Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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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 :1
physics
particle physics
nuclear physics
cosmology
computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
479,142
220,968
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
fundamental constituents
field theories
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
456,702
216,748
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
337,645
174,766
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Particle physics
High energy physics
CP violation
Higgs boson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
324,198
145,044
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
particle physics
LHC
ATLAS
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
300,191
126,689
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Particle Physics and Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
283,263
119,069
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
interactions fondamentales
particules élémentaires
matière noire
biologie théorique
simulation numérique
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246,941
123,236
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
nuclear astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176,631
80,588
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Particle Physics
Heavy Flavours
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165,430
69,435
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
gravitational waves
cosmology
high energy astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,041
96,223
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
gravitational waves
terahertz spectroscopy
frequency metrology
optical instrumentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,160
90,711
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Quantum Field Theory
Dark Matter
Higgs Boson
Axion
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,453
41,776
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Cosmology (CMB
weak-lensing
large scale structure)
Statistics
Image Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,379
56,395
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Physique nucléaire et de particules
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,872
53,701
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
optical coatings
thermal noise
gravitational wave detectors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,373
87,961
0.713
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Physics
C++
Python
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,687
31,573
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
gravitational waves & compact object phsyics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,318
85,722
0.725
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Optomechanics - Quantum Measurement - Gravitational Waves - Quantum Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,717
81,563
0.772
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
laser
interferometry
gravitational waves detector
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,005
81,376
0.806
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Astrophysics
Cosmology
Cosmic microwave background
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,155
52,956
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
cosmology
fundamental physics
statistics
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,354
57,564
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Quantum optomechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,377
79,321
0.806
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Physique
Astrophysique
Cosmologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,767
33,155
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Cosmology
CMB
LSS
Numerical Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,994
51,475
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
CMB cosmology
compact source science
radio and Sub-mm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,365
53,314
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Fairouz Malek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
479,142
220,968
0.461
physics
particle physics
nuclear physics
cosmology
computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Schoeffel Laurent
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
456,702
216,748
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
141
7
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Francesco Crescioli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
337,645
174,766
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
161
8
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Giovanni Marchiori
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
324,198
145,044
0.447
Particle physics
High energy physics
CP violation
Higgs boson
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
214
9
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Julien Donini
Université Clermont Auvergne
Clermont-Ferrand, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
300,191
126,689
0.422
particle physics
LHC
ATLAS
machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
270
10
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
David Rousseau
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
283,263
119,069
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
466
12
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Bertrand Laforge
Sorbonne Université
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246,941
123,236
0.499
interactions fondamentales
particules élémentaires
matière noire
biologie théorique
simulation numérique
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,036
20
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Meyer Anne
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176,631
80,588
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,172
23
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Vincent Tisserand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165,430
69,435
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,700
34
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nelson Christensen
Université Côte d'Azur
Nice, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,041
96,223
0.702
gravitational waves
cosmology
high energy astrophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,744
35
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Bondu François
Université de Rennes
Rennes, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,160
90,711
0.671
gravitational waves
terahertz spectroscopy
frequency metrology
optical instrumentation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,780
36
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Raffaele Tito D'Agnolo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,453
41,776
0.313
Quantum Field Theory
Dark Matter
Higgs Boson
Axion
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,893
39
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jean-Luc Starck
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,379
56,395
0.436
Cosmology (CMB
weak-lensing
large scale structure)
Statistics
Image Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,965
40
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Gines Martinez
Université de Nantes
Nantes, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,872
53,701
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,055
42
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Gianpietro Cagnoli
Université de Lyon I
Villeurbanne, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,373
87,961
0.713
optical coatings
thermal noise
gravitational wave detectors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,111
43
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Gennady Pospelov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,687
31,573
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,235
45
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Marie Anne Bizouard
Université Côte d'Azur
Nice, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,318
85,722
0.725
gravitational waves & compact object phsyics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,796
52
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Pierre-François Cohadon
Sorbonne Université
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,717
81,563
0.772
Optomechanics - Quantum Measurement - Gravitational Waves - Quantum Optics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,051
57
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Fabien Kéfélian
Université Côte d'Azur
Nice, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,005
81,376
0.806
laser
interferometry
gravitational waves detector
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,101
59
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Eric Hivon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,155
52,956
0.529
Astrophysics
Cosmology
Cosmic microwave background
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,151
60
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Benjamin Wandelt
Sorbonne Université
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,354
57,564
0.579
cosmology
fundamental physics
statistics
machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,218
61
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Thibaut Jacqmin
Sorbonne Université
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,377
79,321
0.806
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,329
62
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Johann Cohen-Tanugi
Université de Montpellier
Montpellier, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,767
33,155
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,588
63
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
François Bouchet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,994
51,475
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,780
66
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Marcos López-Caniego
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,365
53,314
0.590
CMB cosmology
compact source science
radio and Sub-mm