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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 45 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
behavior genetics
personality
psychopathology
developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,796
2,007
0.257
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
International Marketing
Place Branding
Business Ethic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,793
1,200
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
psycholgy
public healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,389
1,798
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
suicide
post traumatic growth
Moral injur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,172
3,445
0.826
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Machine learning
environment
exposure
public health
Bioinformatic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,723
2,017
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
sociology of technology
Internet use
digital divid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,240
1,294
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Nutritional ecology of suspension feeders
Sediment resuspension by fish
Benthic-pelagic couplin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,201
1,361
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Migration decision-making
economic & social integration of immigrants
identity
well being socia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,994
934
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Evolutionary Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,938
1,217
0.628
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
customer experience
Retailing
Crowdfunding
City experienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,953
1,203
0.616
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
VLSI design
Computer Architecture
Accelerators
Machine learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,854
492
0.265
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Microbial Ecology
Microbial diversity
Marine Microbiology
The Nitrogen Cycle
Ammonia oxidizing prokaryote
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,765
280
0.159
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
anthropology of the body
surrogate motherhood
reproductive technologies
cultural anthropolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,661
681
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Coastal Geomorpholoy
Marine Resources Managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,541
736
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Judgment
Decision Making
Psychological Measuremen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,533
741
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
International Business
Born Global
Crowdfunding
Entrepreneurshi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,527
1,044
0.684
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
mentalization
attachment
obesity
eating disorder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,445
1,062
0.735
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Economics of immigration
Labor economics
Labor migration
Ethnic economy
Entrepreneurshi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,129
746
0.661
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
migration and inequality in education and labor market
STEM education
war and immigratio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
938
633
0.675
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
psychlogy of older adults and agin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
878
375
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Women's Health
Health Promotion
Nursing Education
Chronic Pain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
831
699
0.841
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Marine Lightning
Climate Change
Marine biogeochemical cycle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
807
323
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Political Sociolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
575
273
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
microalgae physiology
microalgae biotechnolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
562
271
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Algorithmic mechanism design
Algorithmic auction theory
Algorithmic Game Theor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
512
189
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
138,732
1,161
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ada Zohar
Ruppin Academic Center
Emek Hefer, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,796
2,007
0.257
behavior genetics
personality
psychopathology
developmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
188,640
1,618
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Eugene Jaffe
Ruppin Academic Center
Emek Hefer, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,793
1,200
0.207
International Marketing
Place Branding
Business Ethic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
245,634
2,124
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Efrat Neter
Ruppin Academic Center
Emek Hefer, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,389
1,798
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
257,544
2,224
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Yossi Levi Belz
Ruppin Academic Center
Emek Hefer, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,172
3,445
0.826
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
284,689
2,436
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Zohar Barnett Itzhaki
Ruppin Academic Center
Emek Hefer, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,723
2,017
0.542
Machine learning
environment
exposure
public health
Bioinformatic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
320,285
2,705
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Esther Brainin
Ruppin Academic Center
Emek Hefer, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,240
1,294
0.399
sociology of technology
Internet use
digital divid
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
323,518
2,741
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Gitai Yahel
Ruppin Academic Center
Emek Hefer, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,201
1,361
0.425
Nutritional ecology of suspension feeders
Sediment resuspension by fish
Benthic-pelagic couplin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
464,456
3,784
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Karin Amit
Ruppin Academic Center
Emek Hefer, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,994
934
0.468
Migration decision-making
economic & social integration of immigrants
identity
well being socia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
473,929
3,855
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Sigal Tifferet
Ruppin Academic Center
Emek Hefer, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,938
1,217
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
471,349
3,832
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Shaked Gilboa
Ruppin Academic Center
Emek Hefer, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,953
1,203
0.616
customer experience
Retailing
Crowdfunding
City experienc
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
488,603
3,943
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Freddy Gabbay
Ruppin Academic Center
Emek Hefer, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,854
492
0.265
VLSI design
Computer Architecture
Accelerators
Machine learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
505,311
4,048
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Sharon Avrahami
Ruppin Academic Center
Emek Hefer, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,765
280
0.159
Microbial Ecology
Microbial diversity
Marine Microbiology
The Nitrogen Cycle
Ammonia oxidizing prokaryote
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
525,800
4,166
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Elly Teman
Ruppin Academic Center
Emek Hefer, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,661
681
0.410
anthropology of the body
surrogate motherhood
reproductive technologies
cultural anthropolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
551,375
4,330
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Zviely Dov
Ruppin Academic Center
Emek Hefer, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,541
736
0.478
Coastal Geomorpholoy
Marine Resources Managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
553,152
4,339
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Eyal Gamliel
Ruppin Academic Center
Emek Hefer, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,533
741
0.483
Judgment
Decision Making
Psychological Measuremen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
554,450
4,347
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Efrat Kalanit
Ruppin Academic Center
Emek Hefer, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,527
1,044
0.684
International Business
Born Global
Crowdfunding
Entrepreneurshi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
573,581
4,460
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Lilac Lev Ari
Ruppin Academic Center
Emek Hefer, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,445
1,062
0.735
mentalization
attachment
obesity
eating disorder
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
661,309
4,943
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Nonna Kushnirovich
Ruppin Academic Center
Emek Hefer, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,129
746
0.661
Economics of immigration
Labor economics
Labor migration
Ethnic economy
Entrepreneurshi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
728,286
5,303
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Svetlana Chachashvili Bolotin
Ruppin Academic Center
Emek Hefer, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
938
633
0.675
migration and inequality in education and labor market
STEM education
war and immigratio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
752,168
5,427
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Liora Bar Tur
Ruppin Academic Center
Emek Hefer, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
878
375
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
771,347
5,560
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Keren Grinberg
Ruppin Academic Center
Emek Hefer, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
831
699
0.841
Women's Health
Health Promotion
Nursing Education
Chronic Pain
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
781,748
5,614
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Mustafa Asfur
Ruppin Academic Center
Emek Hefer, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
807
323
0.400
Marine Lightning
Climate Change
Marine biogeochemical cycle
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
901,270
6,108
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Nir Gazit
Ruppin Academic Center
Emek Hefer, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
575
273
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
909,868
6,134
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Asher Wishkerman
Ruppin Academic Center
Emek Hefer, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
562
271
0.482
microalgae physiology
microalgae biotechnolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
948,197
6,231
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Oren Ben Zwi
Ruppin Academic Center
Emek Hefer, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
512
189
0.369
Algorithmic mechanism design
Algorithmic auction theory
Algorithmic Game Theor