Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 27 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
666,927
World Rank
228
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
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Total1,114
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Last 6 Years363
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Last 6 Years / Total0.326
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
920,333
World Rank
400
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations
Comparative Regionalism | Central Asian Studies | International Law | International Relation
Comparative Regionalism | Central Asian Studies | International Law | International Relation
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Total548
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Last 6 Years473
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Last 6 Years / Total0.863
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
935,331
World Rank
412
Country Rank
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
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Total529
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Last 6 Years125
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Last 6 Years / Total0.236
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,291,261
World Rank
775
Country Rank
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Computer Science | Web Development | Open Source | Linux | JavaScrip
Computer Science | Web Development | Open Source | Linux | JavaScrip
Citation Metrics
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Total234
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Last 6 Years220
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Last 6 Years / Total0.940
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,503,329
World Rank
1,107
Country Rank
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Citation Metrics
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Total155
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Last 6 Years138
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Last 6 Years / Total0.890
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,503,894
World Rank
1,109
Country Rank
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Citation Metrics
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Total155
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Last 6 Years117
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Last 6 Years / Total0.755
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,549,866
World Rank
1,201
Country Rank
7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Law / Law and Legal Studies
гражданское право | гражданский процесс | предпринимательское право | нотариат | международное частное прав�
гражданское право | гражданский процесс | предпринимательское право | нотариат | международное частное прав�
Citation Metrics
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Total142
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Last 6 Years76
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Last 6 Years / Total0.535
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,688,177
World Rank
1,471
Country Rank
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
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Total108
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Last 6 Years59
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Last 6 Years / Total0.546
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,855,991
World Rank
1,899
Country Rank
9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,870,954
World Rank
1,928
Country Rank
10
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Others
Development | public sector reform | open government | digital activism | authoritarian regimes an
Development | public sector reform | open government | digital activism | authoritarian regimes an
Citation Metrics
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Total73
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Last 6 Years63
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Last 6 Years / Total0.863
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,886,946
World Rank
1,983
Country Rank
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
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Total70
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Last 6 Years70
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Last 6 Years / Total1.000
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
1,931,628
World Rank
2,137
Country Rank
12
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
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Total63
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Last 6 Years63
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Last 6 Years / Total1.000
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,053,087
World Rank
2,576
Country Rank
13
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Citation Metrics
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Total47
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Last 6 Years11
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Last 6 Years / Total0.234
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,053,554
World Rank
2,582
Country Rank
14
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
network engineering | machine learning algorithms | computer networ
network engineering | machine learning algorithms | computer networ
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Total46
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Last 6 Years46
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Last 6 Years / Total1.000
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,097,611
World Rank
2,756
Country Rank
15
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
applied linguistics | language translation | multimodal texts | controlled thesaurus | terminolog
applied linguistics | language translation | multimodal texts | controlled thesaurus | terminolog
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Total41
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Last 6 Years35
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Last 6 Years / Total0.854
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,223,800
World Rank
3,338
Country Rank
16
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
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Total27
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Last 6 Years27
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Last 6 Years / Total1.000
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,309,903
World Rank
3,788
Country Rank
17
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Business & Management / Entrepreneurship
Leadership | Leadership development | Leadership interventio
Leadership | Leadership development | Leadership interventio
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Total20
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Last 6 Years11
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Last 6 Years / Total0.550
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,385,065
World Rank
4,269
Country Rank
18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,447,975
World Rank
4,694
Country Rank
19
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,463,030
World Rank
4,809
Country Rank
20
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,475,458
World Rank
4,882
Country Rank
21
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,477,118
World Rank
4,898
Country Rank
22
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,495,706
World Rank
5,069
Country Rank
23
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,569,391
World Rank
5,756
Country Rank
24
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,573,854
World Rank
5,815
Country Rank
25
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
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