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 Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation 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 should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
Statistics
Bioinformatics
Genetics
Molecular Biology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,702
30,999
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Statistical Genetics
Genetic Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,080
36,210
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Forecasting
Time series
Statistics
Exploratory data analysis
Anomaly detection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,271
39,078
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Statistics
Critical Care Medicine
Intensive Care Medicine
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,475
27,403
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
statistical genetics
population genetics
forensic DNA profiles
computational statistics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,094
18,058
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Mathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,931
10,496
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Mathematics
Partial Differential Equations
Analysis
Differential Geometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,372
12,402
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Statistics
Biometrics
Heredity
Intelligence
Mental Representation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,281
10,745
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Applied Math
Mechanics
Optimization
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,096
14,757
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Applied Statistics
Statistical Genetics
Quantitative Genetics
Human Genetics
Population Genetics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,888
30,470
0.727
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Mathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,868
11,245
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Statistical Bioinformatics
biomedical data science
applied statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,337
11,375
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Mathematics
Applied Mathematics
Inequalities
Mathematical Analysis
Approximation Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,176
14,466
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
General relativity
black holes
cosmology
quantum field theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,437
14,340
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,010
8,398
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
numerical analysis
matrix computations
control system design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,937
20,528
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
meta-research
research policy
research funding
statistics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,051
14,982
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
statistics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,721
17,290
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Bayesian inference
gravitational wave astronomy
time series analysis
deep learning
statistical computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,845
19,817
0.738
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Cross-entropy Method
Monte Carlo Methods
Simulation
Computational Statistics
Randomized Optimization
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,762
10,689
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
statistics
pedagogy
dispositions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,518
9,447
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Mathematics
Statistics and Evolutionary Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,605
12,292
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Fractal geometry
dynamical systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,248
4,234
0.168
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Statistical analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,662
9,935
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
analysis of algorithms
combinatorics
number theory
numerical analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,998
4,003
0.182
Terence P Speed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,702
30,999
0.268
Statistics
Bioinformatics
Genetics
Molecular Biology
David Evans
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,080
36,210
0.447
Statistical Genetics
Genetic Epidemiology
Rob J Hyndman
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,271
39,078
0.599
Forecasting
Time series
Statistics
Exploratory data analysis
Anomaly detection
Michael Bailey
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,475
27,403
0.477
Statistics
Critical Care Medicine
Intensive Care Medicine
David Balding
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,094
18,058
0.368
statistical genetics
population genetics
forensic DNA profiles
computational statistics
Alexander Grothendieck
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,931
10,496
0.219
Neil Trudinger
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,372
12,402
0.280
Mathematics
Partial Differential Equations
Analysis
Differential Geometry
Sir Francis Galton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,281
10,745
0.254
Statistics
Biometrics
Heredity
Intelligence
Mental Representation
David Y Gao
Federation University Australia
Ballarat, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,096
14,757
0.351
Applied Math
Mechanics
Optimization
Loïc Yengo
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,888
30,470
0.727
Applied Statistics
Statistical Genetics
Quantitative Genetics
Human Genetics
Population Genetics
Jonathan Jon M Borwein
University of Newcastle
Callaghan, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,868
11,245
0.275
Jean Yee Hwa Yang
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,337
11,375
0.305
Statistical Bioinformatics
biomedical data science
applied statistics
Silvestru Sever Dragomir
Victoria University
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,176
14,466
0.400
Mathematics
Applied Mathematics
Inequalities
Mathematical Analysis
Approximation Theory
Matt Visser
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,437
14,340
0.429
General relativity
black holes
cosmology
quantum field theory
Matt Wand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,010
8,398
0.254
Eric King Wah Chu
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,937
20,528
0.623
numerical analysis
matrix computations
control system design
Adrian Barnett
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,051
14,982
0.467
meta-research
research policy
research funding
statistics
Kerrie Mengersen
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,721
17,290
0.545
Matt Edwards
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,845
19,817
0.738
Bayesian inference
gravitational wave astronomy
time series analysis
deep learning
statistical computing
Dirk P Kroese
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,762
10,689
0.399
Cross-entropy Method
Monte Carlo Methods
Simulation
Computational Statistics
Randomized Optimization
Peter Petocz
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,518
9,447
0.356
statistics
pedagogy
dispositions
David Bryant
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,605
12,292
0.480
Mathematics
Statistics and Evolutionary Genetics
Michael Fielding Barnsley
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,248
4,234
0.168
Fractal geometry
dynamical systems
Mark Weatherall
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,662
9,935
0.438
Richard P Brent
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,998
4,003
0.182
analysis of algorithms
combinatorics
number theory
numerical analysis