Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,914
12,301
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Pediatric exercise science
resistance training
physical education
preventive medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,120
13,395
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Energy Metabolism
Sports Nutrition
Cardiorespiratory Fitness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,451
4,085
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Astrophysics
Active Galaxies
Fluid Dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,218
3,406
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
sports analytics
behavioral economics
taxometrics
modern/robust statistics
scholarly impact
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,429
2,763
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Political Psychology
Social Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,682
4,676
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,664
1,683
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Self-regulation
Emotional labor
Organizational deviance
Career development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,762
4,265
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Data Analysics
Remote Sensing
Optical Spectroscopy
Electro-Optical Systems
Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,730
3,314
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,237
1,733
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Neonatal nursing
workforce
global
palliative care
transition from hospital to you.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,898
2,447
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Britain
women
motherhood
philanthropy
humanitarianism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,668
894
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
journalism studies
political communication
content analysis
news framing analysis
media priming
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,175
1,889
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Research Methods
HIV/AIDS
Cancer
Health Disparities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,770
833
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Middle East politics
'rentier states'
political economy of violence and civil war
Islam and politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,668
886
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Convolutional neural networks
video processing
video compression
multimedia hardware architecture
DSP
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,629
677
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,554
882
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,404
1,178
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Developmental Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,290
1,162
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Artificial Intelligence
Model-Based Reasoning
Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Computer Science Education
Computer Science Educa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,246
1,559
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,045
1,012
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,020
888
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Evolution
Animal Behavior
Adaptive Radiation
Phenotypic Plasticity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,963
1,221
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Conversation Analysis
Applied Linguistics
Teaching English as a Second Language
L1-L2 English Conversation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,341
894
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Environmental Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,319
840
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,477
8,643
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Nicholas Ratamess
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,914
12,301
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,493
10,854
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Avery D Faigenbaum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,120
13,395
0.460
Pediatric exercise science
resistance training
physical education
preventive medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,901
31,347
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jie Kang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,451
4,085
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,145
38,538
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Paul Wiita
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,218
3,406
0.333
Astrophysics
Active Galaxies
Fluid Dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,621
46,620
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
John Ruscio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,429
2,763
0.328
sports analytics
behavioral economics
taxometrics
modern/robust statistics
scholarly impact
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
132,493
50,863
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jarret T Crawford
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,682
4,676
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
132,844
50,975
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jill A Bush
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,664
1,683
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
151,650
57,012
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jason J Dahling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,762
4,265
0.631
Self-regulation
Emotional labor
Organizational deviance
Career development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
152,386
57,255
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Alissa Mezzacappa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,730
3,314
0.492
Data Analysics
Remote Sensing
Optical Spectroscopy
Electro-Optical Systems
Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
164,891
61,177
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
John A Mccarty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,237
1,733
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
174,303
64,191
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Carole Kenner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,898
2,447
0.415
Neonatal nursing
workforce
global
palliative care
transition from hospital to you.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
218,821
77,580
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ellen Ross
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,668
894
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
242,702
84,601
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Paul D Angelo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,175
1,889
0.452
journalism studies
political communication
content analysis
news framing analysis
media priming
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
265,946
91,331
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Brenda Seals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,770
833
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
272,302
93,160
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Miriam Lowi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,668
886
0.242
Middle East politics
'rentier states'
political economy of violence and civil war
Islam and politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
274,807
93,911
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Larry Pearlstein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,629
677
0.187
Convolutional neural networks
video processing
video compression
multimedia hardware architecture
DSP
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
279,785
95,369
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Catalin Martin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,554
882
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
290,358
98,438
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Hossein Nouri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,404
1,178
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
298,935
100,857
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Naseem Choudhury
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,290
1,162
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
302,326
101,859
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Amruth Kumar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,246
1,559
0.480
Artificial Intelligence
Model-Based Reasoning
Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Computer Science Education
Computer Science Educa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
318,816
106,457
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
David Holleran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,045
1,012
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
320,987
107,082
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
He Len Chung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,020
888
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
326,098
108,571
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Matthew Wund
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,963
1,221
0.412
Evolution
Animal Behavior
Adaptive Radiation
Phenotypic Plasticity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
392,613
126,979
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jean Wong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,341
894
0.382
Conversation Analysis
Applied Linguistics
Teaching English as a Second Language
L1-L2 English Conversation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
395,457
127,770
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Carrie Miller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,319
840
0.362