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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Total180,672
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Last 5 Years62,391
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Last 5 Years / Total0.345
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Social Sciences / Higher Education Studies
Business Schools | Digital transformation | Higher education | Metaverse | Social Medi
Business Schools | Digital transformation | Higher education | Metaverse | Social Medi
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Total68,800
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Last 5 Years39,600
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Last 5 Years / Total0.576
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Total58,161
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Last 5 Years17,395
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Last 5 Years / Total0.299
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Total50,829
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Last 5 Years30,744
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Last 5 Years / Total0.605
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Total38,248
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Last 5 Years12,769
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Last 5 Years / Total0.334
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Total35,387
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Last 5 Years15,765
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Last 5 Years / Total0.446
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Social Sciences / Psychology
Cognitive Psychology | Psycholinguistics | Reading | Dyslexia | Reading Developmen
Cognitive Psychology | Psycholinguistics | Reading | Dyslexia | Reading Developmen
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Total34,018
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Last 5 Years11,654
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Last 5 Years / Total0.343
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Social Sciences / Psychology
Cognitive development | psycholinguistics | language acquisition | cognitive modeling | machine learnin
Cognitive development | psycholinguistics | language acquisition | cognitive modeling | machine learnin
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Total30,770
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Last 5 Years13,534
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Last 5 Years / Total0.440
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Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations
political economy | political science | globalisation | political analysi
political economy | political science | globalisation | political analysi
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Total28,442
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Last 5 Years8,734
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Last 5 Years / Total0.307
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Social Sciences / Transportation Science & Technology
Industrial Organization | Transportation/Urban Economics | Discrete choice analysis | Risk Algorithms | Entrop
Industrial Organization | Transportation/Urban Economics | Discrete choice analysis | Risk Algorithms | Entrop
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Total28,412
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Last 5 Years7,154
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Last 5 Years / Total0.252
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Total27,372
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Last 5 Years7,810
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Last 5 Years / Total0.285
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Total23,756
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Last 5 Years5,577
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Last 5 Years / Total0.235
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Total23,346
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Last 5 Years13,582
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Last 5 Years / Total0.582
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Total21,854
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Last 5 Years11,243
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Last 5 Years / Total0.514
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Social Sciences / Social Policy
Political Science | Welfare state | Public Policy | Comparative social policy | Social Investmen
Political Science | Welfare state | Public Policy | Comparative social policy | Social Investmen
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Total20,696
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Last 5 Years6,941
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Last 5 Years / Total0.335
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Total17,383
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Last 5 Years5,081
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Last 5 Years / Total0.292
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Social Sciences / Transportation Science & Technology
Optimization of logistic and transportation system
Optimization of logistic and transportation system
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Total17,346
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Last 5 Years6,140
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Last 5 Years / Total0.354
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Social Sciences / Psychology
Social psychology | Health psychology | Motivation | sport | physical educatio
Social psychology | Health psychology | Motivation | sport | physical educatio
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Total17,220
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Last 5 Years7,178
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Last 5 Years / Total0.417
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Total16,628
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Last 5 Years6,011
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Last 5 Years / Total0.361
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Social Sciences / Sociology
Sustainability science | Climate adaptation | Social-ecological systems | Human-nature interaction
Sustainability science | Climate adaptation | Social-ecological systems | Human-nature interaction
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Total16,173
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Last 5 Years10,171
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Last 5 Years / Total0.629
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Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
interpretable machine learning | IML | explainable AI | open content | literature review
interpretable machine learning | IML | explainable AI | open content | literature review
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Total15,556
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Last 5 Years9,406
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Last 5 Years / Total0.605
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Social Sciences / Sociology
Ocean sustainability | Social-ecological systems | Marine conservation | Decision-support tool
Ocean sustainability | Social-ecological systems | Marine conservation | Decision-support tool
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Total15,480
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Last 5 Years11,164
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Last 5 Years / Total0.721
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Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
information systems | organizational transformation | literature review | DevOps | PL
information systems | organizational transformation | literature review | DevOps | PL
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Total15,180
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Last 5 Years10,767
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Last 5 Years / Total0.709
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Social Sciences / Sociology
culture of capitalism | social studies of finance | anthropology of finance | performativity | whatno
culture of capitalism | social studies of finance | anthropology of finance | performativity | whatno
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Total15,075
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Last 5 Years5,997
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Last 5 Years / Total0.398
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Total14,852
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Last 5 Years6,345
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Last 5 Years / Total0.427
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