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
biomedical engineering
electroporation
oncology
cardiology
gene and cell therapies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,022
14,376
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Bioinformatics
Systems Biology
HPC-Meta'omics
Human microbiome
Environmental Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,289
12,327
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Data Mining
Machine Learning
Applications in Environmental and Life Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,863
8,054
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
machine learning
data mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,668
9,357
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
chemical engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,869
11,132
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Data Mining
Visualization
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,033
11,091
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Data Mining
Visualization
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,838
6,957
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
data mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,813
4,048
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Earthquake Engineering
Structural Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,619
3,904
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Domain-Specific Languages
Evolutionary Computation
Software Language Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,598
4,465
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,077
2,022
0.144
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Bioinformatics
protein-RNA interactions
Data Mining
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,328
6,303
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
material science
nanomaterials
electron microscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,995
7,191
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Computer vision
Machine learning
Pattern recognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,935
8,370
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Photovoltaics
Optoelectronics
Electronics
Numerical Modelling
Reliability Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,572
6,560
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
evolutionary computation
differential evolution
self-adaptation
constrained optimization
large-scale optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,421
4,632
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
artificial intelligence
machine learning
stochastic optimization
artificial life
bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,950
10,674
0.893
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
ferroelectrics
relaxor ferroelectrics
electrocalorics
liquid crystals
liquid crystal elastomers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,805
4,158
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,366
2,927
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
process system engineering
optimization
process integration
environmental protection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,125
3,718
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Biomedical engineering
biosignal processing
neural engineering
signal processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,557
6,058
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Natural Language Processing
Network Analytics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,407
4,630
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Nano-bio interactions
Nanosafty
Nanotechnology
Neurodegeneration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,300
3,550
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Atmospheric Sciences
Chemistry
Aerosol
Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,957
2,982
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Evolutionary Computation
Swarm Intelligence
Computational Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,639
5,161
0.597
Damijan Miklavcic|Damijan Miklavčič
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,022
14,376
0.388
biomedical engineering
electroporation
oncology
cardiology
gene and cell therapies
Blaz Stres
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,289
12,327
0.452
Bioinformatics
Systems Biology
HPC-Meta'omics
Human microbiome
Environmental Engineering
Saso Dzeroski
Jozef Stefan Institute
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,863
8,054
0.311
Data Mining
Machine Learning
Applications in Environmental and Life Sciences
Igor Kononenko
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,668
9,357
0.379
machine learning
data mining
Zeljko Knez
University of Maribor
Maribor, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,869
11,132
0.466
Janez Demsar
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,033
11,091
0.482
Data Mining
Visualization
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Blaz Zupan
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,838
6,957
0.390
Data Mining
Visualization
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Bioinformatics
Nada Lavrac
Jozef Stefan Institute
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,813
4,048
0.227
Peter Fajfar
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,619
3,904
0.267
Earthquake Engineering
Structural Engineering
Marjan Mernik
University of Maribor
Maribor, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,598
4,465
0.306
Domain-Specific Languages
Evolutionary Computation
Software Language Engineering
Ivan Bratko
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,077
2,022
0.144
Tomaž Curk
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,328
6,303
0.473
Bioinformatics
protein-RNA interactions
Data Mining
Artificial Intelligence
Goran Drazic
National Institute of Chemistry Slovenia
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,995
7,191
0.553
material science
nanomaterials
electron microscopy
Matej Kristan
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,935
8,370
0.647
Computer vision
Machine learning
Pattern recognition
Marko Topič
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,572
6,560
0.522
Photovoltaics
Optoelectronics
Electronics
Numerical Modelling
Reliability Engineering
Janez Brest
University of Maribor
Maribor, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,421
4,632
0.373
evolutionary computation
differential evolution
self-adaptation
constrained optimization
large-scale optimization
Nenad Tomasev
Jozef Stefan Institute
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,950
10,674
0.893
artificial intelligence
machine learning
stochastic optimization
artificial life
bioinformatics
Zdravko Kutnjak
Jozef Stefan Institute
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,805
4,158
0.352
ferroelectrics
relaxor ferroelectrics
electrocalorics
liquid crystals
liquid crystal elastomers
Dunja Mladenic
Jozef Stefan Institute
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,366
2,927
0.258
Zdravko Kravanja
University of Maribor
Maribor, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,125
3,718
0.367
process system engineering
optimization
process integration
environmental protection
Ales Holobar
University of Maribor
Maribor, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,557
6,058
0.634
Biomedical engineering
biosignal processing
neural engineering
signal processing
Marko Robnik Šikonja
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,407
4,630
0.492
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Natural Language Processing
Network Analytics
Damjana Drobne
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,300
3,550
0.382
Nano-bio interactions
Nanosafty
Nanotechnology
Neurodegeneration
Katja Dzepina
University of Nova Gorica
Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,957
2,982
0.333
Atmospheric Sciences
Chemistry
Aerosol
Climate Change
Iztok Fister
University of Maribor
Maribor, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,639
5,161
0.597
Evolutionary Computation
Swarm Intelligence
Computational Intelligence