Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

World Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) 2025

Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: Scientists Last 6 years Citation IndexUniversities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025

* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :51
Germany
Christian M Ringle
Decision Sciences
Business Analytics
Multivariate Analysis Methods
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
257,999
207,684
0.805
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :52
Australia
Graeme J Hankey
Stroke prevention
treatment
epidemiology
clinical trials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
365,710
207,083
0.566
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :53
France
Schoeffel Laurent
fundamental constituents
field theories
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
445,998
206,902
0.464
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
Finland
Mika Kivimaki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
340,330
205,364
0.603
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :55
Germany
Marko Sarstedt
Marketing
Structural Equation Modeling
Consumer Behavior
PLS
Research Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
241,247
204,535
0.848
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :56
Canada
Peter Jüni
Clinical Epidemiology
Epidemiology
Cardiology
Clinical Trials
Meta-Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278,100
201,741
0.725
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :57
United States
Icek Ajzen
Attitudes
Persuasion
Attitude-Behavior Relation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
507,785
201,538
0.397
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :58
Canada
Peter Tugwell
Equity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
378,589
201,007
0.531
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
United States
Jeff Dean
Distributed systems
Artificial Intelligence
machine learning
compilers
computer architecture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
306,416
200,247
0.654
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
Brazil
Paulo Andrade Lotufo
Epidemiologia cardiovascular
Epidemiologia do diabetes
Biomarcadores
Atenção Primária a Saúde
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
286,233
200,111
0.699
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
United States
George Mensah
Global Health
Implementation Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
340,599
197,582
0.580
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :62
United States
Ronald C Kessler
Psychiatric Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
571,770
197,224
0.345
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
United States
Li Fei Fei
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
262,024
196,877
0.751
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :64
United Kingdom
George Davey Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
427,166
196,451
0.460
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :65
Austria
Georg Kresse
density functional theory
first principles calculations
many body theory
condensed matter physics
materials science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
403,523
195,031
0.483
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :66
United States
Karen Simonyan
Artificial Intelligence
Deep Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231,274
194,656
0.842
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :67
United States
Yury Gogotsi
Carbon
nanomaterials
energy storage
supercapacitors
MXene
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
276,044
194,541
0.705
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :68
United States
Piotr Dollár
computer vision
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223,792
193,560
0.865
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :69
Australia
Matthew J Page
meta-research
metascience
systematic review
meta-analysis
evidence-based medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229,828
190,877
0.831
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :70
United Kingdom
Derrick A Bennett
epidemiology
clinical trials
public health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
309,054
190,031
0.615
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :71
United States
Mark Daly
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
443,457
188,168
0.424
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :72
United States
Łukasz Kaiser
Machine Learning & Logic in Computer Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200,815
188,058
0.936
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
South Korea
HJ Kim
high energy physics
astro-particle physics
scintillator
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
588,045
186,269
0.317
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
Sweden
Elisabete Weiderpass
Epidemiology
Cancer Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
281,970
186,123
0.660
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :75
United States
Luigi Ferrucci
Geriatrics and Gerontology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
393,538
185,454
0.471
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51
Germany
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Christian M Ringle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
257,999
207,684
0.805
Decision Sciences
Business Analytics
Multivariate Analysis Methods
Machine Learning
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52
Australia
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Graeme J Hankey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
365,710
207,083
0.566
Stroke prevention
treatment
epidemiology
clinical trials
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53
France
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Schoeffel Laurent
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
445,998
206,902
0.464
fundamental constituents
field theories
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54
Finland
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Mika Kivimaki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
340,330
205,364
0.603
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55
Germany
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Marko Sarstedt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
241,247
204,535
0.848
Marketing
Structural Equation Modeling
Consumer Behavior
PLS
Research Methods
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56
Canada
6
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Peter Jüni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278,100
201,741
0.725
Clinical Epidemiology
Epidemiology
Cardiology
Clinical Trials
Meta-Analysis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57
United States
23
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Icek Ajzen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
507,785
201,538
0.397
Attitudes
Persuasion
Attitude-Behavior Relation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58
Canada
7
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Peter Tugwell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
378,589
201,007
0.531
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59
United States
24
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Jeff Dean
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
306,416
200,247
0.654
Distributed systems
Artificial Intelligence
machine learning
compilers
computer architecture
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60
Brazil
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Paulo Andrade Lotufo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
286,233
200,111
0.699
Epidemiologia cardiovascular
Epidemiologia do diabetes
Biomarcadores
Atenção Primária a Saúde
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61
United States
25
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
George Mensah
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
340,599
197,582
0.580
Global Health
Implementation Research
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62
United States
26
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Ronald C Kessler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
571,770
197,224
0.345
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63
United States
27
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Li Fei Fei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
262,024
196,877
0.751
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Neuroscience
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64
United Kingdom
6
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
George Davey Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
427,166
196,451
0.460
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65
Austria
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Georg Kresse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
403,523
195,031
0.483
density functional theory
first principles calculations
many body theory
condensed matter physics
materials science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66
United States
28
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Karen Simonyan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231,274
194,656
0.842
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67
United States
29
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Yury Gogotsi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
276,044
194,541
0.705
Carbon
nanomaterials
energy storage
supercapacitors
MXene
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68
United States
30
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Piotr Dollár
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223,792
193,560
0.865
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69
Australia
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Matthew J Page
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229,828
190,877
0.831
meta-research
metascience
systematic review
meta-analysis
evidence-based medicine
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70
United Kingdom
7
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Derrick A Bennett
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
309,054
190,031
0.615
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71
United States
31
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Mark Daly
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
443,457
188,168
0.424
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72
United States
32
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Łukasz Kaiser
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200,815
188,058
0.936
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73
South Korea
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
HJ Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
588,045
186,269
0.317
high energy physics
astro-particle physics
scintillator
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74
Sweden
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Elisabete Weiderpass
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
281,970
186,123
0.660
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75
United States
33
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Luigi Ferrucci
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
393,538
185,454
0.471