Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,934
9,404
0.947
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Biophysics
Computational biology
Genome Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,339
7,380
0.790
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Chemical Biology
Cancer
Gene Regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,949
7,765
0.868
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
magnetospheric and planetary physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,596
6,084
0.708
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
plant molecular biology
genetics and epigenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,503
2,852
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Structural Immunity
Systems Biology
Immunology
T cells
Inflammation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,727
5,662
0.733
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Immunology
Virology
Pathology
Metabolism
Pathogen Surveillance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,610
4,724
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Demography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,439
2,177
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Developmental biology
Stem cells
Self-organization
Tissue engineering
Fertility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,053
3,935
0.650
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Quantum Information Theory
Convex Optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,039
3,507
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Space Weather
Heliophysics
Space Physics
Astrophysics
Coronal Mass Ejections
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,927
3,458
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,326
2,706
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
bioinformatics
machine learning
biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,230
4,738
0.906
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Space plasma
magnetosphere
solar wind
turbulence
reconnection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,023
1,906
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
MPN
JAK-STAT
Hematopoietic cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,819
2,702
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,691
3,942
0.840
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Immunology
Neuroscience
Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,271
2,678
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Gravitational Wave Astronomy
Computational Physics
Network Science
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,043
4,034
0.998
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Chromatin and epigenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,010
1,365
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Computational Systems Biology
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,998
2,033
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Quantum Information Theory
Foundations of Physics
Quantum Foundations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,682
2,165
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
genetics evolution population genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,680
3,033
0.824
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
stem cells
genetics
genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,650
2,045
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
tumor immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,536
3,408
0.964
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Application-oriented mathematics
Acoustics
Frame Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,413
1,742
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,248
577
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Max Josef Kellner
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Redwood City, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,934
9,404
0.947
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106,507
628
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Anton Goloborodko
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Redwood City, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,339
7,380
0.790
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,745
667
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Georg E Winter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,949
7,765
0.868
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
116,952
698
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Ferdinand Plaschke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,596
6,084
0.708
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,396
707
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Ortrun Mittelsten Scheid
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Redwood City, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,503
2,852
0.335
plant molecular biology
genetics and epigenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
131,631
780
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Thomas Krausgruber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,727
5,662
0.733
Structural Immunity
Systems Biology
Immunology
T cells
Inflammation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
155,305
937
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Andreas Bergthaler
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Redwood City, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,610
4,724
0.715
Immunology
Virology
Pathology
Metabolism
Pathogen Surveillance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
159,497
958
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Dimiter Philipov
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Redwood City, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,439
2,177
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
169,865
1,012
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Nicolas Rivron
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Redwood City, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,053
3,935
0.650
Developmental biology
Stem cells
Self-organization
Tissue engineering
Fertility
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
170,261
1,015
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Miguel Navascues
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Redwood City, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,039
3,507
0.581
Quantum Information Theory
Convex Optimization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
173,472
1,028
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Christian Möstl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,927
3,458
0.583
Space Weather
Heliophysics
Space Physics
Astrophysics
Coronal Mass Ejections
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
192,618
1,120
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Yasuhito Narita
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,326
2,706
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
196,130
1,141
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Rob Ter Horst
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,230
4,738
0.906
bioinformatics
machine learning
biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
203,963
1,182
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Z. Vörös
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,023
1,906
0.379
Space plasma
magnetosphere
solar wind
turbulence
reconnection
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
212,389
1,229
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Harini Nivarthi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,819
2,702
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
217,768
1,255
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Shambaditya Saha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,691
3,942
0.840
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
237,595
1,364
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Shane Jf Cronin
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Redwood City, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,271
2,678
0.627
Immunology
Neuroscience
Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
249,925
1,427
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Amit Reza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,043
4,034
0.998
Gravitational Wave Astronomy
Computational Physics
Network Science
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
251,862
1,433
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Lorkovic Zdravko J
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Redwood City, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,010
1,365
0.340
Chromatin and epigenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
252,571
1,440
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Lukas Endler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,998
2,033
0.509
Computational Systems Biology
Bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
271,390
1,526
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Markus P. Müller
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Redwood City, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,682
2,165
0.588
Quantum Information Theory
Foundations of Physics
Quantum Foundations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
271,486
1,527
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Haijun Liu
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Redwood City, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,680
3,033
0.824
genetics evolution population genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
273,384
1,539
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Ulrich Elling
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Redwood City, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,650
2,045
0.560
stem cells
genetics
genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
280,963
1,574
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Barbara B Maier
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Redwood City, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,536
3,408
0.964
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
289,675
1,622
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Peter Balazs
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Redwood City, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,413
1,742
0.510
Application-oriented mathematics
Acoustics
Frame Theory