Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Physics Highly Cited Researchers 121 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
High-Energy Astrophysics
Data Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,128
10,929
0.722
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,978
5,766
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Quantum Communication
Quantum Photonics
Quantum Technologies
Quantum Optics
Quantum Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,432
4,874
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Astrophysics
High-Energy Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,222
7,858
0.700
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
quantum repeaters
quantum memories
quantum optics
non-linear optics
solid-state spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,322
3,768
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Condensed matter physics
electronic correlations
oxide surfaces and interfaces
angle resolved
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,196
3,510
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Physics
STM
Condensed matter physics
Superconductivity
CDW
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,211
1,543
0.188
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Condensed Matter Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,987
2,134
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
condensed matter physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,861
869
0.148
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,858
4,378
0.747
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Condensed Matter Physics
Angle-resolved photoemission
correlated electron systems
transition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,760
2,369
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Galactic astronomy
gravitational dynamics
computational astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,495
807
0.147
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Astrophysics
Climate Sciences
Spectroscopy
Exoplanets
Mars
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,466
3,954
0.723
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,080
2,804
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Quantum communication
Single-Photon Detectors
Quantum Networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,973
2,300
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Single Photon Detection
Quantum Communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,314
3,102
0.719
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Astrophysics - Galaxy formation and evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,254
3,373
0.793
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
biomedical optics
bone
human
muscle
nuclear magnetic resonance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,232
880
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Nonlinear microscopy
SWIR microscopy
Biophotonics
Nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,968
1,590
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Quantum Thermodynamics
Quantum Metrology
Quantum Information
Open Quantum Systems
Quantum Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,937
3,009
0.764
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Solid state physics
Ferroelectric epitaxial thin films
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,681
1,269
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Stellar Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,672
1,614
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Cosmology
Theoretical Physics
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,620
2,914
0.805
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Condensed-matter physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,608
1,355
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
2D materials
Semiconductors
Magnetism
Optical spectroscopy
Quantum transport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,397
2,460
0.724
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,576
1,103
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Volodymyr Savchenko
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,128
10,929
0.722
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,181
1,203
114
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Andrii Neronov
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,978
5,766
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,129
1,472
131
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Rob Thew
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,432
4,874
0.426
Quantum Communication
Quantum Photonics
Quantum Technologies
Quantum Optics
Quantum Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,101
1,511
135
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Dominique Eckert
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,222
7,858
0.700
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,174
1,641
146
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Mikael Afzelius
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,322
3,768
0.365
quantum repeaters
quantum memories
quantum optics
non-linear optics
solid-state spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,851
1,830
161
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Felix Baumberger
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,196
3,510
0.382
Condensed matter physics
electronic correlations
oxide surfaces and interfaces
angle resolved
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
125,845
2,022
173
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Christoph Renner
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,211
1,543
0.188
Physics
STM
Condensed matter physics
Superconductivity
CDW
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
175,434
2,695
223
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Christian Flindt
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,987
2,134
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
179,221
2,743
231
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Eugene Sukhorukov
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,861
869
0.148
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
179,287
2,744
232
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Janis Hagelberg
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,858
4,378
0.747
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
182,403
2,780
236
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Anna Tamai
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,760
2,369
0.411
Condensed Matter Physics
Angle-resolved photoemission
correlated electron systems
transition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
190,875
2,888
247
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Daniel Pfenniger
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,495
807
0.147
Galactic astronomy
gravitational dynamics
computational astrophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
191,864
2,901
248
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Martin Turbet
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,466
3,954
0.723
Astrophysics
Climate Sciences
Spectroscopy
Exoplanets
Mars
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
206,169
3,078
266
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Stefania Vitillo
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,080
2,804
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
210,424
3,116
268
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Félix Bussières
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,973
2,300
0.462
Quantum communication
Single-Photon Detectors
Quantum Networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
240,437
3,443
295
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Boris Korzh
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,314
3,102
0.719
Single Photon Detection
Quantum Communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
243,488
3,475
301
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Thibault Garel
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,254
3,373
0.793
Astrophysics - Galaxy formation and evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
244,718
3,496
304
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Tiziano Binzoni
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,232
880
0.208
biomedical optics
bone
human
muscle
nuclear magnetic resonance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
259,590
3,661
314
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Luigi Bonacina
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,968
1,590
0.401
Nonlinear microscopy
SWIR microscopy
Biophotonics
Nanotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
261,297
3,673
316
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Martí Perarnau Llobet
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,937
3,009
0.764
Quantum Thermodynamics
Quantum Metrology
Quantum Information
Open Quantum Systems
Quantum Optics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
277,023
3,875
333
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Céline Lichtensteiger
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,681
1,269
0.345
Solid state physics
Ferroelectric epitaxial thin films
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
277,639
3,884
336
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Anahí Granada
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,672
1,614
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
281,063
3,918
339
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Hamsa Padmanabhan
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,620
2,914
0.805
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
281,934
3,923
340
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Christophe Berthod
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,608
1,355
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
296,861
4,094
349
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Nicolas Ubrig
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,397
2,460
0.724
2D materials
Semiconductors
Magnetism
Optical spectroscopy
Quantum transport