Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 537 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
Health Informatics
e-health
digital health
robotics
digital equit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,788
4,178
0.387
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
unmanned marine vehicles
AI technique
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,475
4,055
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
parental involvement
special education
inclusion
educational psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,421
4,994
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,366
3,245
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
evolutionary and behavioural ecology
climate chang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,997
2,110
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Plant-Animal Interactions
Global Change Biology
Coastal Ecolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,935
4,773
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Medical Statistic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,767
4,003
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Beetles
Aquatic Entomology
Systematic Entomology
Freshwater Conservation
Historical Biogeograph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,682
3,218
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,630
5,509
0.572
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,602
3,846
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Computer Music
ArtIfiicial Intelligence
Music Neurotech
Quantum Computing & Musi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,309
2,975
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Organic geochemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,170
3,226
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
immunity infectio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,036
2,638
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
geophysics
paleomagnetism
plate tectonics
archaeomagnetism
origin solar syste
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,014
1,028
0.114
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Agricultural Economics
Productivity and Efficiency
Poverty and Livelihoods
International Developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,807
4,405
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Statistics
Data Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,720
2,179
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
medical education
medical humanitie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,719
3,342
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
genomics
transposable elements
endogenous retroviruses
evolutio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,718
2,796
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Signal processing
machine learning and artificial intelligence and their applications in healthcare
multimedia communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,629
2,123
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,586
2,271
0.265
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Environmental Physiology
Stress Biology and Ecotoxicology of Marine Algae and Aquatic Plant
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,585
2,614
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
liver disease
non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
hepatitis C viru
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,411
5,079
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Evolution
Ecology
Development
Ecophysiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,248
2,091
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Twitter
Political Communication
political marketing
the internet
MP
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,213
2,087
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,949
1,655
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,263
8,055
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Ray Jones
University of Plymouth
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,788
4,178
0.387
Health Informatics
e-health
digital health
robotics
digital equit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,614
8,303
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Sanjay Sharma
University of Plymouth
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,475
4,055
0.387
unmanned marine vehicles
AI technique
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,217
8,348
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Garry Hornby
University of Plymouth
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,421
4,994
0.479
parental involvement
special education
inclusion
educational psycholog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,821
8,388
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Jon May
University of Plymouth
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,366
3,245
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,167
8,726
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Michael C Singer
University of Plymouth
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,997
2,110
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,890
8,772
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Mick E Hanley
University of Plymouth
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,935
4,773
0.480
Plant-Animal Interactions
Global Change Biology
Coastal Ecolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,970
8,913
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Victoria L Allgar
University of Plymouth
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,767
4,003
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,053
8,998
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
David T Bilton
University of Plymouth
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,682
3,218
0.332
Beetles
Aquatic Entomology
Systematic Entomology
Freshwater Conservation
Historical Biogeograph
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,716
9,029
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Richard Byng
University of Plymouth
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,630
5,509
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,103
9,061
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Ruth Endacott
University of Plymouth
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,602
3,846
0.401
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,060
9,325
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Eduardo R Miranda
University of Plymouth
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,309
2,975
0.320
Computer Music
ArtIfiicial Intelligence
Music Neurotech
Quantum Computing & Musi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
116,035
9,466
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Simon Belt
University of Plymouth
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,170
3,226
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,945
9,614
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Simon Jackson
University of Plymouth
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,036
2,638
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,243
9,644
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Donald Harvey Tarling
University of Plymouth
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,014
1,028
0.114
geophysics
paleomagnetism
plate tectonics
archaeomagnetism
origin solar syste
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
121,346
9,910
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Sanzidur Rahman
University of Plymouth
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,807
4,405
0.500
Agricultural Economics
Productivity and Efficiency
Poverty and Livelihoods
International Developmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,674
10,024
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Rana Moyeed
University of Plymouth
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,720
2,179
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,685
10,027
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Alan Bleakley
University of Plymouth
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,719
3,342
0.383
medical education
medical humanitie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,702
10,028
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Robert Belshaw
University of Plymouth
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,718
2,796
0.321
genomics
transposable elements
endogenous retroviruses
evolutio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
124,162
10,130
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Emmanuel Ifeachor
University of Plymouth
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,629
2,123
0.246
Signal processing
machine learning and artificial intelligence and their applications in healthcare
multimedia communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
124,881
10,186
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Colin Munn
University of Plymouth
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,586
2,271
0.265
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
124,891
10,187
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Murray T Brown
University of Plymouth
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,585
2,614
0.304
Environmental Physiology
Stress Biology and Ecotoxicology of Marine Algae and Aquatic Plant
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
127,730
10,380
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
David Sheridan
University of Plymouth
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,411
5,079
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
130,550
10,584
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Simon Rundle
University of Plymouth
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,248
2,091
0.254
Evolution
Ecology
Development
Ecophysiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
131,130
10,623
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Nigel Jackson
University of Plymouth
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,213
2,087
0.254
Twitter
Political Communication
political marketing
the internet
MP
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
135,986
10,941
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Chris Harris
University of Plymouth
Plymouth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,949
1,655
0.208