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 Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Exercise
obesity
physical activity
exercise physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,802
25,556
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
sport
sport psychology
youth
expertise
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,256
20,429
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Educational Psychology
Cognition in reading
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,580
6,448
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Teacher education
action research
self-study
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,786
3,566
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
assessment
education
teacher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,348
4,814
0.758
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
education
technology
music
arts
professional development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,588
1,184
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Sensory-motor neuroscience
computational modelling
(neuro) science education
eye/head/arm/pupil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,934
1,515
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Educational Policy
Educational Leadership
School Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,805
2,229
0.795
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
learning
memory
attention
mind wandering
education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,925
1,665
0.865
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,797
1,083
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Education
Assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,007
867
0.861
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Special Education
Severe Disabilities
Literacy
Intellectual Disability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
795
638
0.803
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Educational History
Philosophy of Education
Social Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
641
363
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
music education
feminist theory
ethnomusicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
567
143
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
classroom assessment
emergent learning
complexity theories
professional learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146
136
0.932
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
education
mathematics education
transdisciplinarity
risk literacy
social justice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
114
0.814
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Education inequities
socioeconomic inequities
social mobility and social class
neurodevelopmental disorders
neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
123
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Sport Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
117
0.975
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Sport Psychology
Youth Sport
Sport Parents
Ice Hockey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
109
0.956
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
61
0.847
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
medical education
service learning
adult learning
adult education
stepmothering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
32
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Education Policy
Curriculum Studies
Indigenous knowledge Systems
STEM Education
Comparative and
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
49
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Educational Augmented Reality Application
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
32
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Curriculum and pedagogy
Community learning
International and comparative education
Teaching ELLs across the curriculum
TESOL
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
23
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Education and Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
Robert Ross
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,802
25,556
0.394
Exercise
obesity
physical activity
exercise physiology
Jean Côté
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,256
20,429
0.472
sport
sport psychology
youth
expertise
John R Kirby
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,580
6,448
0.329
Educational Psychology
Cognition in reading
Tom Russell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,786
3,566
0.279
Teacher education
action research
self-study
Christopher Deluca
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,348
4,814
0.758
assessment
education
teacher education
Rena Upitis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,588
1,184
0.258
education
technology
music
arts
professional development
Gunnar Blohm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,934
1,515
0.516
Sensory-motor neuroscience
computational modelling
(neuro) science education
eye/head/arm/pupil
Benjamin Kutsyuruba
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,805
2,229
0.795
Educational Policy
Educational Leadership
School Law
Jeffrey Wammes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,925
1,665
0.865
learning
memory
attention
mind wandering
education
Amanda Cooper
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,797
1,083
0.603
Andrew Coombs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,007
867
0.861
Jordan Shurr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
795
638
0.803
Special Education
Severe Disabilities
Literacy
Intellectual Disability
Theodore M Christou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
641
363
0.566
Educational History
Philosophy of Education
Social Studies
Roberta Lamb
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
567
143
0.252
music education
feminist theory
ethnomusicology
Michael Holden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146
136
0.932
classroom assessment
emergent learning
complexity theories
professional learning
Nenad Radakovic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
114
0.814
education
mathematics education
transdisciplinarity
risk literacy
social justice
Hussain Raza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
123
1.000
Education inequities
socioeconomic inequities
social mobility and social class
neurodevelopmental disorders
neuroscience
Cailie S Mcguire
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
117
0.975
Alex Murata
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
109
0.956
Sport Psychology
Youth Sport
Sport Parents
Ice Hockey
James Wintle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
61
0.847
Theresa Nowlan Suart
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
32
0.485
medical education
service learning
adult learning
adult education
stepmothering
Kenneth Gyamerah
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
49
1.000
Education Policy
Curriculum Studies
Indigenous knowledge Systems
STEM Education
Comparative and
Malek El Kouzi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
32
1.000
Educational Augmented Reality Application
Shuyuan Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
23
1.000
Curriculum and pedagogy
Community learning
International and comparative education
Teaching ELLs across the curriculum
TESOL
Mohammad Abul Fateh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000