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
Sport and Leisure Policy
Strategy and Sustainability
Event Management
Sport and Event Tourism
Community Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,253
2,242
0.689
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,774
863
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Pediatrics
Emergency Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
930
884
0.951
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Sport psychology
Endurance
Self-talk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
922
747
0.810
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
outdoor learning
adventure education
nature
experiential pedagogies
outdoor education for health and wellbeing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
837
697
0.833
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
656
468
0.713
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
secularization
decline of religion
evangelicalism and fundamentalism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
532
193
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
education
teacher education
coastal schools
educational isolation
school improvement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
531
343
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Exercise Physiology
Gastroentrology
Immunology
Nutritional Supplements
Extreme Environments
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
354
344
0.972
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
285
263
0.923
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
280
250
0.893
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Network Security
Honeypots
Malware Detection
Intrusion Detection.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
255
206
0.808
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
methods
leisure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242
66
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Sustainable development
risk
modernity
globalisation
complexity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247
128
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
226
129
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217
215
0.991
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Entrepreneurship
Enterprise
Higher Education
Student Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201
174
0.866
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Female and Environmental Exercise Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
196
187
0.954
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Sport Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
53
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
86
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Young Adult Literature
Adolescence
Gender
The Body
Representation in YA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
86
0.966
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Globalisation
Migration
Social Control
Deviance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
33
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
45
0.978
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Fingerprints
Trace evidence
Impression evidence
DNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
40
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Physical activity and health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
18
0.514
Vassilios Ziakas
Plymouth Marjon University
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,253
2,242
0.689
Sport and Leisure Policy
Strategy and Sustainability
Event Management
Sport and Event Tourism
Community Development
Gary Shum
Plymouth Marjon University
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,774
863
0.486
Sarah Griffiths
Plymouth Marjon University
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
930
884
0.951
Pediatrics
Emergency Medicine
Alister Mccormick
Plymouth Marjon University
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
922
747
0.810
Mark Leather
Plymouth Marjon University
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
837
697
0.833
outdoor learning
adventure education
nature
experiential pedagogies
outdoor education for health and wellbeing
Joe Layden
Plymouth Marjon University
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
656
468
0.713
Rob Warner
Plymouth Marjon University
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
532
193
0.363
secularization
decline of religion
evangelicalism and fundamentalism
Tanya Ovenden-Hope
Plymouth Marjon University
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
531
343
0.646
education
teacher education
coastal schools
educational isolation
school improvement
Henry Ogden
Plymouth Marjon University
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
354
344
0.972
Exercise Physiology
Gastroentrology
Immunology
Nutritional Supplements
Extreme Environments
Stella Bullo
Plymouth Marjon University
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
285
263
0.923
Tanya Ovenden-Hope
Plymouth Marjon University
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
280
250
0.893
Chris Moore
Plymouth Marjon University
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
255
206
0.808
Network Security
Honeypots
Malware Detection
Intrusion Detection.
Gilhespy, I.
Plymouth Marjon University
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242
66
0.273
Gregory Borne
Plymouth Marjon University
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247
128
0.518
Sustainable development
risk
modernity
globalisation
complexity
Jonathan Waddington
Plymouth Marjon University
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
226
129
0.571
Alison Millyard
Plymouth Marjon University
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217
215
0.991
Sarah Preedy
Plymouth Marjon University
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201
174
0.866
Entrepreneurship
Enterprise
Higher Education
Student Learning
Tess Flood|Tessa R Flood
Plymouth Marjon University
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
196
187
0.954
Lance Doggart
Plymouth Marjon University
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
53
0.340
Tracy Hayes|Tracy Ann Hayes, T A Hayes, T Hayes
Plymouth Marjon University
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
86
0.683
Leah Phillips
Plymouth Marjon University
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
86
0.966
Young Adult Literature
Adolescence
Gender
The Body
Representation in YA
Samantha Hauptman
Plymouth Marjon University
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
33
0.541
Ian Stonebridge
Plymouth Marjon University
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
45
0.978
Po Lun Timothy Lee
Plymouth Marjon University
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
40
1.000
Martyn Queen
Plymouth Marjon University
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
18
0.514