Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Middlebury College Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025

Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: Scientists Last 6 years Citation IndexUniversities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025

* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
United States
Daniel Scharstein
Computer Vision
Robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,844
8,274
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
United States
Barbara Hofer
epistemic cognition
public understanding of science
emerging adulthood
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,578
5,343
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
United States
John A Maluccio
Economic Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,575
4,318
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
United States
Jeffrey Carpenter
experimental behavioral economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,005
3,313
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
United States
Jason Mittell
Media Studies
Television Studies
Film Studies
Narrative Theory
Digital Humanities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,665
3,926
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
United States
Andrea Lloyd
ecology
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,054
1,713
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
United States
Paul Hess
Atomic
Molecular
and Optical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,596
4,819
0.731
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
United States
Frank Winkler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,410
1,343
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
United States
Jonathan Isham
social entrepreneurship
institutions
social capital
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,149
1,068
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
United States
Erik Bleich
European Politics
Race and Ethnicity
Freedom of Speech
Media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,897
2,576
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
United States
Michael Linderman
Computer Systems
Medical Genomics
Genomics Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,877
1,872
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
United States
Jessica Teets
China
civil society
local governance
policy experimentation
comparative authoritarianism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,833
1,911
0.675
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
United States
Chris Fastie
ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,780
617
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
United States
Sebnem Gumuscu
Political Islam
political parties
democratic backsliding
Middle East politics
Turkish politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,643
1,959
0.741
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
United States
Phanindra Wunnava
Labor
Applied Econometrics
Development
Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,441
714
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
United States
Chong Suk Han
Race
Sexualities
Gender
Queer Studies
LGBTQ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,247
1,124
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
United States
Mark R Stefani
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,222
320
0.144
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
United States
Martin Seehuus
Psychology
Sexual Function
College Student Mental Health
Sleep
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,128
1,745
0.820
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
United States
Jeffrey Munroe
Quaternary Geology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,991
927
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
United States
Caitlin Myers
economics
abortion
fertility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,990
1,080
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
United States
Christopher Andrews
Visual Analytics
Information Visualization
Large Displays
Generative Art
HCI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,824
723
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
United States
Mark Spritzer
Neuroscience
Animal Behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,808
637
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
United States
Andrea Vaccari
Image Processing
Remote Sensing and Biomedical Imaging
Embedded Control Systems
Photonics
Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,682
1,316
0.782
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
United States
David West
Appalachian tectonics
structural geology
igneous & metamorphic petrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,646
403
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
United States
Guntram Herb
national identity
geopolitical maps
indigenous borderlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,616
401
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,785
United States
10,108
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Daniel Scharstein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,844
8,274
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,853
United States
20,483
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Barbara Hofer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,578
5,343
0.304
epistemic cognition
public understanding of science
emerging adulthood
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,537
United States
33,098
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
John A Maluccio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,575
4,318
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95,732
United States
38,456
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jeffrey Carpenter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,005
3,313
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,688
United States
44,330
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jason Mittell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,665
3,926
0.453
Media Studies
Television Studies
Film Studies
Narrative Theory
Digital Humanities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
141,244
United States
53,766
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Andrea Lloyd
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,054
1,713
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
151,533
United States
57,066
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Paul Hess
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,596
4,819
0.731
Atomic
Molecular
and Optical Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,087
United States
58,540
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Frank Winkler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,410
1,343
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
193,859
United States
70,222
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jonathan Isham
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,149
1,068
0.207
social entrepreneurship
institutions
social capital
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
203,600
United States
73,197
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Erik Bleich
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,897
2,576
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
204,382
United States
73,438
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Michael Linderman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,877
1,872
0.384
Computer Systems
Medical Genomics
Genomics Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
329,886
United States
109,810
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jessica Teets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,833
1,911
0.675
China
civil society
local governance
policy experimentation
comparative authoritarianism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
335,147
United States
111,258
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Chris Fastie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,780
617
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
348,953
United States
115,100
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sebnem Gumuscu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,643
1,959
0.741
Political Islam
political parties
democratic backsliding
Middle East politics
Turkish politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
371,320
United States
121,377
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Phanindra Wunnava
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,441
714
0.293
Labor
Applied Econometrics
Development
Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
395,346
United States
127,914
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Chong Suk Han
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,247
1,124
0.500
Race
Sexualities
Gender
Queer Studies
LGBTQ
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
398,676
United States
128,830
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Mark R Stefani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,222
320
0.144
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
411,330
United States
132,269
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Martin Seehuus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,128
1,745
0.820
Psychology
Sexual Function
College Student Mental Health
Sleep
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
432,035
United States
138,009
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jeffrey Munroe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,991
927
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
432,178
United States
138,035
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Caitlin Myers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,990
1,080
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
459,908
United States
145,496
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Christopher Andrews
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,824
723
0.396
Visual Analytics
Information Visualization
Large Displays
Generative Art
HCI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
462,649
United States
146,237
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Mark Spritzer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,808
637
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
485,716
United States
152,317
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Andrea Vaccari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,682
1,316
0.782
Image Processing
Remote Sensing and Biomedical Imaging
Embedded Control Systems
Photonics
Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
493,133
United States
154,360
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
David West
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,646
403
0.245
Appalachian tectonics
structural geology
igneous & metamorphic petrology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
499,327
United States
156,015
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Guntram Herb
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,616
401
0.248
national identity
geopolitical maps
indigenous borderlands