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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Yaneer Bar-Yam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,667
5,883
0.285
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
Leila Hedayatifar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
440
310
0.705
Olha Buchel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
366
180
0.492
information visualization
geovisualization
visual analytics
sensemaking
complex systems
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