Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Others Highly Cited Researchers 46 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
AI Advisory
Data Science
Data Strateg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,963
4,142
0.695
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Smart Cities
Technology Adoption
Energy Storage
Transportatio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,956
1,504
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,659
1,333
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,715
1,519
0.886
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
x-ray science
coherent imaging
rare gas clusters
ultra fas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,408
956
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Knowledge Graphs
Graph Representation Learning
Explainable AI
Linked Data
Semantic We
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,259
1,013
0.805
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,176
207
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,145
167
0.146
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,146
447
0.390
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Web of Data
Semantic Web
Linked Data
Computational Intelligence
Swarm computin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,045
380
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Accountability
Dependability
Risk
Trust
Securit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
899
176
0.196
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Distributed Energy Resources Integration
Smart Grid Communication Networks
Utilities strateg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
850
650
0.765
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Machine Learning
Probabilistic Models
Design and Analysis of Algorithm
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
816
343
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
807
709
0.879
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
779
257
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Human-Computer Interactions
Computer Supported Collaborative Wor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
773
178
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Conversational AI
NLP
Knowledge grap
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
742
634
0.854
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
728
324
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Digital Twins
AI
Data Scienc
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
638
525
0.823
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
598
70
0.117
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Knowledge Extraction from Heterogeneous Data
Multimedia Reasoning and Recommendation
Multimedia Ontolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
536
166
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
AI
ML
NLP
semantic web
ontologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
406
109
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Cognitive Neuroscience
Experimental Psychology
AI Interaction
Psychophysic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
315
278
0.883
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Signal Processing
Wireless Localization
Convex Optimization
Quantum Computin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260
194
0.746
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Process Mining
Knowledge Graphs
Cyber Security
LLM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247
241
0.976
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
182,552
66,355
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Karl Kugler
Accenture
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,963
4,142
0.695
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
269,112
91,878
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Iana Nikolaeva Vassileva
Accenture
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,956
1,504
0.380
Smart Cities
Technology Adoption
Energy Storage
Transportatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
374,404
121,470
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ethan Hadar
Accenture
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,659
1,333
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
513,349
158,750
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Carl-Johan Södersten
Accenture
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,715
1,519
0.886
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
581,167
176,435
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Maximilian Jakob Bucher
Accenture
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,408
956
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
620,706
186,471
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Luca Costabello
Accenture
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,259
1,013
0.805
Knowledge Graphs
Graph Representation Learning
Explainable AI
Linked Data
Semantic We
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
645,450
192,719
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Narendra Mulani
Accenture
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,176
207
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
654,989
195,136
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Bogdan Sacaleanu
Accenture
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,145
167
0.146
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
654,608
195,027
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ivo Wenzler
Accenture
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,146
447
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
687,982
203,183
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Christophe Guéret
Accenture
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,045
380
0.364
Web of Data
Semantic Web
Linked Data
Computational Intelligence
Swarm computin
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
742,366
216,120
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Massimo Felici
Accenture
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
899
176
0.196
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
762,026
220,612
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Michael Emmanuel
Accenture
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
850
650
0.765
Distributed Energy Resources Integration
Smart Grid Communication Networks
Utilities strateg
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
776,595
223,919
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ashok Rajaraman
Accenture
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
816
343
0.420
Machine Learning
Probabilistic Models
Design and Analysis of Algorithm
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
780,075
224,676
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Luca Schiatti
Accenture
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
807
709
0.879
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
792,862
227,446
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
James Chang
Accenture
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
779
257
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
795,616
228,071
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
David Nguyen
Accenture
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
773
178
0.230
Human-Computer Interactions
Computer Supported Collaborative Wor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
809,395
231,070
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Roshni Ramnani
Accenture
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
742
634
0.854
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
816,356
232,585
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Marzieh Dashti
Accenture
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
728
324
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
861,914
242,204
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Parya Aghasafari
Accenture
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
638
525
0.823
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
885,002
247,030
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Emily Hackett-Jones
Accenture
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
598
70
0.117
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
926,561
254,928
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Antonio Penta
Accenture
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
536
166
0.310
Knowledge Extraction from Heterogeneous Data
Multimedia Reasoning and Recommendation
Multimedia Ontolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,042,067
274,174
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Alexandre Kouznetsov
Accenture
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
406
109
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,147,739
290,247
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Harun Karimpur
Accenture
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
315
278
0.883
Cognitive Neuroscience
Experimental Psychology
AI Interaction
Psychophysic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,235,830
302,590
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Hassan Naseri
Accenture
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260
194
0.746
Signal Processing
Wireless Localization
Convex Optimization
Quantum Computin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,259,277
305,688
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Gal Engelberg
Accenture
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247
241
0.976