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: 26
High-energy astrophysics
cosmic rays
particle acceleration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,942
13,918
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Cheese
Milk Proteins
Heat Stability of Milk
Enzymology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,566
11,785
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
RNA Therapeutics
Cancer
CRISPR
Long Noncoding RNA
RNA Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,664
25,921
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Alzheimer's disease
psychopharmacology
BPSD
late-life depression
cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,942
19,350
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,063
17,480
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Astrophysics
supernovae
transients
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,166
30,677
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,774
12,302
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Apoptosis
Cancer
cell death
endoplasmic reticulum
ER stress
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,753
17,506
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Neurogastroenterology
Microbiome
Tryptophan
Kynurenine
Stress
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,410
31,148
0.686
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Cognitive genetics
social cognition
Cognitive remediation.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,153
27,033
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Cereal and beverage science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,922
21,735
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
systems biology
systems medicine
precision oncology
signal transduction
proteomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,830
9,297
0.217
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Nanotechnology
Advanced Materials
Photonics
Nonlinear Optics
Molecular Electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,134
8,291
0.197
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,520
11,028
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Reaction kinetics
energy
fuels
combustion
chemical engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,151
16,980
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Magnetism & Magnetic Materials - Permanent Magnets
Half-Metals
Magnetic Oxides
Thermoelectrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,402
11,270
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Sepsis
Cell based therapies
Postoperative Pain
Airway/Resuscitation Medical Devices
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,289
22,652
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Rheumatology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,283
13,510
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
dermatology
genodermatoses
atopic dermatitis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,254
16,455
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
CVD Prevention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,838
30,782
0.773
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Bipolar Disorder
Schizophrenia
MRI
psychiatry
genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,607
22,308
0.563
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,730
15,709
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Inflammation
signaling pathways
angiogenesis
biotherapeutics
rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,710
17,707
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,627
10,507
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Gut microbiome
Nutrition
Evolutionary Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,347
24,515
0.639
Luke O'C. Drury
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,942
13,918
0.273
High-energy astrophysics
cosmic rays
particle acceleration
PF Fox
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,566
11,785
0.233
Cheese
Milk Proteins
Heat Stability of Milk
Enzymology
Rory Johnson
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,664
25,921
0.533
RNA Therapeutics
Cancer
CRISPR
Long Noncoding RNA
RNA Biology
Brian Lawlor
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,942
19,350
0.404
Alzheimer's disease
psychopharmacology
BPSD
late-life depression
cognition
Kingston Mills
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,063
17,480
0.371
Morgan Fraser
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,166
30,677
0.664
Timothy Foster J
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,774
12,302
0.269
Afshin Samali
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,753
17,506
0.383
Apoptosis
Cancer
cell death
endoplasmic reticulum
ER stress
Gerard Clarke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,410
31,148
0.686
Neurogastroenterology
Microbiome
Tryptophan
Kynurenine
Stress
Gary Donohoe
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,153
27,033
0.599
Elke Arendt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,922
21,735
0.495
Walter Kolch
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,830
9,297
0.217
systems biology
systems medicine
precision oncology
signal transduction
proteomics
Werner Blau
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,134
8,291
0.197
Nanotechnology
Advanced Materials
Photonics
Nonlinear Optics
Molecular Electronics
Ian H Robertson
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,520
11,028
0.266
Henry Curran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,151
16,980
0.413
Reaction kinetics
energy
fuels
combustion
chemical engineering
M Venkatesan
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,402
11,270
0.279
Magnetism & Magnetic Materials - Permanent Magnets
Half-Metals
Magnetic Oxides
Thermoelectrics
John Laffey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,289
22,652
0.562
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Sepsis
Cell based therapies
Postoperative Pain
Airway/Resuscitation Medical Devices
Oliver Fitzgerald
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,283
13,510
0.335
Alan D Irvine
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,254
16,455
0.409
dermatology
genodermatoses
atopic dermatitis
Catriona Jennings
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,838
30,782
0.773
Colm Mcdonald
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,607
22,308
0.563
Bipolar Disorder
Schizophrenia
MRI
psychiatry
genetics
Cormac Taylor
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,730
15,709
0.406
Douglas J Veale
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,710
17,707
0.457
Inflammation
signaling pathways
angiogenesis
biotherapeutics
rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis
Michael J Duffy
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,627
10,507
0.272
Jens Walter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,347
24,515
0.639
Gut microbiome
Nutrition
Evolutionary Ecology