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.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Development Economics
Transition Economics
Inequality
Macroeconomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,541
2,117
0.156
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Local development
social capital
innovation and cities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,973
1,796
0.150
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
regional economics
industrial economics
local development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,378
1,606
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,019
2,290
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Filiere agroalimentari
Politica agraria
Sviluppo rurale
Qualità dei prodotti alimentari
Politiche ambientali
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,630
2,058
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Accounting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,857
2,751
0.713
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Innovation
networks
geography of innovation
clusters and industrial districts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,472
1,966
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
development economics
agricultural economics
rural development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,124
1,363
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Sustainability reporting
Accountability
Nonprofit
CSR
Social and Environmental Accounting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,456
2,275
0.926
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
applied economics
environmental economics
agricultural economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,019
1,059
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Econometrics
Time Series
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,900
521
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
accounting and finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,818
1,645
0.905
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
two-sided markets
media economics
internet economics
empirical IO
applied IO
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,744
849
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Rural development and Food Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,611
1,462
0.908
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,527
269
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
social and cooperative enterprises
non profit organisations
financial and sustainability reports
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,439
806
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Energy Economics
Environmental Economics
Market Reforms & Regulation
Economics of Innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,397
810
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Economic geography
Urban growth
Sustainable Development
Land Use Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,289
939
0.728
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
inequality
distributive justice
statistical learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,226
837
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
quantitative finance
probability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,176
402
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Human Social Behavior
Evolutionary Game Theory
Behavioral Economics
Norms and Institutions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,159
957
0.826
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
International economic history
business history
financial history
family capitalism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,140
312
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
849
604
0.711
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
economic geography
clusters
transition towards sustainability
geography of innovation
evolutionary economic geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
835
579
0.693
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Credit
Utilities regulation
Regulatory Quality
Better regulation
Asymmetric information and incentives
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
824
281
0.341
Giovanni Andrea Cornia
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Firenze, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,541
2,117
0.156
Development Economics
Transition Economics
Inequality
Macroeconomics
Carlo Trigilia
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Firenze, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,973
1,796
0.150
Local development
social capital
innovation and cities
Marco Bellandi
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Firenze, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,378
1,606
0.299
regional economics
industrial economics
local development
Giorgio Calzolari
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Firenze, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,019
2,290
0.456
Giovanni Belletti
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Firenze, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,630
2,058
0.444
Filiere agroalimentari
Politica agraria
Sviluppo rurale
Qualità dei prodotti alimentari
Politiche ambientali
Giacomo Manetti
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Firenze, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,857
2,751
0.713
Francesco Capone
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Firenze, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,472
1,966
0.566
Innovation
networks
geography of innovation
clusters and industrial districts
Donato Romano
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Firenze, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,124
1,363
0.436
development economics
agricultural economics
rural development
Marco Bellucci
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Firenze, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,456
2,275
0.926
Sustainability reporting
Accountability
Nonprofit
CSR
Social and Environmental Accounting
Gianluca Stefani
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Firenze, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,019
1,059
0.525
applied economics
environmental economics
agricultural economics
Gabriele Fiorentini
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Firenze, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,900
521
0.274
Francesco Mazzi
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Firenze, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,818
1,645
0.905
accounting and finance
Lapo Filistrucchi
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Firenze, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,744
849
0.487
two-sided markets
media economics
internet economics
empirical IO
applied IO
Fabio Boncinelli
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Firenze, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,611
1,462
0.908
Rural development and Food Economics
Giorgio Calzolari
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Firenze, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,527
269
0.176
Luca Bagnoli
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Firenze, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,439
806
0.560
social and cooperative enterprises
non profit organisations
financial and sustainability reports
Stefano Clò
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Firenze, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,397
810
0.580
Energy Economics
Environmental Economics
Market Reforms & Regulation
Economics of Innovation
Federico Martellozzo
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Firenze, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,289
939
0.728
Economic geography
Urban growth
Sustainable Development
Land Use Change
Paolo Brunori
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Firenze, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,226
837
0.683
inequality
distributive justice
statistical learning
Maria Elvira Mancino
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Firenze, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,176
402
0.342
quantitative finance
probability
Leonardo Boncinelli
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Firenze, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,159
957
0.826
Human Social Behavior
Evolutionary Game Theory
Behavioral Economics
Norms and Institutions
Luciano Segreto
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Firenze, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,140
312
0.274
International economic history
business history
financial history
family capitalism
Alessandro Tampieri
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Firenze, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
849
604
0.711
Filippo Randelli
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Firenze, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
835
579
0.693
economic geography
clusters
transition towards sustainability
geography of innovation
evolutionary economic geography
Giuseppe Coco
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Firenze, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
824
281
0.341
Credit
Utilities regulation
Regulatory Quality
Better regulation
Asymmetric information and incentives