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
Running
Nutrition
Exercise Physiology
Insulin Resistance
Diabetes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,545
14,877
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Health Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,219
25,538
0.818
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Public Health
Medicinal Plants and Diabetes Mellitus
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,211
5,146
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Environmental Analytical Chemistry
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,293
2,896
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
natural products chemistry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,253
3,025
0.576
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Chemical Engineering: Bioprocess and Environmental Engineering
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,843
2,741
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Biopolymers
Data mining
Rheology
Experimental Design and Data Analysis
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,939
2,905
0.737
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
rooibos
oxidative stress
carcinogenesis
chemoprevention
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,368
1,854
0.550
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,359
1,668
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Elearning
Instructional Design
Computers and Education
Blended learning
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,344
1,555
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Socioeconomic issues of emerging economies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,056
2,543
0.832
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Biomarkers of mycotoxin exposure
Analytical chemistry
Bioavailability of Rooibos flavonoids
Oxidative stress biomarkers
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,841
764
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,817
2,081
0.739
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Digital interactive media marketing communication
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,694
2,360
0.876
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Entrepreneurship
General management
Strategic Management
Public Administration
Business Incubation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,571
2,121
0.825
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Environmental Chemistry
Electrochemistry
Analytical Chemistry
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,380
1,167
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Bioprocess engineering
Biological wastewater treatment
Biotechnology engineering
Green chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,379
1,994
0.838
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Genetic Conservation
Ethnobotany
Agronomy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,311
1,831
0.792
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Actinobacteria
oxidative enzymes
antibiotics
systematics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,162
1,383
0.640
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Higher Education
Applied Linguistics
professional education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,149
1,217
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
ICTs in Education
Teacher Education
Developing Countries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,135
1,243
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Renewable energy
bioremediation of wastewater
resource recovery
waste valorisation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,126
1,507
0.709
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Environmental Sciences
Environmental Toxicology
Environmental Analytical Chemistry
Ecotoxicology.
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,104
1,629
0.774
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Medical Health and Environmental Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,087
1,714
0.821
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Conceptions of and approaches to learning mathematics
Mathematics and statistical anxiety
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,913
980
0.512
Timothy D Noakes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,545
14,877
0.230
Running
Nutrition
Exercise Physiology
Insulin Resistance
Diabetes
Tandi Matsha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,219
25,538
0.818
Oluwafemi Omoniyi Oguntibeju
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,211
5,146
0.714
Public Health
Medicinal Plants and Diabetes Mellitus
Olalekan Fatoki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,293
2,896
0.460
Environmental Analytical Chemistry
Ahmed A. Hussein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,253
3,025
0.576
Tunde Victor Ojumu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,843
2,741
0.566
Chemical Engineering: Bioprocess and Environmental Engineering
Victoria A. Jideani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,939
2,905
0.737
Biopolymers
Data mining
Rheology
Experimental Design and Data Analysis
Jeanine L Marnewick|Jeanine L Von Metzinger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,368
1,854
0.550
rooibos
oxidative stress
carcinogenesis
chemoprevention
Ken Findlay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,359
1,668
0.497
Johannes Cronje
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,344
1,555
0.465
Elearning
Instructional Design
Computers and Education
Blended learning
Chux Gervase Iwu|Chux Iwu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,056
2,543
0.832
Socioeconomic issues of emerging economies
Liana Van Der Westhuizen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,841
764
0.269
Biomarkers of mycotoxin exposure
Analytical chemistry
Bioavailability of Rooibos flavonoids
Oxidative stress biomarkers
Daniela Gachago
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,817
2,081
0.739
Rodney G Duffett
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,694
2,360
0.876
Digital interactive media marketing communication
Robertson K. Tengeh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,571
2,121
0.825
Entrepreneurship
General management
Strategic Management
Public Administration
Business Incubation
Vernon Somerset
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,380
1,167
0.490
Environmental Chemistry
Electrochemistry
Analytical Chemistry
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
S. Ntwampe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,379
1,994
0.838
Bioprocess engineering
Biological wastewater treatment
Biotechnology engineering
Green chemistry
Francis B. Lewu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,311
1,831
0.792
Genetic Conservation
Ethnobotany
Agronomy
Marilize Le Roes-Hill
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,162
1,383
0.640
Actinobacteria
oxidative enzymes
antibiotics
systematics
Christine Winberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,149
1,217
0.566
Higher Education
Applied Linguistics
professional education
Agnes Chigona
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,135
1,243
0.582
ICTs in Education
Teacher Education
Developing Countries
Oluwaseun Oyekola
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,126
1,507
0.709
Renewable energy
bioremediation of wastewater
resource recovery
waste valorisation
Beatrice Opeolu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,104
1,629
0.774
Environmental Sciences
Environmental Toxicology
Environmental Analytical Chemistry
Ecotoxicology.
Otolorin Adelaja Osibote
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,087
1,714
0.821
Andile Mji
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,913
980
0.512
Conceptions of and approaches to learning mathematics
Mathematics and statistical anxiety