Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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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
High energy physics
theoretical physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247,877
121,546
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
High Energy Physics
Particle Physics
LHC
LHCb
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161,683
65,297
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
global ecology
atmosphere-biosphere interactions
remote sensing
climate change impacts
ecometabolomics and biogenic VOCs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154,378
92,821
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Biogeography
Conservation
Geography
Global Change
Macroecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,332
38,057
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
High Energy Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,160
47,942
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
evolución humana
genética
redes cerebrales
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,873
9,060
0.168
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Complex Systems
Network Theory
Statistical Physics
Mathematical Epidemiology
Evolutionary Game
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,702
22,407
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Biological invasions
Ecological impacts
Mediterranean ecosystems
Non-native plants
Plant-animal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,660
25,358
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Phylogenomics
Phylogenetics
Evolution
Computational Biology
Metagenomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,307
38,344
0.811
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Global change ecology
plant ecology and physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,530
22,165
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Ecology
Fire Ecology
Plant Ecology
Evolutionary Ecology
Evolutionary Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,473
24,774
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Global change
drought
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,878
27,315
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Coevolution
Network science
Evolutionary ecology
Plant-animal interactions
Ecological networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,939
17,779
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Environmental Biotechnology
Molecular Microbiology
Environmental Microbiology
Metabolic Engineering
Synthetic Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,825
12,739
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Complement
Lafora Disease
Alkaptonuria
Genetics
Rare Diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,630
14,282
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Evolutionary Biology
Evolutionary Thinking
Symbiosis
Microbiome
Systems and Synthetic Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,571
12,259
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Multidrug resistance
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
microbial evolution
nosocomial infections
pseudomonas aeruginosa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,043
17,695
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Pseudomonas
gene regulation
industrial biotechnology
organic solvents
phosphatase
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,685
8,853
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Complex systems
Synthetic Biology
Systems Biology
Artificial Life
evolutionary ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,015
8,586
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
aging
metabolism
cancer
autophagy
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,586
14,689
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
behavioural ecology
JEBED
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,095
10,917
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Ecology
Global Change
Marine
Macrophytes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,423
16,429
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Evolution
Microbial Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,095
7,595
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Developmental Biology. Cellular theraphy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,668
7,902
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Biology
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,210
11,118
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
420
14
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Juan Antonio Aguilar Saavedra
Universidad de Granada
Granada, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247,877
121,546
0.490
High energy physics
theoretical physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,177
36
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Eugeni Graugés Pous
Universitat de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161,683
65,297
0.404
High Energy Physics
Particle Physics
LHC
LHCb
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,298
41
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Josep Penuelas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154,378
92,821
0.601
global ecology
atmosphere-biosphere interactions
remote sensing
climate change impacts
ecometabolomics and biogenic VOCs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,491
75
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Miguel Bastos Araújo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,332
38,057
0.412
Biogeography
Conservation
Geography
Global Change
Macroecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,789
80
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ricardo Vázquez Gómez
Universitat de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,160
47,942
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,585
154
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Francisco J. Ayala
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,873
9,060
0.168
evolución humana
genética
redes cerebrales
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,428
168
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Yamir Moreno
Universidad de Zaragoza
Zaragoza, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,702
22,407
0.442
Complex Systems
Network Theory
Statistical Physics
Mathematical Epidemiology
Evolutionary Game
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,446
169
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Montserrat Vilà Planella
Universidad de Sevilla
Sevilla, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,660
25,358
0.501
Biological invasions
Ecological impacts
Mediterranean ecosystems
Non-native plants
Plant-animal
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,536
179
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jaime Huerta-Cepas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,307
38,344
0.811
Phylogenomics
Phylogenetics
Evolution
Computational Biology
Metagenomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,802
187
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Fernando Valladares
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,530
22,165
0.476
Global change ecology
plant ecology and physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,196
191
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Juli G. Pausas
Universitat de València
Valencia, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,473
24,774
0.545
Ecology
Fire Ecology
Plant Ecology
Evolutionary Ecology
Evolutionary Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,798
212
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Vicente-Serrano Sm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,878
27,315
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,272
217
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Pedro Jordano
Universidad de Sevilla
Sevilla, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,939
17,779
0.434
Coevolution
Network science
Evolutionary ecology
Plant-animal interactions
Ecological networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,089
239
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Víctor De Lorenzo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,825
12,739
0.337
Environmental Biotechnology
Molecular Microbiology
Environmental Microbiology
Metabolic Engineering
Synthetic Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,847
255
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Santiago Rodriguez De Cordoba
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,630
14,282
0.390
Complement
Lafora Disease
Alkaptonuria
Genetics
Rare Diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,591
271
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Andres Moya
Universitat de València
Valencia, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,571
12,259
0.345
Evolutionary Biology
Evolutionary Thinking
Symbiosis
Microbiome
Systems and Synthetic Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,808
293
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jose Luis Martinez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,043
17,695
0.520
Multidrug resistance
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
microbial evolution
nosocomial infections
pseudomonas aeruginosa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,870
334
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Juan L. Ramos
Universidad de Sevilla
Sevilla, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,685
8,853
0.279
Pseudomonas
gene regulation
industrial biotechnology
organic solvents
phosphatase
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,587
351
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ricard Solé
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,015
8,586
0.277
Complex systems
Synthetic Biology
Systems Biology
Artificial Life
evolutionary ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,994
361
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Guillermo Mariño
Universidad de Oviedo
Asturias, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,586
14,689
0.480
aging
metabolism
cancer
autophagy
evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,508
370
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Juan Moreno
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,095
10,917
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,341
386
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Nuria Marba
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,423
16,429
0.558
Ecology
Global Change
Marine
Macrophytes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,747
391
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Daniel J. Richter
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Barcelona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,095
7,595
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,562
436
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Salvador Martinez Perez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,668
7,902
0.286
Developmental Biology. Cellular theraphy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,622
473
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Aguilera A
Universidad de Sevilla
Sevilla, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,210
11,118
0.424