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
Nanotechnology
Nanoscience
Graphene
Raman Spectroscopy
Condensed Matter Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171,884
58,969
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
biomineralization
bio-inspired nanomaterials
protocells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,631
13,963
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
NanoPhotonics
Plasmonics
Metamaterials
Microcavities
Nano
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,540
22,402
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Graphene Devices and Applications
Nanotechnology
Nanofabrication
Electron Beam Lithography
Nano-patterning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,937
13,226
0.265
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
nanomedicine
nanotechnology
graphene
liposomes
carbon nanotubes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,753
16,496
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Biorefining Manufacturing
Nanotechnology
Sustainability Composites
Remediation
Energy Biomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,754
31,928
0.765
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
graphene
2D materials
printable electronics
optical spectroscopy
nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,454
14,902
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
graphene
condensed matter physics
nanoscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,636
17,710
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Computational Sensors
Miniaturised Optoelectronics
Porous Materials
Printed Electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,998
14,580
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Smart Materials
Thin Films
MEMS
Lab on chip
nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,107
18,092
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,033
5,488
0.177
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Auxetics and Metamaterials
Biobased materials
Nanotechnology
Smart Materials and Vibroacoustics
Composites
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,777
15,203
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Energy Engineering
Phase Change
Thermodynamics
Molecular Simulation
Multiscale Modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,885
12,107
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Nanomaterials
Materials Science
Semiconductor Engineering
In-situ Metrology
Electronic Material Synthesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,447
9,451
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Nanomaterials for Biomolecular and Biomedical Sciences and Nanotechnology.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,082
11,224
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Microengineering and Nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,477
11,702
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Surface Science
Nanoscience
Oxide Surfaces
SPM
PES
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,876
2,944
0.174
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Photonic Computing
Non-von Neumann Computing
Photonic Integrated Circuits
Sustainable Nanomanufacturing
NEMS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,649
13,466
0.809
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Nanomaterials
in situ diagnostics
characterisation
microscopy
bioinspired materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,159
2,972
0.184
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nanoscience
Solar Energy Conversion
Luminescence
X-ray Scattering
Electron Microscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,736
9,997
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Carbon Science
Carbon Materials
Nanocarbons
Nanoscience
Electron microscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,731
2,890
0.184
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Carbon nanomaterials
electron microscopy
nanoreactors
nanocatalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,006
4,843
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
medicine
radiotherapy
radiation biology
prostate cancer
nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,734
7,783
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
nanotoxicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,184
2,840
0.200
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
porous materials
adsorption
catalysis
neutron scattering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,178
9,250
0.652
Andrea C Ferrari
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171,884
58,969
0.343
Nanotechnology
Nanoscience
Graphene
Raman Spectroscopy
Condensed Matter Physics
Stephen Mann
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,631
13,963
0.180
biomineralization
bio-inspired nanomaterials
protocells
Jeremy J Baumberg
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,540
22,402
0.435
NanoPhotonics
Plasmonics
Metamaterials
Microcavities
Nano
Fredrik Schedin
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,937
13,226
0.265
Graphene Devices and Applications
Nanotechnology
Nanofabrication
Electron Beam Lithography
Nano-patterning
Kostas Kostarelos
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,753
16,496
0.377
nanomedicine
nanotechnology
graphene
liposomes
carbon nanotubes
Vijay Kumar Thakur
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,754
31,928
0.765
Biorefining Manufacturing
Nanotechnology
Sustainability Composites
Remediation
Energy Biomaterials
Cinzia Casiraghi
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,454
14,902
0.359
graphene
2D materials
printable electronics
optical spectroscopy
nanotechnology
Artem Mishchenko
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,636
17,710
0.527
graphene
condensed matter physics
nanoscience
Tawfique Hasan
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,998
14,580
0.442
Computational Sensors
Miniaturised Optoelectronics
Porous Materials
Printed Electronics
Richard Yongqing Fu
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,107
18,092
0.582
Smart Materials
Thin Films
MEMS
Lab on chip
nanotechnology
GAD Briggs
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,033
5,488
0.177
Fabrizio Scarpa|Fabrizio L. Scarpa
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,777
15,203
0.568
Auxetics and Metamaterials
Biobased materials
Nanotechnology
Smart Materials and Vibroacoustics
Composites
Wen Dongsheng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,885
12,107
0.487
Energy Engineering
Phase Change
Thermodynamics
Molecular Simulation
Multiscale Modelling
Stephan Hofmann
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,447
9,451
0.421
Nanomaterials
Materials Science
Semiconductor Engineering
In-situ Metrology
Electronic Material Synthesis
Nguyen TK Thanh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,082
11,224
0.508
Nanomaterials for Biomolecular and Biomedical Sciences and Nanotechnology.
P. Goldberg Oppenheimer
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,477
11,702
0.601
Microengineering and Nanotechnology
Geoff Thornton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,876
2,944
0.174
Surface Science
Nanoscience
Oxide Surfaces
SPM
PES
Harish Bhaskaran
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,649
13,466
0.809
Photonic Computing
Non-von Neumann Computing
Photonic Integrated Circuits
Sustainable Nanomanufacturing
NEMS
Nicole Grobert
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,159
2,972
0.184
Nanomaterials
in situ diagnostics
characterisation
microscopy
bioinspired materials
M Ibrahim Dar
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,736
9,997
0.635
Nanoscience
Solar Energy Conversion
Luminescence
X-ray Scattering
Electron Microscopy
Peter Harris
University of Reading
Reading, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,731
2,890
0.184
Carbon Science
Carbon Materials
Nanocarbons
Nanoscience
Electron microscopy
Andrei N Khlobystov
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,006
4,843
0.323
Carbon nanomaterials
electron microscopy
nanoreactors
nanocatalysis
Suneil Jain
Queen's University Belfast
Belfast, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,734
7,783
0.528
medicine
radiotherapy
radiation biology
prostate cancer
nanotechnology
David M Brown
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,184
2,840
0.200
Sihai Yang
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,178
9,250
0.652
porous materials
adsorption
catalysis
neutron scattering