Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Microsoft Research Highly Cited Researchers CitationOthers 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
Information Retrieval
Human-Computer Interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,195
23,416
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Algorithmic Accountability
Social Media
Internet Studies
Big Data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,172
38,763
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,424
25,776
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
NLP
Explainable AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,477
42,976
0.988
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Distributed Systems
Networking
Systems
Storage Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,880
4,143
0.112
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Human Computer Interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,186
12,847
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Programming languages
Functional programming
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,551
6,050
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
Security
Networking
Programming Languages
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,412
9,903
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
ubiquitous computing
pervasive computing
HCI
physical computing
IoT
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,796
11,786
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,637
17,218
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Human-Computer Interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,267
6,668
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Program analysis
verification
testing
CS education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,750
4,953
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Automated Reasoning
Theorem Proving
Constraint Solving
SAT
SMT
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,971
10,582
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Information Visualization
User Interface
Graphics
Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,502
8,745
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,065
7,175
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Information Retrieval
Human-Computer Interaction
Future of Work
Personal Information Management
Crowdsourcing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,399
8,639
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
NLP
Artificial Intelligence
Generative AI
Machine Reasoning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,102
20,572
0.975
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Fraud & Abuse
Unsupervised Learning
Signal Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,508
5,303
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Mobile computing
Security
Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
Networking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,310
3,878
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Data Center and Cloud Efficiency
Mobile Context Sensing
Battery Optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,253
4,764
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
security
privacy
systems
mobile computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,826
3,655
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Distributed systems
storage
reliability and fault tolerance
security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,517
7,059
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Human-Data Interaction
Information Visualization
Human-Computer Interaction
Human-AI Interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,415
10,967
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Information Retrieval
Web Search
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,362
8,455
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Programming Languages
Security
Probabilistic Programming
Spreadsheets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,355
2,945
0.170
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,432
1,640
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Susan Dumais
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,195
23,416
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,520
1,674
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Danah Boyd
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,172
38,763
0.412
Algorithmic Accountability
Social Media
Internet Studies
Big Data
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,194
4,850
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Matthias Troyer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,424
25,776
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,487
5,924
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Scott Lundberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,477
42,976
0.988
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,251
7,648
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Antony "Ant" Rowstron|Antony Rowstron
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,880
4,143
0.112
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,720
7,869
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Andrew Wilson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,186
12,847
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,798
8,784
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Simon Peyton Jones
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,551
6,050
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,890
10,118
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Miguel Castro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,412
9,903
0.326
Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
Security
Networking
Programming Languages
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,171
11,578
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Steve Hodges
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,796
11,786
0.424
ubiquitous computing
pervasive computing
HCI
physical computing
IoT
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,366
11,674
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Bill Dolan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,637
17,218
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,886
11,900
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Abigail Sellen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,267
6,668
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,237
12,880
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Thomas Ball
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,750
4,953
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,403
14,241
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Leonardo De Moura
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,971
10,582
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,321
14,605
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Steven Drucker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,502
8,745
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,326
15,857
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Steven K Reinhardt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,065
7,175
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,862
16,474
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jaime Teevan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,399
8,639
0.404
Information Retrieval
Human-Computer Interaction
Future of Work
Personal Information Management
Crowdsourcing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,618
16,812
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Nan Duan (段楠)|段楠
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,102
20,572
0.975
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,970
18,518
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Cormac Herley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,508
5,303
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,519
18,740
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Stefan Saroiu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,310
3,878
0.201
Mobile computing
Security
Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
Networking
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,692
18,795
80
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Aman Kansal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,253
4,764
0.247
Data Center and Cloud Efficiency
Mobile Context Sensing
Battery Optimization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,983
19,280
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Helen J Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,826
3,655
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,981
19,680
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Lidong Zhou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,517
7,059
0.381
Distributed systems
storage
reliability and fault tolerance
security
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,365
19,826
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Bongshin Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,415
10,967
0.596
Human-Data Interaction
Information Visualization
Human-Computer Interaction
Human-AI Interaction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,535
19,888
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Nick Craswell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,362
8,455
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,236
21,375
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Andrew D Gordon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,355
2,945
0.170
Programming Languages
Security
Probabilistic Programming
Spreadsheets