Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 299 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025

The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
United States
H Peter Lu
Chemical Biology
Chemical Physics
and Biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,881
18,458
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
United States
Dwayne D Gremler
Services Marketing
Service Research
Marketing
Service Marketing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,932
19,620
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
United States
Peggy C Giordano
Sociology
Criminology
Qualitative Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,626
6,264
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
United States
Wendy Manning
Family
Sociology
Demography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,271
6,683
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
United States
Oliver Boyd Barrett
Media and communications
international news
news agencies
globalization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,675
4,347
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
United States
Sherry E Sullivan
Careers
Career Development
International Human Resource Management
Organizational Development
Mentoring
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,319
4,975
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
United States
Neocles B Leontis
RNA Structural Bioinformatics
RNA Nanotechnology
RNA Structure and Function
Biophysical Chemistry Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,091
3,381
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
United States
Annette Mahoney
Religion Spirituality Couples Parenting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,857
4,415
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
United States
Scott Highhouse
industrial organizational psychology
judgment and decision making
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,835
5,267
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
United States
Eric Dubow
Risk and protective factors in children's development
exposure to political violence
school-based interventions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,413
3,116
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
United States
Susan L Brown
Family
Demography
Aging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,946
4,502
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
United States
Alfred Demaris
Heterosexual Romantic Relationships and Marriage
Applied Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,094
2,431
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
United States
Jim Albert
Statistics
Bayesian Statistics
Statistics in Sports
Statistics Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,763
2,213
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
United States
Scott Rogers
Molecular Biology
Biology
Evolution
Molecular Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,309
1,841
0.179
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
United States
Monica Longmore
Social Psychology - Family - Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,116
3,606
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
United States
Vikki Krane
sport
gender
& sexuality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,808
2,554
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
United States
Paul Morris
Plant Biology
polyamine transport
polyamine metabolism. flowering
stress responses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,081
4,346
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
United States
Joshua B Grubbs
Compulsive Sexual Behavior
Gambling Disorder
Internet Pornography Use
Narcissism
Post-Traumatic Stress
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,046
6,997
0.773
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
United States
Priscilla K Coleman
Adoption
Attachment Dynamics
Abortion
Parental Self-Efficacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,787
2,363
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
United States
Rachel Vannatta Reinhart
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,122
2,119
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
United States
Sheryl Coombs
neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,767
1,385
0.205
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
United States
Janet Hartley
Supply chain
sustainability
supplier relationships
purchasing
circular economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,754
1,860
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
United States
Tweney Ryan
Psychology of Science
History of Science
Michael Faraday
James Clerk Maxwell
Mathematical Representation in PHysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,407
704
0.110
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
United States
William H O Brien
Cross-Cultural/Global Mental Health Interventions
Clinical Health Psychology
Psychophysiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,200
1,948
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
United States
Robert Huber
Neuroscience
Behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,084
1,678
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,294
United States
2,976
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
H Peter Lu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,881
18,458
0.272
Chemical Biology
Chemical Physics
and Biophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,932
United States
3,277
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Dwayne D Gremler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,932
19,620
0.307
Services Marketing
Service Research
Marketing
Service Marketing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,890
United States
15,652
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Peggy C Giordano
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,626
6,264
0.277
Sociology
Criminology
Qualitative Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,084
United States
16,967
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Wendy Manning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,271
6,683
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,554
United States
19,849
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Oliver Boyd Barrett
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,675
4,347
0.233
Media and communications
international news
news agencies
globalization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,699
United States
23,426
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Sherry E Sullivan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,319
4,975
0.305
Careers
Career Development
International Human Resource Management
Organizational Development
Mentoring
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,377
United States
27,851
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Neocles B Leontis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,091
3,381
0.240
RNA Structural Bioinformatics
RNA Nanotechnology
RNA Structure and Function
Biophysical Chemistry Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,788
United States
28,355
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Annette Mahoney
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,857
4,415
0.319
Religion Spirituality Couples Parenting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,929
United States
28,407
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Scott Highhouse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,835
5,267
0.381
industrial organizational psychology
judgment and decision making
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,660
United States
29,363
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Eric Dubow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,413
3,116
0.232
Risk and protective factors in children's development
exposure to political violence
school-based interventions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,908
United States
30,570
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Susan L Brown
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,946
4,502
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,279
United States
32,865
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Alfred Demaris
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,094
2,431
0.201
Heterosexual Romantic Relationships and Marriage
Applied Statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,410
United States
37,163
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jim Albert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,763
2,213
0.206
Statistics
Bayesian Statistics
Statistics in Sports
Statistics Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,094
United States
38,771
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Scott Rogers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,309
1,841
0.179
Molecular Biology
Biology
Evolution
Molecular Evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,233
United States
39,515
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Monica Longmore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,116
3,606
0.356
Social Psychology - Family - Sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
102,800
United States
40,771
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Vikki Krane
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,808
2,554
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,205
United States
44,040
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Paul Morris
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,081
4,346
0.479
Plant Biology
polyamine transport
polyamine metabolism. flowering
stress responses
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,697
United States
44,228
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Joshua B Grubbs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,046
6,997
0.773
Compulsive Sexual Behavior
Gambling Disorder
Internet Pornography Use
Narcissism
Post-Traumatic Stress
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
116,496
United States
45,472
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Priscilla K Coleman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,787
2,363
0.269
Adoption
Attachment Dynamics
Abortion
Parental Self-Efficacy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
146,540
United States
55,270
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Rachel Vannatta Reinhart
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,122
2,119
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
154,589
United States
57,819
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sheryl Coombs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,767
1,385
0.205
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
154,900
United States
57,913
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Janet Hartley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,754
1,860
0.275
Supply chain
sustainability
supplier relationships
purchasing
circular economy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
163,580
United States
60,667
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Tweney Ryan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,407
704
0.110
Psychology of Science
History of Science
Michael Faraday
James Clerk Maxwell
Mathematical Representation in PHysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
169,075
United States
62,405
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
William H O Brien
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,200
1,948
0.314
Cross-Cultural/Global Mental Health Interventions
Clinical Health Psychology
Psychophysiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
172,279
United States
63,415
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Robert Huber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,084
1,678
0.276