Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
New Zealand Highly Cited Researchers CitationNatural Sciences / Physics in New Zealand Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
experimental nuclear physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
250,113
117,317
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Mathematical physics
medical physics
high energy physics
physics education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223,159
108,693
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,785
11,763
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Plasmonics
surface-enhanced spectroscopy
Raman spectroscopy
electromagnetic theory
electromagnetic modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,325
10,176
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Nonlinear optics
Optical fibers
Nonlinear resonators
Microresonators
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,221
7,750
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Superconductivity
nanotechnology
thermodynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,108
2,602
0.144
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Nonlinear Optics
Laser Physics
Biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,817
2,215
0.173
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Theoretical Catalysis
Machine Learning
Electrochemistry
Computational Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,592
12,215
0.970
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Materials Physics
Nanotechnology
Energy materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,404
8,189
0.660
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
optics of water
water quality
microbiology
stream ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,383
3,050
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Cosmology
astrophysics
particle physics
computational science.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,821
3,919
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Quantum optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,192
2,084
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Ultrafast spectroscopy
organic Photovoltaics
peptide directed assembly
aptasensors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,146
5,657
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Physics
Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,829
5,783
0.655
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Polar marine physics
ocean waves
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,472
3,685
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
electromagnetics
quantum physics
fluid flow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,758
1,340
0.173
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Spectroscopy
Lanthanide ions
Rare earth ions
Condensed matter.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,932
1,376
0.198
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Cosmology
General Relativity
Quantum Gravity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,620
2,267
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,486
2,086
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Quantum optics
optical detection of ultrasound
high resolution rare earth ion spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,110
2,299
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Mathematical Modeling
Monte-Carlo Simulations
Space Science Applications
COVID-19 Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,901
2,771
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Physics
THz spectroscopy
lasers
nonlinear optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,620
1,263
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
AMO-physics
ultra-cold atoms
supersolids
superfluids
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,496
2,329
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
physical volcanology
lava domes
explosive eruptions
ballistics
New Zealand volcanoes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,289
3,626
0.686
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Bose-Einstein Condensates
Quantum Fluids
Quantum Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,032
2,068
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
450
3
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
David Krofcheck
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
250,113
117,317
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
625
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Philip Butler
University of Canterbury
Christchurch, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223,159
108,693
0.487
Mathematical physics
medical physics
high energy physics
physics education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,393
32
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Crispin Gardiner
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,785
11,763
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,060
126
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Eric C Le Ru
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,325
10,176
0.477
Plasmonics
surface-enhanced spectroscopy
Raman spectroscopy
electromagnetic theory
electromagnetic modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,779
156
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Stéphane Coen
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,221
7,750
0.403
Nonlinear optics
Optical fibers
Nonlinear resonators
Microresonators
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,445
179
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jeffery L Tallon
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,108
2,602
0.144
Superconductivity
nanotechnology
thermodynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,236
321
108
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
John Harvey
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,817
2,215
0.173
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,898
328
111
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ziyun Wang
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,592
12,215
0.970
Theoretical Catalysis
Machine Learning
Electrochemistry
Computational Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,232
334
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
John V Kennedy
GNS Science
Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,404
8,189
0.660
Materials Physics
Nanotechnology
Energy materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,608
388
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Robert Davies-Colley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,383
3,050
0.268
optics of water
water quality
microbiology
stream ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,900
410
136
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Richard Easther
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,821
3,919
0.362
Cosmology
astrophysics
particle physics
computational science.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,413
447
146
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Matthew Collett
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,192
2,084
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,911
452
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Justin Hodgkiss
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,146
5,657
0.558
Ultrafast spectroscopy
organic Photovoltaics
peptide directed assembly
aptasensors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
113,481
549
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Michael Price
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,829
5,783
0.655
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,885
580
119
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Vernon Squire
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,472
3,685
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
131,052
654
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
John Lekner
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,758
1,340
0.173
electromagnetics
quantum physics
fluid flow
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
147,813
753
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Michael F Reid
University of Canterbury
Christchurch, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,932
1,376
0.198
Spectroscopy
Lanthanide ions
Rare earth ions
Condensed matter.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
155,077
783
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
David L Wiltshire
University of Canterbury
Christchurch, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,620
2,267
0.342
Cosmology
General Relativity
Quantum Gravity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
158,314
798
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Andreas Markwitz
GNS Science
Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,486
2,086
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
168,369
852
165
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jevon Longdell
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,110
2,299
0.376
Quantum optics
optical detection of ultrasound
high resolution rare earth ion spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
174,237
885
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jacob Heerikhuisen
University of Waikato
Yeni Zelanda, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,901
2,771
0.470
Mathematical Modeling
Monte-Carlo Simulations
Space Science Applications
COVID-19 Modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
182,942
942
255
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Rainer Leonhardt
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,620
1,263
0.225
Physics
THz spectroscopy
lasers
nonlinear optics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
186,823
967
188
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
P Blair Blakie
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,496
2,329
0.424
AMO-physics
ultra-cold atoms
supersolids
superfluids
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
193,968
1,017
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ben Kennedy
University of Canterbury
Christchurch, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,289
3,626
0.686
physical volcanology
lava domes
explosive eruptions
ballistics
New Zealand volcanoes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
203,610
1,083
215
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ashton Bradley|Ashton Bradley, A S Bradley
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,032
2,068
0.411
Bose-Einstein Condensates
Quantum Fluids
Quantum Optics