Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 11.431 Scientists Citation in United States 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
chemistry
materials science
physics
nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
259,812
63,409
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Reticular Chemistry
Metal-Organic Framework
Covalent Organic Framework
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
258,647
101,522
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Quantum Chemistry
Electronic Structure
Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
257,157
82,635
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Chemistry
Physics
Computation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244,355
77,309
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,060
53,279
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
theoretical chemistry
density functional theory
computational chemistry
biophysics
physical chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204,868
55,957
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Computational Chemistry and Biology
Modeling
Quantum Chemistry
Structure Based Design
Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203,540
53,511
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Chemistry
Polymers
Polymer Chemistry
Polymer Science
Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203,327
48,001
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201,817
46,239
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
theory
materials
catalysis
nanotechnology
drug design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199,976
66,094
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199,588
36,574
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
190,501
72,079
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mass Spectrometry
Proteomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183,067
43,247
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
170,663
46,620
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
reticular chemistry
structural chemistry
solid state chemistry
materials design
crystallography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163,163
50,635
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
quantum chemistry
electronic structure theory
theoretical chemistry
physical chemistry
catalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,868
47,851
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149,880
22,608
0.151
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Chemistry
Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148,062
42,645
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Interfacial Chemistry
Materials Science
Adsorption
Nanomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,518
60,419
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Chemistry and Chemical engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,794
16,297
0.113
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Computational Chemistry and Materials Science & Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143,290
34,683
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
solid state chemistry
superconductivity
topological insulators
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,334
41,790
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Organic chemistry
atalysis
synthetic methods
total synthesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136,643
22,682
0.166
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
computational chemistry
organic chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,292
41,008
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
organic synthesis
organometallic chemistry
catalysis
asymmetric catalysis
flow chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,145
31,688
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
407
173
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Hongjie Dai
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
259,812
63,409
0.244
chemistry
materials science
physics
nanotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
415
174
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Omar M Yaghi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
258,647
101,522
0.393
Reticular Chemistry
Metal-Organic Framework
Covalent Organic Framework
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
425
177
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Gustavo E Scuseria
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
257,157
82,635
0.321
Quantum Chemistry
Electronic Structure
Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
513
203
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Donald Truhlar
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244,355
77,309
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
786
309
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Peidong Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,060
53,279
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
802
317
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Weitao Yang
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204,868
55,957
0.273
theoretical chemistry
density functional theory
computational chemistry
biophysics
physical chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
809
320
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Kenneth M Merz Jr
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203,540
53,511
0.263
Computational Chemistry and Biology
Modeling
Quantum Chemistry
Structure Based Design
Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
813
323
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203,327
48,001
0.236
Chemistry
Polymers
Polymer Chemistry
Polymer Science
Materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
830
332
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Chad Mirkin
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201,817
46,239
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
841
339
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
William A Goddard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199,976
66,094
0.331
theory
materials
catalysis
nanotechnology
drug design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
846
340
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Paul Alivisatos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199,588
36,574
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
932
379
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
George Church
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
190,501
72,079
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
998
416
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
John Yates
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183,067
43,247
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,139
484
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
H Bernhard Schlegel
Wayne State University
Detroit, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
170,663
46,620
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,248
544
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Michael O Keeffe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163,163
50,635
0.310
reticular chemistry
structural chemistry
solid state chemistry
materials design
crystallography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,450
640
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Martin Head-Gordon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,868
47,851
0.317
quantum chemistry
electronic structure theory
theoretical chemistry
physical chemistry
catalysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,469
650
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Galen Stucky
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149,880
22,608
0.151
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,511
668
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
William L Jorgensen
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148,062
42,645
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,536
678
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Mietek Jaroniec
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,518
60,419
0.412
Interfacial Chemistry
Materials Science
Adsorption
Nanomaterials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,578
702
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jean Frechet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,794
16,297
0.113
Chemistry and Chemical engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,602
710
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jean-Luc Bredas
University of Arizona
Tucson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143,290
34,683
0.242
Computational Chemistry and Materials Science & Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,716
770
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
RJ Cava
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,334
41,790
0.302
solid state chemistry
superconductivity
topological insulators
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,767
794
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Barry Trost
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136,643
22,682
0.166
Organic chemistry
atalysis
synthetic methods
total synthesis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,792
803
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Kendall N Houk
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,292
41,008
0.303
computational chemistry
organic chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,796
806
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Stephen L Buchwald
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,145
31,688
0.234
organic synthesis
organometallic chemistry
catalysis
asymmetric catalysis
flow chemistry