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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 336 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
Anticorrupción
Desarrollo Humano
Pobreza
Historia Social de la Literatur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,035
16,976
0.770
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Conflicto
Violencia
Seguridad
Pa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,865
752
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Institutional Economics
crime
gender studies
prostitutio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,752
370
0.134
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Derecho Administrativo
Contratos Públicos
Responsabilidad del Estado
Control de Convencionalidad
Derecho Constituciona
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,181
916
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Management Science and Technolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,502
789
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
economia laboral
pensiones
politicas publicas del mercado de trabaj
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,417
468
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
América Latina
política exterior
seguridad
paradiplomaci
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,246
389
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Spatial Economy
Economic Geograph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,079
342
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
estudios urbano
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
982
332
0.338
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Derecho Penal
Derecho Procesal Penal
Derecho Procesal y Criminologí
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
792
263
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Medios de Comunicación
Media
Minority Languages
Cultural Discount
Cultural Transductio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
785
443
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Revolución de independencia
Historia política del siglo XIX
Historia de la ictiologí
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
782
396
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Cultura y cambio organizacional
comportamiento organizacional
análisis organizaciona
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
765
367
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Derecho internacional público
relaciones entre el derecho internacional y el derecho interno
pluralismo constitucional
sist
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
753
455
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Evaluation
Quality of Education
Knowledge Management
Information and Communication Technologies
Distance and virtual educat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
697
165
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
derecho constitucional
derecho administrativo
historia de las ideas política
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
666
182
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Derecho penal genera
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
650
313
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Psicologia de a salud
salud
psicometría
evaluación psicológica
salud public
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
626
150
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Derecho
medio ambiente
aguas
desarrollo sostenible
políticas pública
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
588
171
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
DERECHO CONSTITUCIONAL
REFORMA CONSTITUCIONAL
LÍMITES A LA REFORMA CONSTITUCI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
581
223
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sociología
Estratificación Social
Desigualdad
Pobreza
Políticas Sociale
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
555
110
0.198
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Análisis de Redes Sociales
investigación colaborativa
gestión socioambiental
agua
géner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
516
234
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
derecho constitucional
libertades económica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
470
221
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Conflict resolution
peace research
Colombi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
430
183
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Comunicación
Sociología
Migraciones. Redes Sociales
Rock
comic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
427
187
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,008
37
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Iván L Vargas García
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,035
16,976
0.770
Anticorrupción
Desarrollo Humano
Pobreza
Historia Social de la Literatur
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
354,377
661
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Camilo Echandía Castilla
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,865
752
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
366,036
697
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mauricio Rubio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,752
370
0.134
Institutional Economics
crime
gender studies
prostitutio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
436,085
967
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jaime Orlando Santofimio Gamboa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,181
916
0.420
Derecho Administrativo
Contratos Públicos
Responsabilidad del Estado
Control de Convencionalidad
Derecho Constituciona
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
560,600
1,589
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Luis Antonio Orozco
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,502
789
0.525
Management Science and Technolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
580,806
1,713
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Stefano Farne
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,417
468
0.330
economia laboral
pensiones
politicas publicas del mercado de trabaj
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
626,407
1,987
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Martha Ardila
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,246
389
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
678,126
2,316
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Oscar A. Alfonso Roa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,079
342
0.317
Spatial Economy
Economic Geograph
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
712,248
2,565
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Thierry Lulle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
982
332
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
788,838
3,153
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jaime Bernal Cuellar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
792
263
0.332
Derecho Penal
Derecho Procesal Penal
Derecho Procesal y Criminologí
Smart Institutional Plan
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
791,697
3,170
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Enrique Uribe Jongbloed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
785
443
0.564
Medios de Comunicación
Media
Minority Languages
Cultural Discount
Cultural Transductio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
793,128
3,184
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Daniel Gutiérrez Ardila
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
782
396
0.506
Revolución de independencia
Historia política del siglo XIX
Historia de la ictiologí
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
800,946
3,234
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Olga Lucía Anzola Morales
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
765
367
0.480
Cultura y cambio organizacional
comportamiento organizacional
análisis organizaciona
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
806,307
3,290
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Paola Andrea Acosta Alvarado
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
753
455
0.604
Derecho internacional público
relaciones entre el derecho internacional y el derecho interno
pluralismo constitucional
sist
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
833,431
3,494
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Angel H Facundo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
697
165
0.237
Evaluation
Quality of Education
Knowledge Management
Information and Communication Technologies
Distance and virtual educat
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
849,418
3,647
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Augusto Hernandez Becerra
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
666
182
0.273
derecho constitucional
derecho administrativo
historia de las ideas política
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
857,631
3,719
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Yesid Reyes Alvarado
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
650
313
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
870,969
3,826
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Sandra Carolina Valencia Lara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
626
150
0.240
Psicologia de a salud
salud
psicometría
evaluación psicológica
salud public
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
893,421
4,029
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Alvaro-Hernando-Cardona-Gonzalez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
588
171
0.291
Derecho
medio ambiente
aguas
desarrollo sostenible
políticas pública
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
897,756
4,060
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Gonzalo Ramirez-Cleves
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
581
223
0.384
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
DERECHO CONSTITUCIONAL
REFORMA CONSTITUCIONAL
LÍMITES A LA REFORMA CONSTITUCI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
915,380
4,192
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Óscar Fresneda Bautista
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
555
110
0.198
Sociología
Estratificación Social
Desigualdad
Pobreza
Políticas Sociale
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
945,293
4,400
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Dolly Cristina Palacio-Tamayo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
516
234
0.453
Análisis de Redes Sociales
investigación colaborativa
gestión socioambiental
agua
géner
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
984,578
4,621
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Magdalena Correa-Henao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
470
221
0.470
derecho constitucional
libertades económica
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,021,588
4,817
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Frédéric Massé
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
430
183
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,024,388
4,837
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Daniel E. Aguilar Rodriguez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
427
187
0.438
Comunicación
Sociología
Migraciones. Redes Sociales
Rock
comic