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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 146 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Neurociencia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
558
129
0.231
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Political Science
Comparative Politics
Political Institutions
Elections
GI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
550
333
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
social studies
political sociology
cultural studies
security studie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
546
370
0.678
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
química orgánica
polímeros
hidrogeles
liberación controlad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
495
182
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Health Technology Assessment
Evaluación de tecnologías en salu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
473
180
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Economics
Public Polic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
465
346
0.744
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Farmacología
toxicología
farmacovigilancia
trasplantes
cultivos celulares y órgano
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
457
119
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Sustainable Manufacturing
Circular Economy
Life Cycle Engineering
Renewable Energy
Engineering Educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
455
249
0.547
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Bioprospecting
fungi
enzymes
biocatalyst
arom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
454
357
0.786
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Diaspora
Critical Race Theory
Dispossession
Deracination
Gende
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
447
348
0.779
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Critical Care
Anaesthesiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
433
414
0.956
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Pobreza
desigualdad
Mercado laboral
Pensiones
Tributari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
419
191
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Psychology of Musi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
394
302
0.766
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
didáctica
lectura y escritura
literatura infanti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
389
178
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Marketing
internacional commerce
consumer behavio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
376
165
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Theoretical Chemistry
Chemical Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
366
126
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Psychoanalysis
Lacan
Mental Health
Psychosocial Rehabilitatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
344
266
0.773
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Wireless Communications
eHealth
Cloud Computin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
333
168
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
educación
redes de computadore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
333
85
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Educación emprendedora
Metodología de la investigació
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330
197
0.597
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Natural products
Capsicum
Triterpene
Alkaloids
Molecules Isolatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
329
137
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Biología molecular
Entomología
Biotecnología
Virologí
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
313
241
0.770
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
psicología social
comunitari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
311
124
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Economía de la salud
revisiones de la literatura
educación en salu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
307
220
0.717
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
international relations
Russia
Asia
international development cooperatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
295
204
0.692
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
912,928
4,171
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Juliana Rengifo
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
558
129
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
918,257
4,216
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Juan Pablo Milanese
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
550
333
0.605
Political Science
Comparative Politics
Political Institutions
Elections
GI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
921,132
4,236
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Inge Helena Valencia
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
546
370
0.678
social studies
political sociology
cultural studies
security studie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
962,360
4,498
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Nora Elena Valderruten
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
495
182
0.368
química orgánica
polímeros
hidrogeles
liberación controlad
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
981,458
4,599
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Cesar Augusto Guevara-Cuellar
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
473
180
0.381
Health Technology Assessment
Evaluación de tecnologías en salu
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
988,274
4,634
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Daniela Estrada Nates
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
465
346
0.744
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
995,936
4,685
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Alejandra Jerez
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
457
119
0.260
Farmacología
toxicología
farmacovigilancia
trasplantes
cultivos celulares y órgano
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
997,471
4,697
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Katherine Ortegon
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
455
249
0.547
Sustainable Manufacturing
Circular Economy
Life Cycle Engineering
Renewable Energy
Engineering Educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
998,133
4,701
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Nelson H. Caicedo Ortega
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
454
357
0.786
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,004,611
4,736
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Aurora Vergara Figueroa
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
447
348
0.779
Diaspora
Critical Race Theory
Dispossession
Deracination
Gende
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,017,597
4,800
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Juan Esteban Ruiz Yucuma
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
433
414
0.956
Critical Care
Anaesthesiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,031,784
4,883
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Blanca Zuluaga
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
419
191
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,057,097
5,010
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Julian Cespedes-Guevara
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
394
302
0.766
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,062,815
5,045
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Alice Castaño
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
389
178
0.458
didáctica
lectura y escritura
literatura infanti
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,077,073
5,128
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Jose Roberto Concha
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
376
165
0.439
Marketing
internacional commerce
consumer behavio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,088,410
5,195
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Carlos A. Arango
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
366
126
0.344
Theoretical Chemistry
Chemical Physic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,113,844
5,318
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Ximena Castro-Sardi
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
344
266
0.773
Psychoanalysis
Lacan
Mental Health
Psychosocial Rehabilitatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,128,167
5,391
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Gonzalo Llano Ramirez
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
333
168
0.505
Wireless Communications
eHealth
Cloud Computin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,128,422
5,392
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Gonzalo Ulloa
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
333
85
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,131,853
5,407
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Jhon Alexander Moreno Barragan
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330
197
0.597
Educación emprendedora
Metodología de la investigació
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,133,391
5,416
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Guillermo Montoya
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
329
137
0.416
Natural products
Capsicum
Triterpene
Alkaloids
Molecules Isolatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,154,438
5,512
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Paola Andrea Caicedo Burbano
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
313
241
0.770
Biología molecular
Entomología
Biotecnología
Virologí
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,157,754
5,536
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Omar Alejandro Bravo
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
311
124
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,163,107
5,559
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Diana Andrea Castillo Jimenez
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
307
220
0.717
Economía de la salud
revisiones de la literatura
educación en salu
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,181,001
5,660
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Vladimir Rouvinski
Universidad ICESI
Cali, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
295
204
0.692
international relations
Russia
Asia
international development cooperatio