Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 95 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
Harinder Singh Bawa
Experimental Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
301,633
126,802
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
United States
William H Bommer
Technology Use
Transformational Leadership
LMX
cynicism
organizational citizenship behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,759
7,650
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
United States
Stuart Mcfeeters
Geography
GIS
Remote Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,702
5,279
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
United States
Barbara Owen
prisons
women
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,182
1,166
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
United States
Hubert Cecotti
pattern recognition
machine learning
brain-computer interface
neural networks
virtual reality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,601
2,243
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
United States
Sam Lankford
recreation
tourism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,527
966
0.213
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
United States
Krish Krishnan
Biophysics
Biostatistics and NMR
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,710
1,040
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
United States
Ulrike K Müller
Biomechanics
Fish Swimming
Locomotion
Bladderwort suction feeding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,292
1,134
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
United States
Jia Wang
corporate governance
corporate social responsibility
business ethics
business education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,850
727
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
United States
Jerome V Degraff
Geomorphology
Engineering Geology
Landslides
Mine Reclamation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,841
881
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
United States
Joy J Goto
oxidative stress
BMAA
antioxidants
ALS
Alzheimer's disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,840
297
0.105
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
United States
Timothy Stearns
entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,244
273
0.122
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
United States
Joseph A Ross
Molecular
transmission
and evolutionary genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,180
636
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
United States
Thomas T Holyoke
interest groups
lobbying
advocacy
water
charter schools
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,082
651
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
United States
Sean A Fulop
Phonetics
signal processing
linguistics
learning theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,894
530
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
United States
Jacques Benninga
character education
moral education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,864
364
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
United States
Rory S Telemeco
Evolutionary and ecological responses to global change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,633
1,003
0.614
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
United States
Rohit Mehta
creativity
technology
decolonial praxis
critical pedagogy
teacher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,510
1,288
0.853
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
United States
Ming Li
Wireless LANs
QoS
MANET
Body Sensor Networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,416
313
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
United States
Beng Soo Ong
Sustainability
Pricing
Social Entrepreneurship
and Social Media Marketing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,379
247
0.179
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
United States
Luca Brillante
Viticulture
Grapevine Physiology
Digital Agriculture
Precision Agriculture
Plant-Soil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,255
983
0.783
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
United States
Janice Peterson
labor economics
income security
economics education
institutional economics
feminist economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,102
245
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
United States
Dermot Donnelly Hermosillo
Educational Technology
Learning Sciences
Science Practices
Power Relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,067
549
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
United States
Roy James Thornton
microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,001
109
0.109
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
226
United States
97
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Harinder Singh Bawa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
301,633
126,802
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,871
United States
16,457
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
William H Bommer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,759
7,650
0.352
Technology Use
Transformational Leadership
LMX
cynicism
organizational citizenship behavior
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,804
United States
45,891
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Stuart Mcfeeters
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,702
5,279
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
201,866
United States
72,398
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Barbara Owen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,182
1,166
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
226,028
United States
79,601
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Hubert Cecotti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,601
2,243
0.488
pattern recognition
machine learning
brain-computer interface
neural networks
virtual reality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
229,583
United States
80,654
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Sam Lankford
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,527
966
0.213
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
274,688
United States
93,702
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Krish Krishnan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,710
1,040
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
304,297
United States
102,240
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ulrike K Müller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,292
1,134
0.344
Biomechanics
Fish Swimming
Locomotion
Bladderwort suction feeding
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
342,664
United States
112,976
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jia Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,850
727
0.255
corporate governance
corporate social responsibility
business ethics
business education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
343,536
United States
113,206
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jerome V Degraff
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,841
881
0.310
Geomorphology
Engineering Geology
Landslides
Mine Reclamation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
343,651
United States
113,232
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Joy J Goto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,840
297
0.105
oxidative stress
BMAA
antioxidants
ALS
Alzheimer's disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
404,565
United States
129,933
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Shu Lin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,301
942
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
412,191
United States
132,024
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Timothy Stearns
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,244
273
0.122
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
421,040
United States
134,451
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Joseph A Ross
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,180
636
0.292
Molecular
transmission
and evolutionary genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
435,457
United States
138,400
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Thomas T Holyoke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,082
651
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
465,640
United States
146,529
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sean A Fulop
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,894
530
0.280
Phonetics
signal processing
linguistics
learning theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
470,739
United States
147,873
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jacques Benninga
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,864
364
0.195
character education
moral education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
514,924
United States
159,529
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Rory S Telemeco
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,633
1,003
0.614
Evolutionary and ecological responses to global change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
541,233
United States
166,450
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Rohit Mehta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,510
1,288
0.853
creativity
technology
decolonial praxis
critical pedagogy
teacher education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
563,493
United States
172,331
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ming Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,416
313
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
572,702
United States
174,714
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Beng Soo Ong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,379
247
0.179
Sustainability
Pricing
Social Entrepreneurship
and Social Media Marketing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
605,521
United States
183,092
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Luca Brillante
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,255
983
0.783
Viticulture
Grapevine Physiology
Digital Agriculture
Precision Agriculture
Plant-Soil
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
652,285
United States
194,884
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Janice Peterson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,102
245
0.222
labor economics
income security
economics education
institutional economics
feminist economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
663,648
United States
197,752
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Dermot Donnelly Hermosillo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,067
549
0.515
Educational Technology
Learning Sciences
Science Practices
Power Relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
686,766
United States
203,394
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Roy James Thornton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,001
109
0.109
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