Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
Financial Accounting
Auditing
Corporate Governance
Carbon Accounting
COVID-19
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,013
3,820
0.952
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Ranking Based On Selection :2
Emission trading system
Global climate governance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,614
1,609
0.997
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Ranking Based On Selection :3
FinTech
Investments
Sustainable Finance
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
806
792
0.983
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
698
601
0.861
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Ranking Based On Selection :5
Asset Pricing
Portfolio Optimization
Extreme Returns
Financial Markets
Energy Economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
446
440
0.987
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
asset pricing
risk management
international financial markets
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
437
436
0.998
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Sustainable Development
Micro-Macroeconomics
International Economics
Development Economics
Industrial Organization
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229
228
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
122
0.841
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Ranking Based On Selection :9
World Economy
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
83
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Affective computing on video content
content-aware video adaptation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
66
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Urban Transportation
Automated Vehicles
Experimental Economics
Game Theory
Paradox
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
59
0.787
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Evolutionary Games
Complex Systems
Lightning Network
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
36
0.720
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Economic policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
33
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Hardware
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
4
0.138
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Ranking Based On Selection :15
Macroeconomics
Financial Economics
Monetary Economics
International Finance
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
16
0.571
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Ranking Based On Selection :16
Economic complexity
knowledge and cultural complexity
uncertainty
innovation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
25
1.000
Bilal
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,013
3,820
0.952
Financial Accounting
Auditing
Corporate Governance
Carbon Accounting
COVID-19
Sun Yongping
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,614
1,609
0.997
Emission trading system
Global climate governance
Ghulam Mujtaba Kayani
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
806
792
0.983
FinTech
Investments
Sustainable Finance
Cheng-Feng Wu
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
698
601
0.861
Fahad Ali
Hubei Minzu University
Chao, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
446
440
0.987
Asset Pricing
Portfolio Optimization
Extreme Returns
Financial Markets
Energy Economics
Huaigang Long
Hubei Minzu University
Chao, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
437
436
0.998
asset pricing
risk management
international financial markets
Anselme Andriamahery
Hubei Polytechnic University
Huangshi, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229
228
0.996
Sustainable Development
Micro-Macroeconomics
International Economics
Development Economics
Industrial Organization
瓜啊
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
122
0.841
Saddam Hussain
Hubei University
Wuhan, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
83
0.624
Hu Shenghong
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
66
0.653
Affective computing on video content
content-aware video adaptation
Hang Qi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
59
0.787
Urban Transportation
Automated Vehicles
Experimental Economics
Game Theory
Paradox
Hong Zhang
Hubei Minzu University
Chao, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
36
0.720
Evolutionary Games
Complex Systems
Lightning Network
Qianbin Feng
Hubei Minzu University
Chao, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
33
1.000
Jianyu Tang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
4
0.138
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Hardware
Ge Zhou
Hubei Minzu University
Chao, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
16
0.571
Macroeconomics
Financial Economics
Monetary Economics
International Finance
Linzhuo Li
Hubei Minzu University
Chao, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
25
1.000
Economic complexity
knowledge and cultural complexity
uncertainty
innovation