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 Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :26
medical imaging
magnetic resonance imaging
MR spectroscopy
PET
radiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,329
659
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Biochemistry
enzymology
drug discovery
high throughput screening
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,220
684
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Clinical pharmacology
Pharmacometrics
Pharmacokinetics
Pharmacodynamics
Modeling & Simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,135
919
0.810
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,086
459
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Dermatology
Rheumatology
Gastroenterology
Neurology
Oncology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,085
409
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Biopharmaceutical Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,081
528
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Drug Discovery
Fragments
NMR
Lead ID/Opt
XRC
Biophysics
Biochemistry
Structure
Dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,030
391
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Epidemiology and Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,006
484
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Biomarkers
Oncology
Cancer biology
Hypoxia
Apoptosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
981
713
0.727
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Pharmacokinetics
Drug Metabolism
Drug transporters
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
919
583
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Biostatistics
Bioinformatics
Computational biology
Machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
898
825
0.919
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
oncology
central nervous system
neuroscience
drug discovery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
888
760
0.856
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Antibody purification
Biochemistry
Protein crystallography
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
851
492
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Biostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
850
405
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Pharmacokinetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
823
673
0.818
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Biochemistry
kinetics
hypoxic response
epigenetics
antibiotic resistance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
766
455
0.594
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Neuroscience
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Pharmacology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
736
477
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Protein Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
734
450
0.613
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Immunology
Regeneration
Gene editing
scRNAseq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
720
512
0.711
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Hematologic malignancies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
676
498
0.737
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Amorphous solid dispersions
Solubility enhancement
3-D printing
Drug delivery
Pharmaceutical engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
648
645
0.995
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Oncology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
637
304
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Immuno-oncology
Cancer Immunotherapy
Predictive/Prognostic Biomarkers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
634
307
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Solid state pharmaceutical sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
582
269
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Medicinal Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
551
244
0.443
Xiaomeng Zhang
AbbVie Inc
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,329
659
0.496
medical imaging
magnetic resonance imaging
MR spectroscopy
PET
radiology
Nathaniel Elsen
AbbVie Inc
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,220
684
0.561
Biochemistry
enzymology
drug discovery
high throughput screening
Mohamad Shebley
AbbVie Inc
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,135
919
0.810
Clinical pharmacology
Pharmacometrics
Pharmacokinetics
Pharmacodynamics
Modeling & Simulation
Gordana Babic Atallah
AbbVie Inc
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,086
459
0.423
Bjoern Fritz
AbbVie Inc
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,085
409
0.377
Dermatology
Rheumatology
Gastroenterology
Neurology
Oncology
Raimundo Ho
AbbVie Inc
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,081
528
0.488
Biopharmaceutical Development
Andrew Namanja
AbbVie Inc
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,030
391
0.380
Drug Discovery
Fragments
NMR
Lead ID/Opt
XRC
Biophysics
Biochemistry
Structure
Dynamics
Whitney Krueger
AbbVie Inc
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,006
484
0.481
Epidemiology and Immunology
Dan Cojocari
AbbVie Inc
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
981
713
0.727
Biomarkers
Oncology
Cancer biology
Hypoxia
Apoptosis
Armin Sadighi
AbbVie Inc
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
919
583
0.634
Pharmacokinetics
Drug Metabolism
Drug transporters
Naim Al Mahi
AbbVie Inc
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
898
825
0.919
Biostatistics
Bioinformatics
Computational biology
Machine learning
Robert Kupp
AbbVie Inc
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
888
760
0.856
oncology
central nervous system
neuroscience
drug discovery
Zhi Li
AbbVie Inc
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
851
492
0.578
Antibody purification
Biochemistry
Protein crystallography
Microbiology
Yihua Lee
AbbVie Inc
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
850
405
0.476
Ahmed Mohamed Nader
AbbVie Inc
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
823
673
0.818
Hanna Tarhonskaya
AbbVie Inc
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
766
455
0.594
Biochemistry
kinetics
hypoxic response
epigenetics
antibiotic resistance
Saurabh Khasnavis
AbbVie Inc
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
736
477
0.648
Neuroscience
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Pharmacology
Aaron Ehlinger
AbbVie Inc
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
734
450
0.613
Jami R Erickson
AbbVie Inc
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
720
512
0.711
Immunology
Regeneration
Gene editing
scRNAseq
Adi J Klil-Drori
AbbVie Inc
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
676
498
0.737
Rishi Thakkar
AbbVie Inc
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
648
645
0.995
Amorphous solid dispersions
Solubility enhancement
3-D printing
Drug delivery
Pharmaceutical engineering
Darko Miljkovic
AbbVie Inc
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
637
304
0.477
Tolga Turan
AbbVie Inc
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
634
307
0.484
Immuno-oncology
Cancer Immunotherapy
Predictive/Prognostic Biomarkers
Collin Morris
AbbVie Inc
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
582
269
0.462
Solid state pharmaceutical sciences
Seungwon Chung
AbbVie Inc
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
551
244
0.443