Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 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.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :101
inorganic chemistry
organometallic chemistry
bioinorganic chemistry
chemical biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,772
2,999
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :102
Probability
Stochastic processes
Markov processes
branching processes
potential theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,757
2,781
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :103
condensed matter physics
biophysics
quantum foundations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,751
754
0.112
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :104
microbial ecology
soil microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,684
2,657
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :105
RNA metabolism
entomology
Plant molecular biology
bacteriology
Lipid metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,588
1,398
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :106
Chemical Biology
Activity-based Sensing
Photoacoustic Imaging
Targeted Drug Delivery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,465
4,673
0.723
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :107
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Evolutionary Biology
Transcriptomics
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,328
4,304
0.680
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :108
Endocrinology
Cancer Biology
Pharmacology
Physiology
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,308
4,123
0.654
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :109
Ecology
Evolution
Conservation Biology
Molecular Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,260
1,168
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :110
Proteomics
Neurobiology
Cell Biology
Geobiology
Chromatin and Gene Regulations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,252
1,606
0.257
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :111
Freshwater Mollusks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,998
2,058
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :112
Quark Gluon Plasma
High-Energy Nuclear Theory
Relativistic Hydrodynamics
Lattice QCD
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,950
4,623
0.777
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :113
molecular biology
biochemistry
genetics
cell biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,860
943
0.161
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :114
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,758
4,908
0.852
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :115
chemically reacting flows
hypersonics
radiation
space plasmas
electric propulsion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,674
2,425
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :116
Information Theory
Bayesian Statistics
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,671
2,894
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :117
cities
urban politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,588
1,383
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :118
Evolutionary genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,469
1,778
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :119
Physical Chemistry
Spectroscopy and Imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,395
1,834
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :120
atomic physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,307
3,734
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :121
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,038
3,413
0.677
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :122
integrated photonics
optomechanics
topological insulators
nonlinear optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,032
3,312
0.658
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :123
Gravitation
Relativistic Astrophysics
Theoretical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,980
4,184
0.840
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :124
how molecular mechanisms of epigenetic regulation control physiological functions and chronic disease processes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,780
2,123
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :125
Nanomaterial
photocatalysis
self-assembly
XAS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,688
2,581
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
152,420
57,053
513
Ranking Based On Selection: 101
Liviu M Mirica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,772
2,999
0.443
inorganic chemistry
organometallic chemistry
bioinorganic chemistry
chemical biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
152,773
57,178
514
Ranking Based On Selection: 102
Renming Song
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,757
2,781
0.412
Probability
Stochastic processes
Markov processes
branching processes
potential theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
152,916
57,227
516
Ranking Based On Selection: 103
Michael B Weissman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,751
754
0.112
condensed matter physics
biophysics
quantum foundations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
154,486
57,744
522
Ranking Based On Selection: 104
Joanne Chee Sanford
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,684
2,657
0.398
microbial ecology
soil microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,901
58,478
525
Ranking Based On Selection: 105
Thomas C Newman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,588
1,398
0.212
RNA metabolism
entomology
Plant molecular biology
bacteriology
Lipid metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
159,842
59,422
531
Ranking Based On Selection: 106
Jefferson Chan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,465
4,673
0.723
Chemical Biology
Activity-based Sensing
Photoacoustic Imaging
Targeted Drug Delivery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
163,456
60,568
537
Ranking Based On Selection: 107
Christopher Fields
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,328
4,304
0.680
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Evolutionary Biology
Transcriptomics
Microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
164,021
60,731
539
Ranking Based On Selection: 108
Erik Russell Nelson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,308
4,123
0.654
Endocrinology
Cancer Biology
Pharmacology
Physiology
Immunology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
165,309
61,108
542
Ranking Based On Selection: 109
Ken N Paige
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,260
1,168
0.187
Ecology
Evolution
Conservation Biology
Molecular Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
165,537
61,170
544
Ranking Based On Selection: 110
Peter M Yau
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,252
1,606
0.257
Proteomics
Neurobiology
Cell Biology
Geobiology
Chromatin and Gene Regulations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
172,524
63,409
565
Ranking Based On Selection: 111
Kevin Cummings
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,998
2,058
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
173,903
63,829
569
Ranking Based On Selection: 112
Jacquelyn Noronha Hostler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,950
4,623
0.777
Quark Gluon Plasma
High-Energy Nuclear Theory
Relativistic Hydrodynamics
Lattice QCD
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
176,562
64,650
577
Ranking Based On Selection: 113
Brian C Freeman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,860
943
0.161
molecular biology
biochemistry
genetics
cell biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
179,639
65,566
585
Ranking Based On Selection: 114
Qian Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,758
4,908
0.852
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
182,402
66,434
591
Ranking Based On Selection: 115
Deborah A Levin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,674
2,425
0.427
chemically reacting flows
hypersonics
radiation
space plasmas
electric propulsion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
182,499
66,466
592
Ranking Based On Selection: 116
Feng Liang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,671
2,894
0.510
Information Theory
Bayesian Statistics
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
185,089
67,265
603
Ranking Based On Selection: 117
David Wilson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,588
1,383
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
188,947
68,420
610
Ranking Based On Selection: 118
Charles C Roseman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,469
1,778
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
191,438
69,142
617
Ranking Based On Selection: 119
Prabuddha Mukherjee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,395
1,834
0.340
Physical Chemistry
Spectroscopy and Imaging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
194,560
70,086
623
Ranking Based On Selection: 120
Bryce Gadway
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,307
3,734
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
204,671
73,132
645
Ranking Based On Selection: 121
Xin Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,038
3,413
0.677
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
204,917
73,205
647
Ranking Based On Selection: 122
Gaurav Bahl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,032
3,312
0.658
integrated photonics
optomechanics
topological insulators
nonlinear optics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
207,066
73,885
650
Ranking Based On Selection: 123
Hector O Silva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,980
4,184
0.840
Gravitation
Relativistic Astrophysics
Theoretical Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
215,366
76,300
667
Ranking Based On Selection: 124
Yuan Xiang Pan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,780
2,123
0.444
how molecular mechanisms of epigenetic regulation control physiological functions and chronic disease processes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
219,317
77,483
673
Ranking Based On Selection: 125
Deyu Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,688
2,581
0.551
Nanomaterial
photocatalysis
self-assembly
XAS