Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill 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
Normal Physiology of Airway Surface Liquids (ASL)
ASL System Failure in CF and COPD
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,770
23,380
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
sociology
entrepreneurship
organizations
social inequality
organizational sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,129
20,294
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Drug delivery
nanotechnology
liposome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,659
23,441
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Water sanitation hygiene health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,812
39,799
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
eating disorders
psychiatry
psychology
health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,610
33,230
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Aquatic microbial ecology
limnology
estuarine and coastal ecology and biogeochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,647
34,877
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Infectious Diseases
HIV
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,041
26,021
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,025
23,540
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Branding
Global Marketing
Marketing Strategy
Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,845
22,452
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,430
19,259
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
theoretical chemistry and biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,258
26,226
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Behavior Change
Self-Regulation
Behavioral Medicine
Emotion Regulation
Health Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,391
28,190
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,849
24,878
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Cell biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,876
10,164
0.159
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
analytical chemistry
neurochemistry
electrochemistry
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,051
11,890
0.189
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,341
34,087
0.547
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,196
44,645
0.718
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Polymers
3D printing
Nanomedicine
Batteries
Interventional oncology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,257
19,988
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,153
57,038
0.964
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,952
17,675
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,945
9,363
0.162
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
political science
comparative politics
European Union
multilevel governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,306
20,143
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
genetic epidemiology
obesity epidemiology
CVD epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,194
32,028
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,588
23,525
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,212
17,476
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,976
1,891
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Richard Boucher
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,770
23,380
0.266
Normal Physiology of Airway Surface Liquids (ASL)
ASL System Failure in CF and COPD
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,102
1,939
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Howard E Aldrich
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,129
20,294
0.236
sociology
entrepreneurship
organizations
social inequality
organizational sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,204
1,993
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Leaf Huang
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,659
23,441
0.277
Drug delivery
nanotechnology
liposome
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,273
2,036
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Jamie Bartram
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,812
39,799
0.475
Water sanitation hygiene health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,683
2,229
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Cynthia Bulik
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,610
33,230
0.417
eating disorders
psychiatry
psychology
health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,793
2,281
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Hans W Paerl
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,647
34,877
0.443
Aquatic microbial ecology
limnology
estuarine and coastal ecology and biogeochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,089
2,412
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Joseph J Eron
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,041
26,021
0.342
Infectious Diseases
HIV
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,436
2,578
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
J Charles Jennette
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,025
23,540
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,676
2,692
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Jan Benedict EM Steenkamp
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,845
22,452
0.317
Branding
Global Marketing
Marketing Strategy
Leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,903
2,797
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Douglas Drossman
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,430
19,259
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,212
2,943
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Lee Pedersen
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,258
26,226
0.390
theoretical chemistry and biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,481
3,060
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Paschal Sheeran
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,391
28,190
0.431
Behavior Change
Self-Regulation
Behavioral Medicine
Emotion Regulation
Health Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,576
3,106
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Todd H Baron
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,849
24,878
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,750
3,203
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Keith Burridge
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,876
10,164
0.159
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,887
3,270
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
R Mark Wightman
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,051
11,890
0.189
analytical chemistry
neurochemistry
electrochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,025
3,331
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Lisa A Careyfasco
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,341
34,087
0.547
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,059
3,348
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Russell Broaddus
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,196
44,645
0.718
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,610
3,614
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Joseph M Desimone
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,257
19,988
0.337
Polymers
3D printing
Nanomedicine
Batteries
Interventional oncology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,627
3,621
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Colin Raffel
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,153
57,038
0.964
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,672
3,642
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Steven Offenbacher
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,952
17,675
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,868
3,747
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Gary L Johnson
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,945
9,363
0.162
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,019
3,824
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Gary Marks
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,306
20,143
0.351
political science
comparative politics
European Union
multilevel governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,052
3,840
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Kari North
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,194
32,028
0.560
genetic epidemiology
obesity epidemiology
CVD epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,194
3,918
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Patrick J Curran
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,588
23,525
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,562
4,085
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
A Wesley Burks
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,212
17,476
0.317