Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers Citation 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
Competitive Strategy
Digital Transformation
Economic Development
Health Care
U.S. Political System
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
631,797
169,672
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
multivariate analysis
business analytics
marketing
structural equation modeling
PLS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
504,607
318,406
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Marketing
Branding
Brands
Brand Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
355,354
146,880
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
marketing
services marketing
service management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
312,576
97,580
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Decision Sciences
Business Analytics
Multivariate Analysis Methods
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
280,594
228,880
0.816
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty
Selling and Sales Management
Multivariate Data Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
276,221
129,031
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
The role of culture in human development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
264,053
75,108
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Services Marketing
Service Quality
Health Services Research
Improving Cancer Care Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
261,439
76,069
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Services Marketing
Service Quality
Technology & Service
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260,233
86,568
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Marketing
Structural Equation Modeling
Consumer Behavior
PLS
Research Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
257,931
220,773
0.856
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
management
organization
strategy
rebalancing society
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247,028
48,033
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Marketing
Management
social psychology
statistics
neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238,053
91,297
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
strategic management
entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237,554
79,509
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Balanced Scorecard
Activity-Based Costing
Strategy Execution
E-liability Carbon Accounting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235,046
53,766
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Quantitative Psychology
Psychometrics
Statistical Methods
Methodology
Quantitative Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
227,454
140,976
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Leadership
Leader Development
Individual to Global Strategic Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219,856
89,119
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219,757
81,128
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Customer Satisfaction
Marketing
Customer Experience Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219,515
103,922
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Organizational Citizenship Behavior
Organizational Research Methods
Leadership
Research Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207,098
99,578
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202,011
94,255
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Information Systems
Operations Management
Management
Psychology
Technology Adoption
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200,811
105,933
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Decision Making
AHP
ANP
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,162
70,261
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Marketing
consumer behavior
research methods
advertising
leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189,747
91,010
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
organizational behavior
power in organizations
evidence-based management
human resources
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186,362
42,105
0.226
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Heart Failure
Hypertension
Biotechnology
Organisational Behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182,619
88,459
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5
3
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Michael E Porter
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
631,797
169,672
0.269
Competitive Strategy
Digital Transformation
Economic Development
Health Care
U.S. Political System
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27
16
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Joseph F Hair Jr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
504,607
318,406
0.631
multivariate analysis
business analytics
marketing
structural equation modeling
PLS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115
57
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Kevin Lane Keller
Dartmouth College
Hanover, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
355,354
146,880
0.413
Marketing
Branding
Brands
Brand Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
183
85
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Valarie Zeithaml
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
312,576
97,580
0.312
marketing
services marketing
service management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
280
12
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Christian M Ringle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
280,594
228,880
0.816
Decision Sciences
Business Analytics
Multivariate Analysis Methods
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
298
129
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Rolph Anderson
Drexel University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
276,221
129,031
0.467
Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty
Selling and Sales Management
Multivariate Data Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
358
152
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Michael Cole
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
264,053
75,108
0.284
The role of culture in human development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
378
162
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Leonard Berry
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
261,439
76,069
0.291
Services Marketing
Service Quality
Health Services Research
Improving Cancer Care Research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
384
164
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
A Parasuraman
University of Miami
Coral Gables, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260,233
86,568
0.333
Services Marketing
Service Quality
Technology & Service
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
394
14
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Marko Sarstedt
Otto Von Guericke Universität Magdeburg
Magdeburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
257,931
220,773
0.856
Marketing
Structural Equation Modeling
Consumer Behavior
PLS
Research Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
465
23
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Henry Mintzberg
McGill University
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247,028
48,033
0.194
management
organization
strategy
rebalancing society
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
535
213
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
R Bagozzi
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238,053
91,297
0.384
Marketing
Management
social psychology
statistics
neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
538
214
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jay Barney
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237,554
79,509
0.335
strategic management
entrepreneurship
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
563
223
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Robert Kaplan
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235,046
53,766
0.229
Balanced Scorecard
Activity-Based Costing
Strategy Execution
E-liability Carbon Accounting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
601
28
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Andrew F Hayes
University of Calgary
Calgary, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
227,454
140,976
0.620
Quantitative Psychology
Psychometrics
Statistical Methods
Methodology
Quantitative Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
649
257
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Bruce Avolio
University of Washington
Seattle, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219,856
89,119
0.405
Leadership
Leader Development
Individual to Global Strategic Leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
651
258
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
David J Teece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219,757
81,128
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
653
259
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Claes Fornell
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219,515
103,922
0.473
Customer Satisfaction
Marketing
Customer Experience Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
740
296
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Philip Podsakoff
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207,098
99,578
0.481
Organizational Citizenship Behavior
Organizational Research Methods
Leadership
Research Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
788
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Burim Berisha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202,011
94,255
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
804
321
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Viswanath Venkatesh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200,811
105,933
0.528
Information Systems
Operations Management
Management
Psychology
Technology Adoption
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
874
359
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Thomas Saaty
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,162
70,261
0.364
Decision Making
AHP
ANP
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
908
373
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Scott B Mackenzie
Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189,747
91,010
0.480
Marketing
consumer behavior
research methods
advertising
leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
944
390
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jeffrey Pfeffer
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186,362
42,105
0.226
organizational behavior
power in organizations
evidence-based management
human resources
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
976
23
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Andrew J Stewart Coats
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182,619
88,459
0.484
Heart Failure
Hypertension
Biotechnology
Organisational Behaviour