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
Physics Education Research
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,113
11,716
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Physics
Condensed Matter Physics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,853
10,309
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
molecular biology
emegence of life
non-equilibrium thrermodynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,410
6,880
0.226
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
inorganic
bioinorganic
organometallic chemistry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,520
7,294
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
mechanotransduction
mechanobiology
mechanomedicine
tumors
stem cells
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,319
8,506
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
astrophysics
physics
astronomy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,927
12,430
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
thin films
surface engineering
surface science
materials characterization
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,843
8,751
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Astrophysics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,151
13,719
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Condensed matter physics
applied mathematics
continuum mechanics
biology
ecology and evolution
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,451
7,009
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Gravitational Physics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,410
14,703
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
chemistry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,852
11,276
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
genetics
mutagens
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,496
9,765
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Ant Ecology
Biological Invasions
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,989
6,758
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
conservation biology
restoration ecology
community ecology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,892
6,593
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Chemistry
Physics
Biology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,515
5,439
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
behavior
ecology
ornithology
herpetology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,475
3,932
0.202
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Computational biology
Evolutionary genomics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,265
4,152
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Theoretical Chemistry
Computational Chemistry
Quantum Many-Body Theory
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,951
5,528
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Chemisty
Biophysics
Computational biology
Systems Biology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,523
7,192
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Machine Learning
Drug Discovery
Computational Biology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,381
14,075
0.766
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Physics
Cosmology
Cosmic Microwave Background
Dark Matter
Particle Astrophysics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,158
7,059
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Integrative physiology
ecology
genetics
and genomics
of plant responses to global environmental change
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,799
8,390
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Computational Biology
Population Genomics
Structural Variation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,683
10,083
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
lattice field theory
quantum chromodynamics
flavor physics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,393
9,688
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,156
5,393
0.334
Tim Stelzer
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,113
11,716
0.354
Eduardo Fradkin
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,853
10,309
0.324
Elbert Branscomb
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,410
6,880
0.226
molecular biology
emegence of life
non-equilibrium thrermodynamics
Thomas B Rauchfuss
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,520
7,294
0.256
inorganic
bioinorganic
organometallic chemistry
Ning Wang
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,319
8,506
0.300
mechanotransduction
mechanobiology
mechanomedicine
tumors
stem cells
Gilbert Holder
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,927
12,430
0.462
Ivan Petrov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,843
8,751
0.339
thin films
surface engineering
surface science
materials characterization
Yue Shen
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,151
13,719
0.568
Nigel Goldenfeld
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,451
7,009
0.299
Condensed matter physics
applied mathematics
continuum mechanics
biology
ecology and evolution
Nicolas Yunes
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,410
14,703
0.628
Andrew Gewirth
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,852
11,276
0.493
Michael J Plewa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,496
9,765
0.454
Andrew V Suarez
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,989
6,758
0.322
Ant Ecology
Biological Invasions
James R Miller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,892
6,593
0.331
conservation biology
restoration ecology
community ecology
Martin Gruebele
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,515
5,439
0.279
Patrick J Weatherhead
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,475
3,932
0.202
behavior
ecology
ornithology
herpetology
Gustavo Caetano-Anolles
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,265
4,152
0.216
Computational biology
Evolutionary genomics
So Hirata
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,951
5,528
0.292
Theoretical Chemistry
Computational Chemistry
Quantum Many-Body Theory
Zaida Zan Luthey Schulten
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,523
7,192
0.388
Chemisty
Biophysics
Computational biology
Systems Biology
Jian Peng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,381
14,075
0.766
Machine Learning
Drug Discovery
Computational Biology
Jeffrey P Filippini
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,158
7,059
0.411
Physics
Cosmology
Cosmic Microwave Background
Dark Matter
Particle Astrophysics
Andrew Db Leakey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,799
8,390
0.499
Integrative physiology
ecology
genetics
and genomics
of plant responses to global environmental change
Julian M Catchen
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,683
10,083
0.604
Computational Biology
Population Genomics
Structural Variation
Aida El Khadra
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,393
9,688
0.591
lattice field theory
quantum chromodynamics
flavor physics
Andrew Belmont
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,156
5,393
0.334