Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Cornell University Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Library and Information Science Rankings 2025

Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: Scientists Last 6 years Citation IndexUniversities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025

* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
United States
Eliot Miller
Ecology and Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,209
2,835
0.883
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
United States
Dean B Krafft
Digital Libraries
Semantic Web
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,064
98
0.092
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
United States
Karen Calhoun
digital libraries
information systems
leadership
organizational change
librarians
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
917
148
0.161
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
United States
Peter Hirtle
Archives
Copyright
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
820
156
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
United States
Gail Steinhart
libraries
scholarly communication
open scholarship
limnology
biogeochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
816
190
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
United States
Erin Eldermire
Information Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
745
525
0.705
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
United States
Sarah J Wright
information science
data management
plant biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
492
66
0.134
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
United States
Jon Corson Rikert
Semantic Web Applications
Ontologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
380
86
0.226
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
United States
Saad Laws
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
136
0.965
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
United States
Stuart Basefsky
information science
workplace issues
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
15
0.139
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
United States
Wendy Wilcox
Access Services
Usability
Instruction
Information Literacy
Digital Access
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
30
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
United States
Jim Morris-Knower
library science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
21
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
United States
Karina E Hagelin
Trauma-informed librarianship
Library instruction
Critical Pedagogy
Peer support
Collective care
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
297,630
United States
100,690
185
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Eliot Miller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,209
2,835
0.883
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
644,324
United States
193,815
1,184
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Dean B Krafft
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,064
98
0.092
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
697,732
United States
207,024
1,316
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Karen Calhoun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
917
148
0.161
digital libraries
information systems
leadership
organizational change
librarians
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
737,637
United States
216,556
1,446
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Peter Hirtle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
820
156
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
739,354
United States
216,980
1,449
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Gail Steinhart
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
816
190
0.233
libraries
scholarly communication
open scholarship
limnology
biogeochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
759,852
United States
221,718
1,494
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Wendy A Kozlowski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
770
314
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
771,125
United States
224,262
1,516
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Erin Eldermire
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
745
525
0.705
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
908,379
United States
253,544
1,793
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sarah J Wright
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
492
66
0.134
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,011,987
United States
270,944
1,974
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jon Corson Rikert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
380
86
0.226
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,418,352
United States
328,041
2,853
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Saad Laws
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
136
0.965
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,531,079
United States
343,300
3,050
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Stuart Basefsky
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
15
0.139
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,545,814
United States
345,264
3,074
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Julia Mizutani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
49
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,677,143
United States
362,960
3,297
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Wendy Wilcox
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
30
0.405
Access Services
Usability
Instruction
Information Literacy
Digital Access
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,785,815
United States
377,925
3,499
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jim Morris-Knower
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
21
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,367,160
United States
446,601
4,244
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Karina E Hagelin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
Trauma-informed librarianship
Library instruction
Critical Pedagogy
Peer support
Collective care
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,396,782
United States
448,869
4,265
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Nicholas Norton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
0
0
0