Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 2.823 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
Metabolism
bile acid signaling
liver-gut-brain axis
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,168
15,967
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Privacy
Security
Networking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,166
9,574
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
data science
machine learning
artificial intelligence
network science
computer vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,955
26,874
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Photochemistry
Solar Energy Conversion
Ultrafast Spectroscopy
Charge Separation Dynamics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,857
11,854
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,195
10,892
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Chemistry (inorganic chemistry
rare earths)
biochemistry
medicine
luminescence
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,386
11,580
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
solar cells and modules
building integrated photovoltaics
storage
smart grid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,144
19,628
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
chemistry
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,980
22,823
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Drosophila immunity
gut homeostasis
symbiosis
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,720
12,916
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
Cancer
Particle Physics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,282
11,365
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
bioengineering
biomaterials
stem cells
tissue engineering
microfluidics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,827
17,891
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
interferon signaling
prion research
developmental pathways in cancer
cancer cell differentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,656
4,722
0.119
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Physics
chemistry
Hydrogen
Hydrides
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,246
12,077
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
aerial robotics
soft robotics
evolutionary robotics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,916
15,108
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Aerosols
Clouds
Climate
Air Quality
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,758
16,665
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Theoretical Neuroscience
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,542
14,070
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
medical image analysis
brain connectivity
diffusion MRI
medical image computing
medical imaging
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,379
15,059
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Chemistry
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,213
17,688
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
multimedia signal processing.
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,344
11,363
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Technologies Educatives
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,222
11,824
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Chemistry
Crystallography
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,318
10,262
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
electroceramics
complex oxides
piezoelectrics
ferroelectrics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,267
12,429
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Physical & Analytical Electrochemistry
Energy
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,941
8,649
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Bioengineering
Single-Molecule
Biophysics
Nanofluidics
Single molecule biophysics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,927
16,483
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Computer Graphics
crowd simulation
virtual humans
virtual reality
animation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,660
5,426
0.152
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,554
192
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Kristina Schoonjans
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,168
15,967
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,555
193
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Jean-Pierre Hubaux
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,166
9,574
0.195
Privacy
Security
Networking
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,614
197
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Pierre Vandergheynst
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,955
26,874
0.549
data science
machine learning
artificial intelligence
network science
computer vision
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,648
198
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Jacques E Moser
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,857
11,854
0.243
Photochemistry
Solar Energy Conversion
Ultrafast Spectroscopy
Charge Separation Dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,239
209
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Demetri Psaltis
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,195
10,892
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,433
223
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Jean Claude G Bünzli
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,386
11,580
0.261
Chemistry (inorganic chemistry
rare earths)
biochemistry
medicine
luminescence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,012
232
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Christophe Ballif
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,144
19,628
0.455
solar cells and modules
building integrated photovoltaics
storage
smart grid
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,096
235
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Xile Hu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,980
22,823
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,221
238
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Lemaitre B
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,720
12,916
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,456
247
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Giovanna Ambrosini
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,282
11,365
0.269
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
Cancer
Particle Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,230
254
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Matthias P Lutolf
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,827
17,891
0.438
bioengineering
biomaterials
stem cells
tissue engineering
microfluidics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,909
269
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Michel Aguet
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,656
4,722
0.119
interferon signaling
prion research
developmental pathways in cancer
cancer cell differentation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,168
273
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Andreas Züttel
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,246
12,077
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,366
278
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Dario Floreano
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,916
15,108
0.388
aerial robotics
soft robotics
evolutionary robotics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,454
279
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Nenes Athanasios
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,758
16,665
0.430
Aerosols
Clouds
Climate
Air Quality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,598
282
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Wulfram Gerstner
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,542
14,070
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,710
285
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Jean Philippe Thiran
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,379
15,059
0.392
medical image analysis
brain connectivity
diffusion MRI
medical image computing
medical imaging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,819
287
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Lyndon Emsley
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,213
17,688
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,398
294
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Touradj Ebrahimi
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,344
11,363
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,482
296
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Pierre Dillenbourg
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,222
11,824
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,127
307
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Rosario Scopelliti
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,318
10,262
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,163
308
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Dragan Damjanovic
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,267
12,429
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,412
312
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Hubert Girault
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,941
8,649
0.241
Physical & Analytical Electrochemistry
Energy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,425
313
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Aleksandra Radenovic
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,927
16,483
0.459
Bioengineering
Single-Molecule
Biophysics
Nanofluidics
Single molecule biophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,620
314
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Daniel Thalmann
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,660
5,426
0.152
Computer Graphics
crowd simulation
virtual humans
virtual reality
animation