H-Index
Rankings
World Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Library and Information Science Rankings 2025
AD Scientific Index evaluates the academic productivity and efficiency of scientists and institutions based on the H-index, i10 index, and citation counts. In addition to total H-index rankings, you can also explore rankings and analyses by "Scientists Last 6 Years H-index" and by subject.
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :1
Information extraction
search engines
information retrieval
deep learning
digital libraries
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
64
0.542
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :2
bibliometrics
chemical engineering
adsorption
sorption
kinetics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
71
0.696
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :3
Qualitative evidence synthesis
Realist Synthesis
Evidence based library and infornation practice
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
77
0.802
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :4
Geographic Information Science
GIScience
GIS
Geoinformatics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
73
0.802
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :5
scientometrics
bibliometrics
probability theory
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
48
0.539
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :6
Bioimaging
Fluorescence Library
Sensor
Chemical Cellomics
Chemical Biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
57
0.648
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :7
Medical informatics
statistics
healthcare
Electronic medical records
Health information standards
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
37
0.440
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :8
Geographical Information Science
Remote sensing
Spatial Optimization Land use simulation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
71
0.855
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :9
Electron Microscopy
Energy Materials
Complex Oxides
Carbon materials
Quantum Information Science Materials
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
59
0.728
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :10
gamification
game studies
esports
metaverse
vr
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
77
0.975
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :11
scholarly communication
scientometrics
science policy
sociology of science
bibliometrics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
68
0.895
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :12
Geographic Information Science
Image fusion
Spatial planning
Air pollution monitoring
Human mobility for public health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
61
0.824
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :13
數位典藏
數位圖書館
數位閱讀
數位出版
數位學習
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
47
0.635
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :14
Data and Text Mining
Social Network Mining
Information Integration
Digital Libraries
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
43
0.597
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :15
Information visualization
visual analytics
scientometrics
bibliometrics
scholarly communication
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
49
0.690
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :16
Linked Data
Knowledge Graphs
Web Science
Digital Libraries
Industry 4.0
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
48
0.676
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :17
Intelligence Studies
National Security
Threat Assessment
Violent Extremism
Information Science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
40
0.588
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :18
Bibliometrics
Semantic Web
Data Science
Knowledge Graph
AI in health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
46
0.719
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :19
Scholarly publishing
value of reading
value of libraries
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
34
0.531
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :20
Webometrics
Scientometrics
Triple Helix
Social Network Analysis
Big Data
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
41
0.661
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :21
Scientometrics
Bibliometrics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
38
0.613
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :22
Bibliometrics
Informetrics
Scientometrics
Webometrics
Scholarly Communication
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
30
0.484
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :23
Mapping protein-protein interactions
phage-display
combinatorial peptide libraries
protein evolution
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
24
0.387
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :24
Medical Imaging
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Image Informatics
Visual Information Retrieval
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
49
0.803
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection :25
information retrieval
medical libraries
systematic reviews
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
52
0.897
C Lee Giles
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
64
0.542
Information extraction
search engines
information retrieval
deep learning
digital libraries
Yuh Shan Ho
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
71
0.696
bibliometrics
chemical engineering
adsorption
sorption
kinetics
Andrew Booth
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
77
0.802
Qualitative evidence synthesis
Realist Synthesis
Evidence based library and infornation practice
Thomas Blaschke
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
73
0.802
Geographic Information Science
GIScience
GIS
Geoinformatics
Wolfgang Glänzel
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
48
0.539
scientometrics
bibliometrics
probability theory
Young Tae Chang
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
57
0.648
Bioimaging
Fluorescence Library
Sensor
Chemical Cellomics
Chemical Biology
Clement J Mcdonald
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
37
0.440
Medical informatics
statistics
healthcare
Electronic medical records
Health information standards
Xiaoping Liu
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
71
0.855
Geographical Information Science
Remote sensing
Spatial Optimization Land use simulation
Jianguo Wen (JG Wen)
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
59
0.728
Electron Microscopy
Energy Materials
Complex Oxides
Carbon materials
Quantum Information Science Materials
Juho Hamari
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
77
0.975
gamification
game studies
esports
metaverse
vr
Vincent Larivière
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
68
0.895
scholarly communication
scientometrics
science policy
sociology of science
bibliometrics
Bo Huang
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
61
0.824
Geographic Information Science
Image fusion
Spatial planning
Air pollution monitoring
Human mobility for public health
Chao-Chen Chen 陳昭珍
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
47
0.635
數位典藏
數位圖書館
數位閱讀
數位出版
數位學習
Ee Peng Lim
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
43
0.597
Data and Text Mining
Social Network Mining
Information Integration
Digital Libraries
Chaomei Chen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
49
0.690
Information visualization
visual analytics
scientometrics
bibliometrics
scholarly communication
Sören Auer
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
48
0.676
Linked Data
Knowledge Graphs
Web Science
Digital Libraries
Industry 4.0
Randy Borum
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
40
0.588
Intelligence Studies
National Security
Threat Assessment
Violent Extremism
Information Science
Ying Ding
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
46
0.719
Bibliometrics
Semantic Web
Data Science
Knowledge Graph
AI in health
Carol Tenopir
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
34
0.531
Scholarly publishing
value of reading
value of libraries
Han Woo Park
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
41
0.661
Webometrics
Scientometrics
Triple Helix
Social Network Analysis
Big Data
Félix de Moya Anegón
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
38
0.613
Scientometrics
Bibliometrics
Blaise Cronin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
30
0.484
Bibliometrics
Informetrics
Scientometrics
Webometrics
Scholarly Communication
Brian Kay
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
24
0.387
Mapping protein-protein interactions
phage-display
combinatorial peptide libraries
protein evolution
Sameer Antani
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
49
0.803
Medical Imaging
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Image Informatics
Visual Information Retrieval
Wichor M. Bramer
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
52
0.897
information retrieval
medical libraries
systematic reviews