Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 130 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
políticas públicas
educação
primeira infância
desigualdade
pobreza e mercado de trabalh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,620
2,270
0.155
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Econometrics
Applied Microeconomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,722
5,184
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Bayesian statistics
dynamic models
time series
econometrics
factor modeling of large scal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,400
3,038
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Development
Health
Crime
Labor
Histor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,160
3,050
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Institutional Economics
Law & Economics
Industrial Organizatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,328
1,259
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Operations Management
Operations Strategy
Inventory Management
Teaching and Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,447
585
0.132
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Estatístic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,417
1,102
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Marketing
Sales
Network
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,109
1,120
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Constitutional Law
Judicial Politics
Constitutional Theory
Direito Constitucional
Comparative Constitutional La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,074
1,227
0.592
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,038
1,021
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
macroeconomia
finanças
economia polític
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,987
439
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Marketin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,728
839
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,509
647
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Estratégia
Sustentabilidade
Meio Ambiente e Centros Urbanos
Supply Chain and Network
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,499
584
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Gender economics
Applied Microeconometrics
Labor Economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,435
549
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
sustainability
system dynamics
complex systems
supply chains
systemic risk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,372
1,174
0.856
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Social Networks
Sociology of Culture
Entrepreneurship
Creative Industrie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,256
479
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
finança
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,169
337
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Complex networks
econophyic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,089
540
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Health Economics
Development Economics
Applied Microeconomics
Industrial Organizatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
988
967
0.979
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Direito e Tecnologia
Jurimetria
Direito Digital
Ciência de Dado
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
933
557
0.597
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Macro-finance
international financ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
887
169
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Law and Economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
820
494
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
História do Pensamento Econômico
Macroeconomi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
699
323
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Matemática
Engenharia
Computação
Finanças
Economi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
680
206
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,363
764
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ricardo Paes De Barros
Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa INSPER
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,620
2,270
0.155
políticas públicas
educação
primeira infância
desigualdade
pobreza e mercado de trabalh
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,039
1,341
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sergio Firpo
Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa INSPER
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,722
5,184
0.483
Econometrics
Applied Microeconomic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,560
1,402
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Hedibert Freitas Lopes
Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa INSPER
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,400
3,038
0.292
Bayesian statistics
dynamic models
time series
econometrics
factor modeling of large scal
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
132,184
2,154
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Rodrigo R Soares
Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa INSPER
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,160
3,050
0.374
Development
Health
Crime
Labor
Histor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
204,996
4,293
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Paulo Furquim De Azevedo
Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa INSPER
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,328
1,259
0.236
Institutional Economics
Law & Economics
Industrial Organizatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
243,100
5,528
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Irineu Gn Gianesi
Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa INSPER
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,447
585
0.132
Operations Management
Operations Strategy
Inventory Management
Teaching and Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
244,677
5,585
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Rinaldo Artes
Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa INSPER
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,417
1,102
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
331,948
8,640
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Danny Pimentel Claro
Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa INSPER
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,109
1,120
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
452,299
13,266
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Diego Werneck Arguelhes
Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa INSPER
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,074
1,227
0.592
Constitutional Law
Judicial Politics
Constitutional Theory
Direito Constitucional
Comparative Constitutional La
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
457,929
13,488
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Adriana Bruscato Bortoluzzo
Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa INSPER
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,038
1,021
0.501
Smart Institutional Plan
Powerful Insights + Smart Membership = Institutional Success
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
466,298
13,820
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Marco Bonomo
Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa INSPER
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,987
439
0.221
macroeconomia
finanças
economia polític
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
512,977
15,643
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Carla Ramos
Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa INSPER
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,728
839
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
559,337
17,527
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Joao MP De Mello
Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa INSPER
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,509
647
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
561,650
17,627
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Priscila Borin De Oliveira Claro
Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa INSPER
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,499
584
0.390
Estratégia
Sustentabilidade
Meio Ambiente e Centros Urbanos
Supply Chain and Network
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
576,788
18,265
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Regina Madalozzo
Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa INSPER
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,435
549
0.383
Gender economics
Applied Microeconometrics
Labor Economic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
592,325
18,970
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Vinícius Picanço Rodrigues
Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa INSPER
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,372
1,174
0.856
sustainability
system dynamics
complex systems
supply chains
systemic risk
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
623,822
20,314
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Charles Kirschbaum
Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa INSPER
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,256
479
0.381
Social Networks
Sociology of Culture
Entrepreneurship
Creative Industrie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
649,714
21,461
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Andrea Maria Accioly Fonseca Minardi
Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa INSPER
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,169
337
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
675,022
22,605
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Leonidas Sandoval
Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa INSPER
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,089
540
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
709,982
24,112
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Letícia Nunes
Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa INSPER
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
988
967
0.979
Health Economics
Development Economics
Applied Microeconomics
Industrial Organizatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
730,928
25,042
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ivar Alberto Martins Hartmann
Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa INSPER
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
933
557
0.597
Direito e Tecnologia
Jurimetria
Direito Digital
Ciência de Dado
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
749,186
25,875
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Marco Lyrio
Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa INSPER
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
887
169
0.191
Macro-finance
international financ
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
776,797
27,119
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Luciana Yeung (Yeung Luk Tai)
Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa INSPER
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
820
494
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
832,603
29,545
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Pedro Garcia Duarte
Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa INSPER
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
699
323
0.462
História do Pensamento Econômico
Macroeconomi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
842,435
29,935
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Marco Antonio Leonel Caetano
Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa INSPER
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
680
206
0.303
Matemática
Engenharia
Computação
Finanças
Economi