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
Medical Statistics
Biostatistics
Measurement Errors
Causal Inference
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,283
13,868
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Biomedical engineering
Bioengineering
Neural engineering
Human-Machine interaction
Neuromechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,120
28,677
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Regenerative Medicine
Biosensing
Tissue Engineering
Materials-based Characterisation
Cell-Material Interface
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,921
31,659
0.547
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Biostatistics
Clinical trials
Mendelian randomization
Meta-analysis
bias adjusted estimation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,828
38,245
0.873
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Drug-induced Liver Injury
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Hepatopancreaticobiliary imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,034
20,939
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
MRI
neuroimaging
diffusion MRI
FMRI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,370
16,608
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
computational biomedical engineering
CFD
FEM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,612
9,012
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,089
6,491
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
MRI
diffusion MRI
fibre-tracking
HARDI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,090
16,510
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Epilepsy
PET
MRI
atlases
PET-MR
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,027
11,838
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Biomedical engineering
Cardiovascular Medicine
Biomarkers
Signalling
Magnetic Resonance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,578
13,007
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Biomedical Engineering
Biomagnetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,976
5,196
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Proteomics
Neuroproteomics
Mass spectrometry
Cell signalling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,244
7,894
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Medical devices
Medical device safety
Cardiovascular Physics
Biomedical engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,073
4,410
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
biomedical and biochemical engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,244
5,839
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
electronic health records
health data science
biomedical informatics
clinical epidemiology
Skyrim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,963
12,877
0.759
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Biomedical imaging
MRI
Molecular Imaging
Neuroimaging
Preclinical Imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,892
7,599
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Cell Biology
Autophagy
Dictyostelium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,360
6,950
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Biomechanics
orthopaedics
trauma
musculoskeletal modelling
musculoskeletal biomechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,099
5,828
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Vascular biology
Blood-brain barrier
Leukocyte migration
Angiogenesis
Retinal disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,765
3,745
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Biomedical Engineering
Machine Intelligence
Bioethics
Cybernetics
Cyborgs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,464
3,281
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Biomedical Image Analysis
Machine Learning
Medical Imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,978
5,560
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Deep Learning
Machine Learning
Image Reconstruction
Compressed Sensing
MRI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,914
13,099
0.941
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Biomedical optics
Biophotonics
Microscopy
Biomedical engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,816
4,986
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Nonlinear dynamics
Time series analysis
Physics of life
Time-varying dynamics
Interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,880
3,914
0.304
Graham Dunn
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,283
13,868
0.230
Medical Statistics
Biostatistics
Measurement Errors
Causal Inference
Dario Farina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,120
28,677
0.477
Biomedical engineering
Bioengineering
Neural engineering
Human-Machine interaction
Neuromechanics
Molly Stevens
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,921
31,659
0.547
Regenerative Medicine
Biosensing
Tissue Engineering
Materials-based Characterisation
Cell-Material Interface
Jack Bowden
University of Exeter
Exeter, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,828
38,245
0.873
Biostatistics
Clinical trials
Mendelian randomization
Meta-analysis
bias adjusted estimation
Guruprasad Aithal
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,034
20,939
0.565
Drug-induced Liver Injury
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Hepatopancreaticobiliary imaging
Karla Miller
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,370
16,608
0.513
MRI
neuroimaging
diffusion MRI
FMRI
Perumal Nithiarasu
Swansea University
Swansea, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,612
9,012
0.294
computational biomedical engineering
CFD
FEM
Diana Anderson
University of Bradford
Bradford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,089
6,491
0.216
Jacques Donald Tournier
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,090
16,510
0.588
MRI
diffusion MRI
fibre-tracking
HARDI
Alexander Hammers
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,027
11,838
0.473
Epilepsy
PET
MRI
atlases
PET-MR
Stefan K Piechnik
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,578
13,007
0.552
Biomedical engineering
Cardiovascular Medicine
Biomarkers
Signalling
Magnetic Resonance
Quentin Pankhurst
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,976
5,196
0.248
Biomedical Engineering
Biomagnetics
Mark Collins
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,244
7,894
0.410
Proteomics
Neuroproteomics
Mass spectrometry
Cell signalling
Alan Murray
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,073
4,410
0.244
Medical devices
Medical device safety
Cardiovascular Physics
Biomedical engineering
ZF Cui
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,244
5,839
0.339
biomedical and biochemical engineering
Spiros Denaxas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,963
12,877
0.759
electronic health records
health data science
biomedical informatics
clinical epidemiology
Skyrim
Mark Lythgoe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,892
7,599
0.450
Biomedical imaging
MRI
Molecular Imaging
Neuroimaging
Preclinical Imaging
Jason King
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,360
6,950
0.425
Cell Biology
Autophagy
Dictyostelium
Anthony MJ Bull
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,099
5,828
0.362
Biomechanics
orthopaedics
trauma
musculoskeletal modelling
musculoskeletal biomechanics
John Greenwood
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,765
3,745
0.238
Vascular biology
Blood-brain barrier
Leukocyte migration
Angiogenesis
Retinal disease
Kevin Warwick
Coventry University
Coventry, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,464
3,281
0.227
Biomedical Engineering
Machine Intelligence
Bioethics
Cybernetics
Cyborgs
Paul Aljabar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,978
5,560
0.398
Biomedical Image Analysis
Machine Learning
Medical Imaging
JO Schlemper
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,914
13,099
0.941
Deep Learning
Machine Learning
Image Reconstruction
Compressed Sensing
MRI
David Sampson
University of Surrey
Guildford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,816
4,986
0.361
Biomedical optics
Biophotonics
Microscopy
Biomedical engineering
Aneta Stefanovska
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,880
3,914
0.304
Nonlinear dynamics
Time series analysis
Physics of life
Time-varying dynamics
Interactions