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
Israel
Izhar Oplatka
Education administration
Emotional Labor
Emotion in organizations
Career
leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,180
5,198
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Türkiye
Engin Karadağ
Higher Education
Educational Administration
Leadership
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,519
6,353
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Israel
Isaac A Friedman
Burnout
measurement and evaluation
neuropedagogy
educational administration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,639
2,700
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Australia
David Gurr
Educational Leadership
Educational Management
Educational Administration
School Leadership
Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,582
3,276
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Türkiye
Ferudun Sezgin
Educational administration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,453
3,337
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Türkiye
Murat Özdemir
Educational Administration & Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,150
4,041
0.657
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Australia
Moosung Lee
school improvement
educational leadership
comparative education
International Baccalaureate
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,291
3,321
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Indonesia
Usaud Upi Edu
elementary educational administration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,191
3,356
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Türkiye
Mehmet Şükrü Bellibaş
Educational Leadership
Equity
Educational Innovation
Eğitim Yönetimi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,173
4,795
0.927
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Türkiye
Ayhan Ural
Education Policy
Educational Administration
Critical Pedagogy
Critical Education Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,034
2,487
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Denmark
Sedat Gümüş
Educational Administration
Educational leadership
Instructional Leadership
School Improvement
Eğitim Yönetimi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,812
4,244
0.882
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
United States
Vincent Cho
Educational leadership
data-based decision making
data use
technology
educational administration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,804
1,605
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Greece
Dimitrios Belias|Μπελιάς Δημήτριος, Δημήτριος Μπελιάς, Belias Dimitrios
Change Management
Organization Behavior
HRM
Educational Management
Tourism Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,701
3,729
0.793
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Türkiye
Turgut Karaköse
Educational Administration
Educational Leadership
Eğitim Yönetimi
Liderlik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,607
3,260
0.708
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Türkiye
Ali Çağatay Kılınç
Educational administration
educational leadership
teacher learning and practice
school improvement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,507
3,140
0.697
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Hungary
Gábor Halász
Education policy
governance of education systems
educational management
higher education
educational innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,480
1,575
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Fahriye Altınay Aksal
Open education
Educational management
Educational technology
Smart learning
Disability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,867
3,234
0.836
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Zehra Altınay
educational technology
educational management
open education
smart learning
disability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,811
3,203
0.840
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
United States
Scott Mcleod Jd
deeper learning
school technology leadership
educational leadership
technology
educational administration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,275
1,429
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Türkiye
Şakir Çınkır
Educational Management Administration and Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,246
1,540
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Indonesia
Syahrani
manajemen pendidikan
manajeminisasi model pendidikan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,187
3,185
0.999
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Türkiye
Kadir Beycioğlu
Educational Administration
Educational Change
Distributed Leadership
Teacher Leadership
Social Justice Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,145
1,877
0.597
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Türkiye
İbrahim Kocabaş
Eğitim Yönetimi
Educational Administration
planlama
mekan yönetimi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,097
1,637
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Ukraine
Mykhaylo Zagirnyak Михайло Загірняк Михаил Загирняк
Engineering
Electromechanics
Educational Administration
Mountain Climbing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,972
1,922
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Türkiye
Yasemin Karaman Kepenekci
Educational administration
educational law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,802
1,114
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,545
Israel
757
167
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Izhar Oplatka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,180
5,198
0.511
Education administration
Emotional Labor
Emotion in organizations
Career
leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,162
Türkiye
408
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Engin Karadağ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,519
6,353
0.667
Higher Education
Educational Administration
Leadership
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
133,293
Israel
1,121
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Isaac A Friedman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,639
2,700
0.353
Burnout
measurement and evaluation
neuropedagogy
educational administration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,012
Australia
7,162
559
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
David Gurr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,582
3,276
0.498
Educational Leadership
Educational Management
Educational Administration
School Leadership
Leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
159,133
Türkiye
829
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ferudun Sezgin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,453
3,337
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
167,232
Türkiye
910
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Murat Özdemir
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,150
4,041
0.657
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
193,898
Australia
8,813
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Moosung Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,291
3,321
0.628
school improvement
educational leadership
comparative education
International Baccalaureate
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
197,489
Indonesia
589
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Usaud Upi Edu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,191
3,356
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
198,162
Türkiye
1,208
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Mehmet Şükrü Bellibaş
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,173
4,795
0.927
Educational Leadership
Equity
Educational Innovation
Eğitim Yönetimi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
203,516
Türkiye
1,256
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ayhan Ural
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,034
2,487
0.494
Education Policy
Educational Administration
Critical Pedagogy
Critical Education Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
212,667
Denmark
1,998
397
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sedat Gümüş
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,812
4,244
0.882
Educational Administration
Educational leadership
Instructional Leadership
School Improvement
Eğitim Yönetimi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
213,006
United States
75,850
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Vincent Cho
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,804
1,605
0.334
Educational leadership
data-based decision making
data use
technology
educational administration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
217,355
Greece
1,586
97
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Change Management
Organization Behavior
HRM
Educational Management
Tourism Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
221,547
Türkiye
1,464
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Turgut Karaköse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,607
3,260
0.708
Educational Administration
Educational Leadership
Eğitim Yönetimi
Liderlik
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
226,035
Türkiye
1,521
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ali Çağatay Kılınç
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,507
3,140
0.697
Educational administration
educational leadership
teacher learning and practice
school improvement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
227,359
Hungary
551
98
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Gábor Halász
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,480
1,575
0.352
Education policy
governance of education systems
educational management
higher education
educational innovation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
260,017
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
54
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Fahriye Altınay Aksal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,867
3,234
0.836
Open education
Educational management
Educational technology
Smart learning
Disability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
263,401
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
57
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Zehra Altınay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,811
3,203
0.840
educational technology
educational management
open education
smart learning
disability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
300,105
United States
101,197
335
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Scott Mcleod Jd
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,275
1,429
0.436
deeper learning
school technology leadership
educational leadership
technology
educational administration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
302,321
Türkiye
2,612
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Şakir Çınkır
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,246
1,540
0.474
Educational Management Administration and Leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
306,913
Indonesia
1,313
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Syahrani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,187
3,185
0.999
manajemen pendidikan
manajeminisasi model pendidikan
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
310,339
Türkiye
2,741
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Kadir Beycioğlu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,145
1,877
0.597
Educational Administration
Educational Change
Distributed Leadership
Teacher Leadership
Social Justice Leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
314,387
Türkiye
2,810
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
İbrahim Kocabaş
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,097
1,637
0.529
Eğitim Yönetimi
Educational Administration
planlama
mekan yönetimi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
325,241
Ukraine
386
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Engineering
Electromechanics
Educational Administration
Mountain Climbing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
341,136
Türkiye
3,295
115
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Yasemin Karaman Kepenekci
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,802
1,114
0.398