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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 41 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
Economics of Development
Transition
Growth
Macr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,418
1,804
0.192
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
political economy
media economics
development economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,774
4,689
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
media economics
political econom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,274
4,263
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Economic Histor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,435
791
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
marketing
machine learning
choice modelin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,392
1,063
0.764
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
corporate finance
organizations and strategy
applied microeconometric
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,081
611
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
information retrieval
social network analysis
text processing
data mining
machine learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,064
259
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Growth and Development
Gender Economics
Family Economics
Demographic Economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,003
509
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Health
labor
developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
979
264
0.270
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
707
178
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
638
379
0.594
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Decision Theory
Economic Theory
Political Econom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
567
256
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Development Economics
Political Economy
Applied Microeconomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
555
359
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
International Economics
International Macroeconomics
Manufacturing
Economic Histor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
433
227
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Natural Resource Economics
Economic Growth
Economic Histor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
383
303
0.791
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Economic Geography
Industrial Organizatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
368
198
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
corporate financ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
322
64
0.199
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
corporate governance
corporate finance
privatization
nationalization
credit ris
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
310
83
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Macroeconomics
Macroeconometrics
Commodity Price
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
305
138
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Development Economics and Political Econom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
282
209
0.741
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Behavioral economics
contract theory
industrial organizatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
249
73
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
OR in sports
contest theory
sports economics
social choice theory
discrete mathematic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
243
173
0.712
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Economics
Financ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150
90
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149
130
0.872
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Statistical analysis
Data Science
Modeling
Quantitative analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143
137
0.958
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,273
368
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Vladimir Popov Владимир Викторович Попов|В.В. Попов, V. Popov, В. Попов
New Economic School
Moscow, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,418
1,804
0.192
Economics of Development
Transition
Growth
Macr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
138,905
484
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ruben Enikolopov
New Economic School
Moscow, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,774
4,689
0.603
political economy
media economics
development economic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
173,759
666
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Maria Petrova
New Economic School
Moscow, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,274
4,263
0.679
media economics
political econom
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
575,436
4,283
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Andrei Markevich
New Economic School
Moscow, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,435
791
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
585,985
4,427
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Daria Dzyabura
New Economic School
Moscow, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,392
1,063
0.764
marketing
machine learning
choice modelin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
676,444
5,669
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Olga Kuzmina
New Economic School
Moscow, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,081
611
0.565
corporate finance
organizations and strategy
applied microeconometric
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
682,226
5,749
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sergey Chernov
New Economic School
Moscow, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,064
259
0.243
information retrieval
social network analysis
text processing
data mining
machine learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
703,547
6,063
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Hosny Zoabi
New Economic School
Moscow, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,003
509
0.507
Growth and Development
Gender Economics
Family Economics
Demographic Economic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
712,468
6,203
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Evgeny Yakovlev
New Economic School
Moscow, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
979
264
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
827,519
8,156
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sergei Izmalkov
New Economic School
Moscow, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
707
178
0.252
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
863,171
8,763
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mikhail Drugov
New Economic School
Moscow, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
638
379
0.594
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
905,784
9,516
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ozgur Evren
New Economic School
Moscow, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
567
256
0.451
Decision Theory
Economic Theory
Political Econom
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
913,971
9,675
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Michele Valsecchi
New Economic School
Moscow, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
555
359
0.647
Development Economics
Political Economy
Applied Microeconomic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,017,160
11,762
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Douglas L. Campbell
New Economic School
Moscow, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
433
227
0.524
International Economics
International Macroeconomics
Manufacturing
Economic Histor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,067,627
12,851
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Gerhard Toews
New Economic School
Moscow, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
383
303
0.791
Natural Resource Economics
Economic Growth
Economic Histor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,084,715
13,227
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Tatiana Mikhailova
New Economic School
Moscow, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
368
198
0.538
Economic Geography
Industrial Organizatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,141,589
14,559
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Dmitry Lukin
New Economic School
Moscow, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
322
64
0.199
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,158,062
14,910
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Carsten Sprenger
New Economic School
Moscow, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
310
83
0.268
corporate governance
corporate finance
privatization
nationalization
credit ris
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,164,981
15,047
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Valery Charnavoki
New Economic School
Moscow, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
305
138
0.452
Macroeconomics
Macroeconometrics
Commodity Price
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,200,521
15,804
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Sultan Mehmood
New Economic School
Moscow, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
282
209
0.741
Development Economics and Political Econom
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,259,129
17,133
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Anton Suvorov
New Economic School
Moscow, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
249
73
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,270,261
17,377
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Dmitry Dagaev
New Economic School
Moscow, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
243
173
0.712
OR in sports
contest theory
sports economics
social choice theory
discrete mathematic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,516,687
22,475
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Sergey Kovbasyuk
New Economic School
Moscow, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150
90
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,519,087
22,525
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Konstantin Egorov
New Economic School
Moscow, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149
130
0.872
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,539,707
22,960
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ruslan Zakirov
New Economic School
Moscow, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143
137
0.958
Statistical analysis
Data Science
Modeling
Quantitative analysi