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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 18 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
trade
sustainability
commercial policy
computational modelling
space based commerc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,155
3,660
0.173
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Political Economy
Behavioral Economics
Happiness
Crime
Trus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,048
1,332
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
WTO La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,836
935
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
international law
governance
migration
asylum trad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,385
588
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
trade
GVCs
globalization
labor
sustainable developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,001
553
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
709
468
0.660
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Econometrics
International Macroeconomics and Finance
Monetary Policy
Environmenta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
702
386
0.550
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Epidemiology
Wildlife and Animal Health
Conservatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
418
161
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ecology of Mangrove Conservation and Restoration
Fungal Biotechnology
Biofertilizer
Pes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
410
321
0.783
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
WTO Law and Policy
Environmental Law and Policy
Climate Change
Energy and Natural Resources Governanc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
406
300
0.739
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Law & Technolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
369
28
0.076
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235
168
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
International law
Economic Sanctions
Trade Law and Policy
International Economic La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169
166
0.982
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
82
0.837
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
International Trade
Computational Law
Digital Trade
Trade Facilitation
Data Governanc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
38
0.884
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
33
0.971
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Wildlife Conservation
Conservation Technology
Geographic Information System
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
4
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Species Recovery
Protected Area Recovery
Conservation
Crocodile
Gharia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,307
743
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Joseph Francois
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,155
3,660
0.173
trade
sustainability
commercial policy
computational modelling
space based commerc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
264,923
3,731
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Justina AV Fischer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,048
1,332
0.329
Political Economy
Behavioral Economics
Happiness
Crime
Trus
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
357,295
4,771
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Peter Van Den Bossche
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,836
935
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
588,895
7,207
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Marion Panizzon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,385
588
0.425
international law
governance
migration
asylum trad
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
705,112
8,271
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Damian Raess
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,001
553
0.552
trade
GVCs
globalization
labor
sustainable developmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
827,187
9,321
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Doris Oberdabernig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
709
468
0.660
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
830,684
9,354
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Octavio Fernandez Amador
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
702
386
0.550
Econometrics
International Macroeconomics and Finance
Monetary Policy
Environmenta
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,033,406
11,730
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Bindu Raghavan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
418
161
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,041,116
11,815
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Narendran Rajendran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
410
321
0.783
Ecology of Mangrove Conservation and Restoration
Fungal Biotechnology
Biofertilizer
Pes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,045,166
11,865
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ilaria Espa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
406
300
0.739
WTO Law and Policy
Environmental Law and Policy
Climate Change
Energy and Natural Resources Governanc
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Rankings
1,085,604
12,366
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Dannie Jost
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
369
28
0.076
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,288,849
14,600
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Elisa Fornale
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235
168
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,456,185
16,039
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Iryna Bogdanova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169
166
0.982
International law
Economic Sanctions
Trade Law and Policy
International Economic La
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,733,140
17,912
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Valentino Desilvestro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
82
0.837
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,079,663
19,546
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Craig Atkinson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
38
0.884
International Trade
Computational Law
Digital Trade
Trade Facilitation
Data Governanc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,156,129
19,823
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sebastian Klotz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
33
0.971
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,334,450
20,360
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Shakthi Sritharan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
4
0.222
Wildlife Conservation
Conservation Technology
Geographic Information System
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,573,703
20,835
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Subrat Kumar Behera
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
Species Recovery
Protected Area Recovery
Conservation
Crocodile
Gharia