Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University West Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
ecology
plant ecophysiology
climate change
carbon cycle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,671
1,863
0.193
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Materials research
Theoretical Physics
Solid State Physics
Spectrocopy
ARPES
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,399
4,721
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,248
2,070
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Quantitative Research Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,634
5,212
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Condensed Matter Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,433
2,217
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Surface Engineering
Additive Manufacturing
Coatings
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,274
4,872
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
photonics
light-matter interactions
ultrafast laser phenomena
semiconductor physics
light-harvesting materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,945
3,922
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Condensed Matter Theory
Topological Phases
Cold Atoms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,877
3,934
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Metal organic framework
liquid phase adsorption
Zeolites
Mesoporous materials
Catalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,854
4,991
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Semiconductor Materials
Nanotechnology
Nanowires
Optoelectronics
Flexible Electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,691
7,354
0.956
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Astrophysics
Radio Astronomy
Cosmology
Instrumentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,678
6,641
0.865
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Ecotoxicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,604
4,042
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
mathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,577
2,330
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Biological Mass Spectrometry
Ion Mobility Spectrometry
Scientific Instrumentation Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,467
2,224
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Differential Equations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,349
4,963
0.675
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Urban ecology
Vegetation science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,045
4,716
0.669
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Pulsars
neutron stars
gravitational waves
supernova remants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,944
6,883
0.991
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Botany
IKS
Plant Science
Ethnopharmacology
Ethnobotany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,416
4,796
0.748
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Population Biology
Ecological genetics
Conservation Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,327
1,208
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Virology
Molecular Epidemiology
Microbiology
Microbial Genomics
Infectious Diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,127
4,813
0.786
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Mathematical Modeling
Optimal Control Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,018
3,330
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
silicene tight binding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,976
1,853
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Ecotoxicology
biomarkers
Aquaculture diagnostics
pharmaceuticals
microplastics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,971
4,288
0.718
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Ecosystem ecology
Nutrient cycling
Forest ecosystems
Biogeochemistry
Nitrogen cycling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,963
1,200
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
space physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,725
3,841
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
102,994
40,776
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Richard B Thomas
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,671
1,863
0.193
ecology
plant ecophysiology
climate change
carbon cycle
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106,377
132
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Jan Minar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,399
4,721
0.502
Materials research
Theoretical Physics
Solid State Physics
Spectrocopy
ARPES
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,398
42,655
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Larry Halliburton
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,248
2,070
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,106
9,544
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Paul White
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,634
5,212
0.604
Quantitative Research Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120,320
46,684
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Matthew Johnson
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,433
2,217
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,857
1,816
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Shrikant Joshi
University West
Trollhättan, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,274
4,872
0.589
Surface Engineering
Additive Manufacturing
Coatings
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,494
49,377
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Alan D Bristow
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,945
3,922
0.494
photonics
light-matter interactions
ultrafast laser phenomena
semiconductor physics
light-harvesting materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,712
49,775
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Tudor D Stanescu
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,877
3,934
0.499
Condensed Matter Theory
Topological Phases
Cold Atoms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
130,088
75
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Zubair Hasan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,854
4,991
0.635
Metal organic framework
liquid phase adsorption
Zeolites
Mesoporous materials
Catalysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
133,154
10,733
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Carlos García Núñez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,691
7,354
0.956
Semiconductor Materials
Nanotechnology
Nanowires
Optoelectronics
Flexible Electronics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
133,417
50,989
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Kevin Bandura
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,678
6,641
0.865
Astrophysics
Radio Astronomy
Cosmology
Instrumentation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
134,801
539
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
H Bouwman
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,604
4,042
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
135,321
202
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Drabek Pavel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,577
2,330
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
137,482
52,288
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Stephen J Valentine
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,467
2,224
0.298
Biological Mass Spectrometry
Ion Mobility Spectrometry
Scientific Instrumentation Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
139,862
563
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Masood Khalique
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,349
4,963
0.675
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
146,259
594
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Sarel Cilliers
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,045
4,716
0.669
Urban ecology
Vegetation science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
148,510
55,818
101
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Nihan Pol
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,944
6,883
0.991
Pulsars
neutron stars
gravitational waves
supernova remants
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
161,122
649
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,416
4,796
0.748
Botany
IKS
Plant Science
Ethnopharmacology
Ethnobotany
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
163,521
60,589
110
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
James Mcgraw
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,327
1,208
0.191
Population Biology
Ecological genetics
Conservation Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
168,951
1,154
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Apostolos Beloukas
University of West Attica
Egaleo, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,127
4,813
0.786
Virology
Molecular Epidemiology
Microbiology
Microbial Genomics
Infectious Diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
171,933
709
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Ntswaki Mafatle
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,018
3,330
0.553
Mathematical Modeling
Optimal Control Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
173,192
63,612
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Lok Lew Yan Voon
University of West Georgia
Carrollton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,976
1,853
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
173,326
13,428
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Brian Quinn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,971
4,288
0.718
Ecotoxicology
biomarkers
Aquaculture diagnostics
pharmaceuticals
microplastics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
173,551
63,723
114
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
William T Peterjohn
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,963
1,200
0.201
Ecosystem ecology
Nutrient cycling
Forest ecosystems
Biogeochemistry
Nitrogen cycling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
180,723
755
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Luo Xi
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,725
3,841
0.671