Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Others Highly Cited Researchers 40.595 Scientists Citation in United Kingdom Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
GI and Lymphom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148,721
51,073
0.343
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Cardiometabolic disease
Ethnic Health
Multiple Long Term Conditions (MLTC
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,001
106,063
0.722
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Cardiomyopathy
heart failure
genetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,826
72,271
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
cancer preventio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,087
38,705
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Digital Health
Primary Care
Cardiovascular epidemiology and trials
Diagnostic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,008
62,823
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142,897
42,952
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142,053
40,731
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Global Health Informatic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,918
109,413
0.771
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Clinical trials
healthcare informatics
digital health
cardiovascular epidemiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,273
92,449
0.669
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
NCDs
prevention
informatics
global health
EB
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,739
90,151
0.655
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Climate and carbon cycl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,342
69,573
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,231
115,746
0.856
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Protein crystallography
maximum likelihoo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,864
47,125
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Cance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,265
64,541
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Cancer
Oncology
Melanoma
Kidney Cance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131,621
78,860
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,578
57,992
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,223
44,827
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,967
54,627
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Headach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,720
46,139
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
autism
dyslexia
social cognitive neuroscienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,635
27,628
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Dementi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,469
59,023
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
cardiovascular magnetic resonanc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,035
110,525
0.906
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Clinical Practice Guidelines
Systematic Review
Evidence Synthesis
Health Technology Assessmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,539
79,399
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
fungal disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,692
41,392
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Department of Engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,800
74,135
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,574
128
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
David Cunningham
Royal Marsden Hospital
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148,721
51,073
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,616
130
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Kamlesh Khunti
University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,001
106,063
0.722
Cardiometabolic disease
Ethnic Health
Multiple Long Term Conditions (MLTC
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,622
131
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Perry Elliott
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,826
72,271
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,676
133
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Jack Cuzick
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,087
38,705
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,679
134
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Richard Hobbs
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,008
62,823
0.436
Digital Health
Primary Care
Cardiovascular epidemiology and trials
Diagnostic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,704
137
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Stephen Macmahon
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142,897
42,952
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,729
140
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
John Deanfield
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142,053
40,731
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,736
144
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Olalekan Uthman
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,918
109,413
0.771
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,828
152
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Kazem Rahimi
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,273
92,449
0.669
Clinical trials
healthcare informatics
digital health
cardiovascular epidemiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,836
153
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Amitava Banerjee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,739
90,151
0.655
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,853
154
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Pierre Friedlingstein
University of Exeter
Exeter, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,342
69,573
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,903
157
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Paramjit Gill
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,231
115,746
0.856
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,948
158
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Randy J Read
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,864
47,125
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,973
161
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Johann de Bono
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,265
64,541
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,006
164
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
James Larkin
Royal Marsden Hospital
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131,621
78,860
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,037
166
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Yoav Ben-Shlomo
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,578
57,992
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,134
170
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Jens H Nielsen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,223
44,827
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,139
171
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Joanna Dunkley
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,967
54,627
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,180
172
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Peter Goadsby
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,720
46,139
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,223
176
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Uta Frith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,635
27,628
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,259
180
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
C Ballard
University of Exeter
Exeter, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,469
59,023
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,315
183
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Steffen E Petersen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,035
110,525
0.906
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,336
185
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Farhad Shokraneh
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,539
79,399
0.653
Clinical Practice Guidelines
Systematic Review
Evidence Synthesis
Health Technology Assessmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,545
196
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
David Denning
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,692
41,392
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,629
203
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Philip Torr
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,800
74,135
0.646