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
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Federal Income Taxation and Tax Policy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,954
664
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Auditing
Enterprise Risk Management
Corporate Governance
Judgment and Decision Making
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,881
814
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Economic Sociology
Organizational Sociology
Work
Political Economy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,677
1,455
0.868
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Initial public offerings
short sale constraints
international finance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,670
950
0.569
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Ranking Based On Selection :5
Industrial Organization and Public Policy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,599
141
0.088
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Migration
International trade and migration
Hiking
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,455
236
0.162
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Tax
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Last 6 Years
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1,421
822
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Pension finance
privatization
international finance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,174
472
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Economic history
health economics
applied microeconomics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,156
597
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
979
140
0.143
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Applied microeconomics
Industrial organization
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
850
258
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
637
102
0.160
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Marital sorting
Finance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
554
81
0.146
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Finance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
505
359
0.711
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
microeconomics
agent-based modeling
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
503
46
0.091
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Corporate Finance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
493
472
0.957
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
481
72
0.150
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Corporate Finance
Executive Compensation
Insider Trading
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
450
373
0.829
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Accounting
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Last 6 Years
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397
347
0.874
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Labor economics
behavioral economics
economics of education
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Last 6 Years
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394
32
0.081
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Time Series Analysis
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Last 6 Years
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330
146
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Empirical Asset Pricing
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
296
222
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Corporate Finance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
290
81
0.279
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Ranking Based On Selection :24
Behavioral Finance
Investor Behavior
Behavioral Biases
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
265
247
0.932
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Finance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197
167
0.848
Thomas Porcano
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,954
664
0.340
Federal Income Taxation and Tax Policy
Brian Ballou
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,881
814
0.433
Auditing
Enterprise Risk Management
Corporate Governance
Judgment and Decision Making
William Attwood Charles
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,677
1,455
0.868
Economic Sociology
Organizational Sociology
Work
Political Economy
Thomas J Boulton
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,670
950
0.569
Initial public offerings
short sale constraints
international finance
James Brock
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,599
141
0.088
Industrial Organization and Public Policy
James Dunlevy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,455
236
0.162
Migration
International trade and migration
Hiking
William Moser
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,421
822
0.578
Joel Harper
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Last 6 Years
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1,174
472
0.402
Pension finance
privatization
international finance
Melissa Thomasson
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,156
597
0.516
Economic history
health economics
applied microeconomics
Steven Elliott
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
979
140
0.143
Charles Moul
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
850
258
0.304
Applied microeconomics
Industrial organization
Barnali Gupta
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
637
102
0.160
Daniel Seiver
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Last 6 Years
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554
81
0.146
Marital sorting
Finance
Feifei Wang
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
505
359
0.711
Mark Mcbride
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
503
46
0.091
microeconomics
agent-based modeling
David Yin
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493
472
0.957
George Davis
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Last 6 Years
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481
72
0.150
Lee Biggerstaff
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
450
373
0.829
Corporate Finance
Executive Compensation
Insider Trading
Po-Chang Chen
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Last 6 Years
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397
347
0.874
Michael Curme
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
394
32
0.081
Labor economics
behavioral economics
economics of education
Jing Li
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Last 6 Years
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330
146
0.442
Haim Kassa
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Last 6 Years / Total
296
222
0.750
Empirical Asset Pricing
Terry D Nixon
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290
81
0.279
Corey A Shank
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
265
247
0.932
Behavioral Finance
Investor Behavior
Behavioral Biases
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Bradley A Goldie
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197
167
0.848