The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Social demography
social stratification
comparative social policy
family dynamics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,937
24,580
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
strategic management
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,437
25,295
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
economics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,016
15,540
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
global health
political economy
sociology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,427
24,262
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
innovation
industrial economics
economic development
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,380
10,242
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,271
8,891
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
strategy
innovation
applied economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,998
7,961
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Strategy
International Business
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,160
8,931
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
demography
life course
sociology
family
social statistics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,833
8,399
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Development Economics
Political Economics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,965
9,294
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
behavioral economics
finance
political economy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,587
12,024
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
labor economics
political economy of redistribution
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,200
4,425
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Economics of technical change
economic geography
social networks
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,919
4,699
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Climate Change Economics
Environmental Economics
Innovation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,590
11,276
0.680
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
statistical physics
optimisation and inference
machine learning
computational biology
computational neuroscience
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,501
6,255
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Strategic Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,422
7,675
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Econometrics
Time Series Analysis
Empirical Macro
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,053
6,745
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Technology strategy
innovation management
licensing
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,940
5,721
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
CSR & SMEs
Sustainability/ESG
Social Entrepreneurship
Strategic Management
Innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,704
5,506
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Tourism
eTourism
e-Tourism
Complex networks
Network science
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,439
8,203
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Economics
Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,096
3,860
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Calculus of Variations
Optimal transport
Gradient flows
Rate-independent evolutions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,029
6,911
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Political Science
Political Economy
Europe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,802
7,788
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Accounting
finanical reporting
investment management
financial accounting
valuation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,598
3,422
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
economics and finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,848
4,950
0.418
Gosta Esping Andersen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,937
24,580
0.232
Social demography
social stratification
comparative social policy
family dynamics
Robert M Grant
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,437
25,295
0.254
Guido Tabellini
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,016
15,540
0.243
David Stuckler
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,427
24,262
0.512
Franco Malerba
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,380
10,242
0.282
innovation
industrial economics
economic development
Francesco Giavazzi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,271
8,891
0.245
Alfonso Gambardella
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,998
7,961
0.306
strategy
innovation
applied economics
Torben Pedersen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,160
8,931
0.370
Strategy
International Business
Francesco C Billari|Francesco Billari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,833
8,399
0.385
demography
life course
sociology
family
social statistics
Eliana La Ferrara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,965
9,294
0.443
Development Economics
Political Economics
Nicola Gennaioli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,587
12,024
0.647
behavioral economics
finance
political economy
Tito Boeri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,200
4,425
0.243
labor economics
political economy of redistribution
Stefano Breschi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,919
4,699
0.262
Economics of technical change
economic geography
social networks
Valentina Bosetti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,590
11,276
0.680
Climate Change Economics
Environmental Economics
Innovation
Riccardo Zecchina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,501
6,255
0.379
statistical physics
optimisation and inference
machine learning
computational biology
computational neuroscience
Dovev Lavie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,422
7,675
0.467
Massimiliano Marcellino
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,053
6,745
0.420
Econometrics
Time Series Analysis
Empirical Macro
Andrea Fosfuri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,940
5,721
0.383
Technology strategy
innovation management
licensing
Francesco Perrini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,704
5,506
0.402
CSR & SMEs
Sustainability/ESG
Social Entrepreneurship
Strategic Management
Innovation
Rodolfo Baggio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,439
8,203
0.610
Tourism
eTourism
e-Tourism
Complex networks
Network science
Carlo Favero
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,096
3,860
0.295
Giuseppe Savaré
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,029
6,911
0.530
Calculus of Variations
Optimal transport
Gradient flows
Rate-independent evolutions
Catherine E De Vries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,802
7,788
0.608
Political Science
Political Economy
Europe
Peter F Pope
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,598
3,422
0.272
Accounting
finanical reporting
investment management
financial accounting
valuation
Elena Carletti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,848
4,950
0.418