Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Stanford University 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 Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :26
Sociology of organizations
economic sociology
networks
governance
institutions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175,852
45,109
0.257
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Organizations
economic sociology
science and technology studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173,856
44,097
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Data mining
Machine Learning
Graph Neural Networks
Knowledge Graphs
Complex Networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172,870
122,689
0.710
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
climate change
ecology
carbon cycle
leaf nitrogen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166,449
64,973
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Applied mathematics
statistics
information theory
signal processing
mathematical optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162,033
55,906
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
democracy
development
governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158,517
45,363
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
biogeochemistry
ecology
environmental science
climate change
ecohydrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155,234
78,912
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
optics
nonlinear optics
lasers
laser accelerators
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155,148
84,312
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
guided-wave
nonlinear and ultrafast optics
gravitational-wave detectors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,082
89,871
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Neuroscience
optogenetics
psychiatry
bioengineering
neuroengineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,168
72,069
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Cognitive Science
Cognitive Neuroscience
Mathematical Cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,668
27,151
0.196
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
geometric computing
computer vision
computer graphics
machine learning
robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,638
81,697
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Population genetics and genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,003
55,881
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
social psychology
cultural psychology
self
choice
motivaton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,928
37,327
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Organic chemistry
atalysis
synthetic methods
total synthesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,493
25,742
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Biology
Medicine
Genomics
Regulatory RNAs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,469
79,262
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Database Systems
Data Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132,366
16,053
0.121
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Population biology
human ecology
evolution
coevolution
conservation biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,692
34,620
0.265
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Stroke
Traumatic brain injury
Epilepsy
Movement disorders
Psychiatric disorders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,411
58,882
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
machine learning
computer vision
robotics
graphics
prediction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,193
102,676
0.801
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
teaching
teacher education
higher education
professions
Jewish education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,298
35,905
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Prevention
Chronic Disease
Obesity
Pharmaco-Epidemiology
Clinical Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,642
47,219
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Nanophotonics
Photonic Crystals
Metamaterials
Plasmonics
Solar Cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,069
57,557
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,257
33,064
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
human and molecular genetics of coronary artery disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,787
48,656
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,004
423
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Walter W Powell
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175,852
45,109
0.257
Sociology of organizations
economic sociology
networks
governance
institutions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,025
433
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Walter W Woody Powell
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173,856
44,097
0.254
Organizations
economic sociology
science and technology studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,029
435
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Jure Leskovec
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172,870
122,689
0.710
Data mining
Machine Learning
Graph Neural Networks
Knowledge Graphs
Complex Networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,111
477
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Christopher B Field
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166,449
64,973
0.390
climate change
ecology
carbon cycle
leaf nitrogen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,170
510
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Emmanuel Candes
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162,033
55,906
0.345
Applied mathematics
statistics
information theory
signal processing
mathematical optimization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,220
542
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Francis Fukuyama
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158,517
45,363
0.286
democracy
development
governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,275
563
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Robert B Jackson
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155,234
78,912
0.508
biogeochemistry
ecology
environmental science
climate change
ecohydrology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,279
567
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Robert L Byer
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155,148
84,312
0.543
optics
nonlinear optics
lasers
laser accelerators
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,362
608
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Martin Fejer
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,082
89,871
0.599
guided-wave
nonlinear and ultrafast optics
gravitational-wave detectors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,408
626
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Karl Deisseroth
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,168
72,069
0.490
Neuroscience
optogenetics
psychiatry
bioengineering
neuroengineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,579
707
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
James L Mcclelland
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,668
27,151
0.196
Cognitive Science
Cognitive Neuroscience
Mathematical Cognition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,580
708
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Leonidas Guibas
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,638
81,697
0.589
geometric computing
computer vision
computer graphics
machine learning
robotics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,593
714
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Jonathan K Pritchard
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,003
55,881
0.405
Population genetics and genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,596
715
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Hazel Markus
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,928
37,327
0.271
social psychology
cultural psychology
self
choice
motivaton
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,677
763
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Barry Trost
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,493
25,742
0.191
Organic chemistry
atalysis
synthetic methods
total synthesis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,678
764
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Howard Y Chang
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,469
79,262
0.589
Biology
Medicine
Genomics
Regulatory RNAs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,732
784
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Jeffrey Ullman
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132,366
16,053
0.121
Database Systems
Data Mining
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,772
804
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Paul R Ehrlich
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,692
34,620
0.265
Population biology
human ecology
evolution
coevolution
conservation biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,811
826
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Max Wintermarkmas
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,411
58,882
0.455
Stroke
Traumatic brain injury
Epilepsy
Movement disorders
Psychiatric disorders
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,847
844
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Dragomir Anguelov
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,193
102,676
0.801
machine learning
computer vision
robotics
graphics
prediction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,921
888
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Lee S Shulman
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,298
35,905
0.287
teaching
teacher education
higher education
professions
Jewish education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,018
941
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Randall Stafford
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,642
47,219
0.388
Prevention
Chronic Disease
Obesity
Pharmaco-Epidemiology
Clinical Epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,035
948
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Shanhui Fan
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,069
57,557
0.475
Nanophotonics
Photonic Crystals
Metamaterials
Plasmonics
Solar Cells
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,064
961
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Robert Malenka
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,257
33,064
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,080
966
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Thomas Quertermous
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,787
48,656
0.406
human and molecular genetics of coronary artery disease