Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Michigan State University Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025

Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: Scientists Last 6 years Citation IndexUniversities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025

* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :126
United States
Merlin Bruening
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,352
3,606
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :127
United States
Gustavo De Los Campos
Statistical Genetics
Quantitative Genetics
Bayesian Methods
Statistical Software
High
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,312
10,050
0.616
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :128
United States
Richard Spreng
Marketing
consumer behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,206
3,552
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :129
United States
Matthew B Pontifex
Psychology
Kinesiology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Health Neuroscience
Health-Oriented Behaviors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,174
8,203
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :130
United States
Yair Shachar Hill
Plant Metabolism
Metabolic Flux Analysis
Mycorrhizal Symbiosis
Chlamydomonas
seed development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,166
4,836
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :131
United States
Angela K Wilson
Quantum chemistry
theoretical chemistry
physical chemistry
environmental chemistry
computational chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,142
5,403
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :132
United States
Shawn Loewen
instructed second language acquisition
second language acquisition
research methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,012
7,765
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :133
United States
Srinivas (Sri) Talluri|Srinivas Talluri
Supply Chain Management
Performance Evaluation
Supply Chain Risk
Operations Management
Supply
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,902
6,382
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :134
United States
Esther Thorson
Media finance
advertising effects
health communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,843
5,010
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :135
United States
Anna Moore
Image-guided therapy
Molecular Imaging
Cancer
Diabetes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,664
4,154
0.265
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :136
United States
Rebecca Knickmeyer
Neuroimaging
genetics
endocrinology
development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,531
7,064
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :137
United States
Jonathan Walton
Fungal natural products
enzymes for bioenergy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,512
4,851
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :138
United States
Morten Hjorth Jensen
Computational Physics
Nuclear Physics
Many-body Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,383
4,734
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :139
United States
Gage Da
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,315
2,166
0.141
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :140
United States
H Metin Aktulga
High Performance Computing
Scientific Computing
Big Data Analytics
Numerical Linear Algebra
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,300
13,089
0.855
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :141
United States
Melinda Smale
Adoption and impact of agricultural technologies in developing economies
food policy
agrobiodiversity
seed
Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,257
5,635
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :142
United States
Greg M Swain
Electrochemistry
carbon materials science
neuroscience
corrosion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,226
3,869
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :143
United States
Edward D Walker
mosquitoes
malaria
bacteria
ticks
west nile virus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,200
5,685
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :144
United States
Betty HC Cheng
software engineering
model-driven engineering
requirements engineering
SBSE
autonomic computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,115
3,541
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :145
United States
Shawnee Vickery
supply chain management
operations management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,037
4,017
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :146
United States
S Alexandra Burt
psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,983
7,214
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :147
United States
Thomas R Bieler
Microstructure evoultion
Heterogeneous deformation
Grain boundary properties
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,836
5,955
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :148
United States
Fredric Janzen
Ecology
Evolution
Genetics
Conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,749
4,866
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :149
United States
Ann Austin
higher education
organizational change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,734
4,796
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :150
United States
Raymond Hammerschmidt
Plant pathology
plant defense mechanisms
plant-pathogen interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,510
3,009
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,664
United States
22,370
126
Ranking Based On Selection: 126
Merlin Bruening
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,352
3,606
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,849
United States
22,439
127
Ranking Based On Selection: 127
Gustavo De Los Campos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,312
10,050
0.616
Statistical Genetics
Quantitative Genetics
Bayesian Methods
Statistical Software
High
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,280
United States
22,618
128
Ranking Based On Selection: 128
Richard Spreng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,206
3,552
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,421
United States
22,675
129
Ranking Based On Selection: 129
Matthew B Pontifex
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,174
8,203
0.507
Psychology
Kinesiology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Health Neuroscience
Health-Oriented Behaviors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,467
United States
22,697
130
Ranking Based On Selection: 130
Yair Shachar Hill
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,166
4,836
0.299
Plant Metabolism
Metabolic Flux Analysis
Mycorrhizal Symbiosis
Chlamydomonas
seed development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,588
United States
22,737
131
Ranking Based On Selection: 131
Angela K Wilson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,142
5,403
0.335
Quantum chemistry
theoretical chemistry
physical chemistry
environmental chemistry
computational chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,152
United States
22,951
132
Ranking Based On Selection: 132
Shawn Loewen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,012
7,765
0.485
instructed second language acquisition
second language acquisition
research methodology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,646
United States
23,150
133
Ranking Based On Selection: 133
Srinivas (Sri) Talluri|Srinivas Talluri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,902
6,382
0.401
Supply Chain Management
Performance Evaluation
Supply Chain Risk
Operations Management
Supply
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,911
United States
23,247
134
Ranking Based On Selection: 134
Esther Thorson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,843
5,010
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,745
United States
23,554
135
Ranking Based On Selection: 135
Anna Moore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,664
4,154
0.265
Image-guided therapy
Molecular Imaging
Cancer
Diabetes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,391
United States
23,800
136
Ranking Based On Selection: 136
Rebecca Knickmeyer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,531
7,064
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,479
United States
23,842
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 137
Jonathan Walton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,512
4,851
0.313
Fungal natural products
enzymes for bioenergy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,077
United States
24,078
138
Ranking Based On Selection: 138
Morten Hjorth Jensen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,383
4,734
0.308
Computational Physics
Nuclear Physics
Many-body Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,387
United States
24,197
139
Ranking Based On Selection: 139
Gage Da
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,315
2,166
0.141
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,460
United States
24,228
140
Ranking Based On Selection: 140
H Metin Aktulga
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,300
13,089
0.855
High Performance Computing
Scientific Computing
Big Data Analytics
Numerical Linear Algebra
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,670
United States
24,312
141
Ranking Based On Selection: 141
Melinda Smale
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,257
5,635
0.369
Adoption and impact of agricultural technologies in developing economies
food policy
agrobiodiversity
seed
Africa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,830
United States
24,361
142
Ranking Based On Selection: 142
Greg M Swain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,226
3,869
0.254
Electrochemistry
carbon materials science
neuroscience
corrosion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,958
United States
24,415
143
Ranking Based On Selection: 143
Edward D Walker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,200
5,685
0.374
mosquitoes
malaria
bacteria
ticks
west nile virus
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,397
United States
24,566
144
Ranking Based On Selection: 144
Betty HC Cheng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,115
3,541
0.234
software engineering
model-driven engineering
requirements engineering
SBSE
autonomic computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,777
United States
24,705
145
Ranking Based On Selection: 145
Shawnee Vickery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,037
4,017
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,043
United States
24,815
146
Ranking Based On Selection: 146
S Alexandra Burt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,983
7,214
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,848
United States
25,133
147
Ranking Based On Selection: 147
Thomas R Bieler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,836
5,955
0.401
Microstructure evoultion
Heterogeneous deformation
Grain boundary properties
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,310
United States
25,304
148
Ranking Based On Selection: 148
Fredric Janzen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,749
4,866
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,389
United States
25,335
149
Ranking Based On Selection: 149
Ann Austin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,734
4,796
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,499
United States
25,757
150
Ranking Based On Selection: 150
Raymond Hammerschmidt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,510
3,009
0.207
Plant pathology
plant defense mechanisms
plant-pathogen interactions