Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the 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
Women's health
health risk assessment
sexual and reproductive health
elder care
Global Burden of Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,277
58,151
0.965
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Technology Enhanced Teaching and Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,796
11,680
0.695
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,216
6,439
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Distributed multimedia systems
Medical Multimedia Systems
Soccer Systems
Applied Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,116
10,917
0.773
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Qualitative research
Marketing
Service management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,900
7,884
0.567
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Transparent AI Systems
Medical Multimedia Systems
Visual Information Retrieval
Applied Machine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,909
12,067
0.935
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
causality
quantitative methods
household economics
social policy
farm animal welfare
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,424
5,813
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Glycobiology
Osteoarhritis
Cancer
Glycoinformatics
Glycoproteins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,915
5,609
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Horizontal gene transfer
antibiotic resistance
GMOs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,796
4,186
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,669
3,929
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
low back pain
neck pain
spinal disorders
musculoskeletal disorders
osteoarthritis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,569
5,092
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Reproduction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,679
3,728
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Public health nutrition
Food and Nutrition Governance
Nutrition and Human Rights
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,525
4,131
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Turbulence
experimental fluid mechanics
flow control
measurement techniques
fluid physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,524
3,976
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Digital Journalism Studies
Digital journalism
journalism
mobile media and communication
media management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,221
4,271
0.687
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
antiepileptic drugs/antiseizure medications
therapeutic drug monitoring
epilepsy
pharmacokinetics
pharmacology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,600
2,547
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
gerontology
loneliness
social exclusion
social networks
cognitive aging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,535
3,458
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
sensors
biomedical engineering
interaction of electromagnetic waves with matter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,435
2,388
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Youth research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,325
3,488
0.655
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Diet and Health
Nutrigenomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,249
1,876
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Knee osteoarthritis
Sports medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,958
3,069
0.619
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
political ecology
sociology
development studies
climate justice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,639
1,970
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Corporate finance
corporate governance
microfinance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,414
2,009
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
human computer interaction
universal design
accessibility
assistive technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,344
2,198
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
sociology of professions
sociology of education
studies in higher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,260
1,566
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,399
29
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Sezer Kisa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,277
58,151
0.965
Women's health
health risk assessment
sexual and reproductive health
elder care
Global Burden of Disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,362
265
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Wilfried Admiraal|Wilhelm Friedrich Admiraal, W. Admiraal, W.F. Admiraal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,796
11,680
0.695
Technology Enhanced Teaching and Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,628
317
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Atle Fretheim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,216
6,439
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,726
370
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Pål Halvorsen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,116
10,917
0.773
Distributed multimedia systems
Medical Multimedia Systems
Soccer Systems
Applied Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,075
390
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Line Christoffersen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,900
7,884
0.567
Qualitative research
Marketing
Service management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,572
432
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Michael Alexander Riegler|Michael A. Riegler, Michael Riegler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,909
12,067
0.935
Transparent AI Systems
Medical Multimedia Systems
Visual Information Retrieval
Applied Machine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,230
517
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Per Arne Tufte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,424
5,813
0.509
causality
quantitative methods
household economics
social policy
farm animal welfare
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,981
547
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Niclas Karlsson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,915
5,609
0.514
Glycobiology
Osteoarhritis
Cancer
Glycoinformatics
Glycoproteins
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,139
555
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Kaare Magne Nielsen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,796
4,186
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,427
566
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Morten Bjørgen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,669
3,929
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,534
644
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Margreth Grotle Soukup|Margreth Grotle Soukup
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,569
5,092
0.532
low back pain
neck pain
spinal disorders
musculoskeletal disorders
osteoarthritis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,710
721
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Trine B Haugen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,679
3,728
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
157,357
1,027
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Liv Elin Torheim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,525
4,131
0.633
Public health nutrition
Food and Nutrition Governance
Nutrition and Human Rights
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
157,374
1,028
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ramis Örlü|Ramis Orlu, Ramis Oerlue
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,524
3,976
0.609
Turbulence
experimental fluid mechanics
flow control
measurement techniques
fluid physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
165,348
1,082
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Oscar Westlund
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,221
4,271
0.687
Digital Journalism Studies
Digital journalism
journalism
mobile media and communication
media management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
183,526
1,215
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Cecilie Johannessen Landmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,600
2,547
0.455
antiepileptic drugs/antiseizure medications
therapeutic drug monitoring
epilepsy
pharmacokinetics
pharmacology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
185,573
1,230
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Marja J Aartsen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,535
3,458
0.625
gerontology
loneliness
social exclusion
social networks
cognitive aging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
188,877
1,256
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Olga Korostynska
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,435
2,388
0.439
sensors
biomedical engineering
interaction of electromagnetic waves with matter
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
192,641
1,287
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Anders Bakken
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,325
3,488
0.655
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
195,465
1,305
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Mari Myhrstad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,249
1,876
0.357
Diet and Health
Nutrigenomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
206,590
1,384
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Britt Elin Øiestad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,958
3,069
0.619
Knee osteoarthritis
Sports medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
220,117
1,476
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Hanne Svarstad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,639
1,970
0.425
political ecology
sociology
development studies
climate justice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
230,578
1,548
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Reidar Øystein Strøm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,414
2,009
0.455
Corporate finance
corporate governance
microfinance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
233,898
1,581
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Frode Eika Sandnes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,344
2,198
0.506
human computer interaction
universal design
accessibility
assistive technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
238,185
1,630
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jens Christian Smeby
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,260
1,566
0.368
sociology of professions
sociology of education
studies in higher education