Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Social Science 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
bibliometrics
chemical engineering
adsorption
sorption
kinetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,716
31,566
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Information extraction
search engines
information retrieval
deep learning
digital libraries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,493
19,076
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Qualitative evidence synthesis
Realist Synthesis
Evidence based library and infornation practice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,683
40,584
0.716
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
gamification
game studies
esports
metaverse
vr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,171
40,347
0.788
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
bibliometrics
network analysis
scientometrics
text mining
visualization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,296
40,705
0.843
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Metodología de la Investigación
Metodologia de la investigación
Economía del Deporte
Bibliometría
Bibliometria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,669
25,919
0.637
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Information visualization
visual analytics
scientometrics
bibliometrics
scholarly communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,060
22,913
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Geographic Information Science
GIScience
GIS
Geoinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,697
20,411
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
數位典藏
數位圖書館
數位閱讀
數位出版
數位學習
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,538
15,947
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Linked Data
Knowledge Graphs
Web Science
Digital Libraries
Industry 4.0
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,202
16,759
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,993
25,385
0.747
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Many-body theory
Coupled cluster
Advanced computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,345
28,380
0.851
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Bioinformatics
genomics
genetics
health
scientific data management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,125
11,347
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,153
25,838
0.829
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Bibliometrics
scientometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,007
25,773
0.831
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Medical informatics
statistics
healthcare
Electronic medical records
Health information standards
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,911
6,525
0.218
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Bioimaging
Fluorescence Library
Sensor
Chemical Cellomics
Chemical Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,925
13,499
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
scholarly communication
scientometrics
science policy
sociology of science
bibliometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,828
18,488
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
scientometrics
bibliometrics
probability theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,730
9,337
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Electron Microscopy
Energy Materials
Complex Oxides
Carbon materials
Quantum Information Science Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,667
13,466
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Data and Text Mining
Social Network Mining
Information Integration
Digital Libraries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,483
8,699
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Geographical Information Science
Remote sensing
Spatial Optimization Land use simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,003
20,120
0.805
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Intelligence Studies
National Security
Threat Assessment
Violent Extremism
Information Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,051
6,869
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
information
computing
digital libraries
scientific data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,661
6,588
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Information Science
Evidence-based Practice
Systematic Reviews
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,291
17,597
0.826
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,559
15
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Yuh Shan Ho
Asia University Taiwan
Taichung City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,716
31,566
0.391
bibliometrics
chemical engineering
adsorption
sorption
kinetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,184
3,411
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
C Lee Giles
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,493
19,076
0.310
Information extraction
search engines
information retrieval
deep learning
digital libraries
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,167
708
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Andrew Booth
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,683
40,584
0.716
Qualitative evidence synthesis
Realist Synthesis
Evidence based library and infornation practice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,645
43
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Juho Hamari
Tampere University
Tampere, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,171
40,347
0.788
gamification
game studies
esports
metaverse
vr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,559
245
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Nees Jan van Eck
Leiden University
Leiden, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,296
40,705
0.843
bibliometrics
network analysis
scientometrics
text mining
visualization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,893
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Fidias Arias
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,669
25,919
0.637
Metodología de la Investigación
Metodologia de la investigación
Economía del Deporte
Bibliometría
Bibliometria
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,852
7,011
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Chaomei Chen
Drexel University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,060
22,913
0.587
Information visualization
visual analytics
scientometrics
bibliometrics
scholarly communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,089
83
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Thomas Blaschke
Universität Salzburg
Salzburg, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,697
20,411
0.572
Geographic Information Science
GIScience
GIS
Geoinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,003
70
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Chao-Chen Chen 陳昭珍
National Taiwan Normal University
Taipei City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,538
15,947
0.462
數位典藏
數位圖書館
數位閱讀
數位出版
數位學習
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,237
798
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sören Auer
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,202
16,759
0.490
Linked Data
Knowledge Graphs
Web Science
Digital Libraries
Industry 4.0
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,417
8,618
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Shandra Lee Knight
National Jewish Health
Denver, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,993
25,385
0.747
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,972
8,863
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Bo Peng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,345
28,380
0.851
Many-body theory
Coupled cluster
Advanced computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,159
8,940
114
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Martin Shumway
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,125
11,347
0.343
Bioinformatics
genomics
genetics
health
scientific data management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,142
9,809
217
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Rachel Woodbrook
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,153
25,838
0.829
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,283
538
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ludo Waltman
Leiden University
Leiden, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,007
25,773
0.831
Bibliometrics
scientometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,504
10,399
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Clement J Mcdonald
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,911
6,525
0.218
Medical informatics
statistics
healthcare
Electronic medical records
Health information standards
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,726
190
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Young Tae Chang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,925
13,499
0.467
Bioimaging
Fluorescence Library
Sensor
Chemical Cellomics
Chemical Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,123
1,032
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Vincent Larivière
Université de Montréal
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,828
18,488
0.664
scholarly communication
scientometrics
science policy
sociology of science
bibliometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,256
217
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Wolfgang Glänzel
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,730
9,337
0.337
scientometrics
bibliometrics
probability theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,779
12,270
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jianguo Wen (JG Wen)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,667
13,466
0.505
Electron Microscopy
Energy Materials
Complex Oxides
Carbon materials
Quantum Information Science Materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,675
185
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ee Peng Lim
Singapore Management University
Singapore, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,483
8,699
0.341
Data and Text Mining
Social Network Mining
Information Integration
Digital Libraries
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,484
1,051
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Xiaoping Liu
Harbin Institute of Technology
Harbin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,003
20,120
0.805
Geographical Information Science
Remote sensing
Spatial Optimization Land use simulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,177
14,954
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Randy Borum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,051
6,869
0.298
Intelligence Studies
National Security
Threat Assessment
Violent Extremism
Information Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,234
16,232
326
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Christine L Borgman
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,661
6,588
0.304
information
computing
digital libraries
scientific data
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,138
16,598
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Louise Falzon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,291
17,597
0.826
Information Science
Evidence-based Practice
Systematic Reviews