Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

North America 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 :26
United States
Zhong Lin Wang
nanogenerator
self-powered sensors/systems
blue energy
piezotronics
piezo-phototronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
458,530
256,534
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
United States
Mark Daly
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
452,894
196,982
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
United States
Stephane Willocq
particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
452,095
193,757
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
United States
Mohsen Naghavi
Burden of Diseases
Causes of Death
Antimicrobials Resistance
Iran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
444,751
303,390
0.682
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
United States
Daniel Levy
Genetics
Genomics
Epidemiology
Cardiovascular Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
436,590
146,031
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
United States
Rob Knight
microbial diversity
microbiome
environmental microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
435,997
280,613
0.644
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
United States
Robert Langer
drug delivery
tissue engineering
biomaterials
nanotechnology
chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
435,403
140,127
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Canada
Pekka Sinervo
Elementary Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
434,432
154,719
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
United States
Andrei Shleifer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
429,607
114,496
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
United States
John P Perdew
density functional theory
materials theory
quantum chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
424,049
178,969
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
United States
Masatoshi Nei
Evolution
Evolutionary biology
Molecular evolution
Population genetics
Phylogenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
423,629
85,955
0.203
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Canada
Andreas Warburton
Physics
Particle Physics
High Energy Physics
Instrumentation
Elementary Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
414,273
153,553
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
United States
Donald B Rubin
Statistics
Economics
Psychology
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
412,497
141,664
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
United States
Eric Torrence
High Energy Physics
Particle Physics
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
407,316
167,447
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
United States
Luigi Ferrucci
Geriatrics and Gerontology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
402,807
194,040
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
United States
Emelia J Benjamin
Atrial fibrillation
Faculty Development
Diversity-DEIA
Cardiovascular epidemiology
Inflammation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
401,099
177,619
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
United States
Andrei Gritsan
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
399,576
157,600
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
United States
Graham Colditz
Epidemiology
Cancer Prevention
Health Outcomes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
395,644
72,468
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
United States
Richard K Wilson
Genomics
Molecular Biology
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
393,809
172,515
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
United States
Joseph E Stiglitz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
387,807
91,420
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Canada
Peter Tugwell
Equity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
385,350
207,415
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
United States
Dhiman Chakraborty
Elementary Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
384,666
149,259
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
United States
Robert A Weinberg
Cancer Biology
Cell Biology
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
382,443
123,762
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
United States
Lei Layla Li
Experimental high energy physics
Particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
380,145
175,660
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
United States
Yann Lecun
AI
machine learning
computer vision
robotics
image compression
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
379,967
268,240
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39
United States
22
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Zhong Lin Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
458,530
256,534
0.559
nanogenerator
self-powered sensors/systems
blue energy
piezotronics
piezo-phototronics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42
United States
23
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Mark Daly
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
452,894
196,982
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43
United States
24
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Stephane Willocq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
452,095
193,757
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44
United States
25
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Mohsen Naghavi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
444,751
303,390
0.682
Burden of Diseases
Causes of Death
Antimicrobials Resistance
Iran
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49
United States
26
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Daniel Levy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
436,590
146,031
0.334
Genetics
Genomics
Epidemiology
Cardiovascular Disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50
United States
27
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Rob Knight
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
435,997
280,613
0.644
microbial diversity
microbiome
environmental microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51
United States
28
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Robert Langer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
435,403
140,127
0.322
drug delivery
tissue engineering
biomaterials
nanotechnology
chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52
Canada
5
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Pekka Sinervo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
434,432
154,719
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53
United States
29
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Andrei Shleifer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
429,607
114,496
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54
United States
30
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
John P Perdew
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
424,049
178,969
0.422
density functional theory
materials theory
quantum chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55
United States
31
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Masatoshi Nei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
423,629
85,955
0.203
Evolution
Evolutionary biology
Molecular evolution
Population genetics
Phylogenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58
Canada
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Andreas Warburton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
414,273
153,553
0.371
Physics
Particle Physics
High Energy Physics
Instrumentation
Elementary Particle Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60
United States
32
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Donald B Rubin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
412,497
141,664
0.343
Statistics
Economics
Psychology
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64
United States
33
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Eric Torrence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
407,316
167,447
0.411
High Energy Physics
Particle Physics
Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66
United States
34
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Luigi Ferrucci
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
402,807
194,040
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67
United States
35
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Emelia J Benjamin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
401,099
177,619
0.443
Atrial fibrillation
Faculty Development
Diversity-DEIA
Cardiovascular epidemiology
Inflammation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69
United States
36
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Andrei Gritsan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
399,576
157,600
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71
United States
37
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Graham Colditz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
395,644
72,468
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74
United States
38
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Richard K Wilson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
393,809
172,515
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78
United States
39
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Joseph E Stiglitz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
387,807
91,420
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79
Canada
7
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Peter Tugwell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
385,350
207,415
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80
United States
40
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Dhiman Chakraborty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
384,666
149,259
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81
United States
41
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Robert A Weinberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
382,443
123,762
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83
United States
42
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Lei Layla Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
380,145
175,660
0.462
Experimental high energy physics
Particle physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84
United States
43
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Yann Lecun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
379,967
268,240
0.706
AI
machine learning
computer vision
robotics
image compression