Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 30 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
Virologia
Microbiologi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,272
781
0.614
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Desenvolvimento Regional
Históri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
226
146
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Filosofia
Sociologia
Biologia
Pedagogi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223
113
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Biomedicina
Desenvolvimento de Novos Produtos
Análise de Alimentos
Tecnologia de Alimentos
Engenharia de Alimento
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219
137
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Engenharia
engenharia civil
materiais de construçã
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165
147
0.891
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Corporate Governance
Social Ties
Finance Corporate
Quality Accountin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
117
0.736
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
82
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Saúde Públic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
86
0.656
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Gestã
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
58
0.483
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Interdisciplinar/Engenharia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
107
0.899
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Capacidades Dinâmicas
Transformação digital
Digital Capabilitie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
69
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Administraçã
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
55
0.873
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
administração
business
capacidades dinâmicas
design management
estratégia empresaria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
41
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Educação e desenvolvimento regional
Universidade e desenvolvimento regional
Políticas educacionai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
32
0.640
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
psicologia
neurologia
neurociencia
comportament
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
27
0.574
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
38
0.950
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Educação Físic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
35
0.921
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Direito
Direito Civil
Processo Civi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
21
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
32
0.970
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Direito
Administração e Finanças
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
13
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
AD
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
9
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
direit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
12
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Direit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
8
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Direito
Adminstração
gestão e desenvolvimento regiona
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
12
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Educação a Distância
Tecnologias
Education
technology
e-learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
8
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
618,895
20,105
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Aline Viancelli
Universidade de Contestado
Mafra, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,272
781
0.614
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,308,212
42,565
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Alexandre Assis Tomporoski
Universidade de Contestado
Mafra, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
226
146
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,315,172
42,867
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Sandro Luiz Bazzanella
Universidade de Contestado
Mafra, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223
113
0.507
Filosofia
Sociologia
Biologia
Pedagogi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,323,760
43,184
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Gabriel Bonetto Bampi
Universidade de Contestado
Mafra, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219
137
0.626
Biomedicina
Desenvolvimento de Novos Produtos
Análise de Alimentos
Tecnologia de Alimentos
Engenharia de Alimento
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,469,383
49,121
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Luana Cechin
Universidade de Contestado
Mafra, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165
147
0.891
Engenharia
engenharia civil
materiais de construçã
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,489,395
49,958
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Fernando M. Ramos
Universidade de Contestado
Mafra, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
117
0.736
Corporate Governance
Social Ties
Finance Corporate
Quality Accountin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,530,556
51,652
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Andressa Antunes Bortoti
Universidade de Contestado
Mafra, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
82
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,589,732
54,127
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Leonardo Dresch Eberhardt
Universidade de Contestado
Mafra, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
86
0.656
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,634,450
56,061
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Luciano Bendlin
Universidade de Contestado
Mafra, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
58
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,637,073
56,177
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mari Aurora Favero Reis
Universidade de Contestado
Mafra, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
107
0.899
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,673,040
57,747
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Christiane Bischof Dos Santos
Universidade de Contestado
Mafra, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
69
0.622
Capacidades Dinâmicas
Transformação digital
Digital Capabilitie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,933,632
69,306
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Robson De Faria Silva
Universidade de Contestado
Mafra, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
55
0.873
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,935,156
69,381
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Renato Da Costa Dos Santos
Universidade de Contestado
Mafra, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
41
0.651
administração
business
capacidades dinâmicas
design management
estratégia empresaria
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,028,297
73,481
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Argos Gumbowsky
Universidade de Contestado
Mafra, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
32
0.640
Educação e desenvolvimento regional
Universidade e desenvolvimento regional
Políticas educacionai
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,050,643
74,128
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Pollyana Pawlowytsch
Universidade de Contestado
Mafra, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
27
0.574
psicologia
neurologia
neurociencia
comportament
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,103,802
75,642
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Marcos Paulo Hirth
Universidade de Contestado
Mafra, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
38
0.950
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,121,067
76,146
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Eliton Marcio Zanoni
Universidade de Contestado
Mafra, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
35
0.921
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,150,709
77,018
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Morgana Henicka Galio
Universidade de Contestado
Mafra, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
21
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,165,658
77,474
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Cleonice Witt
Universidade de Contestado
Mafra, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
32
0.970
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,273,889
80,968
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jean Carlos Machado
Universidade de Contestado
Mafra, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
13
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,321,165
82,548
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Luis Eduardo Palomino Bolívar
Universidade de Contestado
Mafra, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
9
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,344,051
83,396
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Cilmara Fante
Universidade de Contestado
Mafra, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
12
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,345,845
83,483
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jeison Francisco De Medeiros
Universidade de Contestado
Mafra, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
8
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,404,458
85,584
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Lucia Juraszek
Universidade de Contestado
Mafra, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
12
1.000
Direito
Adminstração
gestão e desenvolvimento regiona
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,413,211
85,885
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Gilmar Mazurkievicz
Universidade de Contestado
Mafra, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
8
0.667
Educação a Distância
Tecnologias
Education
technology
e-learnin