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
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 :2
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 :3
Software Engineering
Computational Biology
HPC
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
308,782
88,644
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
computer science
artificial intelligence
reinforcement learning
neural networks
physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
259,871
193,552
0.745
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
256,108
140,191
0.547
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
245,630
120,694
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
computer vision
machine learning
AI
autonomous cars
cultural heritage
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238,987
134,502
0.563
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
High energy physics
Astroparticle physics
Instrumentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,221
117,961
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Power Electronics
Renewable Energy
Wind Turbines
Power Systems
Electrical Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216,567
122,952
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
electronics for high energy physics
rad-hard electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
211,648
113,646
0.537
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Statistics
Machine Learning
Renewable Energy
Building Physics
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
205,177
77,468
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
integrated assessment
climate change
environmental science
global change
sustainable development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,439
114,132
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
medical imaging
machine learning
computer vision
and graphics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191,169
71,109
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
solar energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186,599
73,259
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Neural Networks
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171,010
142,736
0.835
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Nanotechnology
Nanoscience
Graphene
Raman Spectroscopy
Condensed Matter Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169,762
70,933
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Microelectronics
low-noise electronics
semiconductor detectors
3D integration
particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169,430
104,434
0.616
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168,908
142,794
0.845
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Particle Physics
Field Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,996
51,221
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Artificial Intelligence
Computational Intelligence
Data Science
Trustworthy AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160,563
88,423
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Image Analysis
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
Biomedical Applications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158,059
148,310
0.938
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154,080
46,425
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Climate
Climate Change
Paleoclimate
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152,999
47,476
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Computer vision
object recognition
video recognition
learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152,793
61,428
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,022
131,087
0.874
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Michael Graetzel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
497,563
167,493
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
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
190
18
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Thomas Doherty
University of Strathclyde
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
308,782
88,644
0.287
Software Engineering
Computational Biology
HPC
Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
386
7
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Juergen Schmidhuber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
259,871
193,552
0.745
computer science
artificial intelligence
reinforcement learning
neural networks
physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
406
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jens Norskov
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
256,108
140,191
0.547
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
476
37
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Mauro Citterio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
245,630
120,694
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
520
10
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Luc Van Gool
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238,987
134,502
0.563
computer vision
machine learning
AI
autonomous cars
cultural heritage
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
577
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ivica Puljak
University of Split
Split, Croatia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,221
117,961
0.506
High energy physics
Astroparticle physics
Instrumentation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
673
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Frede Blaabjerg
Aalborg University
Aalborg, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216,567
122,952
0.568
Power Electronics
Renewable Energy
Wind Turbines
Power Systems
Electrical Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
703
63
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Alberto Stabile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
211,648
113,646
0.537
electronics for high energy physics
rad-hard electronics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
755
14
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Roberto Castello
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
205,177
77,468
0.378
Statistics
Machine Learning
Renewable Energy
Building Physics
Particle Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
871
13
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Detlef P. Van Vuuren
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,439
114,132
0.590
integrated assessment
climate change
environmental science
global change
sustainable development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
890
24
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jingdan Zhang
Siemens AG
Munich, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191,169
71,109
0.372
medical imaging
machine learning
computer vision
and graphics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
941
17
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Nazeeruddin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186,599
73,259
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,102
5
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Sepp Hochreiter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171,010
142,736
0.835
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Neural Networks
Bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,117
84
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Andrea C Ferrari
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169,762
70,933
0.418
Nanotechnology
Nanoscience
Graphene
Raman Spectroscopy
Condensed Matter Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,126
84
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Valerio Re
Università degli Studi di Bergamo
Bergamo, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169,430
104,434
0.616
Microelectronics
low-noise electronics
semiconductor detectors
3D integration
particle physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,134
29
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Thomas Brox
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168,908
142,794
0.845
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Robotics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,140
2
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Irinel Caprini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,996
51,221
0.305
Particle Physics
Field Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,245
38
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Francisco Herrera
Universidad de Granada
Granada, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160,563
88,423
0.551
Artificial Intelligence
Computational Intelligence
Data Science
Trustworthy AI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,291
33
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Olaf Ronneberger
Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158,059
148,310
0.938
Image Analysis
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
Biomedical Applications
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,347
29
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Josef Hammer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154,080
46,425
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,369
104
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Philip Jones
University of East Anglia
Norwich, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152,999
47,476
0.310
Climate
Climate Change
Paleoclimate
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,373
30
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Cordelia Schmid
Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique
Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152,793
61,428
0.402
Computer vision
object recognition
video recognition
learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,418
28
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Max Welling
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,022
131,087
0.874
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Statistics