Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Education / Education (Other, All) Highly Cited Researchers 26 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
STEM Education
Legal Epidemiology
Geospatial Analysis
Community Psychology
Urban Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,370
7,846
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
equity
African American
culturally relevant pedagogy
African Diaspora Literacy
African American Language
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,203
1,627
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
motor competence
motor development
sports pedagogy
physical activity
motivation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,504
2,159
0.862
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Applied Nonparametric Statistics
Experimental Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,126
584
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Education Law and Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,826
907
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
critical pedagogy
Paulo freire
curriculum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,302
886
0.680
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Educational Research and Measurement
Ethics in assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,047
908
0.867
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
peer social dynamics
early adolescent development
teacher attunement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,029
841
0.817
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Science Education
Elementary Science Teacher Preparation
Plant Process (respiration
transpiration
etc.) Instruction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,021
475
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
science education
special education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
780
420
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Second Language Acquisition
Spanish Applied Linguistics
CALL
feedback
task
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
745
334
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
stringed instruments
music education
teacher education
technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
616
185
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
education
community engagement
school reform
critical race theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
610
367
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
mass spectrometry
glycobiology
HCC
graduate education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
479
455
0.950
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
critical literacy
cultural literacy
globalizing the classroom
inquiry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
373
202
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Education Economics
International Development Economics
Environmental Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199
159
0.799
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Multilingual education
Teacher education
Translanguaging in educational contexts
teacher identity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
121
0.823
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
educational leadership
assessment
teacher engagement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
140
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
79
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Critical & feminist pedagogy
critical multicultural & global art education
community-based art education
traumas
performative and mixed methodologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
98
0.961
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
School libraries
Critical Youth Studies
children's and young adult literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
63
0.840
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
5
0.085
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Educational Policy
Equitable Schooling
Educational Leadership
Foundations of Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
46
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Multicultural Education
Diversity
Culturally Responsive Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Culturally Relevant/Sustaining Pedagogy/Teaching
Monoliths
Multicultural Education
Racial Literacy
Whiteness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,458
17,875
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
William F Tate
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,370
7,846
0.385
STEM Education
Legal Epidemiology
Geospatial Analysis
Community Psychology
Urban Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
311,260
104,195
305
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Gloria Boutte
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,203
1,627
0.508
equity
African American
culturally relevant pedagogy
African Diaspora Literacy
African American Language
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
379,366
123,064
371
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
An De Meester
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,504
2,159
0.862
motor competence
motor development
sports pedagogy
physical activity
motivation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
428,780
136,580
415
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Michael A Seaman
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,126
584
0.275
Applied Nonparametric Statistics
Experimental Design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
477,269
149,620
458
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Derek Black
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,826
907
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
592,346
179,658
550
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
James Kirylo
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,302
886
0.680
critical pedagogy
Paulo freire
curriculum
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
670,116
199,297
612
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jin Liu
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,047
908
0.867
Educational Research and Measurement
Ethics in assessment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
676,363
200,851
617
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Molly Dawes
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,029
841
0.817
peer social dynamics
early adolescent development
teacher attunement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
679,366
201,595
622
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Stephen Thompson
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,021
475
0.465
Science Education
Elementary Science Teacher Preparation
Plant Process (respiration
transpiration
etc.) Instruction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
775,050
224,011
686
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Bridget Miller
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
780
420
0.538
science education
special education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
790,902
227,472
694
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Nina Moreno
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
745
334
0.448
Second Language Acquisition
Spanish Applied Linguistics
CALL
feedback
task
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
854,927
241,299
718
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Gail V Barnes
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
616
185
0.300
stringed instruments
music education
teacher education
technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
857,847
241,932
721
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Daniella Ann Cook
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
610
367
0.602
education
community engagement
school reform
critical race theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
946,847
258,591
304
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Connor A West
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
479
455
0.950
mass spectrometry
glycobiology
HCC
graduate education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,048,875
275,380
796
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Lenny Sanchez
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
373
202
0.542
critical literacy
cultural literacy
globalizing the classroom
inquiry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,313,730
313,696
864
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Chandini Sankaran
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199
159
0.799
Education Economics
International Development Economics
Environmental Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,444,987
331,843
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Refika Turgut
University of South Carolina Upstate
Spartanburg, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
121
0.823
Multilingual education
Teacher education
Translanguaging in educational contexts
teacher identity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,461,751
334,133
903
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jingtong Dou|Jingtong Dou
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
140
0.993
educational leadership
assessment
teacher engagement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,514,396
341,384
924
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jennifer D Morrison
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
79
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,595,978
352,488
954
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Hyunji Kwon
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
98
0.961
Critical & feminist pedagogy
critical multicultural & global art education
community-based art education
traumas
performative and mixed methodologies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,714,129
368,741
1,009
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jenna Spiering
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
63
0.840
School libraries
Critical Youth Studies
children's and young adult literature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,799,440
380,304
1,052
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Joe Flora
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
5
0.085
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,872,579
390,182
1,077
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
David Osworth
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
46
1.000
Educational Policy
Equitable Schooling
Educational Leadership
Foundations of Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,123,435
421,426
1,178
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ali Hassanpour
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
Multicultural Education
Diversity
Culturally Responsive Leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,255,446
435,662
1,249
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Haidy G Diaz
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
Culturally Relevant/Sustaining Pedagogy/Teaching
Monoliths
Multicultural Education
Racial Literacy
Whiteness