Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Physics Highly Cited Researchers 279 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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: 26
Biophotonics
Spectroscopy
Nanoplasmonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,543
4,870
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Energy
climate change
environment
public policy
solar geoengineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,746
8,160
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,412
3,093
0.144
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Massive stars
interacting Binaries
Compact Objects
Stellar Populations
Stellar Transients
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,326
13,867
0.650
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
quantum materials and devices
scanning probe microscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,717
2,906
0.140
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,465
7,735
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
optics metasurfaces physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,370
10,422
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
accretion physics
general relativity
black holes
astrophysics
magnetohydrodynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,873
17,504
0.927
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Quantum Materials
Catalysis
Nanoparticle Toxicology
Electron Microscopy
Low Voltage Electron Microscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,466
6,681
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Radiation Biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,682
1,488
0.101
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,469
9,863
0.682
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Exoplanets
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Extrasolar Planets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,377
3,589
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Ultracondensed Matter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,375
1,792
0.134
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Soft Condensed Matter Physics
Complex Fluids
Colloid and Interface Science
Self-Assembly
Biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,299
4,709
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Nano optics and electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,876
9,440
0.733
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
low temperature
high pressure
hydrogen
quantum materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,508
1,794
0.143
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Biomedical optical imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,166
5,328
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
quantum matter
condensed matter theory
quantum information
quantum computation
holographic duality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,855
7,502
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
quantum physics
quantum information
mathematics
mathematical picture language
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,606
2,144
0.185
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Astronomy
Cosmology
mm/sub-mm instrumentation
Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,696
4,938
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,454
5,471
0.523
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
computational physics
condensed matter physics
nonequilibrium dynamics
quantum information
quantum photonics and plasmonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,161
8,519
0.838
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,086
9,412
0.933
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Quantum Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,699
8,859
0.913
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Integrated Photonics
Nonlinear Optics
Quantum Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,655
8,577
0.888
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,999
14,845
783
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Lev T Perelman
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,543
4,870
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,612
15,529
804
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
David Keith
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,746
8,160
0.359
Energy
climate change
environment
public policy
solar geoengineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,719
16,817
840
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Mara Prentiss
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,412
3,093
0.144
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,915
16,895
842
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Selma E De Mink
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,326
13,867
0.650
Massive stars
interacting Binaries
Compact Objects
Stellar Populations
Stellar Transients
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,545
17,521
879
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Robert M Westervelt
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,717
2,906
0.140
quantum materials and devices
scanning probe microscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,236
17,774
897
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
John M Doyle
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,465
7,735
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,286
18,983
943
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Francesco Aieta
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,370
10,422
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,887
19,575
964
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Maciek Wielgus
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,873
17,504
0.927
accretion physics
general relativity
black holes
astrophysics
magnetohydrodynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,700
24,965
1,118
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
David C Bell
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,466
6,681
0.432
Quantum Materials
Catalysis
Nanoparticle Toxicology
Electron Microscopy
Low Voltage Electron Microscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,841
26,519
1,163
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Sj Adelstein
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,682
1,488
0.101
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,028
26,964
1,174
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Cora Dvorkin
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,469
9,863
0.682
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,918
29,477
1,252
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Joshua Carter
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,377
3,589
0.268
Exoplanets
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Extrasolar Planets
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,933
29,487
1,253
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
WJ Nellis
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,375
1,792
0.134
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,443
29,699
1,257
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Vinothan N Manoharan
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,299
4,709
0.354
Soft Condensed Matter Physics
Complex Fluids
Colloid and Interface Science
Self-Assembly
Biophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,441
30,772
1,290
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Alexander Y Zhu
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,876
9,440
0.733
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,071
31,709
1,312
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Isaac Silvera
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,508
1,794
0.143
low temperature
high pressure
hydrogen
quantum materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,734
32,674
1,345
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Claudio Vinegoni
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,166
5,328
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,269
33,579
1,366
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Brian Swingle
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,855
7,502
0.633
quantum matter
condensed matter theory
quantum information
quantum computation
holographic duality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,432
34,370
1,390
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Arthur Jaffe
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,606
2,144
0.185
quantum physics
quantum information
mathematics
mathematical picture language
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,076
37,403
1,475
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Denis Barkats
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,696
4,938
0.462
Astronomy
Cosmology
mm/sub-mm instrumentation
Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95,520
38,239
1,509
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Matthew Reece
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,454
5,471
0.523
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,705
39,327
1,537
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Prineha Narang
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,161
8,519
0.838
computational physics
condensed matter physics
nonequilibrium dynamics
quantum information
quantum photonics and plasmonics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,570
39,639
1,549
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Ziyan Zoe Zhu|Zoe Zhu
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,086
9,412
0.933
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,099
41,218
1,590
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Alexander Keesling
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,699
8,859
0.913
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,613
41,401
1,597
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Christian Reimer
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,655
8,577
0.888
Integrated Photonics
Nonlinear Optics
Quantum Optics