Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 819 Scientists Citation in Australia Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
mass spectrometry
analytical chemistry
NMR
metabonomics
metabolomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,376
35,129
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Polymers
composites
nanocomposites
Rheology
extensional and shear flows
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,654
53,539
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ionic Liquids
Electromaterials
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,199
36,070
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Membrane Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,139
22,321
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
chemistry
physics
surface science
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,699
15,542
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Nanomedicine. Polymers.
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,800
17,681
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Photochemistry
Macromolecular Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,546
17,034
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,645
22,008
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
polymer composites
flame retardants
green concrete
membranes
porous materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,366
32,658
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
surface chemistry
electrochemistry
biosensors
nanomedicine
nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,374
17,822
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Chemistry
Pharmacology
Biochemistry
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,298
15,187
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Polymer Chemistry
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,108
6,861
0.159
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Supramolecular Chemistry
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,620
9,676
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Electrochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,343
8,258
0.205
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Theoretical chemistry
crystallography
crystal engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,200
23,212
0.577
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Flow chemistry
microreactors
process intensification
green chemistry
sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,508
13,398
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Chemistry
Materials
Biointerfaces
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,934
21,953
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Computational Chemistry
Computational Physics
2D Material & Heterostructure
Catalysis & solar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,815
25,766
0.681
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Chemistry
polymer chemistry
free radical polymerization
drug and gene delivery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,098
6,789
0.193
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
computational chemistry
nanomaterials
nano-bio science
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,897
13,518
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Environmental organic chemistry
Pollution
Wastewater-based surveillance
Plastics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,480
19,352
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Chemistry
Physics
Quantum chemistry
Theoretical Chemistry
Computational Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,794
19,392
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,293
14,649
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Chemistry-inorganic
organometallic. rare earths
synthesis
main group metals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,278
4,914
0.168
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Battery
Computational Chemistry
CO2
Ammonia Synthesis
Hydrogen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,217
15,410
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,037
66
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jeremy K Nicholson
Murdoch University
Murdoch, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,376
35,129
0.278
mass spectrometry
analytical chemistry
NMR
metabonomics
metabolomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,521
139
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Rahul Gupta
RMIT University
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,654
53,539
0.560
Polymers
composites
nanocomposites
Rheology
extensional and shear flows
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,986
160
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Douglas R MacFarlane
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,199
36,070
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,263
244
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
AG TonyFane
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,139
22,321
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,455
252
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Paul Mulvaney
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,699
15,542
0.233
chemistry
physics
surface science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,155
318
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Thomas Paul Davis
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,800
17,681
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,123
401
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Christopher Barner Kowollik
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,546
17,034
0.337
Photochemistry
Macromolecular Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,706
426
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Philip Boyd
University of Tasmania
Hobart, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,645
22,008
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,545
464
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Hao Wang
University of Southern Queensland
Toowoomba, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,366
32,658
0.704
polymer composites
flame retardants
green concrete
membranes
porous materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,406
490
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Justin Gooding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,374
17,822
0.402
surface chemistry
electrochemistry
biosensors
nanomedicine
nanotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,438
491
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
David P Fairlie
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,298
15,187
0.343
Chemistry
Pharmacology
Biochemistry
Immunology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,000
515
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ezio Rizzardo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,108
6,861
0.159
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,750
547
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Philip A Gale
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,620
9,676
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,474
586
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Alan Bond
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,343
8,258
0.205
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,558
590
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mark Spackman
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,200
23,212
0.577
Theoretical chemistry
crystallography
crystal engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,584
648
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Volker Hessel
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,508
13,398
0.348
Flow chemistry
microreactors
process intensification
green chemistry
sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,980
667
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jun Chen
University of Wollongong
Wollongong, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,934
21,953
0.579
Chemistry
Materials
Biointerfaces
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,053
674
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Aijun Du
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,815
25,766
0.681
Computational Chemistry
Computational Physics
2D Material & Heterostructure
Catalysis & solar
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,016
751
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
San H Thang
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,098
6,789
0.193
Chemistry
polymer chemistry
free radical polymerization
drug and gene delivery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,992
801
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Sean Smith
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,897
13,518
0.399
computational chemistry
nanomaterials
nano-bio science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,356
816
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Kevin V Thomas
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,480
19,352
0.578
Environmental organic chemistry
Pollution
Wastewater-based surveillance
Plastics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,050
940
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Dylan Jayatilaka
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,794
19,392
0.630
Chemistry
Physics
Quantum chemistry
Theoretical Chemistry
Computational Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,644
973
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Colin Barrow
Deakin University
Geelong, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,293
14,649
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,917
1,033
106
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Glen Deacon
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,278
4,914
0.168
Chemistry-inorganic
organometallic. rare earths
synthesis
main group metals
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,224
1,103
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Chenghua Sun
Swinburne University of Technology
Hawthorn, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,217
15,410
0.546
Battery
Computational Chemistry
CO2
Ammonia Synthesis
Hydrogen