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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 915 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
Cerebral Aneurysms
Cerebral vascular disease
strok
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,769
7,912
0.363
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Workplace Safety
Research Methods
Organizational Climat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,239
5,854
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Environment toxicity
Nanoparticles
Inflamation
apoptosis
autophag
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,083
10,918
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
epigenetics
cancer
skeletal muscle
osteoporosis
atherosclerosi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,491
4,051
0.198
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
invasive plants
tropical forests
community ecology
melastomatacea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,144
4,275
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Biochemistry
biophysics
peptides
membrane
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,012
5,704
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,714
9,686
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
theory of liquids
statistical mechanic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,995
3,106
0.164
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,465
3,423
0.185
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
patholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,349
3,420
0.186
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
geophysics
tectonophysic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,189
6,169
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
development economics
inequality and povert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,052
4,960
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Malaria epidemiology and program evalatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,482
7,196
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Cancer
Diabetes
Obesity
Nutrition
Health Disparitie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,419
7,016
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Density Functional Theory
Condensed Matter Physics
Chemistry
and Materials Scienc
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,884
11,382
0.717
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Autophagy
Cell Biology
Molecular biology
Liver autophagy
Liver injur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,545
6,927
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Brain microvasculature
Extracellular vesicle
Aging
Molecular biology
Virolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,396
7,859
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,328
4,368
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,860
8,649
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,758
11,515
0.780
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Endocrine Surgery
Thyroid Cancer
Parathyroids
Adrenals
Melanom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,562
7,978
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Medicine
Nephrology
Hypertensio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,028
3,314
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
chronic kidney disease
hypertension
latent phenotypes
gut microbiome
metabolomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,593
7,276
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
nutrition
diabetes
cardiovascular disease
maternal and child healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,535
10,262
0.758
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
technology
history
biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,484
4,322
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,664
17,107
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Aaron S Dumont
Tulane University
New Orleans, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,769
7,912
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,054
17,626
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Michael J Burke
Tulane University
New Orleans, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,239
5,854
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,491
17,814
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
He Wang
Tulane University
New Orleans, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,083
10,918
0.518
Environment toxicity
Nanoparticles
Inflamation
apoptosis
autophag
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,111
18,419
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Melanie Ehrlich
Tulane University
New Orleans, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,491
4,051
0.198
epigenetics
cancer
skeletal muscle
osteoporosis
atherosclerosi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,099
18,802
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Julie S Denslow
Tulane University
New Orleans, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,144
4,275
0.212
invasive plants
tropical forests
community ecology
melastomatacea
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,474
18,954
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
William C Wimley
Tulane University
New Orleans, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,012
5,704
0.285
Biochemistry
biophysics
peptides
membrane
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,390
19,304
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Jian Li
Tulane University
New Orleans, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,714
9,686
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,676
20,198
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Lawrence Pratt
Tulane University
New Orleans, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,995
3,106
0.164
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,532
20,936
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Ronald Veazey
Tulane University
New Orleans, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,465
3,423
0.185
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,953
21,112
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Yukihiro Nakanishi
Tulane University
New Orleans, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,349
3,420
0.186
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,531
21,339
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Cynthia Ebinger
Tulane University
New Orleans, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,189
6,169
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,039
21,525
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Nora Lustig
Tulane University
New Orleans, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,052
4,960
0.275
development economics
inequality and povert
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,537
24,032
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Thomas Eisele *
Tulane University
New Orleans, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,482
7,196
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,820
24,136
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Sharmila Shankar
Tulane University
New Orleans, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,419
7,016
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,351
25,103
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Jianwei Sun
Tulane University
New Orleans, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,884
11,382
0.717
Density Functional Theory
Condensed Matter Physics
Chemistry
and Materials Scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,176
25,800
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Bilon Khambu
Tulane University
New Orleans, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,545
6,927
0.446
Autophagy
Cell Biology
Molecular biology
Liver autophagy
Liver injur
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,926
26,072
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Partha K Chandra
Tulane University
New Orleans, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,396
7,859
0.510
Brain microvasculature
Extracellular vesicle
Aging
Molecular biology
Virolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,266
26,215
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Chad Steele
Tulane University
New Orleans, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,328
4,368
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,784
27,133
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Xiaolan Zhou
Tulane University
New Orleans, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,860
8,649
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,383
27,345
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Katherine Mills
Tulane University
New Orleans, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,758
11,515
0.780
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,586
27,801
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Emad Kandil
Tulane University
New Orleans, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,562
7,978
0.548
Endocrine Surgery
Thyroid Cancer
Parathyroids
Adrenals
Melanom
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,911
29,011
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Vecihi Batuman
Tulane University
New Orleans, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,028
3,314
0.236
Medicine
Nephrology
Hypertensio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,662
30,000
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Amanda H Anderson
Tulane University
New Orleans, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,593
7,276
0.535
chronic kidney disease
hypertension
latent phenotypes
gut microbiome
metabolomic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,098
30,174
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Sylvia Ley
Tulane University
New Orleans, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,535
10,262
0.758
nutrition
diabetes
cardiovascular disease
maternal and child healt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,424
30,281
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Walter Isaacson
Tulane University
New Orleans, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,484
4,322
0.321