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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 17 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
Design and cultur
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,031
307
0.298
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Consumer behaviou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
731
725
0.992
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
OB-HR
After-hours Work Behavior
Entrepreneurship
Sustainability
Human-Centered Technolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
289
244
0.844
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
VR & immersive experiences
wearables & e-textiles
performance & technology
digital art & curatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
220
113
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
experimental and expanded animation
hauntology
digital materiality
drawing
performativit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
89
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Fashion
Class
Gender
Body-Image
Peformanc
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
91
0.728
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
wireless sensor network
Internet of Things
augmented reality
e-learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
118
0.992
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Film form and style
film genre
adaptation
horror
biblical film
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
67
0.663
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Creativity
Innovation
Complexity Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
63
0.768
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Consumer Experience
Experience Design
Tourism
Sustainability
Scuba Divin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
69
0.945
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
film
art
art history
cinematography
adaptatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
32
0.681
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Music Theory
Musicology
Composition
Aesthetics
music technolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
43
0.935
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Research
Peacebuilding
Arts
Dialogue
Reconciliatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
35
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
post digital photography
performance art
experimental music
post digital interaction
experimental reading and writin
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
17
0.654
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Music Performance Studies
Music Production
Music Scenes
Acoustics
Environmental Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
3
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
militant cinema
activist film
expanded cinema
genocide studie
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Information literac
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
692,636
41,528
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Anne Massey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,031
307
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
814,235
46,481
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Junxiong Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
731
725
0.992
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,185,794
64,179
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ekta Sinha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
289
244
0.844
OB-HR
After-hours Work Behavior
Entrepreneurship
Sustainability
Human-Centered Technolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,315,850
69,442
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Camille C Baker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
220
113
0.514
VR & immersive experiences
wearables & e-textiles
performance & technology
digital art & curatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,499,689
75,492
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Birgitta Hosea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
89
0.578
experimental and expanded animation
hauntology
digital materiality
drawing
performativit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,606,106
78,572
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Katherine Appleford
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
91
0.728
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,628,975
79,175
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Noradila Nordin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
118
0.992
wireless sensor network
Internet of Things
augmented reality
e-learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,712,023
81,248
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Wickham Clayton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
67
0.663
Film form and style
film genre
adaptation
horror
biblical film
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,810,579
83,597
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Philip A Lambert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
63
0.768
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,861,708
84,723
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Caglar Bideci
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
69
0.945
Consumer Experience
Experience Design
Tourism
Sustainability
Scuba Divin
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,043,699
88,161
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Gillian Mciver
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
32
0.681
film
art
art history
cinematography
adaptatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,049,152
88,264
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
J. Harry Whalley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
43
0.935
Music Theory
Musicology
Composition
Aesthetics
music technolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,138,271
90,148
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Nar Bahadur Saud
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
35
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,234,006
92,099
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Emmanuelle Waeckerlé
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
17
0.654
post digital photography
performance art
experimental music
post digital interaction
experimental reading and writin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,524,844
96,739
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
James Edward Armstrong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
3
0.600
Music Performance Studies
Music Production
Music Scenes
Acoustics
Environmental Psycholog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,572,068
97,326
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mario Hamad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
militant cinema
activist film
expanded cinema
genocide studie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,592,519
97,551
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ian Badger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
0
0.000
Information literac