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
Chemical Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,263
13,146
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Computer Vision
Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,097
4,632
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,730
5,929
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Circadian Rhythms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,592
10,466
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Neuroscience
Perception
Attention
Neural Computation
Age Related Cognitive Decline
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,779
5,870
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Stem Cell Biology
Neuroscience
Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental disorders
Disease Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,120
9,731
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Embriogenesis
Aging and Regeneration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,731
8,639
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,071
5,874
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Brain
spinal cord
astrocytes
microglia
imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,638
8,485
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Genomics
Genetics
Epigenomics
Epigenetics
DNA Methylation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,459
9,254
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,920
4,923
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Structural Biology
Protein Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,371
3,100
0.202
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Cancer
Cell Biology
Mitochondria
Drug Resistance
Autophagy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,675
9,449
0.644
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
neuroepigenetics
neurodevelopment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,787
6,441
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
plant biology
systems genetics
root development
climate change
carbon removal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,558
6,156
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
pancreatic cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,337
8,754
0.847
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Computational Biology
Genetics
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,531
7,792
0.818
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
gene regulation
history of science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,160
397
0.049
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Chromatin Remodeling
SWI/SNF Complexes
Inflammation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,816
3,648
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Systems Biology
Aging
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,664
7,129
0.930
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Bioinformatics
Programming
Database
Genomics
Kinomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,549
3,299
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,331
3,519
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,328
4,460
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Retroviruses
HIV
Chromatin
Structural Biology
Cryo-EM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,034
4,374
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Nuclear organisation
Epigenetics
Cellular differentiation and Human development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,703
3,315
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,848
15,657
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Alan Saghatelian
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,263
13,146
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,245
15,820
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Marian Stewart Bartlett
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,097
4,632
0.210
Computer Vision
Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,077
16,176
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Samuel L Pfaff
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,730
5,929
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,407
16,302
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Todd P Michael
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,592
10,466
0.485
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Circadian Rhythms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,447
17,142
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
John Reynolds
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,779
5,870
0.282
Neuroscience
Perception
Attention
Neural Computation
Age Related Cognitive Decline
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,241
17,835
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Maria Carolina Marchetto
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,120
9,731
0.484
Stem Cell Biology
Neuroscience
Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental disorders
Disease Modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,291
19,404
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Concepcion Rodriguez Esteban
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,731
8,639
0.461
Embriogenesis
Aging and Regeneration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,563
20,303
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Martyn Gouding
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,071
5,874
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,009
22,458
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Axel Nimmerjahn
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,638
8,485
0.510
Brain
spinal cord
astrocytes
microglia
imaging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,783
22,759
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Mark Urich
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,459
9,254
0.562
Genomics
Genetics
Epigenomics
Epigenetics
DNA Methylation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,295
23,695
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Jan Karlseder
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,920
4,923
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,878
24,696
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Senyon Choe
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,371
3,100
0.202
Structural Biology
Protein Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,470
26,063
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Christina G Towers
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,675
9,449
0.644
Cancer
Cell Biology
Mitochondria
Drug Resistance
Autophagy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,451
30,453
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
M Margarita Behrens
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,787
6,441
0.504
neuroepigenetics
neurodevelopment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,154
31,068
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Wolfgang Busch
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,558
6,156
0.490
plant biology
systems genetics
root development
climate change
carbon removal
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,840
38,053
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Dannielle D Engle
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,337
8,754
0.847
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,992
41,278
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Thais Sarraf Sabedot
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,531
7,792
0.818
Computational Biology
Genetics
Bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
123,955
48,035
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Suzanne Bourgeois
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,160
397
0.049
gene regulation
history of science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,932
50,026
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Diana Hargreaves
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,816
3,648
0.467
Chromatin Remodeling
SWI/SNF Complexes
Inflammation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
132,820
50,967
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Maxim Shokhirev
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,664
7,129
0.930
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Systems Biology
Aging
Immunology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
134,964
51,663
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Yufeng Zhai
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,549
3,299
0.437
Bioinformatics
Programming
Database
Genomics
Kinomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
139,325
53,042
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Maryam Ahmadian
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,331
3,519
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
139,394
53,060
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Pradeep Reddy
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,328
4,460
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
145,577
55,068
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Dmitry Lyumkis
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,034
4,374
0.622
Retroviruses
HIV
Chromatin
Structural Biology
Cryo-EM
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
153,052
57,476
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Rahul Sharma
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,703
3,315
0.495
Nuclear organisation
Epigenetics
Cellular differentiation and Human development