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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 746 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
eukaryotic microbiology
protistology
molecular evolution
genome evolution
systematic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,319
4,939
0.594
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Analytical Chemistry
Electrochemistry
Microscop
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,298
1,748
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Power System Operation and Control
Power System Reliability and Economics
Energy Infrastructure Interdependencie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,100
3,185
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Economics
Agricultural Policy
Insurance
Agricultural Economics
Precision Agricultur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,022
2,529
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Genomics
Epigenomics
Fertility
Systems Biology and Physiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,925
3,208
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Ecosystem ecology
ecosystem modelling
Remote Sensing
climate change impac
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,761
6,382
0.822
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Astrophysic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,533
966
0.128
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,131
2,855
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Medical and Veterinary Entomology
public health
bedbugs
tick
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,907
2,277
0.330
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Homework
Diversity
Qualitative Research
Self-regulatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,850
3,458
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,797
3,390
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Services Marketing
Service Recovery
Self-Service Technolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,786
3,917
0.577
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Theoretical Chemistry
Computational Chemistry
Quantum Chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,758
914
0.135
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Fisheries and Aquacultur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,621
2,109
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Fish Nutrition
Feeds and Feeding
Aquacultur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,498
1,597
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Grain Boundaries
Plasticity of HCP Metals
Crystal Plasticity
Interfacial Defect Theory
Phas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,451
3,365
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Plant breeding
Genetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,417
2,772
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Geo-AI
SAR & Optical image processing
Remote Sensing & GIS
Precision Agriculture
Natural Hazard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,338
6,293
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
fear of crime
school safety
perceptions of sanction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,311
3,002
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Catalysis
Fuel Cells
Gasification
Nanocomposit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,282
1,696
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Cognitive Science
Human Cognition
Learning
Discover
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,127
866
0.141
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Markov decision processes
Heuristic searc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,897
1,290
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Quantum computation
electron transport through nano materials
computational studies of equilibrium and non-equilibrium atomis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,880
993
0.169
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
G-Quadruplex
i-motif
Drug Discovery
Calorimetr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,772
1,236
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Optical Spectroscopy
Nanoscale Structure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,662
1,895
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,422
49,568
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Matthew W Brown
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,319
4,939
0.594
eukaryotic microbiology
protistology
molecular evolution
genome evolution
systematic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,806
49,702
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
David O Wipf
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,298
1,748
0.211
Analytical Chemistry
Electrochemistry
Microscop
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
133,306
50,838
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Yong Fu
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,100
3,185
0.393
Power System Operation and Control
Power System Reliability and Economics
Energy Infrastructure Interdependencie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
134,748
51,312
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Keith H Coble
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,022
2,529
0.315
Economics
Agricultural Policy
Insurance
Agricultural Economics
Precision Agricultur
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,559
51,899
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Erdogan Memili
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,925
3,208
0.405
Genomics
Epigenomics
Fertility
Systems Biology and Physiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
139,629
52,901
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Jia Yang
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,761
6,382
0.822
Ecosystem ecology
ecosystem modelling
Remote Sensing
climate change impac
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
144,206
54,357
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Jeff Allen Winger
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,533
966
0.128
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
152,821
57,099
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Federico G Hoffmann
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,131
2,855
0.400
Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
157,979
58,690
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Jerome Goddard
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,907
2,277
0.330
Medical and Veterinary Entomology
public health
bedbugs
tick
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
159,298
59,105
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Jianzhong Xu
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,850
3,458
0.505
Homework
Diversity
Qualitative Research
Self-regulatio
Smart Institutional Plan
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
160,607
59,527
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
M Wes Schilling|Wes Schilling, Mark W Schilling, Mark Wesley Schilling
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,797
3,390
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
160,878
59,595
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Joel E Collier
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,786
3,917
0.577
Services Marketing
Service Recovery
Self-Service Technolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
161,611
59,838
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Svein Saebo
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,758
914
0.135
Theoretical Chemistry
Computational Chemistry
Quantum Chemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
165,073
60,970
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Louis D Abramo
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,621
2,109
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
168,306
61,968
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Menghe Li
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,498
1,597
0.246
Fish Nutrition
Feeds and Feeding
Aquacultur
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
169,610
62,362
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Haitham El Kadiri
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,451
3,365
0.522
Grain Boundaries
Plasticity of HCP Metals
Crystal Plasticity
Interfacial Defect Theory
Phas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
170,524
62,658
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Ed Redoña
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,417
2,772
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
172,627
63,304
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Aqil Tariq
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,338
6,293
0.993
Geo-AI
SAR & Optical image processing
Remote Sensing & GIS
Precision Agriculture
Natural Hazard
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
173,308
63,514
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
David C May
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,311
3,002
0.476
fear of crime
school safety
perceptions of sanction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
174,139
63,749
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Hossein Toghiani
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,282
1,696
0.270
Catalysis
Fuel Cells
Gasification
Nanocomposit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
178,671
65,156
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Gary Lee Bradshaw
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,127
866
0.141
Cognitive Science
Human Cognition
Learning
Discover
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
185,687
67,379
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Eric A Hansen
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,897
1,290
0.219
Markov decision processes
Heuristic searc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
186,226
67,545
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Mark A Novotny
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,880
993
0.169
Quantum computation
electron transport through nano materials
computational studies of equilibrium and non-equilibrium atomis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
189,603
68,583
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Edwin A Lewis
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,772
1,236
0.214
G-Quadruplex
i-motif
Drug Discovery
Calorimetr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
193,186
69,656
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Dongmao Zhang
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,662
1,895
0.335
Optical Spectroscopy
Nanoscale Structure