Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 1.026 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
ethnobotany
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,062
8,562
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Human and Social Aspects of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,744
7,236
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Fuel Cells
Energy Systems
Transport Phenomena
Turbulence
Computational Fluid Dynamics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,053
6,419
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Political Theory
Legal theory
history of political thought
Indigenous politics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,441
4,651
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
hydrogeology
hydrology
structural geology
water resources
geochemistry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,278
13,976
0.725
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,261
8,075
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Chromatin
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,720
3,837
0.217
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Longitudinal Studies of Aging and Dementia
Integrative Data Analysis
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,707
6,971
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Biophysical economics
sustainable cities
sustainable infrastructure
industrial ecology
deep decarbonization
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,340
6,757
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
bullying
peer victimization
transitions to adulthood
adolescence
implementation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,068
4,007
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Semiconductor materials
Photovoltaics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,542
2,474
0.150
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Geography
Climatology
Climate Change
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,325
6,005
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Astrophysics
Computational Cosmology
Galaxy Formation
Groups/Clusters
Computational Neuroscience
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,125
4,681
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
astronomy
astrophysics
stars
dwarf galaxies
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,908
5,742
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Nanoplasmonics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,735
5,116
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,627
8,027
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
self-regulated learning
metacognition
student success
socially shared regulation
co-regulation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,344
7,316
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,833
2,661
0.179
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Theoretical Physics
Particle Physics
Cosmology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,810
6,725
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Astrophysics
Nuclear Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,766
5,825
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,555
9,235
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
poxviruses
bioinformatics
comparative genomics
vaccinia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,742
3,867
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Communication networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,736
5,915
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Structural biology and glycobiology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,531
4,545
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
X-ray crystallography
HDX-MS
hydrogen exchange
PI3K
phosphoinositides
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,361
9,575
0.717
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,700
1,669
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Nancy Turner
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,062
8,562
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,568
1,703
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Margaret Anne Storey
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,744
7,236
0.349
Human and Social Aspects of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,424
1,807
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Ned Djilali
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,053
6,419
0.320
Fuel Cells
Energy Systems
Transport Phenomena
Turbulence
Computational Fluid Dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,181
1,874
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
James Tully
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,441
4,651
0.239
Political Theory
Legal theory
history of political thought
Indigenous politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,675
1,897
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Tom Gleeson
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,278
13,976
0.725
hydrogeology
hydrology
structural geology
water resources
geochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,716
1,901
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Alexandre Brolo
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,261
8,075
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,059
2,135
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Juan Ausio
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,720
3,837
0.217
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,110
2,136
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Scott M Hofer
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,707
6,971
0.394
Longitudinal Studies of Aging and Dementia
Integrative Data Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,501
2,196
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Chris Kennedy
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,340
6,757
0.390
Biophysical economics
sustainable cities
sustainable infrastructure
industrial ecology
deep decarbonization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,541
2,243
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Bonnie Leadbeater
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,068
4,007
0.235
bullying
peer victimization
transitions to adulthood
adolescence
implementation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,800
2,352
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
T Tiedje Or Jt Tiedje
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,542
2,474
0.150
Semiconductor materials
Photovoltaics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,785
2,391
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Johannes Feddema
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,325
6,005
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,723
2,441
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Arif Babul
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,125
4,681
0.290
Astrophysics
Computational Cosmology
Galaxy Formation
Groups/Clusters
Computational Neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,652
2,493
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Kim Venn
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,908
5,742
0.361
astronomy
astrophysics
stars
dwarf galaxies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,439
2,531
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Reuven Gordon
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,735
5,116
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,983
2,552
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Francis Juanes
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,627
8,027
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,484
2,617
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Allyson Fiona Hadwin
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,344
7,316
0.477
self-regulated learning
metacognition
student success
socially shared regulation
co-regulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,150
2,737
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Michael EJ Masson
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,833
2,661
0.179
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,279
2,749
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Adam Ritz
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,810
6,725
0.454
Theoretical Physics
Particle Physics
Cosmology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,495
2,758
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Falk Herwig
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,766
5,825
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,665
2,809
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Natalie Ban
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,555
9,235
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,649
3,051
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Chris Upton
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,742
3,867
0.281
poxviruses
bioinformatics
comparative genomics
vaccinia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,682
3,053
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Lin Cai
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,736
5,915
0.431
Communication networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,052
3,105
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Alisdair Boraston
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,531
4,545
0.336
Structural biology and glycobiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,188
3,153
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
John E Burke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,361
9,575
0.717
X-ray crystallography
HDX-MS
hydrogen exchange
PI3K
phosphoinositides