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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 1.061 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
population ecology
models
movement
predator-prey
wildlif
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,293
8,038
0.361
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
University Professor Emeritu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,862
6,327
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Cyber Threat Intelligence
Cyber Threat Hunting
AI Security
Autonomous Cybersecurit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,613
18,336
0.848
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Dairy Cattle Health and Productio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,444
10,206
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Electrochemistry
Photoelectrochemistry
Biosensor
Nanoscienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,384
9,559
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Weed science
plant competition
plant ecology
agronom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,257
5,675
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
food safety
foodborne pathogens
risk assessment
risk management
risk communicatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,974
4,673
0.223
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Food Science
Dairy Scienc
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,963
9,353
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Molecular Genetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,914
6,386
0.305
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
nutrition
exercise physiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,715
3,311
0.160
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
evolutionary ecology
ecological genetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,044
5,635
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
ubiquitin signaling
protein engineering
targeted protein degradation
genome stabilit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,713
10,497
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Robotics
Intelligent Systems
Artificial Intelligence
Control Systems
Sensor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,711
8,878
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
biomass conversion
pentose-fermenting yeasts
pollutant degradation
pathogen detectio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,262
3,180
0.165
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
food security
climate change
sustainable food systems
geograph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,594
9,759
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Animal Behaviour and Welfar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,706
6,547
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Food science
Meat science
Poultry
Protein gelatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,680
7,361
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
DNA barcodin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,154
8,177
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
agronomy
crop physiology
crop science
crop modelin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,934
3,765
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Genome evolution
evolutionary biology
biodiversit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,924
5,737
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,856
5,190
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,817
8,378
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
obesity prevention
dietary intake
physical activity
sleep
family-based intervention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,816
7,919
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
psychology
reliability
statistics
replication
commitmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,645
5,547
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Animal breeding
Animal Genetics
Animal Genomics
Quantitative Genomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,522
8,427
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,414
1,594
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Fryxell John M
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,293
8,038
0.361
population ecology
models
movement
predator-prey
wildlif
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,492
1,640
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
BW Mcbride
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,862
6,327
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,086
1,678
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Ali Dehghantanha
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,613
18,336
0.848
Cyber Threat Intelligence
Cyber Threat Hunting
AI Security
Autonomous Cybersecurit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,523
1,695
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
David Kelton
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,444
10,206
0.476
Dairy Cattle Health and Productio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,687
1,705
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Aicheng Chen
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,384
9,559
0.447
Electrochemistry
Photoelectrochemistry
Biosensor
Nanoscienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,025
1,712
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Clarence Swanton
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,257
5,675
0.267
Weed science
plant competition
plant ecology
agronom
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,834
1,747
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Jeffrey M Farber
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,974
4,673
0.223
food safety
foodborne pathogens
risk assessment
risk management
risk communicatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,865
1,748
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
H Douglas Goff
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,963
9,353
0.446
Food Science
Dairy Scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,007
1,756
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Steven Rothstein
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,914
6,386
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,543
1,779
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Terry Graham
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,715
3,311
0.160
nutrition
exercise physiolog
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,414
1,871
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Brian C Husband
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,044
5,635
0.281
evolutionary ecology
ecological genetic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,434
1,913
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Wei Zhang
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,713
10,497
0.532
ubiquitin signaling
protein engineering
targeted protein degradation
genome stabilit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,439
1,914
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Simon X Yang
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,711
8,878
0.450
Robotics
Intelligent Systems
Artificial Intelligence
Control Systems
Sensor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,820
1,980
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Hung Lee
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,262
3,180
0.165
biomass conversion
pentose-fermenting yeasts
pollutant degradation
pathogen detectio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,136
2,086
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Evan Fraser
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,594
9,759
0.525
food security
climate change
sustainable food systems
geograph
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,392
2,225
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Georgia J Mason
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,706
6,547
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,494
2,233
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Shai Barbut
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,680
7,361
0.416
Food science
Meat science
Poultry
Protein gelatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,616
2,325
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Suresh Naik
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,154
8,177
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,548
2,371
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Matthijs Tollenaar
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,934
3,765
0.222
agronomy
crop physiology
crop science
crop modelin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,600
2,372
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
T Ryan Gregory
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,924
5,737
0.339
Genome evolution
evolutionary biology
biodiversit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,934
2,390
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Praveen K Saxena
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,856
5,190
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,110
2,395
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Jan Sargeant
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,817
8,378
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,119
2,396
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Jess Haines
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,816
7,919
0.471
obesity prevention
dietary intake
physical activity
sleep
family-based intervention
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,888
2,432
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
David Stanley
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,645
5,547
0.333
psychology
reliability
statistics
replication
commitmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,405
2,453
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Flavio Schramm Schenkel
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,522
8,427
0.510
Animal breeding
Animal Genetics
Animal Genomics
Quantitative Genomic