Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences and Humanities Highly Cited Researchers 2.067 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
Game-Based Learning
Cyberbullying
Mathematics Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,358
45,300
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Educational Technology
Teacher Education
Special Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,394
24,170
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Educational Technologies
Creativity
TPACK
Teacher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,477
32,552
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Educational Technology
TPACK
Social Media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,142
29,060
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
learning engineering
educational technologies
artificial intelligence in education
learning@scale
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,673
19,087
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Educational Technology
Technology Integration
Instructional Design
Computer Science Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,766
19,417
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Uzaktan eğitim
e-öğrenme
teknoloji entegrasyonu
insan bilgisayar etkileşimi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,096
19,014
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
instructional design
learning design
learning development
e-learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,670
18,534
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
learning technologies
leadership
policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,089
10,566
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Educational Technology
elearning
doctoral research
personal knowledge management
concept mapping
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,630
8,444
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Educational Technology
Learning Sciences
STEM learning
human computer interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,339
7,851
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Internet-Technologies
Digital Education
Security Engineering
Sustainable AI
Design Thinking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,047
13,678
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
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
20,701
9,188
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Tecnologia Educativa
Formação de Professores
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,401
6,870
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Tecnologia educacional
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,012
6,362
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
educational technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,022
8,603
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Educational Technology
Digital Education
eLearning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,710
17,706
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Technology Enhanced Teaching and Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,480
11,245
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Learning Technologies
Design-Based Implementation Research
Gameful Learning
Games
Learning Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,467
5,386
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
immersive education
educational technology
pedagogy
learning analytics
learner engagement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,231
6,069
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Educational Technology
Electrical & Information Engineering
Computer Science
STEM
Special Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,812
15,696
0.934
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Educational Technology
Learning Analytics
Artificial Intelligence in Education
Human-Computer Interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,717
6,715
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Learning Analytics
Learning Design
Internationalisation
Transplant Athletes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,514
10,426
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Educational technology
impact of new technologies for personal and moral development
coding and computational thinking in earl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,273
9,562
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
educational technology
instructional technology
instructional design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,978
13,535
0.904
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,056
1,922
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Qing Li
Towson University
Towson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,358
45,300
0.513
Game-Based Learning
Cyberbullying
Mathematics Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,087
2,407
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jianjun Adam Wang
Williams College
Williamstown, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,394
24,170
0.312
Educational Technology
Teacher Education
Special Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,501
3,071
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Punya Mishra
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,477
32,552
0.490
Educational Technologies
Creativity
TPACK
Teacher Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,645
3,628
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Matthew Koehler
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,142
29,060
0.483
Educational Technology
TPACK
Social Media
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,068
5,233
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Danielle Mcnamara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,673
19,087
0.400
learning engineering
educational technologies
artificial intelligence in education
learning@scale
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,777
59
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Şirin Karadeniz
Bahçeşehir University
İstanbul, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,766
19,417
0.528
Educational Technology
Technology Integration
Instructional Design
Computer Science Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,302
62
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ebru Kılıç Çakmak
Gazi University
Ankara, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,096
19,014
0.527
Uzaktan eğitim
e-öğrenme
teknoloji entegrasyonu
insan bilgisayar etkileşimi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,612
66
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Özcan Erkan Akgün
Ibn Haldun University
İstanbul, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,670
18,534
0.520
instructional design
learning design
learning development
e-learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,786
10,056
581
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Chris Dede
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,089
10,566
0.340
learning technologies
leadership
policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,295
390
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jesus Salinas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,630
8,444
0.276
Educational Technology
elearning
doctoral research
personal knowledge management
concept mapping
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,661
2,004
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mike Sharples
Open University UK
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,339
7,851
0.259
Educational Technology
Learning Sciences
STEM learning
human computer interaction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,488
1,116
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Christoph Meinel
Hasso Plattner Institute
Potsdam, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,047
13,678
0.488
Internet-Technologies
Digital Education
Security Engineering
Sustainable AI
Design Thinking
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,677
17,576
203
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jan L Plass
New York University
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,701
9,188
0.444
learning sciences
educational technology
game-based learning
Virtual Reality for learning
emotional design for learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,306
99
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Clara Coutinho
Universidade do Minho
Braga, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,401
6,870
0.354
Tecnologia Educativa
Formação de Professores
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,546
413
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
José Armando Valente
Universidade Estadual de Campinas UNICAMP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,012
6,362
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,963
20,823
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jonathan Michael Spector
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,022
8,603
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,097
76
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ade Surahman
Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia
Bandar Lampung, Indonesia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,710
17,706
1.000
Educational Technology
Digital Education
eLearning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,984
257
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Wilfried Admiraal|Wilhelm Friedrich Admiraal, W. Admiraal, W.F. Admiraal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,480
11,245
0.643
Technology Enhanced Teaching and Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,026
21,642
476
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Barry Fishman
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,467
5,386
0.308
Learning Technologies
Design-Based Implementation Research
Gameful Learning
Games
Learning Sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,910
4,405
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Sara De Freitas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,231
6,069
0.352
immersive education
educational technology
pedagogy
learning analytics
learner engagement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,586
248
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Drigas Athanasios
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,812
15,696
0.934
Educational Technology
Electrical & Information Engineering
Computer Science
STEM
Special Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,007
2,391
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Simon J Buckingham Shum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,717
6,715
0.402
Educational Technology
Learning Analytics
Artificial Intelligence in Education
Human-Computer Interaction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,946
4,645
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Bart Rienties
Open University UK
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,514
10,426
0.631
Learning Analytics
Learning Design
Internationalisation
Transplant Athletes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,876
25,420
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Marina Bers
Tufts University
Medford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,273
9,562
0.626
Educational technology
impact of new technologies for personal and moral development
coding and computational thinking in earl
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,361
25,980
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Charles Brent Hodges
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,978
13,535
0.904
educational technology
instructional technology
instructional design