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
Industrial Economics
Economics of Innovation
Economics of Innovation and Technological Change
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,106
6,509
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Agent Based Modeling
Monetary Economics
Macroeconomics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,214
2,504
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
spatial statistics and spatial econometrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,940
2,024
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,749
1,833
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Labour Economics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,597
1,765
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Economics of innovation
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,328
2,353
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Economics of Innovations. Economics of Science
Intellectual Property Rights
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,324
1,550
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
public economics
political economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,165
1,081
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
economic policy
environmental and resource economics
eco-innovation
economic development
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,840
1,522
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Environmental Economics
Economics of Innovation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,326
2,729
0.821
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Empirical Corporate Finance
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,149
1,941
0.616
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Public economics
health economics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,090
1,380
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Islamic Finance
Sovereign Wealth Funds
Emerging Markets
Commodities
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,083
3,023
0.981
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
behavioral/experimental economics
economics of science
human-robot interactions
economic geography
network analysis
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,817
852
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
peace economics
defense and peace economics
economics of conflict
economic sanctions
arms trade
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,572
1,332
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Industrial Dynamics
International trade
Theory of the Firm
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,369
1,291
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
International trade
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,154
1,030
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Economic psychology
Consumer Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,899
1,253
0.660
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
macro
public finance
monetary policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,807
206
0.114
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Economics of Innovation
International Trade
Applied Econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,772
892
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
economic sociology
digital labour
sharing economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,740
1,249
0.718
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Economics of Innovation
Intellectual Property
Applied Econometrics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,662
1,266
0.762
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,568
407
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,484
811
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
agricultural economics
environmental economics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,428
1,196
0.838
Marco Vivarelli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,106
6,509
0.404
Industrial Economics
Economics of Innovation
Economics of Innovation and Technological Change
Domenico Delli Gatti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,214
2,504
0.403
Agent Based Modeling
Monetary Economics
Macroeconomics
Giuseppe Arbia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,940
2,024
0.341
spatial statistics and spatial econometrics
Lorenzo Cappellari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,749
1,833
0.319
Lucifora Claudio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,597
1,765
0.315
Mariacristina Piva
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,328
2,353
0.544
Fabio Montobbio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,324
1,550
0.358
Economics of Innovations. Economics of Science
Intellectual Property Rights
Massimo Bordignon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,165
1,081
0.260
public economics
political economics
Roberto Zoboli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,840
1,522
0.396
economic policy
environmental and resource economics
eco-innovation
economic development
Claudia Ghisetti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,326
2,729
0.821
Environmental Economics
Economics of Innovation
Ettore Croci
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,149
1,941
0.616
Gilberto Turati
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,090
1,380
0.447
Public economics
health economics
Andrea Paltrinieri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,083
3,023
0.981
Islamic Finance
Sovereign Wealth Funds
Emerging Markets
Commodities
Mario A Maggioni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,817
852
0.302
behavioral/experimental economics
economics of science
human-robot interactions
economic geography
network analysis
Raul Caruso
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,572
1,332
0.518
peace economics
defense and peace economics
economics of conflict
economic sanctions
arms trade
Marco Grazzi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,369
1,291
0.545
Industrial Dynamics
International trade
Theory of the Firm
Rosario Crinò
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,154
1,030
0.478
Edoardo Lozza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,899
1,253
0.660
Economic psychology
Consumer Psychology
Giampaolo Galli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,807
206
0.114
macro
public finance
monetary policy
Maria Luisa Mancusi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,772
892
0.503
Economics of Innovation
International Trade
Applied Econometrics
Ivana Pais
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,740
1,249
0.718
economic sociology
digital labour
sharing economy
Gabriele Pellegrino
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,662
1,266
0.762
Economics of Innovation
Intellectual Property
Applied Econometrics
Gian Paolo Barbetta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,568
407
0.260
Emilio Colombo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,484
811
0.546
Silvia Coderoni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,428
1,196
0.838
agricultural economics
environmental economics