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
music composition
sonification
polymedia
empirical musicology
computer music
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
646
349
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Civic Media
Youth Media
Empathy
Media Literacy
Media Production
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
551
461
0.837
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Social Media
Digital Literacy
Creativity
Media Effects
Beauty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
518
470
0.907
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Philosophy of Psychology
Emotions
Self
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
489
219
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Regionalism
literature
film
pop culture
landscape
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
444
153
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
advertising creative development
audio branding
brand activation
brand management
sensory branding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
317
258
0.814
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Fashion
Fashion Theory
Fashion History
The Body
Curating
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
319
234
0.734
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
• Teacher preparation
emphasis in second language education and literacy • Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) • Pre-service and in-service teacher training
emphasis in TESOL and CALL • Intercultural learning and culturally responsive teaching • English language learner (ELL) family diversity in education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
319
284
0.890
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
cinema
television
transmedia
screenwriting
filmmaking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246
100
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
International Education
Higher Education
Study Abroad
International Students
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
211
98
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Malacology
Biomechanics
Pedagogy
Invertebrates
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186
93
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Graphic design
visual journalism
reporting in Spanish
image making
documentary video
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165
56
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Sonic Interaction Design
Sound and Music Computing
Sonification
Participatory Design
HCI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144
111
0.771
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Pater
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
18
0.182
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Cultural Studies (methods and methodologies)
Media Studies
Intellectual Property Rights
Political Economy
Political Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
60
0.619
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
American Cultural History
Humor
Cuban History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
30
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Political Economy
Behavioral Economics
Ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
31
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
magazines
fact-checking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
58
0.841
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Technical Communication
User-Centered Design
Participatory Design
Global Socioeconomic Development
Global Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
52
0.788
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
46
0.742
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Writing
New Media
Zombies
Popular Culture
Mystery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
12
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Political theory
cultural studies
film studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
15
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Model Theory
Mathematics Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
4
0.098
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Applied Mathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
7
0.184
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
secularization
secularism
religion and law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
26
0.684
David Worrall
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
646
349
0.540
music composition
sonification
polymedia
empirical musicology
computer music
Yonty (Jonathan) Friesem
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
551
461
0.837
Civic Media
Youth Media
Empathy
Media Literacy
Media Production
Grace Y Choi
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
518
470
0.907
Social Media
Digital Literacy
Creativity
Media Effects
Beauty
Rami Gabriel
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
489
219
0.448
Douglas Reichert Powell
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
444
153
0.345
Regionalism
literature
film
pop culture
landscape
Laurence Minsky
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
317
258
0.814
advertising creative development
audio branding
brand activation
brand management
sensory branding
Lauren Downing Peters
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
319
234
0.734
Fashion
Fashion Theory
Fashion History
The Body
Curating
Ellen Yeh
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
319
284
0.890
• Teacher preparation
emphasis in second language education and literacy • Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) • Pre-service and in-service teacher training
emphasis in TESOL and CALL • Intercultural learning and culturally responsive teaching • English language learner (ELL) family diversity in education
Josef Steiff
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246
100
0.407
cinema
television
transmedia
screenwriting
filmmaking
David Comp
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
211
98
0.464
International Education
Higher Education
Study Abroad
International Students
Elizabeth C Davis-Berg
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186
93
0.500
Malacology
Biomechanics
Pedagogy
Invertebrates
Elio Leturia
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165
56
0.339
Graphic design
visual journalism
reporting in Spanish
image making
documentary video
Visda Goudarzi
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144
111
0.771
Sonic Interaction Design
Sound and Music Computing
Sonification
Participatory Design
HCI
Kenneth Daley
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
18
0.182
Sean Johnson Andrews
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
60
0.619
Cultural Studies (methods and methodologies)
Media Studies
Intellectual Property Rights
Political Economy
Political Theory
Teresa Prados-Torreira
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
30
0.370
American Cultural History
Humor
Cuban History
Rojhat B Avsar
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
31
0.397
Political Economy
Behavioral Economics
Ethics
Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
58
0.841
Hilary Sarat-St Peter
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
52
0.788
Technical Communication
User-Centered Design
Participatory Design
Global Socioeconomic Development
Global Security
Dimitrios Latsis
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
46
0.742
Brendan Riley
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
12
0.267
Writing
New Media
Zombies
Popular Culture
Mystery
Robert E Watkins
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
15
0.349
Political theory
cultural studies
film studies
Christopher Shaw
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
4
0.098
Model Theory
Mathematics Education
Eunju Sohn
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
7
0.184
Stephanie Frank
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
26
0.684
secularization
secularism
religion and law