Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 56 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
Innovation Management
Service Management
Marketin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,874
1,196
0.245
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
purchasing and supplie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,326
864
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Hotel reservation
mobile payment
hospitality
touris
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,695
1,552
0.916
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Nature-Based Tourism
Protected Area Management
Sustainability
Environmental Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,325
1,165
0.879
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Tourism
Hospitality
Development
Social Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,244
965
0.776
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,182
675
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
International Development Studies
International Political Economy
Global Value Chains
Social Capital
Southeast Asian Studie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,095
605
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Global CSR
Inclusive Leadership
Family Business
International HRM
Varieties of Capitalis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,043
605
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,009
310
0.307
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Human security
international relations
disasters
human development
humanitarianis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
947
577
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
650
514
0.791
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
sustainabilit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
623
215
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Industrial Engineering
Economics of Technological Change
System Thinkin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
588
215
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
hospitality workers
employee wellbeing
positive psychology
stress
emotio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
383
315
0.822
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
382
195
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
International Relations
Framing
Policy
Pedagog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375
223
0.595
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Accounting
Finance
Economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
360
325
0.903
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Marketing
Consumer Behavio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
359
265
0.738
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Tourism Development
Policy and planing
Rural Tourism
Agricultural Heritage Touris
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
236
164
0.695
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Business Analytics
Hospitality Information Management
Microblogs
CGM
Social media minin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
138
0.711
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
politics
international relations
political economy
asian studies
regionalis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
87
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
instructional design
cultural intelligence
theory of mind
embodied mind
psychology of learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
184
114
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Environmental sociology
environmental health
gender
social movements
science and technolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
131
0.851
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Multimedia
e-Learning
Data Analytic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150
75
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Corporate Finance
IPO
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
121
0.924
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
223,344
4,481
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Rian Beise Zee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,874
1,196
0.245
Innovation Management
Service Management
Marketin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
416,325
8,446
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Martin Malish Francis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,326
864
0.371
purchasing and supplie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
519,454
10,407
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Sunny Sun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,695
1,552
0.916
Hotel reservation
mobile payment
hospitality
touris
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
604,702
11,984
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Thomas E Jones
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,325
1,165
0.879
Nature-Based Tourism
Protected Area Management
Sustainability
Environmental Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
627,160
12,366
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Huong T Bui
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,244
965
0.776
Tourism
Hospitality
Development
Social Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
645,606
12,668
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Subana Shanmuganathan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,182
675
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
672,956
13,078
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Kaoru Natsuda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,095
605
0.553
International Development Studies
International Political Economy
Global Value Chains
Social Capital
Southeast Asian Studie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
690,672
13,367
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Rebecca Chunghee Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,043
605
0.580
Global CSR
Inclusive Leadership
Family Business
International HRM
Varieties of Capitalis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
702,781
13,572
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Serik Meirmanov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,009
310
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
725,528
13,929
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Oscar A Gómez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
947
577
0.609
Human security
international relations
disasters
human development
humanitarianis
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
857,741
16,129
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Munim Kumar Barai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
650
514
0.791
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
872,979
16,340
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Michael Angelo Cortez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
623
215
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
893,783
16,668
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Behrooz Asgari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
588
215
0.366
Industrial Engineering
Economics of Technological Change
System Thinkin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,069,882
19,223
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Hiroaki Saito
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
383
315
0.822
hospitality workers
employee wellbeing
positive psychology
stress
emotio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,071,400
19,240
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Lailani Alcantara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
382
195
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,079,159
19,353
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Steven B Rothman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375
223
0.595
International Relations
Framing
Policy
Pedagog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,095,849
19,618
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Helal Uddin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
360
325
0.903
Accounting
Finance
Economic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,097,298
19,638
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Geunhee Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
359
265
0.738
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,287,717
22,253
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Kazem Vafadari ヴァファダリ カゼム
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
236
164
0.695
Tourism Development
Policy and planing
Rural Tourism
Agricultural Heritage Touris
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,386,090
23,550
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Phillip Pardo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
138
0.711
Business Analytics
Hospitality Information Management
Microblogs
CGM
Social media minin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,400,375
23,733
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Utpal Vyas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
87
0.460
politics
international relations
political economy
asian studies
regionalis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,414,208
23,896
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Peter W Roux
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
184
114
0.620
instructional design
cultural intelligence
theory of mind
embodied mind
psychology of learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,506,860
25,055
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Elicia Cousins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
131
0.851
Environmental sociology
environmental health
gender
social movements
science and technolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,521,723
25,258
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Dahlan Nariman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150
75
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,589,741
26,089
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Pengda Fan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
121
0.924
Corporate Finance
IPO