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New England Complex Systems Institute Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
United States
Eric L Ding|Eric Feigl-Ding
Epidemiology
Health Economics
Health Policy
Nutrition
Global Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,684
93,808
0.644
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
United States
Yaneer Bar-Yam
Complex systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,667
5,883
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
United States
Dan Braha
Complex Engineered Systems
Temporal Networks
Social Complexity
Social Dynamics
Design Theory and Methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,709
1,321
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
United States
Leila Hedayatifar
Complex Systems
Data Science
Complex Networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
440
310
0.705
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
United States
Olha Buchel
information visualization
geovisualization
visual analytics
sensemaking
complex systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
366
180
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
United States
Joseph W Norman
Complex systems science
large-scale risk and precaution
multiscale theory
operations research
perception and cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
320
245
0.766
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,441
United States
643
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Eric L Ding|Eric Feigl-Ding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,684
93,808
0.644
Epidemiology
Health Economics
Health Policy
Nutrition
Global Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,546
United States
16,813
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Yaneer Bar-Yam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,667
5,883
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
211,427
United States
75,519
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Dan Braha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,709
1,321
0.281
Complex Engineered Systems
Temporal Networks
Social Complexity
Social Dynamics
Design Theory and Methodology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
953,104
United States
261,222
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Leila Hedayatifar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
440
310
0.705
Complex Systems
Data Science
Complex Networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,026,463
United States
273,197
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Olha Buchel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
366
180
0.492
information visualization
geovisualization
visual analytics
sensemaking
complex systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,078,876
United States
281,180
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Joseph W Norman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
320
245
0.766
Complex systems science
large-scale risk and precaution
multiscale theory
operations research
perception and cognition