Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 1.721 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
Computer Visio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,565
42,380
0.413
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Engineering
Science
Medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,028
22,223
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
AR/VR displays
mini-LED/OLED/Micro-LED
LCoS and projection optics
Liquid crystal planar optic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,505
22,188
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Algorithms
Computational Biology
Machine Learning
Genomics
Microbiome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,508
17,029
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Atherosclerosis
Diabetes
Oxidative stress
Alzheimer's and Crohn's disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,014
5,817
0.112
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
optics
lasers
nonlinear optic
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,191
9,901
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Business Ethics
Organizational Justic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,965
9,714
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Psychology
Human Factors
Ergonomic
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,556
18,148
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
molecular biolog
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,939
6,518
0.155
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Civil Engineering
Transportation
Road Safet
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,707
20,793
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Nanocrystalline Materials
Metallic Glasses
Mechanical Alloying
Non-equilibrium Processin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,074
9,100
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,469
6,266
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Tourism
hospitality
hospitality management
strategic management
lodgin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,819
21,955
0.690
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
physics
optics
photonics engineerin
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,409
6,333
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Human-computer interaction
virtual reality
augmented reality
stochastic estimatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,842
9,208
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Hospitality Management
Tourism Managemen
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,594
9,077
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Dietary Supplements
Kinesiology
Exercise Physiology
Ergogenic Aids
Sarcopeni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,159
13,149
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
metacognition
self-regulated learning
multimodal data
advanced learning technologies
learning analytic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,925
12,184
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Leadership
personality
motivatio
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,067
10,306
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
sociology
social scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,614
9,150
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,797
4,074
0.164
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
human systems integration
ergonomics and safety
cognitive systems
soft computing
neuroergonomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,530
9,481
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
human factors and ergonomics
industrial engineering
human computer interactio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,260
6,394
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Artificial Intelligence
AIGC
Multimodal LLMs
Diffusion Models
Deep Learnin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,947
14,068
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Corporate Finance
Financial Market
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,703
11,357
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,217
1,525
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Mubarak Shah
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,565
42,380
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,708
4,129
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sudipta Seal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,028
22,223
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,848
4,192
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Shin Tson Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,505
22,188
0.393
AR/VR displays
mini-LED/OLED/Micro-LED
LCoS and projection optics
Liquid crystal planar optic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,639
4,557
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Shibu Yooseph
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,508
17,029
0.318
Algorithms
Computational Biology
Machine Learning
Genomics
Microbiome
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,079
4,772
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Sampath Parthasarathy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,014
5,817
0.112
Atherosclerosis
Diabetes
Oxidative stress
Alzheimer's and Crohn's disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,087
5,696
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Van Stryland E
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,191
9,901
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,179
5,740
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Robert Folger
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,965
9,714
0.211
Business Ethics
Organizational Justic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,856
6,508
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Peter A Hancock
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,556
18,148
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,190
6,661
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Pappachan Kolattukudy
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,939
6,518
0.155
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,792
7,863
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
M Abdel Aty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,707
20,793
0.551
Civil Engineering
Transportation
Road Safet
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,793
8,713
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
C Suryanarayana
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,074
9,100
0.259
Nanocrystalline Materials
Metallic Glasses
Mechanical Alloying
Non-equilibrium Processin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,165
9,308
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Deborah Beidel
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,469
6,266
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,894
10,070
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Fevzi Okumus
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,819
21,955
0.690
Tourism
hospitality
hospitality management
strategic management
lodgin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,496
10,801
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
David Hagan
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,409
6,333
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,157
11,092
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Greg Welch|Gregory Welch, Gregory F. Welch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,842
9,208
0.309
Human-computer interaction
virtual reality
augmented reality
stochastic estimatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,472
11,231
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Abraham Pizam
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,594
9,077
0.307
Hospitality Management
Tourism Managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,983
11,444
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jeffrey R Stout
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,159
13,149
0.451
Dietary Supplements
Kinesiology
Exercise Physiology
Ergogenic Aids
Sarcopeni
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,674
12,165
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Roger Azevedo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,925
12,184
0.436
metacognition
self-regulated learning
multimodal data
advanced learning technologies
learning analytic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,611
13,392
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ronald F Piccolo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,067
10,306
0.395
Leadership
personality
motivatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,401
13,745
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
James D Wright
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,614
9,150
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,838
14,354
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ella Bossy Wetzel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,797
4,074
0.164
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,308
14,547
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Waldemar Karwowski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,530
9,481
0.387
human systems integration
ergonomics and safety
cognitive systems
soft computing
neuroergonomic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,845
14,743
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Gavriel Salvendy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,260
6,394
0.264
human factors and ergonomics
industrial engineering
human computer interactio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,484
15,010
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Guo-Jun Qi (齐国君)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,947
14,068
0.587
Artificial Intelligence
AIGC
Multimodal LLMs
Diffusion Models
Deep Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,982
15,209
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ajai Singh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,703
11,357
0.479
Corporate Finance
Financial Market