Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 118 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 Rankings
Rankings
360,461
World Rank
1,903
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Citation Metrics
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Total2,807
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Last 6 Years1,523
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Last 6 Years / Total0.543
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
434,895
World Rank
2,781
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Citation Metrics
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Total2,191
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Last 6 Years1,559
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Last 6 Years / Total0.712
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
466,554
World Rank
3,199
Country Rank
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Citation Metrics
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Total1,985
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Last 6 Years1,137
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Last 6 Years / Total0.573
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
541,270
World Rank
4,385
Country Rank
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Citation Metrics
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Total1,589
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Last 6 Years929
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Last 6 Years / Total0.585
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
563,588
World Rank
4,776
Country Rank
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Citation Metrics
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Total1,490
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Last 6 Years1,161
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Last 6 Years / Total0.779
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
618,783
World Rank
5,766
Country Rank
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Citation Metrics
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Total1,273
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Last 6 Years1,154
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Last 6 Years / Total0.907
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
634,975
World Rank
6,109
Country Rank
7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Citation Metrics
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Total1,218
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Last 6 Years640
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Last 6 Years / Total0.525
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
654,383
World Rank
6,506
Country Rank
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Citation Metrics
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Total1,153
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Last 6 Years822
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Last 6 Years / Total0.713
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
692,939
World Rank
7,329
Country Rank
9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Citation Metrics
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Total1,036
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Last 6 Years860
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Last 6 Years / Total0.830
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
719,732
World Rank
7,891
Country Rank
10
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Citation Metrics
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Total963
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Last 6 Years373
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Last 6 Years / Total0.387
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
721,716
World Rank
7,934
Country Rank
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Citation Metrics
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Total957
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Last 6 Years937
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Last 6 Years / Total0.979
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
731,192
World Rank
8,139
Country Rank
12
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Citation Metrics
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Total932
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Last 6 Years681
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Last 6 Years / Total0.731
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
775,772
World Rank
9,157
Country Rank
13
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Citation Metrics
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Total822
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Last 6 Years753
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Last 6 Years / Total0.916
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
779,555
World Rank
9,249
Country Rank
14
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Citation Metrics
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Total813
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Last 6 Years794
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Last 6 Years / Total0.977
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
797,737
World Rank
9,668
Country Rank
15
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Citation Metrics
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Total772
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Last 6 Years762
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Last 6 Years / Total0.987
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
843,157
World Rank
10,889
Country Rank
16
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Economics & Econometrics / Accounting & Finance
public sector accounting | auditing | state finance la
public sector accounting | auditing | state finance la
Citation Metrics
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Total678
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Last 6 Years496
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Last 6 Years / Total0.732
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
885,458
World Rank
12,085
Country Rank
17
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Citation Metrics
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Total601
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Last 6 Years469
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Last 6 Years / Total0.780
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
888,631
World Rank
12,186
Country Rank
18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Citation Metrics
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Total596
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Last 6 Years314
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Last 6 Years / Total0.527
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
900,330
World Rank
12,517
Country Rank
19
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Citation Metrics
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Total577
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Last 6 Years523
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Last 6 Years / Total0.906
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
903,241
World Rank
12,608
Country Rank
20
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Citation Metrics
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Total573
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Last 6 Years350
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Last 6 Years / Total0.611
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
916,059
World Rank
13,026
Country Rank
21
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Citation Metrics
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Total554
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Last 6 Years441
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Last 6 Years / Total0.796
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
943,595
World Rank
13,863
Country Rank
22
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations
Political Sciences | Government | Democratic Institution | electio
Political Sciences | Government | Democratic Institution | electio
Citation Metrics
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Total518
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Last 6 Years446
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Last 6 Years / Total0.861
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
960,951
World Rank
14,420
Country Rank
23
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Citation Metrics
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Total497
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Last 6 Years481
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Last 6 Years / Total0.968
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,073,357
World Rank
18,675
Country Rank
24
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Citation Metrics
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Total380
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Last 6 Years285
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Last 6 Years / Total0.750
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,086,531
World Rank
19,181
Country Rank
25
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Citation Metrics
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Total368
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Last 6 Years337
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Last 6 Years / Total0.916
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