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
computer graphics & animation
virtual reality
medical simulation & visualisation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,233
77,354
0.780
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
strategy
marketing
eTourism
tourism
hospitality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,995
48,551
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Medical Sociology
Maternity Care
Cross-cultural Studies
Nepal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,746
16,801
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Conservation ecology
forest ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,499
9,689
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
invasion
fish
ecology
parasite
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,237
7,529
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,057
5,397
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Tourism work and employment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,999
5,664
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
coasts
sea-level rise
impacts
adaptation
knowledge-exchange
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,729
8,745
0.815
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,737
5,290
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Political Communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,460
3,966
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Assistive Technology & Neurorehabilitation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,018
3,105
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Geology
Archaeology
Ichnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,936
3,264
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
sport
leisure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,839
3,754
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,413
4,741
0.640
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Evolution
Quaternary
Palaeolithic
palaeoecology
palaeontology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,211
3,355
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Data Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,092
4,685
0.661
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Transport
travel
leisure
community
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,636
3,557
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Eating behaviour
and healthy eating
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,450
3,576
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
tourism
cge
impact
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,407
2,557
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,403
2,781
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Tourism and identity
Romania
Dracula Tourism
Tourism and Transitional Justice
Landscape and Memory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,005
3,169
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Sport
cultural studies
sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,900
2,446
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Wayfinding
navigation
spatial cognition
visual cognition
aging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,890
3,530
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
social identity
social support
attributions
performance
talent
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,514
3,355
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Tribology
sustainable design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,173
2,673
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,158
251
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jian J Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,233
77,354
0.780
computer graphics & animation
virtual reality
medical simulation & visualisation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,539
360
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Dimitrios Buhalis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,995
48,551
0.599
strategy
marketing
eTourism
tourism
hospitality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,524
1,734
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Edwin Van Teijlingen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,746
16,801
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,567
2,227
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Adrian Newton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,499
9,689
0.352
Conservation ecology
forest ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,449
6,602
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
J Robert Britton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,237
7,529
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,913
6,708
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Vanora Hundley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,057
5,397
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,167
7,432
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Adele Ladkin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,999
5,664
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,796
7,628
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sally Brown
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,729
8,745
0.815
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,856
9,396
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Lorraine Brown
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,737
5,290
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,086
9,728
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Darren Lilleker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,460
3,966
0.469
Political Communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
126,366
10,300
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Anand Pandyan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,018
3,105
0.387
Assistive Technology & Neurorehabilitation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
127,833
10,398
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Matthew Bennett
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,936
3,264
0.411
Geology
Archaeology
Ichnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,548
10,517
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
İan Jones
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,839
3,754
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
137,672
11,061
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sheetal Sharma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,413
4,741
0.640
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
141,804
11,348
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
John R. Stewart
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,211
3,355
0.465
Evolution
Quaternary
Palaeolithic
palaeoecology
palaeontology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
144,333
11,525
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Abdelhamid Bouchachia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,092
4,685
0.661
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Data Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
154,661
12,216
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Janet E. Dickinson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,636
3,557
0.536
Transport
travel
leisure
community
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
159,214
12,519
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Katherine Marie Appleton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,450
3,576
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
160,331
12,594
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Adam Blake
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,407
2,557
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
160,429
12,603
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Sam Porter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,403
2,781
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
171,222
13,325
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Duncan Light
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,005
3,169
0.528
Tourism and identity
Romania
Dracula Tourism
Tourism and Transitional Justice
Landscape and Memory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
174,258
13,531
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Michael Silk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,900
2,446
0.415
Sport
cultural studies
sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
174,537
13,549
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jan M. Wiener
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,890
3,530
0.599
Wayfinding
navigation
spatial cognition
visual cognition
aging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
186,262
14,348
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Tim Rees
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,514
3,355
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
198,178
15,183
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mark Hadfield
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,173
2,673
0.517
Tribology
sustainable design