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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 13 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Macroeconomics
Banking
Monetary Economics
International Financ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
379
171
0.451
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Input-Output Analysis
Regional Economics
China Studie
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
254
52
0.205
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Diversity Management
Grounded Theory
Qualitative Studies
Human Resource Management
Japa
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181
51
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
現代日本語文�
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151
52
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Data Mining
Text Mining
Web Mining
Artificial Intelligenc
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
15
0.120
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
cultural history
political cartoons
manga histor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
89
0.718
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Human Resource Management
HRM
diversity management
Japa
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
42
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
International trad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
36
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
30
0.811
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Economic
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
2
0.077
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
建築計画・都市計画，都市工学，防災教�
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
5
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Development economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
4
0.200
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
日本文学、中世文学、仏教文�
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,072,521
19,277
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Hiroshi Gunji
Daito Bunka University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
379
171
0.451
Macroeconomics
Banking
Monetary Economics
International Financ
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,249,955
21,728
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Nobuhiro Okamoto
Daito Bunka University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
254
52
0.205
Input-Output Analysis
Regional Economics
China Studie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,419,215
23,965
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Darren M Mcdonald
Daito Bunka University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181
51
0.282
Diversity Management
Grounded Theory
Qualitative Studies
Human Resource Management
Japa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,513,825
25,169
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
冨樫純一 / Togashi Jun-İchi
Daito Bunka University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151
52
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,610,854
26,322
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Yasuyuki Shirai
Daito Bunka University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
15
0.120
Data Mining
Text Mining
Web Mining
Artificial Intelligenc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,613,560
26,360
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ronald Stewart
Daito Bunka University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
89
0.718
cultural history
political cartoons
manga histor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,792,978
28,585
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Darren M Mcdonald
Daito Bunka University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
42
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,061,157
32,132
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Masafumi Tsubuku
Daito Bunka University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
36
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,127,812
33,070
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Keiichi Kodama
Daito Bunka University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
30
0.811
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,239,045
34,585
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Kumiko Okamura
Daito Bunka University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
2
0.077
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Rankings
2,284,282
35,218
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
飯塚裕介
Daito Bunka University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
5
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,307,902
35,570
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Akiko Nasuda
Daito Bunka University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
4
0.200
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,593,380
40,229
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Shujo Takahashi 高橋秀城
Daito Bunka University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
0
0.000