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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 64 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
Computer Vision
Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,918
11,387
0.602
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Social Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,206
5,876
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Digital literacy
Digital reading
Academic dishonesty
Paleontology
Mass extinction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,879
4,879
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
computational biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,853
5,016
0.639
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ed leadership
commitment
OCB
teacher empowerment
reform
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,583
3,106
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
economic financ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,246
1,677
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
special education
cyberbullying
social -emotiona
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,675
2,894
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Pedagogical aspects of integrating innovative technologies in K-12 & academia
Social aspects of e-communication and e-collabor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,668
4,668
0.700
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Applied Mathematics
Cryptography
Privacy
Data Minin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,626
1,457
0.315
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
education policy
education reform
educational leadership
social justic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,354
3,514
0.807
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Education
Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,885
1,376
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
higher education
e-learning
distance educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,586
1,380
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,545
1,209
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Mind-Body in Social Cognition
Embodiment
Construal Level Theory
Behavioral Immune Syste
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,303
1,411
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Language and aging
Dementia
Word retrieva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,941
1,432
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
network design
approximation algorithm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,860
839
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,757
1,825
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
cultural sociology
sociology of the arts
popular music studies
cultural globalizatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,568
719
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,479
1,020
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Research interests: implementation of innovative technologies in K-12 and teachers' professional developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,467
2,161
0.876
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Political Sociology
Militarism
Military Sociology
Civil-military Relations
Military Studie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,432
975
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
CS Education: curricula
gender
teacher trainin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,385
833
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Comparative genomics
Molecular evolution
Genome instability
Numt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,393
859
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Metric Geometry
Functional Analysis
Graph Theory
Computational Geometry
Online Algorithm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,169
621
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
computer mediated communication
human computer interaction
information systems
chronemics
GenA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,062
750
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,933
307
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Tal Hassner
Open University of Israel
Ra'anana, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,918
11,387
0.602
Computer Vision
Machine Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,386
540
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sonia Roccas
Open University of Israel
Ra'anana, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,206
5,876
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106,457
845
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Yoram Eshet
Open University of Israel
Ra'anana, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,879
4,879
0.494
Digital literacy
Digital reading
Academic dishonesty
Paleontology
Mass extinction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
137,663
1,150
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Noam Shental
Open University of Israel
Ra'anana, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,853
5,016
0.639
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,996
1,210
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ronit Bogler
Open University of Israel
Ra'anana, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,583
3,106
0.410
Ed leadership
commitment
OCB
teacher empowerment
reform
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
149,986
1,279
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Uri Benzion
Open University of Israel
Ra'anana, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,246
1,677
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
163,409
1,410
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Tali Heiman
Open University of Israel
Ra'anana, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,675
2,894
0.434
special education
cyberbullying
social -emotiona
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
163,588
1,413
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ina Blau
Open University of Israel
Ra'anana, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,668
4,668
0.700
Pedagogical aspects of integrating innovative technologies in K-12 & academia
Social aspects of e-communication and e-collabor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
234,135
2,024
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Tamir Tassa
Open University of Israel
Ra'anana, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,626
1,457
0.315
Applied Mathematics
Cryptography
Privacy
Data Minin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
247,540
2,143
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Izhak Berkovich
Open University of Israel
Ra'anana, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,354
3,514
0.807
education policy
education reform
educational leadership
social justic
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
274,332
2,358
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Avner Caspi
Open University of Israel
Ra'anana, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,885
1,376
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
293,895
2,503
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Sarah Rosenblit
Open University of Israel
Ra'anana, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,586
1,380
0.385
higher education
e-learning
distance educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
296,836
2,529
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Eran Chajut
Open University of Israel
Ra'anana, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,545
1,209
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
315,222
2,669
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ravit Nussinson
Open University of Israel
Ra'anana, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,303
1,411
0.427
Mind-Body in Social Cognition
Embodiment
Construal Level Theory
Behavioral Immune Syste
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
346,680
2,908
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Gitit Kave
Open University of Israel
Ra'anana, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,941
1,432
0.487
Language and aging
Dementia
Word retrieva
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
354,577
2,966
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Zeev Nutov
Open University of Israel
Ra'anana, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,860
839
0.293
network design
approximation algorithm
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
365,129
3,051
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Dorit Olenik Shemesh
Open University of Israel
Ra'anana, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,757
1,825
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
386,062
3,208
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Motti Regev
Open University of Israel
Ra'anana, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,568
719
0.280
cultural sociology
sociology of the arts
popular music studies
cultural globalizatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
396,390
3,291
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Tal Makovski
Open University of Israel
Ra'anana, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,479
1,020
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
397,814
3,298
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Tamar Shamir Inbal
Open University of Israel
Ra'anana, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,467
2,161
0.876
Research interests: implementation of innovative technologies in K-12 and teachers' professional developmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
402,257
3,326
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Yagil Levy|Yagil Levi, יגיל לוי
Open University of Israel
Ra'anana, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,432
975
0.401
Political Sociology
Militarism
Military Sociology
Civil-military Relations
Military Studie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
408,042
3,377
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Judith Gal Ezer
Open University of Israel
Ra'anana, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,385
833
0.349
CS Education: curricula
gender
teacher trainin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
407,040
3,367
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Einat Hazkani Covo
Open University of Israel
Ra'anana, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,393
859
0.359
Comparative genomics
Molecular evolution
Genome instability
Numt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
437,493
3,594
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Manor Mendel
Open University of Israel
Ra'anana, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,169
621
0.286
Metric Geometry
Functional Analysis
Graph Theory
Computational Geometry
Online Algorithm
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
453,658
3,704
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Yoram M Kalman
Open University of Israel
Ra'anana, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,062
750
0.364
computer mediated communication
human computer interaction
information systems
chronemics
GenA