Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 114 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
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,706
13,331
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Psychology
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,717
15,182
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
criminology
criminal justice
penology
prisoner reentry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,561
3,876
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
deception detection
interrogation
justice reform
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,334
2,868
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
causes of & responses to terrorism
environmental criminology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,571
3,642
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Criminal Justice
Criminological Theory
Juvenile Justice
Program Evaluation
Quantitative Data
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,097
3,738
0.733
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,049
2,402
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
deviance
health
religion
crime
sexuality
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,524
2,414
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
eyewitness identification
legal decision making
racial disparities
expert evidence
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,506
1,655
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Crime Prevention
Spatial Analysis
Evidence-Based Policing
Crime Control Technology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,894
2,743
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Criminal Justice
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,818
1,193
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Partial Differential Equations
Ordinary differential equations
Medical Imaging
Biology and other natural sciences
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,658
686
0.188
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Criminal
Juvenile
Justice
Evaluation
Policy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,643
886
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
coercive control
intimate partner violence
sex trafficking
sexual coercion
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,407
1,275
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Evolutionary Genetics and Anthropology
Forensic Biology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,046
1,262
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Policing
terrorism
organized crime
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,890
978
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
mercury biogeochemistry
science education
undergraduate research
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,749
947
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Sex offender
sex crime
sexual violence policy and prevention
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,556
1,126
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Clinical Psychology
Psychoanalysis
Addictions
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,519
1,192
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Desistance from crime
prisons
long-term incarceration
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,304
945
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
memory
memory distortion
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,259
1,240
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Psychopathy
Forensic psychology
police psychology
risk assessment
violence and aggression
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,960
672
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Philosophy
Moral and Political Psychology
Social Change
Climate Change
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,755
1,198
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
education
innovation
technology
economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,733
801
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Corrections
prison
jail
evaluation research
reentry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,732
676
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,780
4,653
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Cathy Spatz Widom
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,706
13,331
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,483
12,552
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Kevin Nadal
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,717
15,182
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,853
29,080
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jeremy Travis
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,561
3,876
0.286
criminology
criminal justice
penology
prisoner reentry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,365
53,972
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Maria Hartwig
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,334
2,868
0.391
deception detection
interrogation
justice reform
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
159,643
59,443
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Joshua D Freilich
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,571
3,642
0.554
causes of & responses to terrorism
environmental criminology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
205,473
73,534
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Kevin T Wolff
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,097
3,738
0.733
Criminal Justice
Criminological Theory
Juvenile Justice
Program Evaluation
Quantitative Data
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
207,401
74,113
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Peggilee Wupperman
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,049
2,402
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
230,081
80,835
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Amy Adamczyk
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,524
2,414
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
230,964
81,085
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Margaret Bull Kovera
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,506
1,655
0.367
eyewitness identification
legal decision making
racial disparities
expert evidence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
263,781
90,598
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Eric L Piza
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,894
2,743
0.704
Crime Prevention
Spatial Analysis
Evidence-Based Policing
Crime Control Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
268,421
91,925
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Hung EN Sung
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,818
1,193
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
278,613
94,872
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Yi Li
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,658
686
0.188
Partial Differential Equations
Ordinary differential equations
Medical Imaging
Biology and other natural sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
279,596
95,167
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jeffrey A Butts
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,643
886
0.243
Criminal
Juvenile
Justice
Evaluation
Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
296,164
99,950
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Chitra Raghavan
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,407
1,275
0.374
coercive control
intimate partner violence
sex trafficking
sexual coercion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
325,214
108,117
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Nathan H Lents
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,046
1,262
0.414
Evolutionary Genetics and Anthropology
Forensic Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
339,348
112,121
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
MR Haberfeld|M. R. Haberfeld
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,890
978
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
353,396
116,005
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Anthony Carpi
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,749
947
0.344
mercury biogeochemistry
science education
undergraduate research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
374,236
121,788
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Cynthia Calkins
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,556
1,126
0.441
Sex offender
sex crime
sexual violence policy and prevention
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
378,442
122,922
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
William H Gottdiener
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,519
1,192
0.473
Clinical Psychology
Psychoanalysis
Addictions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
404,827
130,076
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Lila Kazemian
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,304
945
0.410
Desistance from crime
prisons
long-term incarceration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
410,730
131,685
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Deryn Strange
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,259
1,240
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
455,354
143,848
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Diana Falkenbach
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,960
672
0.343
Psychopathy
Forensic psychology
police psychology
risk assessment
violence and aggression
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
491,465
153,429
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Michael Brownstein
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,755
1,198
0.683
Philosophy
Moral and Political Psychology
Social Change
Climate Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
495,686
154,520
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Elsa Sofia Morote
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,733
801
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
495,900
154,583
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jeff Mellow
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,732
676
0.390
Corrections
prison
jail
evaluation research
reentry