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
Experience Economy
Experience Design
Mass Customization
Authenticity
Observation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,239
15,469
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Intraocular lenses and accommodative lenses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,637
9,651
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,809
10,793
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Design
modularity
complex systems
new product development
industry evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,616
7,371
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Design
optimisation
3D Printing
Additive Manufacturing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,392
14,483
0.677
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Design
human computer interaction
geometric machine learning
computer aided design
human machine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,015
10,388
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Fotografia y Diseño
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,708
2,491
0.133
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Design
innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,186
8,186
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Design methods
design research
co-design
prototyping
service design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,726
10,112
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Design
Management
Interaction
Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,272
6,924
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Design
Synthesis
and Characterization of New Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,322
8,102
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Industrial Design
Design for Experience
Design for Wellbeing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,781
7,104
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Typography
Screen Typography
UX
Interaction Design
User Interface Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,469
5,805
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,747
6,795
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Process integration
process design
process optimisation
process simulation.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,065
4,973
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,920
5,787
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Architecture
Design
Design thinking
Cognition
Creativity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,107
3,715
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Healthcare Ergonomics
Human Factors for patient safety
(ambulance and care facility design
moving and handling
falls)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,870
4,118
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Design for Sustainability
Sustainable Product-Service System
Distributed Economies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,506
3,848
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
design
optimization
affordances
packaging
metamaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,200
4,117
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,152
7,296
0.797
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,583
6,656
0.775
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
design
optimization
neural networks
genetic algorithms
evolutionary optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,367
1,112
0.133
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Architectural Design
Building Information Modelling (BIM)
Digital Construction
Sustainable Built Environments
Green Building
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,898
6,220
0.788
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Sustainable Design
Design for Sustainable Behaviour
Strategic Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,158
3,806
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,738
6,964
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
James H Gilmore
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,239
15,469
0.394
Experience Economy
Experience Design
Mass Customization
Authenticity
Observation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,727
8,755
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
James M. Scott
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,637
9,651
0.287
Intraocular lenses and accommodative lenses
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,883
2,099
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Nigel Cross
Open University UK
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,809
10,793
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,220
13,754
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Carliss Y Baldwin
Harvard Business School
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,616
7,371
0.299
Design
modularity
complex systems
new product development
industry evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,885
3,229
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Richard Hague
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,392
14,483
0.677
Design
optimisation
3D Printing
Additive Manufacturing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,373
19,057
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Karthik Ramani
Purdue University
West Lafayette, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,015
10,388
0.546
Design
human computer interaction
geometric machine learning
computer aided design
human machine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,368
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Bryan Gonzalez Herrera
Universidad Técnica Nacional
Alajuela, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,708
2,491
0.133
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,177
2,062
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Kees Dorst
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,186
8,186
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,836
1,271
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Pieter Jan Stappers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,726
10,112
0.570
Design methods
design research
co-design
prototyping
service design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,562
21,490
77
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Richard Buchanan
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,272
6,924
0.401
Design
Management
Interaction
Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,381
22,981
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Duck Young Chung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,322
8,102
0.496
Design
Synthesis
and Characterization of New Materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,890
1,589
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Pieter Desmet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,781
7,104
0.481
Industrial Design
Design for Experience
Design for Wellbeing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,768
288
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Hilary Kenna
Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and Technology IADT
Dún Laoghaire, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,469
5,805
0.431
Typography
Screen Typography
UX
Interaction Design
User Interface Design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,765
250
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Serkan Bayraktaroğlu
Sakarya University
Sakarya, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,747
6,795
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,515
221
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Dominic CY Foo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,065
4,973
0.449
Process integration
process design
process optimisation
process simulation.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,916
36,013
256
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Carl Disalvo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,920
5,787
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,328
768
114
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Gabriela Goldschmidt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,107
3,715
0.368
Architecture
Design
Design thinking
Cognition
Creativity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,977
8,316
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Sue Hignett
Loughborough University
Loughborough, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,870
4,118
0.417
Healthcare Ergonomics
Human Factors for patient safety
(ambulance and care facility design
moving and handling
falls)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,321
4,223
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Carlo Vezzoli
Politecnico di Milano
Milano, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,506
3,848
0.405
Design for Sustainability
Sustainable Product-Service System
Distributed Economies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,340
42,779
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Georges Fadel
Clemson University
Clemson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,200
4,117
0.448
design
optimization
affordances
packaging
metamaterials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,993
207
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Maya Sari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,152
7,296
0.797
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,145
5,017
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Qihong Fang
Hunan University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,583
6,656
0.775
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120,622
46,950
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Prabhat Hajela
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,367
1,112
0.133
design
optimization
neural networks
genetic algorithms
evolutionary optimization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,508
643
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ali GhaffarianHoseini
Auckland University of Technology
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,898
6,220
0.788
Architectural Design
Building Information Modelling (BIM)
Digital Construction
Sustainable Built Environments
Green Building
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,902
921
164
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Casper Boks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,158
3,806
0.532
Sustainable Design
Design for Sustainable Behaviour
Strategic Design