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
Materials Science
Thin Film Physics
Nanotechnology
Electron Microscopy
Advanced Surface Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,430
44,950
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Bioinformatics
Systems biology
Protein function prediction
Machine learning
Network inference
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,360
25,066
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Solar Cells & Solar Fuels
Artificial Photosynthesis
Water Splitting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,798
32,017
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Statistical Signal Processing
System Identification
Communications
Radar
Biomedicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,131
18,409
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
AI-LLMs
IoTs
Quantum Computing
Cybersecurity
Applied Crypto and Network Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,771
35,483
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Wireless communications
statistical signal processing
localization
massive MIMO
networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,323
33,175
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
organohalogen compounds
flame retardants
environmental chemistry
Arctic
human exposure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,545
28,104
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Control theory
Automatic control
Cyber-physical systems
Networked control systems
Hybrid systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,564
25,717
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
regional climate change
downscaling
Third Pole
water balance
earth system science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,185
29,548
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Computational Materials Science
High Pressure
Condensed Matter Theory
Electronic Structure
Energy Storage
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,703
22,500
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Environmental History
History of Science
Research Policy
Environmental Humanities
Climate Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,695
25,764
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
diffraction
scattering
Electron Microscopy
nanoporous materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,655
13,241
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Organic electronics
Photovoltaics
Perovskites
Light-emitting diodes
Nanocrystals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,646
38,632
0.794
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Public health nutrition
breastfeeding
child nutrition
meal sciences
health in the local community
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,964
22,849
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Pattern language
architectural design
design theory
urban design and planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,475
8,950
0.197
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
polymers
biocomposites
cellulose
nanocomposites
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,219
19,894
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
resilience
regime shifts
social-ecological systems
scenario planning
biodiversity finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,670
19,259
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Bioimaging
spatial proteomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,820
28,601
0.684
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
organic electronics
bioelectronics
printed electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,784
19,783
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Filamentous Fungi
Food & Feed
Anaerobic Digestion
Resource Recovery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,005
22,234
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Wireless
channel modelling
massive MIMO
V2X
propagation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,329
16,086
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
AI in manufacturing
human-robot collaboration
smart manufacturing systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,900
26,203
0.710
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Empirical Software Engineering
Software Quality
Evidence-based Software Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,031
15,106
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Machine learning
Signal processing
Biomedical Informatics
System identification
AI for Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,723
35,559
0.995
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Massive MIMO
Cell-free Massive MIMO
RIS
Signal processing
Wireless communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,785
25,631
0.737
Lars Hultman
Linköping University
Linköping, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,430
44,950
0.526
Materials Science
Thin Film Physics
Nanotechnology
Electron Microscopy
Advanced Surface Engineering
Erik Sonnhammer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,360
25,066
0.304
Bioinformatics
Systems biology
Protein function prediction
Machine learning
Network inference
Licheng Sun
Royal Institute of Technology
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,798
32,017
0.412
Solar Cells & Solar Fuels
Artificial Photosynthesis
Water Splitting
Petre Peter Stoica
Uppsala University
Uppsala, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,131
18,409
0.245
Statistical Signal Processing
System Identification
Communications
Radar
Biomedicine
Athanasios Vasilakos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,771
35,483
0.475
AI-LLMs
IoTs
Quantum Computing
Cybersecurity
Applied Crypto and Network Security
Erik G Larsson
Linköping University
Linköping, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,323
33,175
0.516
Wireless communications
statistical signal processing
localization
massive MIMO
networks
Cynthia A De Wit
Stockholm University
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,545
28,104
0.464
organohalogen compounds
flame retardants
environmental chemistry
Arctic
human exposure
Karl H Johansson
Royal Institute of Technology
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,564
25,717
0.480
Control theory
Automatic control
Cyber-physical systems
Networked control systems
Hybrid systems
Deliang Chen
University of Gothenburg
Göteborg, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,185
29,548
0.566
regional climate change
downscaling
Third Pole
water balance
earth system science
Rajeev Ahuja
Uppsala University
Uppsala, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,703
22,500
0.435
Computational Materials Science
High Pressure
Condensed Matter Theory
Electronic Structure
Energy Storage
S Sörlin
Royal Institute of Technology
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,695
25,764
0.498
Environmental History
History of Science
Research Policy
Environmental Humanities
Climate Policy
Osamu Terasaki
Stockholm University
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,655
13,241
0.256
diffraction
scattering
Electron Microscopy
nanoporous materials
Feng Gao
Linköping University
Linköping, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,646
38,632
0.794
Organic electronics
Photovoltaics
Perovskites
Light-emitting diodes
Nanocrystals
Agneta Yngve
Uppsala University
Uppsala, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,964
22,849
0.497
Public health nutrition
breastfeeding
child nutrition
meal sciences
health in the local community
Christopher Alexander
University of Gavle
Gävle, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,475
8,950
0.197
Pattern language
architectural design
design theory
urban design and planning
Lars A Berglund
Royal Institute of Technology
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,219
19,894
0.440
polymers
biocomposites
cellulose
nanocomposites
Garry D Peterson
Stockholm University
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,670
19,259
0.431
resilience
regime shifts
social-ecological systems
scenario planning
biodiversity finance
Emma Lundberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,820
28,601
0.684
Bioimaging
spatial proteomics
Magnus Berggren
Linköping University
Linköping, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,784
19,783
0.485
organic electronics
bioelectronics
printed electronics
Mohammad J Taherzadeh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,005
22,234
0.556
Filamentous Fungi
Food & Feed
Anaerobic Digestion
Resource Recovery
Fredrik Tufvesson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,329
16,086
0.431
Wireless
channel modelling
massive MIMO
V2X
propagation
Lihui Wang
Royal Institute of Technology
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,900
26,203
0.710
AI in manufacturing
human-robot collaboration
smart manufacturing systems
Claes Wohlin
Blekinge Institute of Technology
Karlskrona, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,031
15,106
0.419
Empirical Software Engineering
Software Quality
Evidence-based Software Engineering
Antonio H Ribeiro|Antônio Horta Ribeiro
Uppsala University
Uppsala, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,723
35,559
0.995
Machine learning
Signal processing
Biomedical Informatics
System identification
AI for Medicine
Emil Björnson
Linköping University
Linköping, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,785
25,631
0.737
Massive MIMO
Cell-free Massive MIMO
RIS
Signal processing
Wireless communication