises
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,932
28,961
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Finance
Economics
Asset Pricing
Corporate Finance
Behavioral Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,894
31,640
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,870
14,789
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Accounting
economic sociology
governmentality
public management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,255
19,397
0.265
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,212
22,294
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
finance
transition economies
regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,337
18,684
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Accounting
Finance
Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,973
17,213
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
accounting earnings
earnings management
financial analysts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,507
24,471
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
international finance
international trade
China
economic development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,118
19,387
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,023
25,011
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
finance
central banking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,792
13,624
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Accounting
Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,689
20,713
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
social economics and finance
behavioral economics and finance
investments
corporate finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,498
23,006
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Machine Learning
Data Science
Big Data
Cloud Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,963
17,153
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Finance
Initial Public Offerings
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,564
14,657
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Financial accounting
finance
economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,481
18,524
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
financial history
economic history
German history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,189
16,058
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
830
333
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ross Levine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197,626
59,318
0.300
Finance
financial regulation
economic growth
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,262
27
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Florencio Lopez de Silanes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158,504
40,222
0.254
Finance
Economics
Regulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,729
778
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Asli Demirguc-Kunt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,943
53,406
0.396
Financial Development
Banking
Firm Access to Finance
Financial Inclusion ...
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,889
857
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Tim Bollerslev
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,775
31,541
0.245
Financial Econometrics
Asset Pricing
Time Series Econometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,082
959
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
René Stulz
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,035
36,307
0.298
Corporate Finance
Financial Institutions
Risk Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,160
1,001
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Raghuram Rajan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,625
33,886
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,167
1,004
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Luigi Zingales
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,459
42,663
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,006
1,436
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sheridan Titman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,278
29,469
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,028
238
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Franklin Allen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,932
28,961
0.287
Banking
financial intermediation
corporate finance
asset pricing
financial crises
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,219
1,543
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Campbell R Harvey
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,894
31,640
0.323
Finance
Economics
Asset Pricing
Corporate Finance
Behavioral Finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,850
2,309
122
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Myron Scholes
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,870
14,789
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,375
442
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Peter Miller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,255
19,397
0.265
Accounting
economic sociology
governmentality
public management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,382
2,547
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Rajiv Banker
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,212
22,294
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,873
495
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Simeon Djankov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,337
18,684
0.269
finance
transition economies
regulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,352
3,000
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ross Watts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,973
17,213
0.261
Accounting
Finance
Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,429
3,033
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Patricia M Dechow
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,507
24,471
0.374
accounting earnings
earnings management
financial analysts
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,657
3,142
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Shang Jin Wei
Columbia University New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,118
19,387
0.302
international finance
international trade
China
economic development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,670
3,149
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
John R Graham
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,023
25,011
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,082
3,356
162
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Darrell Duffie
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,792
13,624
0.220
finance
central banking
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,104
3,367
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Richard Sloan
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,689
20,713
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,140
3,381
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
David Hirshleifer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,498
23,006
0.374
social economics and finance
behavioral economics and finance
investments
corporate finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,255
3,437
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Robert J Brunner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,963
17,153
0.281
Machine Learning
Data Science
Big Data
Cloud Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,700
3,653
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jay Ritter
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,564
14,657
0.250
Finance
Initial Public Offerings
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,161
3,891
110
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
SP Kothari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,481
18,524
0.328
Financial accounting
finance
economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,227
3,925
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Harold James
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,189
16,058
0.286
financial history
economic history
German history