Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Europe Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025

Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There is still much work to be done in this area. See also for more specific citation analyses: "last 6 years citation indexUniversities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Total Citations) and Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Last 6 Years Citations)

* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
United Kingdom
Gregory Lip
Atrial fibrillation
hypertension
thrombosis
heart failure
stroke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
601,241
279,812
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
United Kingdom
Julian Higgins
evidence synthesis
meta-analysis
systematic review
health technology assessment
biostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
562,143
358,427
0.638
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Finland
Jaakko Tuomilehto
Public Health
Epidemiology
Diabetes
Cardiovascular Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
504,029
161,460
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
United Kingdom
John McMurray
Heart failure
Cardiology
Diabetes
CKD
Clinical trials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
500,619
232,434
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Switzerland
Michael Graetzel
Solar energy conversion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
491,458
161,949
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
France
Fairouz Malek
physics
particle physics
nuclear physics
cosmology
computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
468,606
210,970
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Portugal
Joao Seixas
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
463,941
207,848
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
France
Victor Aboyans
Preventive Cardiology
Vascular Medicine
Hypertension
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
462,457
319,961
0.692
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
United Kingdom
Glen Cowan
Physics
Particle Physics
Statistical Data Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
460,580
158,750
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
France
Schoeffel Laurent
fundamental constituents
field theories
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
445,998
206,902
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Switzerland
Matthias Egger
Infectious diseases
cancer
epidemiologic methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
442,475
247,493
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Poland
Ponikowski P
cardiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
431,321
237,457
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
United Kingdom
George Davey Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
427,166
196,451
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
United Kingdom
Andrew Zisserman
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
425,973
258,098
0.606
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Spain
Francisco Matorras
Particle Physics
Statistical Data Analysis
High Energy physics
Data Science
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
412,174
161,674
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Austria
Georg Kresse
density functional theory
first principles calculations
many body theory
condensed matter physics
materials science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
403,523
195,031
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
France
Guido Kroemer
aging
cancer
immunology
medicine
metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
401,830
179,240
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
United Kingdom
KS Novoselov|Kostya S Novoselov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
401,530
159,617
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Spain
Valentin Fuster
Cardiovascular Disease
Prevention
imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
383,099
108,861
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Germany
Peer Bork
biology
computational biology
systems biology
bioinformatics
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
382,504
180,341
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Ireland
Martin Grunewald
High-energy particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
364,089
132,832
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Hungary
Gabriella Pasztor
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
360,066
183,080
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Germany
Jonas JB
Ophthalmology
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
359,664
253,646
0.705
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Switzerland
Sergio Gonzalez-Sevilla
Silicon
Detectors
Tracking
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
359,414
153,551
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
United Kingdom
Karl Friston
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
352,113
127,959
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7
United Kingdom
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Gregory Lip
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
601,241
279,812
0.465
Atrial fibrillation
hypertension
thrombosis
heart failure
stroke
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13
United Kingdom
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Julian Higgins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
562,143
358,427
0.638
evidence synthesis
meta-analysis
systematic review
health technology assessment
biostatistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22
Finland
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jaakko Tuomilehto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
504,029
161,460
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25
United Kingdom
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
John McMurray
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
500,619
232,434
0.464
Heart failure
Cardiology
Diabetes
CKD
Clinical trials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26
Switzerland
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Michael Graetzel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
491,458
161,949
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32
France
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Fairouz Malek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
468,606
210,970
0.450
physics
particle physics
nuclear physics
cosmology
computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34
Portugal
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Joao Seixas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
463,941
207,848
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35
France
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Victor Aboyans
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
462,457
319,961
0.692
Preventive Cardiology
Vascular Medicine
Hypertension
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36
United Kingdom
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Glen Cowan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
460,580
158,750
0.345
Physics
Particle Physics
Statistical Data Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40
France
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Schoeffel Laurent
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
445,998
206,902
0.464
fundamental constituents
field theories
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43
Switzerland
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Matthias Egger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
442,475
247,493
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44
Poland
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ponikowski P
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
431,321
237,457
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49
United Kingdom
5
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
George Davey Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
427,166
196,451
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50
United Kingdom
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Andrew Zisserman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
425,973
258,098
0.606
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56
Spain
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Francisco Matorras
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
412,174
161,674
0.392
Particle Physics
Statistical Data Analysis
High Energy physics
Data Science
Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60
Austria
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Georg Kresse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
403,523
195,031
0.483
density functional theory
first principles calculations
many body theory
condensed matter physics
materials science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61
France
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Guido Kroemer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
401,830
179,240
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62
United Kingdom
7
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
KS Novoselov|Kostya S Novoselov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
401,530
159,617
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75
Spain
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Valentin Fuster
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
383,099
108,861
0.284
Cardiovascular Disease
Prevention
imaging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77
Germany
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Peer Bork
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
382,504
180,341
0.471
biology
computational biology
systems biology
bioinformatics
evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90
Ireland
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Martin Grunewald
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
364,089
132,832
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97
Hungary
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Gabriella Pasztor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
360,066
183,080
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98
Germany
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jonas JB
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
359,664
253,646
0.705
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100
Switzerland
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Sergio Gonzalez-Sevilla
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
359,414
153,551
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108
United Kingdom
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Karl Friston
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
352,113
127,959
0.363