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
Co-design
socio-material practices
infrastructuring processes
experiments in practice-based design research
sustainable chan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
959
448
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
conservation of cultural heritage
heritage science
archaeometry
indoor air quality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
951
492
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
font design
legibility
readability
vision science
low vision readers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
629
475
0.755
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
science & technology studies
identification
politics of numbers
state infrastructures
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
426
256
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
420
247
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
information systems
IT management
IT/IS in mergers
IT outsourcing
IT and organizational change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
404
89
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Activity tracking
workplace
Human Computer Interaction
Health Promotion
Qualitative Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
393
330
0.840
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Computational Anthropology • HCI • LLM Security • Cognitive Science • Creativity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
366
356
0.973
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Data Management
Query Processing
Spatial Big Data Analytics
Data Structures
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
349
337
0.966
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Design theory
design history
design historiography
digital design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
311
121
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Software development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
308
267
0.867
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Digital commons
Ethnography
Participatory Design
Science and Technology Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
306
240
0.784
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
complexity
multi-scale systems
sustainability
adaptation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
303
300
0.990
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Video Games
Design Theory
Game Design
Play Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
303
155
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Static Analysis
Model Checking
Dynamic Analysis
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
300
208
0.693
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Decentralized Systems
Process Innovation
Economics
Management
Information Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
291
291
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Digital Business Strategy
IT Leadership
Artificial Intelligence
IT Climate
IT Capabilities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
288
267
0.927
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Social computing
Machine Learning
Data science
Digital Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
284
232
0.817
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Formal Methods
Privacy
Probabilistic Programming
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
283
214
0.756
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
282
158
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231
90
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
British Literature
Film Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
230
23
0.100
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
renewable energy
science and technology studies
ethnography
digitalisation
the digital welfare state
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223
179
0.803
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Interaction Design
Social Computing
Tangible Computing
Internet of Things
Embodied Interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175
18
0.103
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
HCI4D
Digital Platforms
Participatory Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
59
0.855
Mette Agger Eriksen
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
København, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
959
448
0.467
Co-design
socio-material practices
infrastructuring processes
experiments in practice-based design research
sustainable chan
Morten Ryhl-Svendsen
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
København, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
951
492
0.517
conservation of cultural heritage
heritage science
archaeometry
indoor air quality
Sofie Beier
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
København, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
629
475
0.755
font design
legibility
readability
vision science
low vision readers
Baki Cakici
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
København, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
426
256
0.601
science & technology studies
identification
politics of numbers
state infrastructures
Sanna Marttila
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
København, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
420
247
0.588
Mar Alaranta
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
København, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
404
89
0.220
information systems
IT management
IT/IS in mergers
IT outsourcing
IT and organizational change
Nanna Gorm
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
København, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
393
330
0.840
Activity tracking
workplace
Human Computer Interaction
Health Promotion
Qualitative Methods
Nanna Inie
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
København, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
366
356
0.973
Computational Anthropology • HCI • LLM Security • Cognitive Science • Creativity
Eleni Tzirita Zacharatou
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
København, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
349
337
0.966
Data Management
Query Processing
Spatial Big Data Analytics
Data Structures
Ida Engholm
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
København, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
311
121
0.389
Design theory
design history
design historiography
digital design
Jacob Benjamin Cholewa
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
København, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
308
267
0.867
Giacomo Poderi
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
København, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
306
240
0.784
Digital commons
Ethnography
Participatory Design
Science and Technology Studies
Louisa Jane Di Felice
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
København, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
303
300
0.990
Martin Pichlmair
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
København, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
303
155
0.512
Alessandro Bruni
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
København, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
300
208
0.693
Static Analysis
Model Checking
Dynamic Analysis
Artificial Intelligence
Asger Balle Pedersen
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
København, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
291
291
1.000
Decentralized Systems
Process Innovation
Economics
Management
Information Systems
Nico Wunderlich
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
København, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
288
267
0.927
Digital Business Strategy
IT Leadership
Artificial Intelligence
IT Climate
IT Capabilities
Tiago Cunha
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
København, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
284
232
0.817
Social computing
Machine Learning
Data science
Digital Health
Raúl Pardo
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
København, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
283
214
0.756
Emil Kastbjerg
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
København, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
282
158
0.560
Lene Pries-Heje
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
København, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231
90
0.390
Inger Christensen
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
København, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
230
23
0.100
British Literature
Film Studies
Irina Papazu
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
København, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223
179
0.803
renewable energy
science and technology studies
ethnography
digitalisation
the digital welfare state
Elena Nazzi
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
København, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175
18
0.103
Interaction Design
Social Computing
Tangible Computing
Internet of Things
Embodied Interaction
Pietari Keskinen
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
København, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
59
0.855