Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University of Waikato Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
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
data mining
machine learning
digital libraries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,639
31,573
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Machine Learning
Data Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,489
33,701
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Machine Learning
Data Mining
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,142
20,860
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
machine learning
data streams
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,919
17,197
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Machine Learning
Data Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,395
16,703
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Climate Change
Carbon Dating
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,320
17,480
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Tourism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,477
12,925
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Applied Social Psychology
Environmental Psychology
Conservation Psychology
Cross-Cultural Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,434
17,422
0.659
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Strategy
Dynamic Capabilities
Digital Business
Innovation
Structural Equation Model
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,665
16,253
0.826
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,609
9,602
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Human Movement Psychology
skill acquisition
implicit motor learning
reinvestment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,091
8,298
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Forest ecology
Plant Functional Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,665
8,319
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
soil
soil biogeochemistry
carbon cycling
nitrogen cycling
microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,104
7,610
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Corporate Governance
Capital Structure
Performance Performance
Portfolio Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,840
7,129
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Development economics
Household surveys
Migration
Poverty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,508
7,520
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Community engagement and community-based participatory research
public health
intercultural communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,770
6,438
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Composites
Sustainability
Materials for a Circular Economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,283
8,109
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Indigenous education
school reform
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,209
3,802
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Tephrochronology
pedology
Quaternary science
soil mineralogy
geochronology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,795
4,345
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Microbial Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,169
3,359
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,085
1,857
0.184
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
economics econometrics financial econometrics economic history
innovation
sustainability
cliometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,165
4,006
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
population economics
regional science
meta-analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,131
3,250
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Marketing system
Society and Marketing
Marketing in sustainable society
Relationship Marketing
Managed interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,871
2,913
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
feminist geography
queer geography
embodied geography
gender
sexuality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,860
4,493
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,752
9
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ian H Witten
University of Waikato
Yeni Zelanda, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,639
31,573
0.235
data mining
machine learning
digital libraries
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,464
12
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Eibe Frank
University of Waikato
Yeni Zelanda, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,489
33,701
0.300
Machine Learning
Data Mining
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,248
21
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mark Hall
University of Waikato
Yeni Zelanda, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,142
20,860
0.341
Machine Learning
Data Mining
Artificial Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,052
31
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Geoffrey Holmes
University of Waikato
Yeni Zelanda, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,919
17,197
0.344
machine learning
data streams
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,224
35
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Bernhard Pfahringer
University of Waikato
Yeni Zelanda, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,395
16,703
0.360
Machine Learning
Data Mining
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,687
46
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Alan Hogg
University of Waikato
Yeni Zelanda, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,320
17,480
0.445
Climate Change
Carbon Dating
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,246
56
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Chris Ryan
University of Waikato
Yeni Zelanda, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,477
12,925
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,150
85
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Taciano L. Milfont
University of Waikato
Yeni Zelanda, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,434
17,422
0.659
Applied Social Psychology
Environmental Psychology
Conservation Psychology
Cross-Cultural Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,522
151
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Siegfried Gudergan
University of Waikato
Yeni Zelanda, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,665
16,253
0.826
Strategy
Dynamic Capabilities
Digital Business
Innovation
Structural Equation Model
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,675
153
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Wang Songlin
University of Waikato
Yeni Zelanda, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,609
9,602
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,148
158
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Rich Masters
University of Waikato
Yeni Zelanda, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,091
8,298
0.435
Human Movement Psychology
skill acquisition
implicit motor learning
reinvestment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,056
188
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Chris Lusk
University of Waikato
Yeni Zelanda, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,665
8,319
0.471
Forest ecology
Plant Functional Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,408
217
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Louis Schipper
University of Waikato
Yeni Zelanda, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,104
7,610
0.473
soil
soil biogeochemistry
carbon cycling
nitrogen cycling
microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,634
224
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Krishna Reddy
University of Waikato
Yeni Zelanda, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,840
7,129
0.450
Corporate Governance
Capital Structure
Performance Performance
Portfolio Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,164
234
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
John Gibson
University of Waikato
Yeni Zelanda, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,508
7,520
0.485
Development economics
Household surveys
Migration
Poverty
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,882
281
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
John Oetzel
University of Waikato
Yeni Zelanda, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,770
6,438
0.468
Community engagement and community-based participatory research
public health
intercultural communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,998
304
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Kim Pickering
University of Waikato
Yeni Zelanda, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,283
8,109
0.610
Composites
Sustainability
Materials for a Circular Economy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,540
308
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Russell Bishop
University of Waikato
Yeni Zelanda, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,209
3,802
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,394
323
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
David J Lowe
University of Waikato
Yeni Zelanda, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,795
4,345
0.340
Tephrochronology
pedology
Quaternary science
soil mineralogy
geochronology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,569
397
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ian McDonald
University of Waikato
Yeni Zelanda, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,169
3,359
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,554
456
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Roberta Farrell
University of Waikato
Yeni Zelanda, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,085
1,857
0.184
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,806
514
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Les Oxley
University of Waikato
Yeni Zelanda, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,165
4,006
0.437
economics econometrics financial econometrics economic history
innovation
sustainability
cliometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,245
516
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jacques Poot
University of Waikato
Yeni Zelanda, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,131
3,250
0.356
population economics
regional science
meta-analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,836
542
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Richard J Varey
University of Waikato
Yeni Zelanda, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,871
2,913
0.328
Marketing system
Society and Marketing
Marketing in sustainable society
Relationship Marketing
Managed interaction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
113,017
543
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Lynda Johnston
University of Waikato
Yeni Zelanda, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,860
4,493
0.507
feminist geography
queer geography
embodied geography
gender
sexuality