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.
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Finance
Econometrics
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Last 6 Years
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3,562
878
0.246
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Accounting Auditing
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1,321
576
0.436
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Motivation
formula funding
management accounting and control
performance management
public sector
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788
229
0.291
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Finance
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Last 6 Years / Total
476
264
0.555
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Ranking Based On Selection :5
Management Accounting
Non-financial reporting
Business Models
ESG
Risk Management and Reporting
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Last 6 Years
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411
324
0.788
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Financial Econometrics
Machine Learning
Microeconometrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
371
297
0.801
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Machine Learning
Financial Econometrics
Financial Economics
Forecasting
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
350
348
0.994
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Asset pricing
Return predictability
Exchange rates
Climate Finance
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247
191
0.773
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Ranking Based On Selection :9
Corporate Finance
Real Estate Finance
Real Options
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Last 6 Years / Total
108
105
0.972
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Finance
Econometrics
Timeseries
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92
79
0.859
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Ranking Based On Selection :11
Household finance
social finance
retail trading
financial literacy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
68
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Financial Economics
Macroeconomics
Bayesian Econometrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
46
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Term structure models
Financial Econometrics
Financial Economics
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34
34
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
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financial accounting
the economics of information
behavioral economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
10
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
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Financial Econometrics
Asset Pricing
Machine Learning
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9
9
1.000
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Time series econometrics
time-varying parameter models
factor models
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4
4
1.000
Tom Engsted
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
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3,562
878
0.246
Claus Holm
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
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1,321
576
0.436
Karina Skovvang Christensen
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
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788
229
0.291
Motivation
formula funding
management accounting and control
performance management
public sector
Thomas Kokholm
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
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Last 6 Years / Total
476
264
0.555
Stefan Schaper
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
411
324
0.788
Management Accounting
Non-financial reporting
Business Models
ESG
Risk Management and Reporting
Bezirgen Veliyev
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
371
297
0.801
Financial Econometrics
Machine Learning
Microeconometrics
Daniel Borup
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
350
348
0.994
Machine Learning
Financial Econometrics
Financial Economics
Forecasting
Jonas Nygaard Eriksen
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247
191
0.773
Asset pricing
Return predictability
Exchange rates
Climate Finance
Anil Kumar
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
105
0.972
Corporate Finance
Real Estate Finance
Real Options
Niels Strange Grønborg
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
79
0.859
Finance
Econometrics
Timeseries
Olga Balakina
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
68
0.800
Household finance
social finance
retail trading
financial literacy
Salman Huseynov
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
46
0.568
Financial Economics
Macroeconomics
Bayesian Econometrics
Jorge Wolfgang Hansen
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
34
1.000
Term structure models
Financial Econometrics
Financial Economics
Nikolaj Niebuhr Lambertsen|Nikolaj Kirkeby Niebuhr
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
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10
10
1.000
financial accounting
the economics of information
behavioral economics
Kristoffer Pons Bertelsen
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
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9
9
1.000
Financial Econometrics
Asset Pricing
Machine Learning
Pierluigi Vallarino
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
Time series econometrics
time-varying parameter models
factor models