Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Natural Sciences / Physics Highly Cited Researchers 2.055 Scientists Citation in France 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
France
Fairouz Malek
physics
particle physics
nuclear physics
cosmology
computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
488,493
184,365
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
France
Schoeffel Laurent
fundamental constituents
field theories
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
465,654
181,087
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
France
Francesco Crescioli
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
345,072
149,934
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
France
Giovanni Marchiori
Particle physics
High energy physics
CP violation
Higgs boson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330,515
124,245
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
France
Julien Donini
particle physics
LHC
ATLAS
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
306,131
106,370
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
France
David Rousseau
Particle Physics and Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
287,793
99,692
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
France
Bertrand Laforge
interactions fondamentales
particules élémentaires
matière noire
biologie théorique
simulation numérique
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
253,015
106,047
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
France
Meyer Anne
nuclear astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179,582
67,848
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
France
Vincent Tisserand
Particle Physics
Heavy Flavours
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168,725
61,092
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
France
Nelson Christensen
gravitational waves
cosmology
high energy astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,002
86,602
0.614
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
France
Bondu François
gravitational waves
terahertz spectroscopy
frequency metrology
optical instrumentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,977
82,025
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
France
Raffaele Tito D'Agnolo
Quantum Field Theory
Dark Matter
Higgs Boson
Axion
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,450
33,075
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
France
Jean-Luc Starck
Cosmology (CMB
weak-lensing
large scale structure)
Statistics
Image Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131,684
49,659
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
France
Gines Martinez
Physique nucléaire et de particules
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,079
45,941
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
France
Gianpietro Cagnoli
optical coatings
thermal noise
gravitational wave detectors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,708
79,728
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
France
Gennady Pospelov
Physics
C++
Python
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,024
25,285
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
France
Marie Anne Bizouard
gravitational waves & compact object phsyics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,874
77,616
0.637
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
France
Pierre-François Cohadon
Optomechanics - Quantum Measurement - Gravitational Waves - Quantum Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,978
73,974
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
France
Fabien Kéfélian
laser interferometry
gravitational waves detector
frequency metrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,971
73,320
0.705
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
France
Eric Hivon
Astrophysics
Cosmology
Cosmic microwave background
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,365
47,860
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
France
Thibaut Jacqmin
Quantum optomechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,293
71,265
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
France
Benjamin Wandelt
cosmology
fundamental physics
statistics
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,502
52,067
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
France
Johann Cohen-Tanugi
Physique
Astrophysique
Cosmologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,957
28,139
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
France
François Bouchet
Cosmology
CMB
LSS
Numerical Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,145
46,669
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
France
Marcos López-Caniego
CMB cosmology
compact source science
radio and Sub-mm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,609
47,905
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32
France
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Fairouz Malek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
488,493
184,365
0.377
physics
particle physics
nuclear physics
cosmology
computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40
France
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Schoeffel Laurent
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
465,654
181,087
0.389
fundamental constituents
field theories
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
143
France
7
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Francesco Crescioli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
345,072
149,934
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
160
France
8
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Giovanni Marchiori
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330,515
124,245
0.376
Particle physics
High energy physics
CP violation
Higgs boson
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
214
France
9
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Julien Donini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
306,131
106,370
0.347
particle physics
LHC
ATLAS
machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
270
France
10
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
David Rousseau
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
287,793
99,692
0.346
Particle Physics and Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
455
France
12
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Bertrand Laforge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
253,015
106,047
0.419
interactions fondamentales
particules élémentaires
matière noire
biologie théorique
simulation numérique
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,034
France
20
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Meyer Anne
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179,582
67,848
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,164
France
23
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Vincent Tisserand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168,725
61,092
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,660
France
34
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nelson Christensen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,002
86,602
0.614
gravitational waves
cosmology
high energy astrophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,707
France
35
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Bondu François
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,977
82,025
0.590
gravitational waves
terahertz spectroscopy
frequency metrology
optical instrumentation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,786
France
36
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Raffaele Tito D'Agnolo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,450
33,075
0.244
Quantum Field Theory
Dark Matter
Higgs Boson
Axion
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,888
France
39
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jean-Luc Starck
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131,684
49,659
0.377
Cosmology (CMB
weak-lensing
large scale structure)
Statistics
Image Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,959
France
41
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Gines Martinez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,079
45,941
0.356
Physique nucléaire et de particules
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,028
France
42
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Gianpietro Cagnoli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,708
79,728
0.629
optical coatings
thermal noise
gravitational wave detectors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,144
France
44
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Gennady Pospelov
ITER Cadarache, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,024
25,285
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,181
France
46
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Marie Anne Bizouard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,874
77,616
0.637
gravitational waves & compact object phsyics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,727
France
53
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Pierre-François Cohadon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,978
73,974
0.679
Optomechanics - Quantum Measurement - Gravitational Waves - Quantum Optics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,994
France
57
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Fabien Kéfélian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,971
73,320
0.705
laser interferometry
gravitational waves detector
frequency metrology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,069
France
59
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Eric Hivon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,365
47,860
0.468
Astrophysics
Cosmology
Cosmic microwave background
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,136
France
60
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Thibaut Jacqmin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,293
71,265
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,196
France
61
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Benjamin Wandelt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,502
52,067
0.518
cosmology
fundamental physics
statistics
machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,347
France
62
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Johann Cohen-Tanugi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,957
28,139
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,565
France
63
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
François Bouchet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,145
46,669
0.491
Cosmology
CMB
LSS
Numerical Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,721
France
65
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Marcos López-Caniego
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,609
47,905
0.517
CMB cosmology
compact source science
radio and Sub-mm
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