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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 1.061 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,051
Sociolog
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,052
entomology
food security
sustainable agricultur
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,053
Agricultur
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
1
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,054
Psychology
Neuroscience
Addiction Psychology
Behavioural Neuroscience
Neuropsychopharmacolog
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,055
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Biomedical
Cancer Detection
Data Center
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,056
Plant breeding
Quantitative Genetics
Genomics and Tissue cultur
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,057
phenomenology
Husserl
Heidegger
Merleau-Ponty
Critical Theor
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,058
anthropolog
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,059
Chemistry
Solid State
Organic Chemistry
Nucleic Acid Chemistr
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,060
metaethics
applied ethic
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,061
political philosophy
anarchism
Continental philosophy
post-structuralism
philosophy of socia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,533,511
59,844
1,038
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,051
Dilshan L Fernando
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,533,511
59,844
1,038
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,052
Jenny Liu
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
entomology
food security
sustainable agricultur
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,549,364
60,012
1,043
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,053
Shahin Sharafaldin Shirazi
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
1
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,551,955
60,041
1,044
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,054
Adiia Stone
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
Psychology
Neuroscience
Addiction Psychology
Behavioural Neuroscience
Neuropsychopharmacolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,551,955
60,041
1,044
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,055
Negin Piran
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Biomedical
Cancer Detection
Data Center
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,551,955
60,041
1,044
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,056
Suman Parajuli
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
Plant breeding
Quantitative Genetics
Genomics and Tissue cultur
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,565,918
60,162
1,047
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,057
Vedran Grahovac
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,571,653
60,216
1,048
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,058
Victor Gulewitsch
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,573,703
60,235
1,049
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,059
Brendan Paget
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
Chemistry
Solid State
Organic Chemistry
Nucleic Acid Chemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,573,703
60,235
1,049
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,060
Gennady Mccracken
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,597,586
60,427
1,051
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,061
R William Valliere
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
political philosophy
anarchism
Continental philosophy
post-structuralism
philosophy of socia