Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Korea Institute for Advanced Study Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) 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.
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
astrophysics
gravitational waves
EEG
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,404
10,905
0.627
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
physics
condensed matter physics
condensed matter theory
materials science
nanoscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,909
8,983
0.361
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Drug Discovery
Machine Learning
Computational Chemistry
Computational Biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,433
3,320
0.611
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Protein Structure & Function
Optimization & Machine learning
Bioinformatics
Statistical Physics
Materials design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,909
3,251
0.328
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
String Theory
Quantum Field Theory
Theoretical Physics
High Energy Physics
Cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,899
2,870
0.290
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Biophysics
Soft Matter
Statistical Mechanics
Physical Chemistry
Computational Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,206
2,819
0.391
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Protein Structure Modeling
Artificial Intelligence
Bioinformatics
Parallel Computing
Computational Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,761
2,067
0.550
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
theoretical particle physics and cosmology
AI/ML applications to physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,895
2,015
0.696
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
general relativity
string theory
black holes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,512
1,795
0.715
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Computational biology
Computational Methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,882
1,783
0.947
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Theoretical High Energy Physics
AdS/CFT
String Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,815
1,526
0.400
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Condensed Matter Physics (Ab initio Calculations)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,243
1,313
0.585
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Condensed Matter Physics
Strongly Correlated Electron Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,343
1,245
0.927
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
stochastic thermodynamics
resistive switching
network theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,765
1,202
0.435
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Beyond the Standard Model
Dark Matter
QCD and Collider Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,389
1,111
0.800
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
statistical physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,253
1,083
0.333
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Cosmology
Dark Matter & Dark Energy
Supermassive Black Holes
Galaxy Formation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,054
1,027
0.500
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Statistical physics
Complex networks
Complex systems
Data science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,144
994
0.316
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
galaxy
cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,378
973
0.288
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Strongly correlated system
Magnetism
Excitation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,495
968
0.647
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Mathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,459
966
0.393
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Density functional Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,466
901
0.615
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Condensed matter physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,050
795
0.757
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
ML/AI
Computational Chemistry
Condensed Matter Physics
Porous Materials
Molecular Simulations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
913
795
0.871
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
quantum thermodynamics
quantum metrology
quantum information theory
quantum error-correction
quantum simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
942
772
0.820
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,277
369
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Maurice Van Putten
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,404
10,905
0.627
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,845
525
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Young-Woo Son
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,909
8,983
0.361
physics
condensed matter physics
condensed matter theory
materials science
nanoscience
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
154,815
2,517
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Insuk Joung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,433
3,320
0.611
Drug Discovery
Machine Learning
Computational Chemistry
Computational Biophysics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
158,562
2,571
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jooyoung Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,909
3,251
0.328
Protein Structure & Function
Optimization & Machine learning
Bioinformatics
Statistical Physics
Materials design
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
182,260
3,048
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Kimyeong Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,899
2,870
0.290
String Theory
Quantum Field Theory
Theoretical Physics
High Energy Physics
Cosmology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
185,923
3,124
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Changbong Hyeon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,206
2,819
0.391
Biophysics
Soft Matter
Statistical Mechanics
Physical Chemistry
Computational Biology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
256,847
4,518
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
주기형 (Joo, Keehyoung)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,761
2,067
0.550
Protein Structure Modeling
Artificial Intelligence
Bioinformatics
Parallel Computing
Computational Sciences
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
263,321
4,653
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Thomas Flacke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,895
2,015
0.696
theoretical particle physics and cosmology
AI/ML applications to physics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
294,384
5,278
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Run-Qiu Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,512
1,795
0.715
general relativity
string theory
black holes
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
296,317
5,322
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Seonghoon Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,882
1,783
0.947
Computational biology
Computational Methodology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
341,223
6,210
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ioannis Papadimitriou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,815
1,526
0.400
Theoretical High Energy Physics
AdS/CFT
String Theory
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
388,492
7,104
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Seon Myeong Choi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,243
1,313
0.585
Condensed Matter Physics (Ab initio Calculations)
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
406,023
7,425
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Bo Gyu Jang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,343
1,245
0.927
Condensed Matter Physics
Strongly Correlated Electron Systems
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
417,498
7,647
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jae Sung Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,765
1,202
0.435
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
444,219
8,144
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Adil Jueid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,389
1,111
0.800
Beyond the Standard Model
Dark Matter
QCD and Collider Physics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
452,802
8,286
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Hyunggyu Park
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,253
1,083
0.333
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
471,361
8,623
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Juhan Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,054
1,027
0.500
Cosmology
Dark Matter & Dark Energy
Supermassive Black Holes
Galaxy Formation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
482,624
8,819
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Deok-Sun Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,144
994
0.316
Statistical physics
Complex networks
Complex systems
Data science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
490,045
8,939
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Yun-Young Choi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,378
973
0.288
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
492,001
8,964
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Beom Hyun Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,495
968
0.647
Strongly correlated system
Magnetism
Excitation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
492,589
8,982
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Bumsig Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,459
966
0.393
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
517,791
9,415
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Park Changwon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,466
901
0.615
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
563,167
10,245
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Minjae Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,050
795
0.757
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
563,252
10,249
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Wooseok Jeong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
913
795
0.871
ML/AI
Computational Chemistry
Condensed Matter Physics
Porous Materials
Molecular Simulations
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
573,782
10,446
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Hyukjoon Kwon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
942
772
0.820
quantum thermodynamics
quantum metrology
quantum information theory
quantum error-correction
quantum simulation