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Highly Cited Researchers
Others Highly Cited Researchers 85 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
Remote Sensing
Earth System Sciences
Climate
Environmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,690
1,999
0.743
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Risk Management
Global Studies
Financial Economics
Dynamical Systems
Complex Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
300
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
geotechnical
mechanics of materials
mechanics
robotic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
277
59
0.213
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Multi-agent Systems
Bio-Inspired Systems
Semantic Web and Ontologies
Artificial Intelligenc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
266
106
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
263
162
0.616
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
sustainable growth
macroeconomic dynamics
international financ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
259
214
0.826
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Public Health
Community Health
Mentoring
Acute Care & Chronic Care Medical Surgical Nursin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
255
88
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
mathematical logic
set theory
foundations of mathematics
pure mat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
241
110
0.456
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
marketing
fashion
social psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
240
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235
129
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Archives
Libraries
Teaching with Primary Source
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233
140
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ethics
Religion
Metaphysics
Veganis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
232
211
0.909
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Literature & Social Movements
Gender & Sexuality Studies
Marxism
Pedagogy & Education Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Building Simulation
HVAC Systems Modeling & Design
Indoor Environmental Quality
Building Energy Efficiency
Evaporative Cool
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219
112
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
social justice
critical pedagogy
performance theory
archives
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Public Healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195
68
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Computational Thinking in Education
Mathematics and Data Visualizations
Monte Carlo Simulations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Aging
Health Disparity
Financial Capability
Immigrants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
185
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
librarianship
pedagogy
open educational resources
open pedagog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171
139
0.813
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Information Retrieval
Data Mining
Smart Homes
Cloud Computing
Software Engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165
22
0.133
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
M2M communications
Smart Grid communications
4G/5G/6G
and Bandwidth Allocation Algorithms.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
social work
school experiences
reproductive justice
critical feminisms
narrative inquiry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
health psychology
race
gender
microaggression
self-car
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162
99
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
American literature
globalization and literature
peer review
critical theory
editin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
62
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
372,236
120,855
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Hamidreza Norouzi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,690
1,999
0.743
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,173,705
293,806
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Lucas Bernard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
300
0
0.000
Risk Management
Global Studies
Financial Economics
Dynamical Systems
Complex Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,210,820
299,060
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Sergey Drabkin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
277
59
0.213
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,229,647
301,619
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Benito Mendoza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
266
106
0.398
Multi-agent Systems
Bio-Inspired Systems
Semantic Web and Ontologies
Artificial Intelligenc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,234,632
302,298
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Yu-Wen Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
263
162
0.616
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,240,632
303,099
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ariane Masuda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,241,400
303,216
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Unurjargal Nyambuu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
259
214
0.826
sustainable growth
macroeconomic dynamics
international financ
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,249,441
304,299
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Aida L Egues
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
255
88
0.345
Public Health
Community Health
Mentoring
Acute Care & Chronic Care Medical Surgical Nursin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,276,197
307,874
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Thomas Johnstone
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
241
110
0.456
mathematical logic
set theory
foundations of mathematics
pure mat
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,278,510
308,170
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Alyssa Dana Adomaitis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
240
0
0.000
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,288,275
309,530
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Hon Jie Teo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235
129
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,292,309
310,063
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jen Hoyer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233
140
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,293,660
310,261
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Carlo Alvaro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
232
211
0.909
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,314,550
313,085
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Megan Behrent
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223
0
0.000
Literature & Social Movements
Gender & Sexuality Studies
Marxism
Pedagogy & Education Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,322,894
314,196
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Daeho Kang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219
112
0.511
Building Simulation
HVAC Systems Modeling & Design
Indoor Environmental Quality
Building Energy Efficiency
Evaporative Cool
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,371,443
320,544
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Nora Almeida
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,381,857
321,946
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Anty Lam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195
68
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,392,866
323,352
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Boyan Kostadinov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191
0
0.000
Computational Thinking in Education
Mathematics and Data Visualizations
Monte Carlo Simulations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,409,669
325,533
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Eun Jeong Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
185
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,449,791
330,663
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Cailean Cooney
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171
139
0.813
librarianship
pedagogy
open educational resources
open pedagog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,469,842
333,253
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
José M Reyes Álamo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165
22
0.133
Information Retrieval
Data Mining
Smart Homes
Cloud Computing
Software Engineerin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,476,317
334,048
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ahmed Hassebo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163
0
0.000
M2M communications
Smart Grid communications
4G/5G/6G
and Bandwidth Allocation Algorithms.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,476,317
334,048
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Mery Diaz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163
0
0.000
social work
school experiences
reproductive justice
critical feminisms
narrative inquiry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,478,810
334,391
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Amanda Almond
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162
99
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,558,408
344,418
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Sean Scanlan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
62
0.446
American literature
globalization and literature
peer review
critical theory
editin