Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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
social theory
historical sociology
political sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,504
6,341
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,161
9,057
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,158
11,296
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Crowd Behaviour
Collective Action
Mass Emergencies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,479
15,818
0.736
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Chaperones
Hsp90
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,262
5,546
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Cosmology
Machine Learning
Bayesian Inference
Generative models
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,106
19,637
0.977
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Energy economics
Energy policy
climate policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,620
10,692
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Experimental Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,560
9,267
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Molecular evolution
Population Genetics
Patterns of mutation
Fitness effects of Mutations
Adaptive evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,098
6,172
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
philosophy of mind
embodied cognitive science
enaction
intersubjectivity
complex systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,445
8,953
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Particle engineering
Pulmonary drug Delivery
3D printing
Novel Drug Delivery Systems
Transdermal delivery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,506
9,137
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,234
8,666
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,091
3,780
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Nonlinear Photonics
Terahertz Photonics
Integrated Photonics
Complexity
Optical Solitons
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,954
9,254
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Innovation
R&D
Patents
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,407
2,906
0.177
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
social policy
implementation science
child development
human development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,841
6,197
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Cancer Biology
tumour microenvironment
extracellular vesicles
kinases
proteomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,626
8,993
0.576
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,604
3,511
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Innovation
project management
infrastructure and cities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,584
6,311
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
European Politics
Euroscepticism
Populism
Unpolitics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,493
8,054
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
workings of an individual's life
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,304
1,633
0.107
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,223
9,142
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,817
4,374
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
vision evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,681
5,384
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
cognitive neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,239
5,634
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,326
3,010
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
gerard delanty
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,504
6,341
0.282
social theory
historical sociology
political sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,084
3,081
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Helga Dittmar
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,161
9,057
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,090
3,082
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Peter Newell
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,158
11,296
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,684
3,212
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
John Drury
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,479
15,818
0.736
Crowd Behaviour
Collective Action
Mass Emergencies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,210
3,257
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Chrisostomos Prodromou
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,262
5,546
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,282
3,513
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Pablo Lemos
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,106
19,637
0.977
Cosmology
Machine Learning
Bayesian Inference
Generative models
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,639
3,633
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Steve Sorrell
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,620
10,692
0.545
Energy economics
Energy policy
climate policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,817
3,648
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Jeff Hartnell
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,560
9,267
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,128
3,765
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Adam Eyre Walker
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,098
6,172
0.323
Molecular evolution
Population Genetics
Patterns of mutation
Fitness effects of Mutations
Adaptive evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,238
3,941
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Ezequiel Di Paolo
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,445
8,953
0.485
philosophy of mind
embodied cognitive science
enaction
intersubjectivity
complex systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,654
4,224
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Ali Nokhodchi
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,506
9,137
0.522
Particle engineering
Pulmonary drug Delivery
3D printing
Novel Drug Delivery Systems
Transdermal delivery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,731
4,319
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Michael Beverland
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,234
8,666
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,246
4,360
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Adam Tickell
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,091
3,780
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,750
4,403
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Marco Peccianti
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,954
9,254
0.546
Nonlinear Photonics
Terahertz Photonics
Integrated Photonics
Complexity
Optical Solitons
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,007
4,566
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Parimal Patel
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,407
2,906
0.177
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,627
4,772
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Leon Feinstein
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,841
6,197
0.391
social policy
implementation science
child development
human development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,599
4,860
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Georgios Giamas
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,626
8,993
0.576
Cancer Biology
tumour microenvironment
extracellular vesicles
kinases
proteomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,712
4,869
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Graham Davey
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,604
3,511
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,808
4,876
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Andrew Davies
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,584
6,311
0.405
Innovation
project management
infrastructure and cities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,251
4,914
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Paul Taggart|Paul A. Taggart
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,493
8,054
0.520
European Politics
Euroscepticism
Populism
Unpolitics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,191
4,992
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
David A Booth
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,304
1,633
0.107
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,592
5,020
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Rod Bond
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,223
9,142
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,714
5,203
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Neil Crickmore
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,817
4,374
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,440
5,276
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Daniel Osorio
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,681
5,384
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,998
5,484
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Jamie Ward
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,239
5,634
0.396