Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Europe Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Atrial fibrillation
hypertension
thrombosis
heart failure
stroke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
612,722
290,071
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
evidence synthesis
meta-analysis
systematic review
health technology assessment
biostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
580,450
375,819
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Heart failure
Cardiology
Diabetes
CKD
Clinical trials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
512,589
243,436
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Public Health
Epidemiology
Diabetes
Cardiovascular Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
510,557
167,030
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Solar energy conversion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
497,563
167,493
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Preventive Cardiology
Vascular Medicine
Hypertension
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
481,004
337,680
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
physics
particle physics
nuclear physics
cosmology
computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
479,142
220,968
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
475,806
218,632
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Physics
Particle Physics
Statistical Data Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
466,307
164,821
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
fundamental constituents
field theories
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
456,702
216,748
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Infectious diseases
cancer
epidemiologic methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
453,565
258,141
0.569
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
cardiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
443,271
248,622
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
439,030
207,648
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
438,219
269,829
0.616
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Particle Physics
Statistical Data Analysis
High Energy physics
Data Science
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
421,602
169,366
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
density functional theory
first principles calculations
many body theory
condensed matter physics
materials science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
413,820
204,845
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
aging
cancer
immunology
medicine
metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
410,959
187,928
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
407,945
165,649
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
biology
computational biology
systems biology
bioinformatics
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
392,172
189,701
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Cardiovascular Disease
Prevention
imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
388,594
113,635
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Ophthalmology
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375,044
268,577
0.716
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
370,871
193,350
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
High-energy particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
370,112
138,793
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Silicon
Detectors
Tracking
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
368,193
162,024
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
358,923
134,146
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Gregory Lip
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
612,722
290,071
0.473
Atrial fibrillation
hypertension
thrombosis
heart failure
stroke
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Julian Higgins
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
580,450
375,819
0.647
evidence synthesis
meta-analysis
systematic review
health technology assessment
biostatistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
John McMurray
University of Glasgow
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
512,589
243,436
0.475
Heart failure
Cardiology
Diabetes
CKD
Clinical trials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jaakko Tuomilehto
University of Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
510,557
167,030
0.327
Public Health
Epidemiology
Diabetes
Cardiovascular Disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Michael Graetzel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
497,563
167,493
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Victor Aboyans
Université de Limoges
Limoges, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
481,004
337,680
0.702
Preventive Cardiology
Vascular Medicine
Hypertension
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Fairouz Malek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
479,142
220,968
0.461
physics
particle physics
nuclear physics
cosmology
computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Joao Seixas
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
475,806
218,632
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Glen Cowan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
466,307
164,821
0.353
Physics
Particle Physics
Statistical Data Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Schoeffel Laurent
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
456,702
216,748
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Matthias Egger
Universität Bern
Bern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
453,565
258,141
0.569
Infectious diseases
cancer
epidemiologic methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ponikowski P
Medical University of Wroclaw
Wroclaw, Poland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
443,271
248,622
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47
5
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
George Davey Smith
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
439,030
207,648
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Andrew Zisserman
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
438,219
269,829
0.616
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Francisco Matorras
Universidad de Cantabria
Santander, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
421,602
169,366
0.402
Particle Physics
Statistical Data Analysis
High Energy physics
Data Science
Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Georg Kresse
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
413,820
204,845
0.495
density functional theory
first principles calculations
many body theory
condensed matter physics
materials science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Guido Kroemer
Université Paris Cité
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
410,959
187,928
0.457
aging
cancer
immunology
medicine
metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63
7
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
KS Novoselov|Kostya S Novoselov
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
407,945
165,649
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Peer Bork
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
392,172
189,701
0.484
biology
computational biology
systems biology
bioinformatics
evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Valentin Fuster
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
388,594
113,635
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jonas JB
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375,044
268,577
0.716
Ophthalmology
Epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Gabriella Pasztor
Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
370,871
193,350
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Martin Grunewald
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
370,112
138,793
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Sergio Gonzalez-Sevilla
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
368,193
162,024
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Karl Friston
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
358,923
134,146
0.374