Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Jozef Stefan Institute Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025

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 IndexUniversities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025

* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :26
Slovenia
Viktor Kabanov
Condensed Matter physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,321
1,697
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Slovenia
Tomaž Erjavec
Language Technologies
Language Resources
Digital Humanities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,320
2,023
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Slovenia
Sasa Prelovsek
physics
theoretical particle physics
quarks and hadrons
lattice gauge theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,244
3,172
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Slovenia
Nives Ogrinc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,004
2,764
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Slovenia
Matjaz Gams
Artificial intelligence
intelligent systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,991
3,266
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Slovenia
Nejc Kosnik
high energy physics
flavor physics
beyond the standard model
phenomenology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,971
3,752
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Slovenia
Tadej Rojac
Piezoelectrics
ferroelectrics
ceramic processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,517
3,555
0.644
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Slovenia
Stojan Stavber
organic chemistry
green chemistry
catalysis
organohalogen chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,514
1,485
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Slovenia
Mitja Luštrek
artificial intelligence
ambient intelligence
ubiquitous computing
health
bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,405
3,452
0.639
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Slovenia
Borut Bajc
particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,839
1,037
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Slovenia
Matjaz Panjan
Physical Vapor Deposition
Magnetron Sputtering
HiPIMS
Thin Films
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,708
3,302
0.701
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Slovenia
Miha Škarabot
Liquid crystals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,642
1,296
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Slovenia
Rok Zitko
Correlated electron physics
numerical renormalization group
quantum technologies
scientific computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,519
2,466
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Slovenia
Bosiljka Tadic
Complex systems
agent based models
self-organized criticality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,478
1,167
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Slovenia
Maja Remskar
condensed matter physics
nanotechnology
2D materials
inorganic nanotubes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,467
878
0.197
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Slovenia
Bogdan Filipic
computer science
computational intelligence
evolutionary computation
evolutionary algorithms
multiobjective optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,401
1,301
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Slovenia
Dragi Kocev
Machine learning
Ensemble methods
Structured output prediction
Computer vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,298
2,689
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Slovenia
Vid Bobnar
condensed matter pyhsics
materials research
dielectric spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,214
1,307
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Slovenia
Luka Snoj
reactor physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,155
2,499
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Slovenia
Andreja Bencan Golob
piezoelectrics
complex oxides
electron microscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,130
2,351
0.569
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Slovenia
Polona Umek
nnaothechnology
synthesis
catalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,044
1,816
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Slovenia
Jernej Mravlje
strongly correlated systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,964
2,392
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Slovenia
Alenka Mertelj
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,899
2,462
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Slovenia
Brigita Rožič
liquid crystals
nanoparticles
calorics
magnetoelectrics
liquid crystal elastomers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,842
1,999
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Slovenia
Darja Lisjak
materials science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,840
2,153
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
158,335
Slovenia
116
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Viktor Kabanov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,321
1,697
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
158,369
Slovenia
117
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Tomaž Erjavec
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,320
2,023
0.320
Language Technologies
Language Resources
Digital Humanities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
160,298
Slovenia
121
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Sasa Prelovsek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,244
3,172
0.508
physics
theoretical particle physics
quarks and hadrons
lattice gauge theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
166,816
Slovenia
130
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Nives Ogrinc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,004
2,764
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
167,171
Slovenia
131
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Matjaz Gams
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,991
3,266
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
167,736
Slovenia
132
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Nejc Kosnik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,971
3,752
0.628
high energy physics
flavor physics
beyond the standard model
phenomenology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
181,398
Slovenia
146
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Tadej Rojac
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,517
3,555
0.644
Piezoelectrics
ferroelectrics
ceramic processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
181,526
Slovenia
147
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Stojan Stavber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,514
1,485
0.269
organic chemistry
green chemistry
catalysis
organohalogen chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
185,082
Slovenia
150
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Mitja Luštrek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,405
3,452
0.639
artificial intelligence
ambient intelligence
ubiquitous computing
health
bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
205,946
Slovenia
170
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Borut Bajc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,839
1,037
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
211,450
Slovenia
181
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Matjaz Panjan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,708
3,302
0.701
Physical Vapor Deposition
Magnetron Sputtering
HiPIMS
Thin Films
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
214,319
Slovenia
187
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Miha Škarabot
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,642
1,296
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
219,741
Slovenia
194
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Rok Zitko
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,519
2,466
0.546
Correlated electron physics
numerical renormalization group
quantum technologies
scientific computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
221,610
Slovenia
198
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Bosiljka Tadic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,478
1,167
0.261
Complex systems
agent based models
self-organized criticality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
222,081
Slovenia
199
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Maja Remskar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,467
878
0.197
condensed matter physics
nanotechnology
2D materials
inorganic nanotubes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
225,161
Slovenia
201
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Bogdan Filipic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,401
1,301
0.296
computer science
computational intelligence
evolutionary computation
evolutionary algorithms
multiobjective optimization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
230,106
Slovenia
203
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Dragi Kocev
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,298
2,689
0.626
Machine learning
Ensemble methods
Structured output prediction
Computer vision
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
234,373
Slovenia
207
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Vid Bobnar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,214
1,307
0.310
condensed matter pyhsics
materials research
dielectric spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
237,451
Slovenia
209
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Luka Snoj
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,155
2,499
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
238,768
Slovenia
210
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Andreja Bencan Golob
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,130
2,351
0.569
piezoelectrics
complex oxides
electron microscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
243,509
Slovenia
217
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Polona Umek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,044
1,816
0.449
nnaothechnology
synthesis
catalysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
248,045
Slovenia
224
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Jernej Mravlje
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,964
2,392
0.603
strongly correlated systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
251,770
Slovenia
229
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Alenka Mertelj
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,899
2,462
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
255,067
Slovenia
237
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Brigita Rožič
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,842
1,999
0.520
liquid crystals
nanoparticles
calorics
magnetoelectrics
liquid crystal elastomers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
255,182
Slovenia
238
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Darja Lisjak
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,840
2,153
0.561