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
Chemistry and biological properties of natural and synthetic products
cannabinoids
endocannabaniods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,559
22,961
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
cannabis and cannabinoids
endocannabinoids
commiphora
boswellia
bursera
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,454
6,897
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
PK-PD rationale for optimized DDS
including GRDF
PK and PD aspects of different peptide structures including cyclization of ac
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,758
3,538
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Precision medicine
healthy aging
depression
autism
Alzheimer's disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,754
3,699
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
drug delivery transdermal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,761
3,059
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Reference Standard and Critical Reagents Management
Assay Development
Validation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,744
2,492
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Drug delivery systems
Pharmaceutics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,909
1,647
0.166
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
hot melt extrusion
solubility enhancement
solid dispersion
rheology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,909
3,135
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Fiction writing
Biomedical sciences
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,998
1,733
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Diabetes research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,908
1,749
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
drug delivery design
colonic delivery
IBD
colon cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,720
1,313
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
pharmacoepidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,172
2,120
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Biopharmaceutics
Permeability
Solid State Characterization
Preformulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,508
785
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
drug discovery and drug delivery
nanoparticulated delivery systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,943
772
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
drug discovery and development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,762
782
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Drug Discovery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,728
2,025
0.742
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
drug delivery
lipid particles
RNAi. mRNA delivery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,623
1,693
0.645
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,997
261
0.131
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Medicinal chemistry
Pharmacology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,904
760
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Biomaterials
Stem cell
Cryobiology
Tissue engineering
antifreeze protein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,716
1,124
0.655
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Drug delivery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,636
1,045
0.639
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ion channels
Pain receptors
TRP channels
Ion channels Pharmacology
Biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,608
593
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Sustained Biologics Delivery
Formulations & Process Development
Cancer Therapeutics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,379
1,352
0.980
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Pharmacoepidemiology
Pharmacology
Biostatistics
Digital Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,355
1,095
0.808
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Pharmaceutical sciences
Drug delivery
Nanomedicine
Pharmacokinetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,114
355
0.319
Raphael Mechoulam
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,559
22,961
0.278
Chemistry and biological properties of natural and synthetic products
cannabinoids
endocannabaniods
Lumír Hanuš
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,454
6,897
0.282
cannabis and cannabinoids
endocannabinoids
commiphora
boswellia
bursera
Amnon Hoffman
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,758
3,538
0.301
PK-PD rationale for optimized DDS
including GRDF
PK and PD aspects of different peptide structures including cyclization of ac
David Gurwitz
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,754
3,699
0.315
Precision medicine
healthy aging
depression
autism
Alzheimer's disease
Elka Touitou
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,761
3,059
0.284
drug delivery transdermal
Pinaki Datta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,744
2,492
0.232
Reference Standard and Critical Reagents Management
Assay Development
Validation
Gershon Golomb
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,909
1,647
0.166
Drug delivery systems
Pharmaceutics
Simerdeep Singh Gupta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,909
3,135
0.396
hot melt extrusion
solubility enhancement
solid dispersion
rheology
Michael Burczynski (Aka Michael Ransom)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,998
1,733
0.248
Fiction writing
Biomedical sciences
Shlomo Sasson
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,908
1,749
0.253
Abraham Avri Rubinstein
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,720
1,313
0.195
drug delivery design
colonic delivery
IBD
colon cancer
Ilan Matok
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,172
2,120
0.508
Mehran Yazdanian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,508
785
0.224
Biopharmaceutics
Permeability
Solid State Characterization
Preformulation
Taher Nassar
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,943
772
0.262
drug discovery and drug delivery
nanoparticulated delivery systems
Conrad Cowan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,762
782
0.283
drug discovery and development
Haim M Barr
Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,728
2,025
0.742
Meir Goldsmith
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,623
1,693
0.645
drug delivery
lipid particles
RNAi. mRNA delivery
Weihua Wan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,997
261
0.131
Arie Lev Gruzman
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,904
760
0.399
Medicinal chemistry
Pharmacology
Akalabya Bissoyi
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,716
1,124
0.655
Biomaterials
Stem cell
Cryobiology
Tissue engineering
antifreeze protein
Nikhil Biswas
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,636
1,045
0.639
Avi Priel
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,608
593
0.369
Ion channels
Pain receptors
TRP channels
Ion channels Pharmacology
Biophysics
Nishant Kulkarni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,379
1,352
0.980
Sustained Biologics Delivery
Formulations & Process Development
Cancer Therapeutics
Amichai Perlman
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,355
1,095
0.808
Pharmacoepidemiology
Pharmacology
Biostatistics
Digital Health
Nir Debotton
Shenkar School of Engineering & Design
Ramat Gan, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,114
355
0.319
Pharmaceutical sciences
Drug delivery
Nanomedicine
Pharmacokinetics