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
family business
family firms
entrepreneurship
strategic management
management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,578
23,272
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Organic Chemistry
Organometallics
Composite Materials
Material Science
Adsorption
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,666
19,225
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
hyperspectral imaging
remote sensing
machine learning
pattern recognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,481
26,940
0.719
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Computer Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,051
13,541
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Crystallography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,874
5,813
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
fatigue
fracture
metallic materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,457
4,216
0.196
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
information systems
behavioral information security
cybersecurity
insider abuse
MIS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,750
9,195
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Environmental plant physiology including climate change
genomics to phenomics
remote sensing
crop modeling
etc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,549
7,962
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Nuclear Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,148
6,264
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
organizational behavior
organizational change
leadership
organizational culture
employability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,314
7,112
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Computational Materials Science
Density Functional Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,191
2,540
0.179
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
marine ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,684
4,440
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Computational Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,445
3,792
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Genomics
Computational Biology
Cytogenetics
DNA Sequencing
Plants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,128
4,638
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
weed science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,538
3,151
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Renewable Energy
Microgrids
Inverters
Phase-locked loop
Optimal Control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,267
4,078
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Energy-Water Nexus
Resource
Sustainable Communities
Sustainable Engineering
Waste water
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,998
6,240
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
theoretical nuclear physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,453
3,234
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Power system state estimation
dynamics and stability
power system security
robust statistics
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,003
8,416
0.935
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Decision Support Technology
Wireless Telecom
IoT
5G NR
Cloud Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,966
2,842
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Additive Manufacturing
Advanced Manufacturing
Cyber Manufacturing
AI/ML
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,812
7,435
0.844
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,574
3,753
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
virology
taxonomy
plant pathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,397
6,192
0.737
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Image Processing
Video Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,254
2,626
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,114
6,355
0.783
James J Chrisman
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,578
23,272
0.434
family business
family firms
entrepreneurship
strategic management
management
Charles U Pittman Jr
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,666
19,225
0.395
Organic Chemistry
Organometallics
Composite Materials
Material Science
Adsorption
Qian Jenny Du
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,481
26,940
0.719
hyperspectral imaging
remote sensing
machine learning
pattern recognition
Samee U Khan
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,051
13,541
0.520
Bruno Donnadieu
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,874
5,813
0.254
James C Newman Jr
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,457
4,216
0.196
fatigue
fracture
metallic materials
Merrill Warkentin
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,750
9,195
0.466
information systems
behavioral information security
cybersecurity
insider abuse
MIS
Reddy K Raja
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,549
7,962
0.454
Environmental plant physiology including climate change
genomics to phenomics
remote sensing
crop modeling
etc
Dipangkar Dutta
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,148
6,264
0.414
Mel Fugate
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,314
7,112
0.497
organizational behavior
organizational change
leadership
organizational culture
employability
Seong Gon Kim
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,191
2,540
0.179
Computational Materials Science
Density Functional Theory
Just Cebrian
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,684
4,440
0.380
Steven R Gwaltney
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,445
3,792
0.331
Daniel G Peterson
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,128
4,638
0.417
Genomics
Computational Biology
Cytogenetics
DNA Sequencing
Plants
David Shaw
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,538
3,151
0.299
Masoud Karimi Ghartemani
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,267
4,078
0.397
Renewable Energy
Microgrids
Inverters
Phase-locked loop
Optimal Control
Veera Gnaneswar Gude
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,998
6,240
0.624
Energy-Water Nexus
Resource
Sustainable Communities
Sustainable Engineering
Waste water
Anatoli Afanasjev
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,453
3,234
0.342
Junbo Zhao
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,003
8,416
0.935
Power system state estimation
dynamics and stability
power system security
robust statistics
machine learning
JP Shim
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,966
2,842
0.317
Decision Support Technology
Wireless Telecom
IoT
5G NR
Cloud Computing
Linkan Bian
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,812
7,435
0.844
Additive Manufacturing
Advanced Manufacturing
Cyber Manufacturing
AI/ML
Mohsen Razzaghi
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,574
3,753
0.438
Sead Sabanadzovic
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,397
6,192
0.737
virology
taxonomy
plant pathology
James E Fowler
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,254
2,626
0.318
Image Processing
Video Processing
Todd Mlsna
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,114
6,355
0.783