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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 37 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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,936
3,211
0.269
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Educational Technology
Distance Education
K-12 distance education
K-12 Online Learning
Virtua
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,469
4,584
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
diabetes
metabolism
lipoproteins
atherosclerosis
fructos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,965
3,152
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Neurodegenerative disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,817
2,695
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
mitochondria
bioenergetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,591
2,189
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Special Education
Inclusion
Transition from School to Adult Life
Positive Behavior Supports
Systematic Instructio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,553
561
0.158
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Psychiatry
Psychopharmacology
Psychedelic Therapy
Pharmacogenomics
Connectomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,823
1,229
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Drug developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,242
296
0.132
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
anabolic steroids
performance enhancing drugs
diabetes
pharmac
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,191
1,400
0.639
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Cancer
Proteases
Tumor Suppression
Senescenc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,796
215
0.120
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
women's global healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,516
1,080
0.712
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Management Information Systems
IT Workforce
IT Occupational Culture
Cybersecurity
Gender in I
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,164
492
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Interventional Radiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,062
879
0.828
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
politics of global health policy making
task-shifting and reproductive health policies
sub-national distribution of developme
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
669
610
0.912
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Autism
Flexibility
FMRI
overselectivity
PR
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
583
156
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Neurosurger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
398
370
0.930
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
335
282
0.842
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
328
246
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
supply chain managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
230
133
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Policy Analysis
Global Regulation
Accounting & Finance
Philanthropy
Global Povert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
185
30
0.162
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164
131
0.799
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
public health
health equity and criminal justice
mph programs
oral healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
6
0.041
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146
58
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
43
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Multicultural
MC
Emotional Support Animal
trauma
martial art
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
85
0.773
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,131
34,494
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jean Marc Schwarz
Touro University
Vallejo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,936
3,211
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,557
43,691
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Michael K Barbour
Touro University
Vallejo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,469
4,584
0.484
Educational Technology
Distance Education
K-12 distance education
K-12 Online Learning
Virtua
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
135,310
51,496
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Alejandro Gugliucci
Touro University
Vallejo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,965
3,152
0.396
diabetes
metabolism
lipoproteins
atherosclerosis
fructos
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
187,538
67,907
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Shankar Chinta
Touro University
Vallejo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,817
2,695
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
293,070
98,729
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Shona Mookerjee
Touro University
Vallejo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,591
2,189
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
295,804
99,510
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Keith Storey
Touro University
Vallejo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,553
561
0.158
Special Education
Inclusion
Transition from School to Adult Life
Positive Behavior Supports
Systematic Instructio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
357,731
116,855
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Kelan Thomas
Touro University
Vallejo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,823
1,229
0.435
Psychiatry
Psychopharmacology
Psychedelic Therapy
Pharmacogenomics
Connectomic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
426,483
135,628
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Miriam Gochin
Touro University
Vallejo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,242
296
0.132
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
433,634
137,613
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Eric J IP
Touro University
Vallejo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,191
1,400
0.639
anabolic steroids
performance enhancing drugs
diabetes
pharmac
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
498,697
154,888
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Daniel Keppler
Touro University
Vallejo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,796
215
0.120
Cancer
Proteases
Tumor Suppression
Senescenc
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
556,299
170,014
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Carinne Brody
Touro University
Vallejo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,516
1,080
0.712
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
649,836
193,811
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Indira Guzman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,164
492
0.423
Management Information Systems
IT Workforce
IT Occupational Culture
Cybersecurity
Gender in I
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
682,620
201,922
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Piyush Goyal
Touro University
Vallejo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,062
879
0.828
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
846,473
238,931
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sahai Burrowes
Touro University
Vallejo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
669
610
0.912
politics of global health policy making
task-shifting and reproductive health policies
sub-national distribution of developme
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
895,426
248,895
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Linda K Haymes
Touro University
Vallejo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
583
156
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,051,631
275,514
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ariel Takayanagi
Touro University
Vallejo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
398
370
0.930
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,123,959
286,576
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Shervin Sarji
Touro University
Vallejo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
335
282
0.842
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,132,998
287,958
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jackie Ho
Touro University
Vallejo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
328
246
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,297,274
310,703
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jamie Barnes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
230
133
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,407,844
325,255
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nicholas Vakkur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
185
30
0.162
Policy Analysis
Global Regulation
Accounting & Finance
Philanthropy
Global Povert
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,469,724
333,198
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Amat Al-Khaleq O Mehrass
Touro University
Vallejo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164
131
0.799
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,527,855
340,550
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Gayle Cummings
Touro University
Vallejo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
6
0.041
public health
health equity and criminal justice
mph programs
oral healt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,530,977
340,930
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Vikas Gill
Touro University
Vallejo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146
58
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,643,932
354,957
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Kyle Stephens
Touro University
Vallejo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
43
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,673,118
358,523
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Bill E Owenby
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
85
0.773