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United States
Aida El Khadra
lattice field theory
quantum chromodynamics
flavor physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,570
8,855
0.569
United States
Gautham Narayan
Cosmology
type Ia supernovae
white dwarfs
LSST
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,682
9,966
0.679
United States
Lin Feng Chen
NF-kappaB signaling
epigenetic
pathogen-host interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,353
4,072
0.284
United States
Nagi Nicolas Mansour
Fluid Mechanics
Turbulence
Aerothermodynamics
Heliophysics
Composites
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,955
4,438
0.318
United States
Robert G Leigh
theoretical physics
string theory
quantum gravity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,845
3,360
0.243
United States
Mark E Hauber
Behavioral Ecology
Coevolution
Ornithology
Recognition Systems
Host-parasite Interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,739
6,794
0.495
United States
Douglas A Mitchell
chemical biology
natural product biosynthesis
genome-mining
RiPPs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,858
8,289
0.645
United States
Paul Garber
primate behavior
ecology
conservation
cognition
foraging strategies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,752
5,365
0.421
United States
Kaiyu Guan
agroecosystem modeling
remote sensing
carbon cycle
ecohydrology
biogeochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,181
10,774
0.884
United States
Jeffrey D Brawn
avian ecology
conservation biology
tropical ecology
ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,038
3,660
0.304
United States
Martin D Burke
Lego-like Synthesis
Molecular Prosthetics and Non-toxic fungicidals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,343
4,714
0.416
United States
Nicholas C Wu
Influenza virus
SARS-CoV-2
antibodies
protein evolution
structural biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,088
10,155
0.916
United States
Benjamin Villalonga
Computational condensed matter
Quantum computing
Quantum information
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,907
10,863
0.996
United States
Baron Peters
catalysis
polymer upcycling
reactions in solution
crystallization
rare events
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,469
5,058
0.483
United States
Ilia Denisov
Physical Chemistry
Biochemistry
Cytochrome P450
Nanodiscs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,457
4,290
0.410
United States
Mark E Nelson
Computational Neuroscience
Sensory Processing
Neuroethology
Biorobotics
High-Energy Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,021
987
0.098
United States
Robert Sanford
Microbial Ecology
Geomicrobiology
Anaerobic microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,963
4,580
0.460
United States
Sungjae Cho
Condensed Matter Physics
Nanoelectronics
Novel Phase of Matters
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,740
5,225
0.536
United States
Keith R Cadwallader
flavor
flavor chemistry
food chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,484
3,325
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,361
United States
23,808
223
Aida El Khadra
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,570
8,855
0.569
lattice field theory
quantum chromodynamics
flavor physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,011
United States
24,064
225
Arthur Baroody
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,436
4,767
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,771
United States
25,501
238
Victor Jongeneel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,694
1,819
0.124
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,829
United States
25,520
240
Gautham Narayan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,682
9,966
0.679
Cosmology
type Ia supernovae
white dwarfs
LSST
machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,553
United States
26,164
251
Lin Feng Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,353
4,072
0.284
NF-kappaB signaling
epigenetic
pathogen-host interaction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,905
United States
27,056
257
Nagi Nicolas Mansour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,955
4,438
0.318
Fluid Mechanics
Turbulence
Aerothermodynamics
Heliophysics
Composites
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,549
United States
27,273
261
Robert G Leigh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,845
3,360
0.243
theoretical physics
string theory
quantum gravity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,213
United States
27,533
263
Mark E Hauber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,739
6,794
0.495
Behavioral Ecology
Coevolution
Ornithology
Recognition Systems
Host-parasite Interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,003
United States
28,576
271
M Christina White
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,307
5,123
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,023
United States
29,643
281
Douglas A Mitchell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,858
8,289
0.645
chemical biology
natural product biosynthesis
genome-mining
RiPPs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,784
United States
29,913
286
Paul Garber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,752
5,365
0.421
primate behavior
ecology
conservation
cognition
foraging strategies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,900
United States
31,421
294
Kaiyu Guan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,181
10,774
0.884
agroecosystem modeling
remote sensing
carbon cycle
ecohydrology
biogeochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,029
United States
31,830
298
Jeffrey D Brawn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,038
3,660
0.304
avian ecology
conservation biology
tropical ecology
ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,804
United States
33,937
312
Martin D Burke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,343
4,714
0.416
Lego-like Synthesis
Molecular Prosthetics and Non-toxic fungicidals
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,061
United States
34,754
319
Nicholas C Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,088
10,155
0.916
Influenza virus
SARS-CoV-2
antibodies
protein evolution
structural biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,830
United States
35,372
322
Benjamin Villalonga
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,907
10,863
0.996
Computational condensed matter
Quantum computing
Quantum information
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,097
United States
36,867
333
Baron Peters
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,469
5,058
0.483
catalysis
polymer upcycling
reactions in solution
crystallization
rare events
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,223
United States
36,908
334
Ilia Denisov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,457
4,290
0.410
Physical Chemistry
Biochemistry
Cytochrome P450
Nanodiscs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95,868
United States
38,537
346
Mark E Nelson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,021
987
0.098
Computational Neuroscience
Sensory Processing
Neuroethology
Biorobotics
High-Energy Particle Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,357
United States
38,688
350
Leslie Looney
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,976
5,130
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,502
United States
38,730
352
Robert Sanford
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,963
4,580
0.460
Microbial Ecology
Geomicrobiology
Anaerobic microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,743
United States
39,531
356
Dale Van Harlingen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,766
2,089
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,020
United States
39,643
358
Sungjae Cho
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,740
5,225
0.536
Condensed Matter Physics
Nanoelectronics
Novel Phase of Matters
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
101,243
United States
40,431
365
Angela Kent
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,545
4,068
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
101,976
United States
40,679
366
Keith R Cadwallader
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,484
3,325
0.351