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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 156 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Management
Organizational Behavio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,167
1,070
0.207
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
pénzügy
financ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,492
1,351
0.905
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
literature
Englis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,230
101
0.082
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
post-keynesian economics
policies and managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,154
194
0.168
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Future of Higher Educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,090
790
0.725
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
sustainability
Corporate Social Responsibility
Business Ethic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,090
698
0.640
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
863
583
0.676
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
academic integrity
education for the visitor econom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
725
305
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Media freedom
Platform Regulation
Disinformation
High-Impact Hate Speech
AI Governanc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
662
603
0.911
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
innovation management
process management
artificial intelligenc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
620
433
0.698
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
mixed methodological text analysis
future of higher education
CS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
543
414
0.762
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
international economics
economic policy
economic integratio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
529
199
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mesterséges Intelligencia
Operációkutatás
Logisztika
matematikai modellezé
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
509
335
0.658
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
banking
finance
regulatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
490
259
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Organisational culture
business ethics
higher educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
489
355
0.726
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
marketing
packaging
labelling
information searc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
473
350
0.740
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
marketing
sustainability
market research
data analitics
digital marketin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
472
443
0.939
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
környezettudomány
földtudomány
statisztik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
463
278
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
438
274
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Business economic psyhology
Research methodology in Economics and Busines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
436
268
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
entrepreneurship
family businesses
family business governance
successio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
432
314
0.727
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Interkulturális kommunikáció
Multikulturalizmus
Távol-keleti tanulmányok
Alkalmazott nyelvészet
Japá
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
412
133
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
strategic and regional foresight
futures skills
teaching technique
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
393
232
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
372
309
0.831
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
klíma adaptáció
mitigáció
LCA
fenntarthatóság
turizmu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
367
167
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
211,017
486
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Gyula Bakacsi
Budapest Business School
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,167
1,070
0.207
Management
Organizational Behavio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
562,789
1,702
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Judit Sági
Budapest Business School
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,492
1,351
0.905
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
631,146
1,956
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Demeny Tamas
Budapest Business School
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,230
101
0.082
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
653,947
2,050
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Istvan Abel
Budapest Business School
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,154
194
0.168
post-keynesian economics
policies and managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
674,190
2,129
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Gábor Király
Budapest Business School
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,090
790
0.725
Future of Higher Educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
674,236
2,130
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Szegedi Krisztina
Budapest Business School
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,090
698
0.640
sustainability
Corporate Social Responsibility
Business Ethic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
758,437
2,460
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sára Csillag
Budapest Business School
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
863
583
0.676
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
819,597
2,695
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Eszter Benke
Budapest Business School
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
725
305
0.421
academic integrity
education for the visitor econom
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
851,066
2,812
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Judit Bayer
Budapest Business School
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
662
603
0.911
Media freedom
Platform Regulation
Disinformation
High-Impact Hate Speech
AI Governanc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
874,013
2,892
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Richard Kasa
Budapest Business School
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
620
433
0.698
innovation management
process management
artificial intelligenc
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
923,710
3,062
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Zsuzsanna Gering
Budapest Business School
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
543
414
0.762
mixed methodological text analysis
future of higher education
CS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
934,806
3,093
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Miklós Losoncz
Budapest Business School
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
529
199
0.376
international economics
economic policy
economic integratio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
950,780
3,139
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Miklós Gubán M
Budapest Business School
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
509
335
0.658
Mesterséges Intelligencia
Operációkutatás
Logisztika
matematikai modellezé
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
967,072
3,179
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Katalin Mérő
Budapest Business School
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
490
259
0.529
banking
finance
regulatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
967,697
3,182
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Nick Chandler
Budapest Business School
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
489
355
0.726
Organisational culture
business ethics
higher educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
981,585
3,217
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Krisztina Rita Dörnyei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
473
350
0.740
marketing
packaging
labelling
information searc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
982,268
3,221
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ildikó Kovács
Budapest Business School
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
472
443
0.939
marketing
sustainability
market research
data analitics
digital marketin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
990,659
3,248
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Magyar Norbert
Budapest Business School
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
463
278
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,013,695
3,310
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ákos Gubán
Budapest Business School
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
438
274
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,015,574
3,317
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Anita Kolnhofer Derecskei
Budapest Business School
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
436
268
0.615
Business economic psyhology
Research methodology in Economics and Busines
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,019,308
3,331
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Judit Csákné Filep
Budapest Business School
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
432
314
0.727
entrepreneurship
family businesses
family business governance
successio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,039,521
3,370
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Judit Hidasi
Budapest Business School
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
412
133
0.323
Interkulturális kommunikáció
Multikulturalizmus
Távol-keleti tanulmányok
Alkalmazott nyelvészet
Japá
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,058,907
3,410
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Tamas Gaspar
Budapest Business School
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
393
232
0.590
strategic and regional foresight
futures skills
teaching technique
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,081,538
3,457
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Zsuzsanna Győri
Budapest Business School
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
372
309
0.831
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,087,715
3,477
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Erdélyi Éva
Budapest Business School
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
367
167
0.455
klíma adaptáció
mitigáció
LCA
fenntarthatóság
turizmu