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Highly Cited Researchers

University of Exeter 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 :1,276
United Kingdom
Hannah Sherbersky
Systemic Psychotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
92
0.724
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,277
United Kingdom
Taek Kyu Kim
Public Administration
Public Policy
Performance Management
Public Accountability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
114
0.912
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,278
United Kingdom
Rajaei K Sharma
Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
123
0.992
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,279
United Kingdom
Simone Antonio De Rose
Biochemistry
Extremophiles
T. Thermophilus
Structural biology
Psychrophiles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
120
0.968
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,280
United Kingdom
Thomas Ridler
Neuroscience
Electrophysiology
Dementia
Alzheimer's disease
Epilepsy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
105
0.854
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,281
United Kingdom
Ned Thaddeus Taylor
Interfaces
semiconductors
computational quantum chemistry
colossal permittivity
oxides
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
122
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,282
United Kingdom
V Kartik Chundru
Genetics
Quantitative Genetics
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Gene Regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
122
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,283
United Kingdom
Geoffrey Fitzgibbon Hughes
Anthropology
Jordan
Kinship
The State
Islam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
109
0.893
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,284
United Kingdom
Elahe Naserianhanzaei
Applied Data Science
Computational Social Science
Behavioural Data Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
98
0.803
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,285
United Kingdom
Luke Lear
microbial ecology
invasion
disturbance
species interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
121
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,286
United Kingdom
Maria Gerolemou
Classics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
91
0.752
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,287
United Kingdom
John C. Kealy
NWP
Boundary layer meteorology
Remote sensing
GPS meteorology
Operational meteorology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
85
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,288
United Kingdom
Yang Mi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
118
0.983
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,289
United Kingdom
Voicu Ion Sucala
Industrial management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
78
0.650
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,290
United Kingdom
Eleni Dimitrellou
Inclusion
Wellbeing in Schools
Emotions in the Curriculum
Relational Approaches
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
119
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,291
United Kingdom
Cariad Astles
puppetry
applied theatre
cuban theatre
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
78
0.655
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,292
United Kingdom
Ekaterina Kolpinskaya
Religion
ethnicity
representation
British Politics
quantitative research methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
106
0.898
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,293
United Kingdom
Sean Manzi
Health services research
mental health
network analysis
behaviour
whole system modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
84
0.712
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,294
United Kingdom
Muireann Maguire
Russian literature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
74
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,295
United Kingdom
Zizheng Yu
consumer activism/nationalism
promotional media
algorithm resistance
TikTok/Douyin
Chinese media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
116
0.991
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,296
United Kingdom
Edwin Ip
Behavioural Economics
Diversity and Inclusion
Decision Making
Fairness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
115
0.983
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,297
United Kingdom
Kirsten Walsh
Philosophy
Newton
Experimental Philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
96
0.821
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,298
United Kingdom
George Pavis
Skeletal muscle metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
116
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,299
United Kingdom
Daniela Lazaro-Pacheco
Vibrational spectroscopy
Intervertebral disc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
116
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,300
United Kingdom
Alexander Hudson
Geology
Sedimentology
Structural Geology
Astrochronology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
116
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,463,820
United Kingdom
75,335
1,276
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,276
Hannah Sherbersky
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
92
0.724
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,469,529
United Kingdom
75,550
1,277
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,277
Taek Kyu Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
114
0.912
Public Administration
Public Policy
Performance Management
Public Accountability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,472,107
United Kingdom
75,652
1,278
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,278
Rajaei K Sharma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
123
0.992
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,472,417
United Kingdom
75,666
1,279
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,279
Simone Antonio De Rose
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
120
0.968
Biochemistry
Extremophiles
T. Thermophilus
Structural biology
Psychrophiles
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,476,420
United Kingdom
75,800
1,280
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,280
Thomas Ridler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
105
0.854
Neuroscience
Electrophysiology
Dementia
Alzheimer's disease
Epilepsy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,478,288
United Kingdom
75,864
1,281
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,281
Ned Thaddeus Taylor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
122
1.000
Interfaces
semiconductors
computational quantum chemistry
colossal permittivity
oxides
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,478,574
United Kingdom
75,876
1,282
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,282
V Kartik Chundru
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
122
1.000
Genetics
Quantitative Genetics
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Gene Regulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,479,611
United Kingdom
75,919
1,283
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,283
Geoffrey Fitzgibbon Hughes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
109
0.893
Anthropology
Jordan
Kinship
The State
Islam
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,480,048
United Kingdom
75,939
1,284
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,284
Elahe Naserianhanzaei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
98
0.803
Applied Data Science
Computational Social Science
Behavioural Data Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,481,864
United Kingdom
75,986
1,285
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,285
Luke Lear
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
121
1.000
microbial ecology
invasion
disturbance
species interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,483,704
United Kingdom
76,056
1,286
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,286
Maria Gerolemou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
91
0.752
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,483,862
United Kingdom
76,059
1,287
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,287
John C. Kealy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
85
0.702
NWP
Boundary layer meteorology
Remote sensing
GPS meteorology
Operational meteorology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,485,645
United Kingdom
76,105
1,288
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,288
Yang Mi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
118
0.983
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,487,316
United Kingdom
76,162
1,289
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,289
Voicu Ion Sucala
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
78
0.650
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,488,547
United Kingdom
76,204
1,290
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,290
Eleni Dimitrellou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
119
1.000
Inclusion
Wellbeing in Schools
Emotions in the Curriculum
Relational Approaches
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,490,691
United Kingdom
76,278
1,291
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,291
Cariad Astles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
78
0.655
puppetry
applied theatre
cuban theatre
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,493,266
United Kingdom
76,361
1,292
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,292
Ekaterina Kolpinskaya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
106
0.898
Religion
ethnicity
representation
British Politics
quantitative research methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,494,059
United Kingdom
76,387
1,293
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,293
Sean Manzi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
84
0.712
Health services research
mental health
network analysis
behaviour
whole system modelling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,494,326
United Kingdom
76,394
1,294
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,294
Muireann Maguire
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
74
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,495,884
United Kingdom
76,447
1,295
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,295
Zizheng Yu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
116
0.991
consumer activism/nationalism
promotional media
algorithm resistance
TikTok/Douyin
Chinese media
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,496,058
United Kingdom
76,453
1,296
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,296
Edwin Ip
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
115
0.983
Behavioural Economics
Diversity and Inclusion
Decision Making
Fairness
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,497,150
United Kingdom
76,494
1,297
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,297
Kirsten Walsh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
96
0.821
Philosophy
Newton
Experimental Philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,498,830
United Kingdom
76,549
1,298
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,298
George Pavis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
116
1.000
Skeletal muscle metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,499,136
United Kingdom
76,558
1,299
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,299
Daniela Lazaro-Pacheco
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
116
1.000
Vibrational spectroscopy
Intervertebral disc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,499,169
United Kingdom
76,560
1,300
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,300
Alexander Hudson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
116
1.000
Geology
Sedimentology
Structural Geology
Astrochronology