Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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
transport
supply chain
maritime
resilience
geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,568
4,580
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Chair Professor & Special Advisor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,378
1,254
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Linguistics
Scottish Literature
Corpus linguistics
Language Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,306
1,273
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Social Policy
Economics
Philosophy
Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,873
1,203
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Envirnmental Chemistry
Material Chemistry
Mineralogy
Soil Science
Solid Waste Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,701
964
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Computer Vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
745
281
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Multivariate goodness-of-fit techniques
high-dimensional data analysis
generalized multivariate analysis
structural equation modeling
multilevel data analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
715
269
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Cryptographic hardware & software
Privacy computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
660
454
0.688
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Social and Emotional Learning
Large-Scale Assessments
Gifted Education
College Teaching
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
625
367
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Empirical asset pricing
market micro structure
international finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
507
393
0.775
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
🪷 Persuasion
Motivation
Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
461
423
0.918
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
strategic management
innovation
entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
369
340
0.921
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Applied Econometrics
International Economics
Chinese Economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
347
237
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
332
332
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Bayesian Econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
284
105
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
280
194
0.693
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
stakeholder management
corporate sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
232
118
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Journalism
tourism
ideology
epistemology
comparative media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222
141
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Visuomotor control
Sleep
Meditation
Brain plasticity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
220
171
0.777
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Plant-soil Interactions
Geotechnical Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201
175
0.871
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Health Informatics
Machine Learning
Data Science
Computational Social Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192
188
0.979
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Financial accounting and reporting quality and consequences
Corporate governance and accountability
Market-based accounting re
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179
149
0.832
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Supply Chain Management
NGOs
Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162
161
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Strategic management
International business
Channel governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138
138
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Leadership
Humor
Social Networks
HRM
Creativity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
95
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
134,604
5,790
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Adolf KY Ng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,568
4,580
0.605
transport
supply chain
maritime
resilience
geography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
232,241
10,599
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Adrian J Bailey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,378
1,254
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
297,678
13,864
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
John Corbett
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,306
1,273
0.385
Linguistics
Scottish Literature
Corpus linguistics
Language Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
334,324
15,717
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Christian Aspalter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,873
1,203
0.419
Social Policy
Economics
Philosophy
Sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
351,439
16,554
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Huada Ruan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,701
964
0.357
Envirnmental Chemistry
Material Chemistry
Mineralogy
Soil Science
Solid Waste Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
783,345
35,544
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Hui Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
745
281
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
797,426
36,182
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jiajuan Liang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
715
269
0.376
Multivariate goodness-of-fit techniques
high-dimensional data analysis
generalized multivariate analysis
structural equation modeling
multilevel data analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
824,504
37,314
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Donglong Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
660
454
0.688
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
842,509
38,054
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Yi-Lung Kuo (郭奕龍)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
625
367
0.587
Social and Emotional Learning
Large-Scale Assessments
Gifted Education
College Teaching
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
912,206
41,238
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Tao Huang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
507
393
0.775
Empirical asset pricing
market micro structure
international finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
951,041
42,830
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Wonkyung Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
461
423
0.918
🪷 Persuasion
Motivation
Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,040,462
46,696
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Amber Chang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
369
340
0.921
strategic management
innovation
entrepreneurship
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,065,422
47,772
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mi Lin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
347
237
0.683
Applied Econometrics
International Economics
Chinese Economy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,082,529
48,472
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Xiaoyu Luo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
332
332
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,147,733
51,117
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
William Chow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
284
105
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,153,309
51,369
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sangwook Ha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
280
194
0.693
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,232,792
54,621
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Minyu Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
232
118
0.509
stakeholder management
corporate sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,251,321
55,401
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jesse Owen Hearns-Branaman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222
141
0.635
Journalism
tourism
ideology
epistemology
comparative media
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,254,826
55,542
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Raine Chen Rongrong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
220
171
0.777
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,292,930
57,374
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Zi Jian Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201
175
0.871
Plant-soil Interactions
Geotechnical Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,311,830
58,293
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Wei Quan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192
188
0.979
Health Informatics
Machine Learning
Data Science
Computational Social Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,342,499
59,796
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Sun Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179
149
0.832
Financial accounting and reporting quality and consequences
Corporate governance and accountability
Market-based accounting re
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,384,314
61,790
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Sujie Peng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162
161
0.994
Supply Chain Management
NGOs
Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,452,536
64,929
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Peng Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138
138
1.000
Strategic management
International business
Channel governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,463,725
65,442
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Kiho Jun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
95
0.704
Leadership
Humor
Social Networks
HRM
Creativity