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
Electrocatalysis
Catalysis
Atomic Scale Simulations
Density functional theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,315
49,493
0.657
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
evolution
genomics
population genetics
ancient DNA
environmental DNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,047
42,206
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Evidence-based medicine
randomised clinical trials
systematic reviews
meta-analysis
Trial Sequential Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,130
29,348
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Power Electronics
Smart Batteries
AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,004
30,911
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Marine biogeochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,552
19,427
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Structural optimization
topology optimization
inverse problems
computational mechanics
solid mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,185
37,171
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Microbiome Systems Biology
Microbiome Data Science
Human Microbiome
Human Microbiota
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,917
46,924
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Chemical Biofilm Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,743
22,594
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,917
37,152
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Economics and Management of Innovation and Knowledge
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,502
15,684
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Global surveillance
Metagenomics
Genomics
Antimicrobial resistance
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,009
34,577
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
astrofysik
kosmologi
storskalastrukturer i universet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,844
30,571
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Neonatal screening
molecular psychiatry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,294
44,759
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,206
34,467
0.537
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Genomics and Precision Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,729
41,590
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
plankton ecosystems
carbon cycling in the ocean
Earth System science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,102
37,679
0.597
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Palaeogenetics
Genomics
Evolutionary Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,948
35,186
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Circular Economy
Operations Research
Digital Supply chain
Supply Chain Management
Resilience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,774
47,231
0.752
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
oxygen
evolution
oceanography
geobiology
biogeochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,741
23,281
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Mikrobiologi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,035
18,582
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Proteomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,988
25,503
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
pediatric nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,261
29,396
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Regional climate
climate phenomena
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,548
22,230
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
physics
graphene
materials science
heterogeneous catalysis
surface science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,120
23,120
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
diabetic nephropathy hypertension sn blood pressure in diabetes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,941
8,443
0.141
Jan Rossmeisl
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,315
49,493
0.657
Electrocatalysis
Catalysis
Atomic Scale Simulations
Density functional theory
Eske Willerslev
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,047
42,206
0.562
evolution
genomics
population genetics
ancient DNA
environmental DNA
Christian Gluud
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,130
29,348
0.407
Evidence-based medicine
randomised clinical trials
systematic reviews
meta-analysis
Trial Sequential Analysis
Remus Teodorescu
Aalborg University
Aalborg, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,004
30,911
0.442
Power Electronics
Smart Batteries
AI
Bo Barker Jørgensen
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,552
19,427
0.283
Marine biogeochemistry
Ole Sigmund
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,185
37,171
0.545
Structural optimization
topology optimization
inverse problems
computational mechanics
solid mechanics
Manimozhiyan Arumugam
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,917
46,924
0.691
Microbiome Systems Biology
Microbiome Data Science
Human Microbiome
Human Microbiota
Michael Givskov
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,743
22,594
0.334
Hovingh
Novo Nordisk A/S
Bagsvaerd, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,917
37,152
0.555
Bengt Åke Lundvall
Aalborg University
Aalborg, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,502
15,684
0.236
Economics and Management of Innovation and Knowledge
Frank Aarestrup
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,009
34,577
0.524
Global surveillance
Metagenomics
Genomics
Antimicrobial resistance
Microbiology
Allan Hornstrup
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,844
30,571
0.471
astrofysik
kosmologi
storskalastrukturer i universet
David Hougaard
Statens Serum Institut
Kopenhag, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,294
44,759
0.696
Neonatal screening
molecular psychiatry
Irini Angelidaki
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,206
34,467
0.537
Thomas Folkmann Hansen
Region Hovedstaden
Kopenhag, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,729
41,590
0.653
Genomics and Precision Medicine
Katherine Richardson
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,102
37,679
0.597
plankton ecosystems
carbon cycling in the ocean
Earth System science
M Thomas P Gilbert
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,948
35,186
0.559
Palaeogenetics
Genomics
Evolutionary Biology
Kannan Govindan
University of Southern Denmark
Tianjin, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,774
47,231
0.752
Circular Economy
Operations Research
Digital Supply chain
Supply Chain Management
Resilience
Donald E Canfield
University of Southern Denmark
Tianjin, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,741
23,281
0.371
oxygen
evolution
oceanography
geobiology
biogeochemistry
Søren Molin
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,035
18,582
0.300
Jesper V Olsen
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,988
25,503
0.411
Kim F Michaelsen
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,261
29,396
0.480
Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,548
22,230
0.367
Regional climate
climate phenomena
climate change
Bjørk Hammer
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,120
23,120
0.385
physics
graphene
materials science
heterogeneous catalysis
surface science
Cemogensen
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,941
8,443
0.141
diabetic nephropathy hypertension sn blood pressure in diabetes