Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

World Highly Cited Researchers CitationEducation / Educational Technology 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
United States
Qing Li
Game-Based Learning
Cyberbullying
Mathematics Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,282
47,744
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
United States
Jianjun Adam Wang
Educational Technology
Teacher Education
Special Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,677
31,512
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
United States
Punya Mishra
Educational Technology
Creativity
TPACK
Teacher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,457
35,956
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
United States
Matthew Koehler
Educational Technology
TPACK
Social Media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,481
32,262
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
United States
Danielle Mcnamara
learning engineering
educational technologies
artificial intelligence in education
learning@scale
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,756
21,793
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Türkiye
Şirin Karadeniz
Educational Technology
Technology Integration
Instructional Design
Computer Science Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,180
22,723
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Türkiye
Ebru Kılıç Çakmak
Uzaktan eğitim
e-öğrenme
teknoloji entegrasyonu
insan bilgisayar etkileşimi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,755
22,415
0.645
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Türkiye
Özcan Erkan Akgün
instructional design
learning design
learning development
e-learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,255
21,927
0.640
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
United States
Chris Dede
learning technologies
leadership
policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,554
12,201
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
United Kingdom
Mike Sharples
Educational Technology
Learning Sciences
STEM learning
human computer interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,942
9,458
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Spain
Jesus Salinas
Educational Technology
elearning
doctoral research
personal knowledge management
concept mapping
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,827
9,655
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Germany
Christoph Meinel
Internet-Technologies
Digital Education
Security Engineering
Sustainable AI
Design Thinking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,467
15,181
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
United States
Jan L Plass
learning sciences
educational technology
game-based learning
Virtual Reality for learning
emotional design for learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,217
10,053
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Portugal
Clara Coutinho
Tecnologia Educativa
Formação de Professores
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,025
8,044
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Brazil
José Armando Valente
Tecnologia educacional
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,852
7,319
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
United States
Randy L Bell
Scientific Inquiry
Nature of Science
Educational Technology
Science Teacher Preparation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,684
6,814
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
United Kingdom
Agnes Kukulska Hulme
mobile learning
mobile assisted language learning
educational technology
distance learning
technology enhanced learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,787
8,198
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
United States
Jonathan Michael Spector
educational technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,422
9,165
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
United States
Barry Fishman
Learning Technologies
Design-Based Implementation Research
Gameful Learning
Games
Learning Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,264
6,294
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Indonesia
Ade Surahman
Educational Technology
Digital Education
eLearning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,087
17,085
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
United Kingdom
Sara De Freitas
educational technology
pedagogy
learning analytics
game science
learner engagement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,943
7,118
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Norway
Wilfried Admiraal|Wilhelm Friedrich Admiraal, W. Admiraal, W.F. Admiraal
Technology Enhanced Teaching and Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,796
11,680
0.695
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Australia
Simon J Buckingham Shum
Educational Technology
Learning Analytics
Artificial Intelligence in Education
Human-Computer Interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,196
7,027
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Greece
Drigas Athanasios
Educational Technology
Electrical & Information Engineering
Computer Science
STEM
Special Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,069
15,232
0.948
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
United Kingdom
Bart Rienties
Learning Analytics
Learning Design
Internationalisation
Transplant Athletes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,016
11,415
0.713
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,258
United States
2,014
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Qing Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,282
47,744
0.566
Game-Based Learning
Cyberbullying
Mathematics Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,058
United States
2,391
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jianjun Adam Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,677
31,512
0.411
Educational Technology
Teacher Education
Special Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,680
United States
3,149
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Punya Mishra
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,457
35,956
0.558
Educational Technology
Creativity
TPACK
Teacher Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,810
United States
3,705
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Matthew Koehler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,481
32,262
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,142
United States
5,268
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Danielle Mcnamara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,756
21,793
0.466
learning engineering
educational technologies
artificial intelligence in education
learning@scale
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,576
Türkiye
64
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Şirin Karadeniz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,180
22,723
0.646
Educational Technology
Technology Integration
Instructional Design
Computer Science Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,931
Türkiye
67
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ebru Kılıç Çakmak
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,755
22,415
0.645
Uzaktan eğitim
e-öğrenme
teknoloji entegrasyonu
insan bilgisayar etkileşimi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,303
Türkiye
69
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Özcan Erkan Akgün
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,255
21,927
0.640
instructional design
learning design
learning development
e-learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,848
United States
10,062
581
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Chris Dede
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,554
12,201
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,593
United Kingdom
1,999
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mike Sharples
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,942
9,458
0.316
Educational Technology
Learning Sciences
STEM learning
human computer interaction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,757
Spain
396
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jesus Salinas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,827
9,655
0.324
Educational Technology
elearning
doctoral research
personal knowledge management
concept mapping
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,760
Germany
1,128
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Christoph Meinel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,467
15,181
0.553
Internet-Technologies
Digital Education
Security Engineering
Sustainable AI
Design Thinking
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,228
United States
17,764
204
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jan L Plass
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,217
10,053
0.497
learning sciences
educational technology
game-based learning
Virtual Reality for learning
emotional design for learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,606
Portugal
102
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Clara Coutinho
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,025
8,044
0.423
Tecnologia Educativa
Formação de Professores
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,162
Brazil
407
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
José Armando Valente
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,852
7,319
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,704
United States
19,499
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Randy L Bell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,684
6,814
0.365
Scientific Inquiry
Nature of Science
Educational Technology
Science Teacher Preparation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,900
United Kingdom
4,155
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Agnes Kukulska Hulme
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,787
8,198
0.461
mobile learning
mobile assisted language learning
educational technology
distance learning
technology enhanced learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,271
United States
21,298
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jonathan Michael Spector
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,422
9,165
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,897
United States
21,544
471
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Barry Fishman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,264
6,294
0.365
Learning Technologies
Design-Based Implementation Research
Gameful Learning
Games
Learning Sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,546
Indonesia
81
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ade Surahman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,087
17,085
1.000
Educational Technology
Digital Education
eLearning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,088
United Kingdom
4,426
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sara De Freitas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,943
7,118
0.420
educational technology
pedagogy
learning analytics
game science
learner engagement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,663
Norway
266
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Wilfried Admiraal|Wilhelm Friedrich Admiraal, W. Admiraal, W.F. Admiraal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,796
11,680
0.695
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,301
Australia
2,430
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Simon J Buckingham Shum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,196
7,027
0.434
Educational Technology
Learning Analytics
Artificial Intelligence in Education
Human-Computer Interaction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,897
Greece
262
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Drigas Athanasios
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,069
15,232
0.948
Educational Technology
Electrical & Information Engineering
Computer Science
STEM
Special Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,134
United Kingdom
4,733
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Bart Rienties
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,016
11,415
0.713
Learning Analytics
Learning Design
Internationalisation
Transplant Athletes