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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Ranking Based On Selection :1
Environmental Economics
Benefit Cost Analysis
Non-market valuation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,601
3,646
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Macroeconomics
Economic Growth
Environment and Growth
Time Series Econometrics
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,708
2,506
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Behavioral Economics
Experimental Economics
Behavioral Sleep Research
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,413
1,931
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Corporate Governance
Strategic Management
Chinese Management practice
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,366
2,273
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
decision making
experimental methods
applied statistics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,663
836
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
International Business
Business & Society
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,413
512
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
micro economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,322
169
0.128
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
International Macroeconomics
Forecasting
Time Series Econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,096
425
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Environmental Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
858
424
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Environmental economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
807
555
0.688
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
International Trade
Trade and the Environment
Applied Econometrics
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
794
567
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
762
472
0.619
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Experimental Economics
Behavioural Economics
Inequality
Cooperation
Public Goods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
680
531
0.781
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
State and local taxation
Non-profit organizations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
449
223
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
279
187
0.670
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Economic Development
Institutional Economics
International Economics
International/Regional
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192
192
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Executive compensation
Political finance
Corporate governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
121
0.883
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
group work
recruitment & retention of students
accounting education
gender in accounting
decision to major in accounting
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
40
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Finance
Corporate Finance
Economics
Experimental Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
30
0.938
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
15
0.882
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Banking
Business
Ethics
Finance
Law
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
2
0.500
John C Whitehead
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,601
3,646
0.314
Environmental Economics
Benefit Cost Analysis
Non-market valuation
Mark Strazicich
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,708
2,506
0.374
Macroeconomics
Economic Growth
Environment and Growth
Time Series Econometrics
David L Dickinson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,413
1,931
0.357
Behavioral Economics
Experimental Economics
Behavioral Sleep Research
Michael N Young
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,366
2,273
0.424
Corporate Governance
Strategic Management
Chinese Management practice
Nathaniel T Wilcox
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,663
836
0.314
decision making
experimental methods
applied statistics
Martin Meznar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,413
512
0.212
International Business
Business & Society
Garey Durden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,322
169
0.128
Tanya Molodtsova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,096
425
0.388
International Macroeconomics
Forecasting
Time Series Econometrics
O Ashton Morgan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
858
424
0.494
Dennis Guignet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
807
555
0.688
Jayjit Roy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
794
567
0.714
International Trade
Trade and the Environment
Applied Econometrics
David Mcevoy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
762
472
0.619
Abhijit Ramalingam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
680
531
0.781
Experimental Economics
Behavioural Economics
Inequality
Cooperation
Public Goods
Mary Ann Hofmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
449
223
0.497
State and local taxation
Non-profit organizations
Ji Yan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
279
187
0.670
Imran Arif
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192
192
1.000
Economic Development
Institutional Economics
International Economics
International/Regional
Brandy Hadley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
121
0.883
Executive compensation
Political finance
Corporate governance
Rebecca Kaenzig Hutchins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
40
0.325
group work
recruitment & retention of students
accounting education
gender in accounting
decision to major in accounting
Alex Holcomb
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
30
0.938
Finance
Corporate Finance
Economics
Experimental Economics
Jonathan Bitting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
15
0.882
Charles Oswald
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
2
0.500
Banking
Business
Ethics
Finance
Law