Top Library and Information Sciences Researchers

1. 1 🇺🇸 John F. Anderson United States · #928 worldwide 2.6k citations · 101 works
2. 2 🇺🇸 Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie United States · #953 worldwide 2.6k citations · 110 works
3. 3 🇨🇦 John W. Berry Canada · #1,713 worldwide 2.2k citations · 91 works
4. 4 🇺🇸 Joseph P. Newhouse United States · #3,106 worldwide 1.1k citations · 100 works
5. 5 🇺🇸 Stephen Krashen United States · #5,128 worldwide 2.5k citations · 58 works
6. 6 🇺🇸 John Carlo Bertot United States · #5,414 worldwide 648 citations · 70 works
7. 7 🇺🇸 Blaise Cronin United States · #5,873 worldwide 529 citations · 76 works
8. 8 🇺🇸 Paul T. Jaeger United States · #6,652 worldwide 618 citations · 104 works
9. 9 🇬🇧 Charles Oppenheim United Kingdom · #7,795 worldwide 344 citations · 122 works
10. 10 🇦🇺 Michael T. Ryan Australia · #9,636 worldwide 605 citations · 88 works
11. 11 🇺🇸 Jonathan A. Plucker United States · #10,112 worldwide 959 citations · 74 works
12. 12 🇺🇸 Chauncy D. Harris United States · #10,190 worldwide 363 citations · 56 works
13. 13 🇺🇸 Bernard Berelson United States · #10,528 worldwide 1.6k citations · 47 works
14. 14 🇬🇧 Richard Taylor United Kingdom · #11,729 worldwide 505 citations · 76 works
15. 15 🇺🇸 Margaret Burnett United States · #12,380 worldwide 773 citations · 87 works
16. 16 🇳🇿 Ian H. Witten New Zealand · #13,940 worldwide 1.1k citations · 129 works
17. 17 🇺🇸 Marc Freeman United States · #16,002 worldwide 285 citations · 104 works
18. 18 🇬🇧 Peter Willett United Kingdom · #17,510 worldwide 680 citations · 77 works
19. 19 🇺🇸 Tefko Saračević United States · #17,870 worldwide 381 citations · 50 works
20. 20 🇺🇸 Clarke A. Chambers United States · #17,911 worldwide 414 citations · 44 works
21. 21 🇨🇦 Richard Clément Canada · #18,330 worldwide 294 citations · 53 works
22. 22 🇺🇸 Michael K. Buckland United States · #20,332 worldwide 292 citations · 53 works
23. 23 🇺🇸 David A. Randall United States · #21,252 worldwide 1.3k citations · 100 works
24. 24 🇳🇿 David M. Nichols New Zealand · #24,481 worldwide 1.2k citations · 36 works
25. 25 🇭🇰 Samuel Kai Wah Chu Hong Kong · #26,526 worldwide 537 citations · 54 works
26. 26 🇺🇸 Fredson Bowers United States · #27,840 worldwide 103 citations · 63 works
27. 27 🇺🇸 Andrew Dillon United States · #29,768 worldwide 375 citations · 52 works
28. 28 🇺🇸 John B. Black United States · #31,611 worldwide 565 citations · 35 works
29. 29 🇬🇧 Peter R. Young United Kingdom · #33,469 worldwide 774 citations · 98 works
30. 30 🇺🇸 William B. Hesseltine United States · #33,638 worldwide 152 citations · 52 works
31. 31 🇺🇸 Brenda Dervin United States · #37,786 worldwide 591 citations · 32 works
32. 32 🇺🇸 Robert Darnton United States · #38,910 worldwide 87 citations · 53 works
33. 33 🇫🇮 Pertti Vakkari Finland · #38,950 worldwide 253 citations · 41 works
34. 34 🇺🇸 Charles R. McClure United States · #38,974 worldwide 302 citations · 89 works
35. 35 🇺🇸 Bruce Thompson United States · #41,208 worldwide 1.6k citations · 315 works
36. 36 🇺🇸 John D. Marshall United States · #41,319 worldwide 312 citations · 60 works
37. 37 🇺🇸 James Prather United States · #43,022 worldwide 212 citations · 39 works
38. 38 🇺🇸 Donald W. King United States · #43,490 worldwide 215 citations · 59 works
39. 39 🇺🇸 Joshua Cohen United States · #43,609 worldwide 409 citations · 31 works
40. 40 🇺🇸 Heidi Julien United States · #43,750 worldwide 230 citations · 38 works
41. 41 🇬🇧 Martin Oliver United Kingdom · #43,882 worldwide 316 citations · 49 works
42. 42 🇺🇸 Donald J. Newman United States · #45,133 worldwide 259 citations · 74 works
43. 43 🇺🇸 Michael Gorman United States · #48,482 worldwide 102 citations · 59 works
44. 44 🇺🇸 Grace Kim United States · #50,113 worldwide 437 citations · 103 works
45. 45 🇺🇸 Beth Bloom United States · #50,686 worldwide 464 citations · 29 works
46. 46 🇨🇦 Anthony W. Chow Canada · #53,815 worldwide 303 citations · 75 works
47. 47 🇦🇹 Christopher Mayer Austria · #56,609 worldwide 254 citations · 48 works
48. 48 🇺🇸 Alex Byrne United States · #58,595 worldwide 149 citations · 48 works
49. 49 🇺🇸 Brooke Duffy United States · #59,826 worldwide 183 citations · 39 works
50. 50 🇺🇸 Marcia J. Bates United States · #63,395 worldwide 249 citations · 29 works
51. 51 🇬🇧 David Bawden United Kingdom · #64,577 worldwide 396 citations · 119 works
52. 52 🇨🇦 Karen Parsons Canada · #66,486 worldwide 125 citations · 46 works
53. 53 🇺🇸 Gary Marchionini United States · #67,083 worldwide 376 citations · 82 works
54. 54 🇸🇪 Olof Sundin Sweden · #67,520 worldwide 129 citations · 49 works
55. 55 🇺🇸 Peter Hernon United States · #68,852 worldwide 251 citations · 82 works
56. 56 🇺🇸 Elizabeth Richardson United States · #69,026 worldwide 438 citations · 38 works
57. 57 🇺🇸 Aman Yadav United States · #69,818 worldwide 261 citations · 47 works
58. 58 🇳🇱 Ted Sanders Netherlands · #70,630 worldwide 201 citations · 60 works
59. 59 🇺🇸 John Trimbur United States · #71,413 worldwide 565 citations · 25 works
60. 60 🇮🇱 Michael Davidson Israel · #71,468 worldwide 253 citations · 65 works
61. 61 🇺🇸 Laurie Taylor United States · #72,446 worldwide 132 citations · 46 works
62. 62 🇬🇧 Peter Brophy United Kingdom · #73,189 worldwide 292 citations · 54 works
63. 63 🇺🇸 Donald G. Davis United States · #74,175 worldwide 298 citations · 50 works
64. 64 🇨🇦 Alan Bernstein Canada · #74,424 worldwide 311 citations · 38 works
65. 65 🇦🇺 Sohail Inayatullah Australia · #76,403 worldwide 147 citations · 48 works
66. 66 🇺🇸 Cyril O. Houle United States · #76,627 worldwide 130 citations · 32 works
67. 67 🇷🇺 P. Buschmann Russia · #77,223 worldwide 281 citations · 27 works
68. 68 🇺🇸 Mary E. Gallagher United States · #78,626 worldwide 179 citations · 29 works
69. 69 🇨🇦 Margo Wilson Canada · #79,587 worldwide 355 citations · 30 works
70. 70 🇺🇸 Krista M. Soria United States · #81,464 worldwide 227 citations · 53 works
71. 71 🇺🇸 John A. Evans United States · #81,593 worldwide 426 citations · 108 works
72. 72 🇺🇸 John Wright United States · #81,840 worldwide 133 citations · 32 works
73. 73 🇺🇸 Christine L. Borgman United States · #81,968 worldwide 382 citations · 151 works
74. 74 🇺🇸 Curt F. Bühler United States · #82,582 worldwide 50 citations · 57 works
75. 75 🇺🇸 Matthew Black United States · #82,606 worldwide 219 citations · 53 works
76. 76 🇸🇬 Julian Wright Singapore · #82,878 worldwide 279 citations · 29 works
77. 77 🇬🇧 Susan Reynolds United Kingdom · #83,510 worldwide 64 citations · 57 works
78. 78 🇺🇸 James L. Thomas United States · #91,443 worldwide 327 citations · 63 works
79. 79 🇺🇸 Haroon Idrees United States · #91,659 worldwide 653 citations · 23 works
80. 80 🇦🇺 Kirsty Williamson Australia · #93,469 worldwide 206 citations · 32 works
81. 81 🇬🇧 Geoff Brown United Kingdom · #94,452 worldwide 300 citations · 64 works
82. 82 🇬🇧 Andrew K. Shenton United Kingdom · #94,658 worldwide 1.2k citations · 22 works
83. 83 🇺🇸 Amanda Spink United States · #95,315 worldwide 301 citations · 60 works
84. 84 🇺🇸 David Richards United States · #95,866 worldwide 258 citations · 181 works
85. 85 🇬🇧 M. Sandler United Kingdom · #96,697 worldwide 1k citations · 225 works
86. 86 🇺🇸 James Dean Brown United States · #97,284 worldwide 258 citations · 62 works
87. 87 🇨🇦 Norman F. Boyd Canada · #97,327 worldwide 168 citations · 35 works
88. 88 🇦🇺 Colin Steele Australia · #99,934 worldwide 57 citations · 44 works
89. 89 🇺🇸 Charles R. Anderson United States · #100,171 worldwide 156 citations · 36 works
90. 90 🇺🇸 Gregory Crane United States · #101,420 worldwide 138 citations · 42 works
91. 91 🇨🇦 Mary Ann Curran Canada · #101,994 worldwide 189 citations · 29 works
92. 92 🇺🇸 Carol Collier Kuhlthau United States · #102,864 worldwide 453 citations · 22 works
93. 93 🇺🇸 Richard D. Johnson United States · #102,924 worldwide 167 citations · 31 works
94. 94 🇺🇸 Joanne M. Miller United States · #103,953 worldwide 215 citations · 37 works
95. 95 🇺🇸 William B. White United States · #104,680 worldwide 365 citations · 106 works
96. 96 🇺🇸 Lisa M. Smith United States · #105,041 worldwide 265 citations · 28 works
97. 97 🇬🇧 Alan Bundy United Kingdom · #105,522 worldwide 191 citations · 78 works
98. 98 🇺🇸 June Ahn United States · #106,916 worldwide 131 citations · 32 works
99. 99 🇬🇧 John Wright United Kingdom · #107,073 worldwide 878 citations · 213 works
100. 100 🇺🇸 John M. Budd United States · #107,177 worldwide 119 citations · 50 works

authors from the 6,000 highest-output in Library and Information Sciences, re-ranked on the composite score. Author identities come from OpenAlex disambiguation and inherit its errors: a merged record can put one name over two people’s work, and a split one can halve a career. Every row links out to the OpenAlex record so the underlying claim is checkable, and anything that looks wrong can be reported from the row. That report files a correction against the bibliographic record for a human to review — it is not a removal or delisting request, and no such route exists yet.