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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: 1
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
221,326
110,066
0.497
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
brain
MRI
multiple sclerosis
dementia
Alzheime
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186,788
77,711
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154,624
85,295
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Biofilm
Wastewater
Anammox
Nutrient Removal
Resource Recover
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,795
58,139
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
stability of complex system
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143,134
65,958
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142,017
59,496
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,557
75,943
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Experimentelle Medizin
Pharmakologie
Herz-Kreislauf
Nervensyste
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,308
41,149
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Natuurkund
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136,484
91,468
0.670
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,629
41,458
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Gravitational wave detection
precision measuremen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,053
80,106
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Imaging Neuroscience & Methodology
Biomarker Development
FMRI
Data Analysi
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,177
53,502
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Thrombosis and Hemostasi
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,403
32,307
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,280
52,581
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,060
35,781
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
gravitational wave astronom
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,650
75,893
0.732
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Artificial Sociality
Culture
agent-based modelling
simulation gaming
social simulatio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,213
28,641
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,374
63,105
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
virology
one health
emerging infections
preparedness
viromic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,019
57,263
0.584
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
geneeskund
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,841
44,149
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,250
35,074
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
cost-effectiveness
musculoskeletal disorders
back pain
low back pain
neck pai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,175
35,626
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
IVF
PCOS
ovarian stimulation
primary ovarian insufficiency (POI)
ovarian agin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,380
31,039
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,849
26,822
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Echocardiography
cardiomyopathie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,973
29,618
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
707
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Brenda Penninx
VU University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
221,326
110,066
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,014
16
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Frederik Barkhof
VU University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186,788
77,711
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,452
29
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Evangelia Demerouti
Eindhoven University of Technology
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154,624
85,295
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,626
33
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mark Van Loosdrecht
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,795
58,139
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,704
36
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Marten Scheffer
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143,134
65,958
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,736
37
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Gk Hovingh
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142,017
59,496
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,750
38
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Adriaan Voors
University of Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,557
75,943
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,781
40
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Thomas Unger
Maastricht University
Maastricht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,308
41,149
0.293
Experimentelle Medizin
Pharmakologie
Herz-Kreislauf
Nervensyste
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,870
41
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Chris Van Den Broeck
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136,484
91,468
0.670
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,337
52
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Twj Huizinga
Leiden University
Leiden, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,629
41,458
0.341
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,364
53
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Conor Mow-Lowry
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,053
80,106
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,664
60
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Christian F Beckmann
Radboud University
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,177
53,502
0.469
Imaging Neuroscience & Methodology
Biomarker Development
FMRI
Data Analysi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,784
64
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ph Reitsma
Leiden University
Leiden, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,403
32,307
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,999
68
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Pedro Crous
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,280
52,581
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,113
72
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Frank Verhulst
Erasmus University
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,060
35,781
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,200
76
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Maria Haney
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,650
75,893
0.732
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,414
78
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Gert Jan Hofstede
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,213
28,641
0.286
Artificial Sociality
Culture
agent-based modelling
simulation gaming
social simulatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,483
80
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
D Posthuma
VU University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,374
63,105
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,569
81
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Marion Koopmans
Erasmus University
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,019
57,263
0.584
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,839
83
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Frans Rutten
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,841
44,149
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,890
86
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ewine van Dishoeck
Leiden University
Leiden, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,250
35,074
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,896
87
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Mw Tulder Van
VU University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,175
35,626
0.382
cost-effectiveness
musculoskeletal disorders
back pain
low back pain
neck pai
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,346
93
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Bc Fauser
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,380
31,039
0.355
IVF
PCOS
ovarian stimulation
primary ovarian insufficiency (POI)
ovarian agin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,567
97
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Max Viergever
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,849
26,822
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,747
99
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Folkert Ten Cate
Erasmus University
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,973
29,618
0.357