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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 75 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
evolutionary psychology
evolutionary science
neuroscience
cognitive neuroscience
evolutionary neuroscienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,002
2,190
0.219
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
stream ecology
urban ecology
restoration ecology
ecosystem ecology
biology pedagog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,004
1,999
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Gravitation
General Relativity
Physics Education
Black Holes
Gravitational Wave
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,230
1,295
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Corporate Finance
International Finance
Privatizatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,797
469
0.168
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,607
492
0.189
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,072
489
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Exercise Science
Biomechanics
Human Performanc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,839
522
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
chemistry education
organic chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,712
836
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Computer Medicated Communication
Design Thinking
ER
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,648
834
0.506
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
HC
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,460
150
0.103
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Information Systems
Project Management
Software Engineering Managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,271
537
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Bioinorganic Chemistry
Bioinformatics
Protein Chemistry
Natural Product
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,220
589
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Organic Chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
949
354
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Historical memory
gender studies
Baltic state
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
867
379
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
DEI
Careers
Leadership
Business Educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
859
258
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
840
193
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Data Science
Cyber Physical systems
Statistical Physics
Complex Systems
Soft Condensed Matte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
783
544
0.695
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Culturally relevant teaching
socio-cultural perspectives on education
diversit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
778
264
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Labor & education economics
Business pedagogy
Applied microeconomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
697
486
0.697
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Prospective Memory
Memory
Cognitive Agin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
673
309
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Undergraduate Education
Physical Chemistry
Science Policy
STEAM Activities for Childre
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
610
57
0.093
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Computational Neuroscience
Neural Networks
Data Science
Software Engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
574
222
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Employee Selection
Cultural Intelligence
Mobile Assessmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
562
291
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Biology education research
developmental cell biology and physiology
genomics of cance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
558
172
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Games
Symbolic Interaction
New Media
Social Psychology
Socializatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
455
367
0.807
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,018
41,412
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Steven M Platek
Georgia Gwinnett College
Lawrenceville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,002
2,190
0.219
evolutionary psychology
evolutionary science
neuroscience
cognitive neuroscience
evolutionary neuroscienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
155,446
57,923
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Elizabeth Sudduth
Georgia Gwinnett College
Lawrenceville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,004
1,999
0.285
stream ecology
urban ecology
restoration ecology
ecosystem ecology
biology pedagog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
321,104
106,581
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Lior Burko
Georgia Gwinnett College
Lawrenceville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,230
1,295
0.401
Gravitation
General Relativity
Physics Education
Black Holes
Gravitational Wave
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
360,988
117,728
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Juliet D Souza
Georgia Gwinnett College
Lawrenceville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,797
469
0.168
Corporate Finance
International Finance
Privatizatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
381,587
123,405
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Hongsik Choi
Georgia Gwinnett College
Lawrenceville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,607
492
0.189
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
452,125
142,569
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ajay Mallia
Georgia Gwinnett College
Lawrenceville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,072
489
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
491,328
152,965
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Brandon Doan
Georgia Gwinnett College
Lawrenceville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,839
522
0.284
Exercise Science
Biomechanics
Human Performanc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
515,587
159,352
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Mary E Anzovino
Georgia Gwinnett College
Lawrenceville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,712
836
0.488
chemistry education
organic chemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
528,391
162,659
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Hyo Joo Han
Georgia Gwinnett College
Lawrenceville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,648
834
0.506
Computer Medicated Communication
Design Thinking
ER
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
570,149
173,580
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jim Rowan
Georgia Gwinnett College
Lawrenceville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,460
150
0.103
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
618,927
186,006
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Nannette Napier
Georgia Gwinnett College
Lawrenceville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,271
537
0.423
Information Systems
Project Management
Software Engineering Managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
633,747
189,783
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Michael Kirberger
Georgia Gwinnett College
Lawrenceville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,220
589
0.483
Bioinorganic Chemistry
Bioinformatics
Protein Chemistry
Natural Product
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
724,306
211,920
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Joseph C Sloop
Georgia Gwinnett College
Lawrenceville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
949
354
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
756,633
219,399
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Dovile Budryte
Georgia Gwinnett College
Lawrenceville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
867
379
0.437
Historical memory
gender studies
Baltic state
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
759,911
220,155
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
C Douglas Johnson
Georgia Gwinnett College
Lawrenceville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
859
258
0.300
DEI
Careers
Leadership
Business Educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
767,866
221,898
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Melinda Cline
Georgia Gwinnett College
Lawrenceville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
840
193
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
792,228
227,264
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Skanda Vivek
Georgia Gwinnett College
Lawrenceville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
783
544
0.695
Data Science
Cyber Physical systems
Statistical Physics
Complex Systems
Soft Condensed Matte
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
794,745
227,816
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jamie B Lewis
Georgia Gwinnett College
Lawrenceville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
778
264
0.339
Culturally relevant teaching
socio-cultural perspectives on education
diversit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
832,804
236,012
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
P Wesley Routon
Georgia Gwinnett College
Lawrenceville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
697
486
0.697
Labor & education economics
Business pedagogy
Applied microeconomic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
845,291
238,654
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Andrew Kelly
Georgia Gwinnett College
Lawrenceville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
673
309
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
879,733
245,789
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Charles D Pibel
Georgia Gwinnett College
Lawrenceville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
610
57
0.093
Undergraduate Education
Physical Chemistry
Science Policy
STEAM Activities for Childre
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
902,026
250,116
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Cengiz Gunay
Georgia Gwinnett College
Lawrenceville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
574
222
0.387
Computational Neuroscience
Neural Networks
Data Science
Software Engineerin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
909,826
251,640
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Kyle Huff
Georgia Gwinnett College
Lawrenceville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
562
291
0.518
Employee Selection
Cultural Intelligence
Mobile Assessmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
912,883
252,222
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Latanya Hammonds Odie
Georgia Gwinnett College
Lawrenceville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
558
172
0.308
Biology education research
developmental cell biology and physiology
genomics of cance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
997,185
266,659
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
David Kirschner
Georgia Gwinnett College
Lawrenceville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
455
367
0.807
Games
Symbolic Interaction
New Media
Social Psychology
Socializatio