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 Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Computer Vision
Robotics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,844
8,274
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
epistemic cognition
public understanding of science
emerging adulthood
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,578
5,343
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Economic Development
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,575
4,318
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
experimental behavioral economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,005
3,313
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Media Studies
Television Studies
Film Studies
Narrative Theory
Digital Humanities
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,665
3,926
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
ecology
climate change
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,054
1,713
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Atomic
Molecular
and Optical Physics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,596
4,819
0.731
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,410
1,343
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
social entrepreneurship
institutions
social capital
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,149
1,068
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
European Politics
Race and Ethnicity
Freedom of Speech
Media
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,897
2,576
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Computer Systems
Medical Genomics
Genomics Education
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,877
1,872
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
China
civil society
local governance
policy experimentation
comparative authoritarianism
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,833
1,911
0.675
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
ecology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,780
617
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Political Islam
political parties
democratic backsliding
Middle East politics
Turkish politics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,643
1,959
0.741
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Labor
Applied Econometrics
Development
Health
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,441
714
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Race
Sexualities
Gender
Queer Studies
LGBTQ
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,247
1,124
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Neuroscience
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,222
320
0.144
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Psychology
Sexual Function
College Student Mental Health
Sleep
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,128
1,745
0.820
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Quaternary Geology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,991
927
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
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
Visual Analytics
Information Visualization
Large Displays
Generative Art
HCI
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,824
723
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Neuroscience
Animal Behavior
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,808
637
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Image Processing
Remote Sensing and Biomedical Imaging
Embedded Control Systems
Photonics
Education
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,682
1,316
0.782
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Appalachian tectonics
structural geology
igneous & metamorphic petrology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,646
403
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
national identity
geopolitical maps
indigenous borderlands
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,616
401
0.248
Daniel Scharstein
Middlebury College
Middlebury, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,844
8,274
0.277
Barbara Hofer
Middlebury College
Middlebury, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,578
5,343
0.304
epistemic cognition
public understanding of science
emerging adulthood
John A Maluccio
Middlebury College
Middlebury, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,575
4,318
0.373
Jeffrey Carpenter
Middlebury College
Middlebury, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,005
3,313
0.331
experimental behavioral economics
Jason Mittell
Middlebury College
Middlebury, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,665
3,926
0.453
Media Studies
Television Studies
Film Studies
Narrative Theory
Digital Humanities
Andrea Lloyd
Middlebury College
Middlebury, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,054
1,713
0.243
Paul Hess
Middlebury College
Middlebury, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,596
4,819
0.731
Frank Winkler
Middlebury College
Middlebury, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,410
1,343
0.210
Jonathan Isham
Middlebury College
Middlebury, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,149
1,068
0.207
social entrepreneurship
institutions
social capital
Erik Bleich
Middlebury College
Middlebury, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,897
2,576
0.526
European Politics
Race and Ethnicity
Freedom of Speech
Media
Michael Linderman
Middlebury College
Middlebury, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,877
1,872
0.384
Computer Systems
Medical Genomics
Genomics Education
Jessica Teets
Middlebury College
Middlebury, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,833
1,911
0.675
China
civil society
local governance
policy experimentation
comparative authoritarianism
Chris Fastie
Middlebury College
Middlebury, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,780
617
0.222
Sebnem Gumuscu
Middlebury College
Middlebury, United States
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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
Phanindra Wunnava
Middlebury College
Middlebury, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,441
714
0.293
Labor
Applied Econometrics
Development
Health
Chong Suk Han
Middlebury College
Middlebury, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,247
1,124
0.500
Race
Sexualities
Gender
Queer Studies
LGBTQ
Mark R Stefani
Middlebury College
Middlebury, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,222
320
0.144
Martin Seehuus
Middlebury College
Middlebury, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,128
1,745
0.820
Psychology
Sexual Function
College Student Mental Health
Sleep
Jeffrey Munroe
Middlebury College
Middlebury, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,991
927
0.466
Caitlin Myers
Middlebury College
Middlebury, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,990
1,080
0.543
Christopher Andrews
Middlebury College
Middlebury, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,824
723
0.396
Visual Analytics
Information Visualization
Large Displays
Generative Art
HCI
Mark Spritzer
Middlebury College
Middlebury, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,808
637
0.352
Andrea Vaccari
Middlebury College
Middlebury, United States
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
David West
Middlebury College
Middlebury, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,646
403
0.245
Appalachian tectonics
structural geology
igneous & metamorphic petrology
Guntram Herb
Middlebury College
Middlebury, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,616
401
0.248
national identity
geopolitical maps
indigenous borderlands