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
Service design
healthcare
social structures
systems thinking
transformation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,543
1,478
0.958
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Systems Oriented Design
Systemic Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,520
864
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Design research
interaction design
feminist HCI
women's health
design fiction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,251
1,213
0.970
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Design theory
Interaction design
Industrial design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
569
401
0.705
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
IxD
Design Research
Speculative Design
Participatory Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
467
435
0.931
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Urban Design
Arctic Urbanism
Placemaking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
268
207
0.772
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Interaction design
visual design
animation
data visualization
social semiotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
256
126
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Tangible Interaction Design
Universal Design
Health Promoting Technology
Multisensorial Interaction
E-textile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
249
91
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Service Design
Wicked Problems
Participatory Design
Transportation
Sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
224
222
0.991
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Industrial Design
Development
Climate Change
Futures
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181
36
0.199
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178
91
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172
123
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
102
0.703
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Urban Studies
Urban Sociology
Public Space
Social Interaction
Urban Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
56
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
61
0.813
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Design
Scenarios
Futures
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
36
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Systems thinking
design
complexity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
29
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Arctic architecture
urbanism and landscape
cultural landscapes
civic participation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
6
0.500
Josina Vink
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,543
1,478
0.958
Service design
healthcare
social structures
systems thinking
transformation
Birger Sevaldson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,520
864
0.568
Systems Oriented Design
Systemic Design
Marie Louise Juul Søndergaard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,251
1,213
0.970
Design research
interaction design
feminist HCI
women's health
design fiction
Kjetil Nordby
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
569
401
0.705
Design theory
Interaction design
Industrial design
Enrique Encinas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
467
435
0.931
IxD
Design Research
Speculative Design
Participatory Design
Peter Hemmersam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
268
207
0.772
Urban Design
Arctic Urbanism
Placemaking
Jon Olav H Eikenes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
256
126
0.492
Interaction design
visual design
animation
data visualization
social semiotics
Birgitta Cappelen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
249
91
0.365
Tangible Interaction Design
Universal Design
Health Promoting Technology
Multisensorial Interaction
E-textile
Mari Suoheimo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
224
222
0.991
Service Design
Wicked Problems
Participatory Design
Transportation
Sustainability
Håkan Edeholt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181
36
0.199
Sigrun Lurås
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178
91
0.511
Anne Karine Sandberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172
123
0.715
Steinar Killi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
102
0.703
Sverre Bjerkeset
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
56
0.683
Urban Studies
Urban Sociology
Public Space
Social Interaction
Urban Development
William Lavatelli Kempton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
61
0.813
Corbin Raymond
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
36
1.000
Andreas Wettre
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
29
1.000
Systems thinking
design
complexity
Morgan Ip
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
6
0.500
Arctic architecture
urbanism and landscape
cultural landscapes
civic participation