Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationEducation / Educational Administration Rankings 2025
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
Education administration
Emotional Labor
Emotion in organizations
Career
leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,091
5,113
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Higher Education
Educational Administration
Leadership
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,357
6,198
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Burnout
measurement and evaluation
neuropedagogy
educational administration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,599
2,660
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Educational Leadership
Educational Management
Educational Administration
School Leadership
Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,547
3,241
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Educational administration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,542
3,340
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Educational Administration & Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,064
3,960
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
school improvement
educational leadership
comparative education
International Baccalaureate
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,258
3,294
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
elementary educational administration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,155
3,319
0.644
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Educational Leadership
Instructional Leadership
Educational Administration
Eğitim Yönetimi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,035
4,660
0.926
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Education Policy
Educational Administration
Critical Pedagogy
Critical Education Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,969
2,426
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Educational leadership
data-based decision making
data use
technology
educational administration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,784
1,589
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Educational Administration
Educational leadership
Instructional Leadership
School Improvement
Eğitim Yönetimi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,683
4,116
0.879
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Change Management
Organization Behavior
HRM
Educational Management
Tourism Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,645
3,672
0.791
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Educational Administration
Educational Leadership
Eğitim Yönetimi
Liderlik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,479
3,132
0.699
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Educational administration
educational leadership
teacher learning and practice
school improvement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,424
3,062
0.692
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Open education
Educational management
Educational technology
Smart learning
Disability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,770
3,137
0.832
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
educational technology
educational management
open education
smart learning
disability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,732
3,125
0.837
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Education policy
governance of education systems
educational management
higher education
educational innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,618
1,352
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
deeper learning
school technology leadership
educational leadership
technology
educational administration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,252
1,409
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Educational Management Administration and Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,225
1,520
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
manajemen pendidikan
manajeminisasi model pendidikan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,121
3,120
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Educational Administration
Educational Change
Distributed Leadership
Teacher Leadership
Social Justice Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,109
1,840
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Eğitim Yönetimi
Educational Administration
planlama
mekan yönetimi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,067
1,608
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Engineering
Electromechanics
Educational Administration
Mountain Climbing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,968
1,918
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Educational administration
educational law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,791
1,106
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,179
757
169
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Izhar Oplatka
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,091
5,113
0.507
Education administration
Emotional Labor
Emotion in organizations
Career
leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,825
450
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Engin Karadağ
Akdeniz University
Antalya, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,357
6,198
0.662
Higher Education
Educational Administration
Leadership
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
133,574
1,116
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Isaac A Friedman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,599
2,660
0.350
Burnout
measurement and evaluation
neuropedagogy
educational administration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,289
7,115
556
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
David Gurr
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,547
3,241
0.495
Educational Leadership
Educational Management
Educational Administration
School Leadership
Leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,408
850
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ferudun Sezgin
Gazi University
Ankara, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,542
3,340
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
169,036
971
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Murat Özdemir
Hacettepe University
Ankara, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,064
3,960
0.653
Educational Administration & Leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
194,355
8,782
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Moosung Lee
University of Canberra
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,258
3,294
0.626
school improvement
educational leadership
comparative education
International Baccalaureate
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
198,178
618
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Usaud Upi Edu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,155
3,319
0.644
elementary educational administration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
202,729
1,306
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Mehmet Şükrü Bellibaş
Adıyaman University
Adıyaman, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,035
4,660
0.926
Educational Leadership
Instructional Leadership
Educational Administration
Eğitim Yönetimi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
205,438
1,332
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ayhan Ural
Gazi University
Ankara, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,969
2,426
0.488
Education Policy
Educational Administration
Critical Pedagogy
Critical Education Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
213,086
75,633
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Vincent Cho
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,784
1,589
0.332
Educational leadership
data-based decision making
data use
technology
educational administration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
217,455
2,046
410
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Sedat Gümüş
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,683
4,116
0.879
Educational Administration
Educational leadership
Instructional Leadership
School Improvement
Eğitim Yönetimi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
219,075
1,602
97
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Dimitrios Belias|Μπελιάς Δημήτριος, Δημήτριος Μπελιάς, Belias Dimitrios
University of Thessaly
Volos, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,645
3,672
0.791
Change Management
Organization Behavior
HRM
Educational Management
Tourism Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
226,607
1,580
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Turgut Karaköse
Kütahya Dumlupınar University
Kütahya, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,479
3,132
0.699
Educational Administration
Educational Leadership
Eğitim Yönetimi
Liderlik
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
229,259
1,618
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ali Çağatay Kılınç
Karabük University
Karabük, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,424
3,062
0.692
Educational administration
educational leadership
teacher learning and practice
school improvement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
265,123
54
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Fahriye Altınay Aksal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,770
3,137
0.832
Open education
Educational management
Educational technology
Smart learning
Disability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
267,464
56
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Zehra Altınay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,732
3,125
0.837
educational technology
educational management
open education
smart learning
disability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
274,736
711
125
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Gábor Halász
Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,618
1,352
0.374
Education policy
governance of education systems
educational management
higher education
educational innovation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
300,961
101,102
336
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Scott Mcleod Jd
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,252
1,409
0.433
deeper learning
school technology leadership
educational leadership
technology
educational administration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
303,077
2,693
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Şakir Çınkır
Ankara University
Ankara, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,225
1,520
0.471
Educational Management Administration and Leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
311,354
1,378
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Syahrani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,121
3,120
1.000
manajemen pendidikan
manajeminisasi model pendidikan
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
312,426
2,847
77
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Kadir Beycioğlu
Dokuz Eylül University
İzmir, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,109
1,840
0.592
Educational Administration
Educational Change
Distributed Leadership
Teacher Leadership
Social Justice Leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
315,977
2,912
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
İbrahim Kocabaş
Yıldız Technical University
İstanbul, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,067
1,608
0.524
Eğitim Yönetimi
Educational Administration
planlama
mekan yönetimi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
324,635
401
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Mykhaylo Zagirnyak Михайло Загірняк Михаил Загирняк
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,968
1,918
0.646
Engineering
Electromechanics
Educational Administration
Mountain Climbing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
341,241
3,377
119
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Yasemin Karaman Kepenekci
Ankara University
Ankara, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,791
1,106
0.396
Educational administration
educational law