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 :51
Observational studies
experimental design.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,006
34,939
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :52
Statistics
machine learning
finance
economics
operations research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,855
39,181
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :53
statistics
epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,211
28,108
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
Statistics
Bioinformatics
Transcriptomics
Single-Cell Data Analysis
Epigenomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,164
54,229
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :55
Statistical Machine Learning
Monte Carlo
Bayesian statistics
Computational Biology
Signal processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,731
36,761
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :56
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,156
27,396
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :57
Evolutionary genomics
phylogenomics
computational biology
computational statistics
MCMC
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,765
27,600
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :58
Statistics and Biology
Immunology
Microbial Ecology
Reproducible research
MCMC
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,200
73,211
0.849
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
computational neuroscience
theoretical cognitive science and psychology
neuromorphic technology
applied mathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,828
9,377
0.111
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
Statistical Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,240
37,972
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
Numerical Relativity
Gravitational Wave Modeling
Black Hole Perturbation Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,451
69,567
0.834
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :62
Bioinformatics
Discrete Mathematics
Complex Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,461
33,169
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
Algorithms
Optimization
Operations Research
Scheduling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,180
17,466
0.213
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :64
Statistical Genetics
Genetic Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,080
36,210
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :65
teaching quality
teacher education
mathematics instruction
policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,800
23,264
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :66
Biostatistics
survival analysis
regression modelling
clinical trials
statistical computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,216
35,208
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :67
Bayesian inference
philosophy of science
mathematical models for cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,148
54,132
0.675
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :68
Mathematical Biology
FEM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,291
34,653
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :69
statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,941
20,897
0.265
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :70
Numerical Linear Algebra
System Theory
Control Theory
Datamining
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,799
22,999
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :71
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,545
23,381
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :72
Bayesian statistics
machine learning
biostatistics
ecology
neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,899
33,417
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
Algebraic geometry
mathematical physics
noncommutative geometry
low-dimensional topology.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,339
61,775
0.809
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
Statistical Ecology
Conservation Biology
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,567
51,009
0.684
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :75
Ecology
evolutionary biology
statistics
JEBED
CBD
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,974
45,905
0.621
Paul Rosenbaum
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,006
34,939
0.388
Observational studies
experimental design.
Jianqing Fan
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,855
39,181
0.436
Statistics
machine learning
finance
economics
operations research
Peter J Diggle
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,211
28,108
0.315
Mark D Robinson
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,164
54,229
0.608
Statistics
Bioinformatics
Transcriptomics
Single-Cell Data Analysis
Epigenomics
Jun S Liu
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,731
36,761
0.419
Statistical Machine Learning
Monte Carlo
Bayesian statistics
Computational Biology
Signal processing
N Balakrishnan
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,156
27,396
0.314
Ziheng Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,765
27,600
0.318
Evolutionary genomics
phylogenomics
computational biology
computational statistics
MCMC
Susan P Holmes
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,200
73,211
0.849
Statistics and Biology
Immunology
Microbial Ecology
Reproducible research
MCMC
Stephen Grossberg
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,828
9,377
0.111
computational neuroscience
theoretical cognitive science and psychology
neuromorphic technology
applied mathematics
Daniel Gudbjartsson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,240
37,972
0.451
Lionel London
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,451
69,567
0.834
Numerical Relativity
Gravitational Wave Modeling
Black Hole Perturbation Theory
Peter F Stadler
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,461
33,169
0.402
Bioinformatics
Discrete Mathematics
Complex Systems
Clifford Stein
Columbia University New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,180
17,466
0.213
Algorithms
Optimization
Operations Research
Scheduling
David Evans
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,080
36,210
0.447
Statistical Genetics
Genetic Epidemiology
Deborah Loewenberg Ball
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,800
23,264
0.288
teaching quality
teacher education
mathematics instruction
policy
Patrick Royston
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,216
35,208
0.439
Biostatistics
survival analysis
regression modelling
clinical trials
statistical computing
Eric Jan Wagenmakers
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,148
54,132
0.675
Bayesian inference
philosophy of science
mathematical models for cognition
Mi Young Kim
Inha University
Incheon, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,291
34,653
0.437
Alan Agresti
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,941
20,897
0.265
De Moor Bart
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,799
22,999
0.296
Numerical Linear Algebra
System Theory
Control Theory
Datamining
Bioinformatics
Steven Johnson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,545
23,381
0.302
David Dunson
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,899
33,417
0.435
Bayesian statistics
machine learning
biostatistics
ecology
neuroscience
Christopher Estrada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,339
61,775
0.809
Algebraic geometry
mathematical physics
noncommutative geometry
low-dimensional topology.
Péter Sólymos
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,567
51,009
0.684
Statistical Ecology
Conservation Biology
Ecology
Bob O Hara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,974
45,905
0.621
Ecology
evolutionary biology
statistics
JEBED
CBD