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
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 :2
Ophthalmology
Retina
Vitreous
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,847
52,938
0.639
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
retina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,340
13,369
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Ophthalmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,869
47,847
0.905
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
ophthalmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,515
24,822
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Eye disease
Epidemiology
Glaucoma
Myopia
UK Biobank
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,181
18,432
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Visual function
neuroprosthetics
gene therapy
artificial vision
retina degeneration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,525
10,129
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Ophthalmology
Eyes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,333
14,109
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Ocular blood flow / Glaukom / glaucoma / flammer syndrome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,465
7,289
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
ophthalmology
image analysis
screening
public health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,689
21,941
0.765
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Clinical electrophysiology of vision
inherited and rare retinal disease
neuro-ophthalmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,954
11,217
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
low vision
vision
ageing
reading
driving
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,207
8,916
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
ophthalmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,380
7,695
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
visual optics and psychophysics and autofluorescence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,580
5,194
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Ophthalmology
Retina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,443
9,926
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Ophthalmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,040
11,562
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
retina
genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,917
12,861
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,055
15,315
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Glaucoma
Cataract
Clinical Trials
Angle Closure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,653
14,618
0.645
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
ophthalmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,992
7,313
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Cornea
Glaucoma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,328
7,661
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Diabetic retinopathy
age-related macular degeneration
endothelial progenitor cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,205
8,981
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Glaucoma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,966
8,052
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Neuroimmunology
Experimental Ophthalmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,237
7,699
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Retinal vasculature
endothelial
retinal astrocytes
Mueller cells
VEGF
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,791
8,760
0.443
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
Miltiadis K Tsilimbaris
University of Crete
Rethymno, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,847
52,938
0.639
Ophthalmology
Retina
Vitreous
Alan Bird
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,340
13,369
0.242
Sofia Androudi
University of Thessaly
Volos, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,869
47,847
0.905
Jose Alain Sahel
Sorbonne Université
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,515
24,822
0.522
Paul Foster
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,181
18,432
0.483
Eye disease
Epidemiology
Glaucoma
Myopia
UK Biobank
Eberhart Zrenner
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,525
10,129
0.277
Visual function
neuroprosthetics
gene therapy
artificial vision
retina degeneration
Harminder Singh Dua
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,333
14,109
0.450
Josef Flammer
Universität Basel
Basel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,465
7,289
0.239
Ocular blood flow / Glaukom / glaucoma / flammer syndrome
Peto Tunde
Queen's University Belfast
Belfast, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,689
21,941
0.765
ophthalmology
image analysis
screening
public health
Graham E Holder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,954
11,217
0.401
Clinical electrophysiology of vision
inherited and rare retinal disease
neuro-ophthalmology
Gary Rubin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,207
8,916
0.328
low vision
vision
ageing
reading
driving
Lightman S
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,380
7,695
0.303
Fred Fitzke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,580
5,194
0.211
visual optics and psychophysics and autofluorescence
Mario R Romano
Humanitas University
Pieve Emanuele, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,443
9,926
0.406
Andrew D Dick
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,040
11,562
0.481
Andrew Webster
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,917
12,861
0.538
Michel Michaelides
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,055
15,315
0.664
Gus Gazzard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,653
14,618
0.645
Glaucoma
Cataract
Clinical Trials
Angle Closure
John Dart
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,992
7,313
0.333
Kohnen Thomas
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,328
7,661
0.359
Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Cornea
Glaucoma
Stitt Alan
Queen's University Belfast
Belfast, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,205
8,981
0.424
Diabetic retinopathy
age-related macular degeneration
endothelial progenitor cells
David Garway-Heath
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,966
8,052
0.384
Thomas Langmann
Universität zu Köln
Köln, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,237
7,699
0.380
Neuroimmunology
Experimental Ophthalmology
Marcus Fruttiger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,791
8,760
0.443
Retinal vasculature
endothelial
retinal astrocytes
Mueller cells
VEGF