The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
Economics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,971
9,833
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Economics
Applied Microeconometrics
Economics of Ageing
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,675
6,137
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,759
917
0.193
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Development economics
Labour
Education
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,525
2,099
0.831
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,089
1,893
0.906
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
development economics
public policy
tax and subsidies
programme evaluation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,894
529
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,553
1,535
0.988
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,530
1,520
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,189
654
0.550
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,144
689
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Health Economics
Healthcare
Labour Economics
Public Finances
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,140
831
0.729
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Labour economics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
943
322
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Public economics
Applied microeconometrics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
582
471
0.809
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Health Economics
Public Finances
Labour Economics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
558
509
0.912
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
414
376
0.908
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
public economics
economics of education
applied econometrics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
391
388
0.992
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Applied microeconomics
Savings
Wealth inequality
Intergenerational transmission of inequality
Game theory
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
306
292
0.954
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169
169
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Labour economics
public economics
industrial organisation
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163
111
0.681
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
29
1.000
Rachel Griffith
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,971
9,833
0.273
James Banks
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,675
6,137
0.329
Economics
Applied Microeconometrics
Economics of Ageing
Carl Emmerson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,759
917
0.193
Sonya Krutikova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,525
2,099
0.831
Development economics
Labour
Education
Alison Andrew
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,089
1,893
0.906
Laura Abramovsky
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,894
529
0.279
development economics
public policy
tax and subsidies
programme evaluation
Lucy Kraftman
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,553
1,535
0.988
Angus Phimister
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,530
1,520
0.993
Chris Belfield
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,189
654
0.550
Peter Levell
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,144
689
0.602
George Stoye
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,140
831
0.729
Health Economics
Healthcare
Labour Economics
Public Finances
Wenchao Jin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
943
322
0.341
Kate Smith
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
582
471
0.809
Public economics
Applied microeconometrics
Ben Zaranko
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
558
509
0.912
Health Economics
Public Finances
Labour Economics
Andrea Smurra
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
414
376
0.908
Ben Waltmann
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
391
388
0.992
public economics
economics of education
applied econometrics
David Sturrock
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
306
292
0.954
Applied microeconomics
Savings
Wealth inequality
Intergenerational transmission of inequality
Game theory
Max Warner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169
169
1.000
Agnes Norris Keiller
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163
111
0.681
Labour economics
public economics
industrial organisation
Andrew Mckendrick
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
29
1.000