Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 88 Scientists Citation in New Zealand Rankings - 2025
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
experimental nuclear physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
254,586
97,309
0.382
* 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
227,518
91,033
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,232
10,262
0.208
* 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
21,831
9,419
0.431
* 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
19,488
6,873
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Superconductivity
nanotechnology
thermodynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,213
2,198
0.121
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Theoretical Catalysis
Machine Learning
Electrochemistry
Computational Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,504
12,841
0.951
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Nonlinear Optics
Laser Physics
Biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,901
1,851
0.143
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Materials Physics
Nanotechnology
Energy materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,558
6,879
0.548
* 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
11,470
2,575
0.224
* 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
11,048
3,708
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ultrafast spectroscopy
organic Photovoltaics
peptide directed assembly
aptasensors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,340
4,870
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Quantum optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,287
1,818
0.177
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Physics
Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,017
4,866
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Polar marine physics
ocean waves
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,555
3,225
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
electromagnetics
quantum physics
fluid flow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,819
1,171
0.150
* 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
6,968
1,195
0.171
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Cosmology
General Relativity
Quantum Gravity
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,737
2,084
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,562
1,767
0.269
* 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
6,181
2,066
0.334
* 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
5,949
2,402
0.404
* 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
5,655
1,051
0.186
* 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
5,585
2,072
0.371
* 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
5,417
3,298
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Bose-Einstein Condensates
Quantum Fluids
Quantum Optics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,131
1,882
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
446
3
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
David Krofcheck
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
254,586
97,309
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
626
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Philip Butler
University of Canterbury
Christchurch, New Zealand
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
227,518
91,033
0.400
Mathematical physics
medical physics
high energy physics
physics education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,510
32
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Crispin Gardiner
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,232
10,262
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,694
123
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
21,831
9,419
0.431
Plasmonics
surface-enhanced spectroscopy
Raman spectroscopy
electromagnetic theory
electromagnetic modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,927
159
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Stéphane Coen
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,488
6,873
0.353
Nonlinear optics
Optical fibers
Nonlinear resonators
Microresonators
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,165
184
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
18,213
2,198
0.121
Superconductivity
nanotechnology
thermodynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,059
302
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ziyun Wang
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,504
12,841
0.951
Theoretical Catalysis
Machine Learning
Electrochemistry
Computational Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,252
325
110
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
John Harvey
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,901
1,851
0.143
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,694
335
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
12,558
6,879
0.548
Materials Physics
Nanotechnology
Energy materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,607
392
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Robert Davies-Colley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,470
2,575
0.224
optics of water
water quality
microbiology
stream ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,599
411
136
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Richard Easther
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,048
3,708
0.336
Cosmology
astrophysics
particle physics
computational science.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,759
450
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Justin Hodgkiss
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,340
4,870
0.471
Ultrafast spectroscopy
organic Photovoltaics
peptide directed assembly
aptasensors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,353
456
147
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Matthew Collett
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,287
1,818
0.177
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
113,121
546
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Michael Price
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,017
4,866
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120,060
588
120
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Vernon Squire
University of Otago
North Dunedin, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,555
3,225
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
132,583
664
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
John Lekner
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,819
1,171
0.150
electromagnetics
quantum physics
fluid flow
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
149,881
762
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Michael F Reid
University of Canterbury
Christchurch, New Zealand
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,968
1,195
0.171
Spectroscopy
Lanthanide ions
Rare earth ions
Condensed matter.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
155,297
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
6,737
2,084
0.309
Cosmology
General Relativity
Quantum Gravity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
159,550
808
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Andreas Markwitz
GNS Science
Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,562
1,767
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
169,553
856
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
6,181
2,066
0.334
Quantum optics
optical detection of ultrasound
high resolution rare earth ion spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
176,165
889
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jacob Heerikhuisen
University of Waikato
Hamilton, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,949
2,402
0.404
Mathematical Modeling
Monte-Carlo Simulations
Space Science Applications
COVID-19 Modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
185,320
951
258
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Rainer Leonhardt
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,655
1,051
0.186
Physics
THz spectroscopy
lasers
nonlinear optics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
187,550
967
186
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
5,585
2,072
0.371
AMO-physics
ultra-cold atoms
supersolids
superfluids
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
193,179
1,005
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ben Kennedy
University of Canterbury
Christchurch, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,417
3,298
0.609
physical volcanology
lava domes
explosive eruptions
ballistics
New Zealand volcanoes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
203,711
1,078
211
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
5,131
1,882
0.367
Bose-Einstein Condensates
Quantum Fluids
Quantum Optics