Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 44 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
Group Psychotherapy
Trauma
Shared Reality
Bereavement
International Social Wor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,618
1,354
0.517
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Workplace coaching
Leadership development
Succession plannin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,957
1,376
0.703
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Gerontology
Narrative paradigm
life story reflection
older masculinites
Social Wor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,683
765
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
social psychology
peace building
narrative reseaerc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,620
581
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Physics
Biological physics
Education physics
Metabolome
Thermodynami
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
731
402
0.550
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Social work education
Family relations
Gende
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
635
462
0.728
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
consumer animosity
tourism behavior
intentions to visi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
607
556
0.916
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jurisprudence
Law and Religion
Legal Histor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
565
464
0.821
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
535
208
0.389
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
leadership
motivation
regulatory focu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
520
410
0.788
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Photovoice-based Research Communities in marginalized and excluded situations\Vulnerable communities International Social Work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
415
404
0.973
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Data Mining
Games
Data Fusio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
401
77
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
communication
media studies
gender and media
girlhood studie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
399
219
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Religion
Gender
Media
Amish
Ultra-Orthodox Jewis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
385
260
0.675
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Collaborative Governance
Trust and Well-being in Public Organizations
Time and Policy
Regulatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375
307
0.819
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
comparative law
legal history
Israeli history
political theory
legal theor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
372
181
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
cine
film
jews
latin america
"history in film
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
339
58
0.171
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
legal history
evidence law
criminal la
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
273
73
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Family relations
Social work educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242
225
0.930
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
politics
society technolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
220
48
0.218
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Genetic Programming
Games
Neuroevolution
Numerical Cognition
SBS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
59
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Biology
biotechnology
phycology
agronomy
microbiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192
67
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
History
Israel Studie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179
53
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
96
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
communication
religion
secularism
belie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
71
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
379,450
3,158
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Orit Nuttman Shwartz
Sapir College
Sderot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,618
1,354
0.517
Group Psychotherapy
Trauma
Shared Reality
Bereavement
International Social Wor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
469,644
3,819
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Gil Bozer
Sapir College
Sderot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,957
1,376
0.703
Workplace coaching
Leadership development
Succession plannin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
520,451
4,136
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Gabriela Spector Mersel
Sapir College
Sderot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,683
765
0.455
Gerontology
Narrative paradigm
life story reflection
older masculinites
Social Wor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
533,269
4,203
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Julia Chaitin
Sapir College
Sderot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,620
581
0.359
social psychology
peace building
narrative reseaerc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
815,565
5,773
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Yuval Ben Abu
Sapir College
Sderot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
731
402
0.550
Physics
Biological physics
Education physics
Metabolome
Thermodynami
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
864,406
5,974
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Einav Segev
Sapir College
Sderot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
635
462
0.728
Social work education
Family relations
Gende
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
880,005
6,034
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Villy Abraham
Sapir College
Sderot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
607
556
0.916
consumer animosity
tourism behavior
intentions to visi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
906,318
6,122
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Joseph E David
Sapir College
Sderot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
565
464
0.821
Jurisprudence
Law and Religion
Legal Histor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
928,405
6,181
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Esther Unger Aviram
Sapir College
Sderot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
535
208
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
939,763
6,209
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Marianna Delegach
Sapir College
Sderot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
520
410
0.788
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,033,484
6,437
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Menny Malka
Sapir College
Sderot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
415
404
0.973
Photovoice-based Research Communities in marginalized and excluded situations\Vulnerable communities International Social Work
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,048,617
6,473
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ami Hauptman
Sapir College
Sderot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
401
77
0.192
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Data Mining
Games
Data Fusio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,050,367
6,479
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Einat Lachover
Sapir College
Sderot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
399
219
0.549
communication
media studies
gender and media
girlhood studie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,064,934
6,514
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Rivka Neriya-Ben Shahar
Sapir College
Sderot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
385
260
0.675
Religion
Gender
Media
Amish
Ultra-Orthodox Jewis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,075,770
6,549
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Lihi Lahat
Sapir College
Sderot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375
307
0.819
Collaborative Governance
Trust and Well-being in Public Organizations
Time and Policy
Regulatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,079,567
6,559
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Nir Kedar
Sapir College
Sderot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
372
181
0.487
comparative law
legal history
Israeli history
political theory
legal theor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,118,917
6,629
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Tzvi Tal
Sapir College
Sderot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
339
58
0.171
cine
film
jews
latin america
"history in film
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,215,459
6,763
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Orna Alyagon Darr
Sapir College
Sderot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
273
73
0.267
legal history
evidence law
criminal la
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,270,893
6,843
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Yael Hochman
Sapir College
Sderot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242
225
0.930
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,318,564
6,906
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Michael Dahan
Sapir College
Sderot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
220
48
0.218
politics
society technolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,381,849
6,962
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Amit Benbassat
Sapir College
Sderot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
59
0.304
Genetic Programming
Games
Neuroevolution
Numerical Cognition
SBS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,387,238
6,965
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Elizabeth Yehuda
Sapir College
Sderot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192
67
0.349
Biology
biotechnology
phycology
agronomy
microbiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,424,127
7,009
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Na'Ama Sheffi
Sapir College
Sderot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179
53
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,488,521
7,088
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Amit Shelef
Sapir College
Sderot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
96
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,488,908
7,090
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Hagar Lahav
Sapir College
Sderot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
71
0.449
communication
religion
secularism
belie