Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences Highly Cited Researchers Citation in Australia 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
optics
lasers
gravitational waves
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,127
82,584
0.724
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Genetic Epidemiology
Bioinformatics
Personalized Medicine
Pharmacogenomics
global health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,511
91,014
0.824
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Particle Physics phenomenology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,636
29,815
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
neutron stars
black holes
gravitational waves
cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,929
86,433
0.808
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
gravitational waves
supernovae
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,306
85,093
0.808
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Coral Reefs
climate change
resilience
ecology
coral reef ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,926
45,208
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
cell death
cancer
immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,956
32,771
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
General relativity
astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,706
83,603
0.822
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Gravitational waves
optics
quantum mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,671
80,245
0.789
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Conservation Biology
Ecology
Forest Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,232
42,791
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,330
28,713
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Quantitative Genetics
Psychiatric Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,864
67,342
0.681
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Gravitational Waves
Compact Binaries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,492
79,913
0.811
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Opto-mechanics
parametric instability
gravitational waves
optical cavities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,797
80,349
0.822
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
optics
gravitational waves
LISA
LIGO
GRACE
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,676
72,053
0.738
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Conservation Biology
Tropical Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,100
44,494
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Cancer biomarkers
Cancer therapeutics
Cancer Genomics
Ageing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,250
57,490
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Molecular Neuroscience
Cognitive Genomics
Machine Learning
Systems biology
Global Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,190
82,826
0.879
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Polymers
composites
nanocomposites
Rheology
extensional and shear flows
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,063
64,697
0.688
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
ecology
evolution
vegetation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,250
37,414
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Gravitational wave detection
quantum optics
atomic physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,552
74,661
0.816
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Ionic Liquids
Electromaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,859
40,788
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Astronomy
astrophysics
cosmology
astronomical instrumentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,717
28,803
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Astrophysics
Binary evolution
Gravitational-wave astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,136
71,138
0.816
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Quantum Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,278
72,215
0.847
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,392
84
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Jesper Munch
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,127
82,584
0.724
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,556
90
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Azmeraw Amare|Azmeraw T. Amare
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,511
91,014
0.824
Genetic Epidemiology
Bioinformatics
Personalized Medicine
Pharmacogenomics
global health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,650
95
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
German Valencia
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,636
29,815
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,736
100
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Paul D Lasky
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,929
86,433
0.808
neutron stars
black holes
gravitational waves
cosmology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,822
103
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Jade Powell
Swinburne University of Technology
Hawthorn, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,306
85,093
0.808
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,903
106
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Terry Hughes
James Cook University
Townsville, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,926
45,208
0.435
Coral Reefs
climate change
resilience
ecology
coral reef ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,997
110
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Andreas Strasser
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,956
32,771
0.321
cell death
cancer
immunology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,009
111
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Gregory Ashton
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,706
83,603
0.822
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,011
112
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Daniel Brown
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,671
80,245
0.789
Gravitational waves
optics
quantum mechanics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,096
116
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
David Lindenmayer
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,232
42,791
0.427
Conservation Biology
Ecology
Forest Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,153
120
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Uli Felzmann
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,330
28,713
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,181
122
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Naomi Wray
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,864
67,342
0.681
Quantitative Genetics
Psychiatric Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,207
125
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Juan Calderon Bustillo
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,492
79,913
0.811
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,258
127
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Carl D Blair
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,797
80,349
0.822
Opto-mechanics
parametric instability
gravitational waves
optical cavities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,264
128
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Daniel Shaddock
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,676
72,053
0.738
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,304
129
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
William F Laurance
James Cook University
Townsville, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,100
44,494
0.458
Conservation Biology
Tropical Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,513
136
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
kenneth o byrne
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,250
57,490
0.610
Cancer biomarkers
Cancer therapeutics
Cancer Genomics
Ageing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,518
137
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Liliana G Ciobanu
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,190
82,826
0.879
Molecular Neuroscience
Cognitive Genomics
Machine Learning
Systems biology
Global Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,527
138
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Rahul Gupta
RMIT University
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,063
64,697
0.688
Polymers
composites
nanocomposites
Rheology
extensional and shear flows
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,641
142
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Mark Westoby
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,250
37,414
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,681
145
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Paul Altin
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,552
74,661
0.816
Gravitational wave detection
quantum optics
atomic physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,972
157
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Douglas R MacFarlane
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,859
40,788
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,979
158
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Karl Glazebrook
Swinburne University of Technology
Hawthorn, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,717
28,803
0.328
Astronomy
astrophysics
cosmology
astronomical instrumentation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,034
161
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Simon Stevenson
Swinburne University of Technology
Hawthorn, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,136
71,138
0.816
Astrophysics
Binary evolution
Gravitational-wave astronomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,153
164
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Terry Mcrae
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,278
72,215
0.847