See how widely and consistently research is cited with real-time citation rankings.
Covering 2.6 million scientists, this list evaluates both total and last 5 years’ citation counts to measure scientific influence and highlight Highly Cited Researchers.
Built on transparency, it also addresses unethical practices and encourages reporting of violations. Compare results across 13 fields and 221 disciplines.
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Social Sciences / Psychology
Qualitative Content Analysis | Evaluation | Mixed Methods | Health Psycholog
Qualitative Content Analysis | Evaluation | Mixed Methods | Health Psycholog
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Total92,091
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Last 5 Years43,512
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Last 5 Years / Total0.472
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Total52,507
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Last 5 Years12,071
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Last 5 Years / Total0.230
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Social Sciences / Psychology
research synthesis | meta-analysis | meta-research | open science | individual difference
research synthesis | meta-analysis | meta-research | open science | individual difference
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Total47,004
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Last 5 Years23,851
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Last 5 Years / Total0.507
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Social Sciences / Library and Information Science
Geographic Information Science | GIScience | GIS | Geoinformatic
Geographic Information Science | GIScience | GIS | Geoinformatic
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Total40,145
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Last 5 Years22,010
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Last 5 Years / Total0.548
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Total38,429
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Last 5 Years8,415
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Last 5 Years / Total0.219
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Total33,596
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Last 5 Years17,146
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Last 5 Years / Total0.510
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Social Sciences / Psychology
Intelligence | creativity | social intelligence | giftedness | neuroscienc
Intelligence | creativity | social intelligence | giftedness | neuroscienc
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Total31,111
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Last 5 Years13,234
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Last 5 Years / Total0.425
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Social Sciences / Psychology
Anxiety Disorders | Posttraumatic Stress Disorder | Psychophysiology | Affective Neuroscience | Experimental Psychopatholog
Anxiety Disorders | Posttraumatic Stress Disorder | Psychophysiology | Affective Neuroscience | Experimental Psychopatholog
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Total26,562
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Last 5 Years10,135
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Last 5 Years / Total0.382
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Social Sciences / Anthropology
Ancient DNA | Biological Anthropology | Archaeological Science | Human Evolutio
Ancient DNA | Biological Anthropology | Archaeological Science | Human Evolutio
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Total26,511
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Last 5 Years18,014
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Last 5 Years / Total0.679
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Karl Landsteiner Privatuniversität für Gesundheitswissenschaften
Krems an der Donau, Austria
Social Sciences / Psychology
Research Methods | Personality | Experience-Sampling | Ambulatory Assessment | Wearable
Research Methods | Personality | Experience-Sampling | Ambulatory Assessment | Wearable
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Total23,313
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Last 5 Years14,291
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Last 5 Years / Total0.613
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Total21,816
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Last 5 Years11,704
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Last 5 Years / Total0.536
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Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
applied linguistics | English as a lingua franca | pragmatics | sociolinguistics | corpus linguistic
applied linguistics | English as a lingua franca | pragmatics | sociolinguistics | corpus linguistic
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Total21,533
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Last 5 Years7,049
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Last 5 Years / Total0.327
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Total20,864
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Last 5 Years10,943
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Last 5 Years / Total0.524
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14
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Total20,376
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Last 5 Years9,786
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Last 5 Years / Total0.480
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Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
discourse studies | sociolinguistics | pragmatics | semiotics | rhetori
discourse studies | sociolinguistics | pragmatics | semiotics | rhetori
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Total20,179
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Last 5 Years8,531
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Last 5 Years / Total0.423
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Social Sciences / Anthropology
Human Ethology | Evolutionary Psychology | Cognitive Science | Symmetry | Non-verbal behavio
Human Ethology | Evolutionary Psychology | Cognitive Science | Symmetry | Non-verbal behavio
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Total19,835
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Last 5 Years5,483
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Last 5 Years / Total0.276
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Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations
Coalition politics | political parties | political competition | political institutions | political econom
Coalition politics | political parties | political competition | political institutions | political econom
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Total19,542
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Last 5 Years5,670
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Last 5 Years / Total0.290
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Social Sciences / Demography
Low fertility | family changes | postponement of childbearing | assisted reproduction | fertility measuremen
Low fertility | family changes | postponement of childbearing | assisted reproduction | fertility measuremen
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Total14,968
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Last 5 Years6,800
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Last 5 Years / Total0.454
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Social Sciences / Psychology
eating behavior | health psychology | eating disorders | obesity | mHealt
eating behavior | health psychology | eating disorders | obesity | mHealt
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Total14,735
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Last 5 Years9,028
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Last 5 Years / Total0.613
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Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations
International Politics | Critical Theory | Imperial Mode of Living | Latin America | Ecological Crisis and Social-Ecological Transf
International Politics | Critical Theory | Imperial Mode of Living | Latin America | Ecological Crisis and Social-Ecological Transf
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Total14,356
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Last 5 Years7,539
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Last 5 Years / Total0.525
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Social Sciences / Psychology
Environmental Psychology | Behaviour | Plastic Pollution | Nature and Healt
Environmental Psychology | Behaviour | Plastic Pollution | Nature and Healt
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Total13,459
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Last 5 Years10,620
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Last 5 Years / Total0.789
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Social Sciences / Psychology
patient-reported outcome | communication skills | health psychology | psychometry | positive psycholog
patient-reported outcome | communication skills | health psychology | psychometry | positive psycholog
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Total13,094
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Last 5 Years8,169
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Last 5 Years / Total0.624
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Social Sciences / Psychology
Neurotransmitter Transporters | Addiction | Amphetamine and congeners | Cocaine | New Psychoactive Substance
Neurotransmitter Transporters | Addiction | Amphetamine and congeners | Cocaine | New Psychoactive Substance
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Total12,445
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Last 5 Years5,136
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Last 5 Years / Total0.413
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Total11,976
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Last 5 Years9,445
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Last 5 Years / Total0.789
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Total11,484
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Last 5 Years4,486
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Last 5 Years / Total0.391
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