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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 848 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
quantum transport
quantum many body systems
random matrix theory
quantum information
quantum chao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,240
4,304
0.522
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Public Sector Economics
Public Management
e-Government
Higher Educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,057
5,863
0.728
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Ecology
Wildlife Management
Wildlife Biology
Conservation Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,053
5,437
0.675
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Remote Sensing
HC
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,990
5,168
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
electroporation
electrotransformation
transmembrane voltag
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,985
2,699
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Umetna inteligenca
računalniški vid
vizualno sledenje
strojno učenj
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,637
5,671
0.743
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
statistics
data mining
bibliometric analysis
subgroup discover
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,380
6,420
0.870
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Wood technology
Wood adhesion
Materials characterisation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,070
3,326
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
soft matter
liquid crystals
colloids
photonics
protein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,124
2,764
0.388
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
CSR
sustainability
consumption
communication
(corporate) marketin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,040
4,133
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
solidification
meshless methods
radial basis functions
continuous casting of steel
DC casting of aluminiu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,932
2,689
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Manufacturing Processes
Sustainability
Machining Processes
Cryogenic Machinin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,852
3,651
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
social science data collection
survey methodology
web surveys
statistics
data analytic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,829
3,082
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
heat transfer
thermal engineering
thermal management
solid state energy conversion
cooling and heatin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,764
3,378
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
branding
destination
image
internationalization
SM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,636
2,650
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
pore forming proteins
membranes
natural products
cholinesterase inhibitor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,532
2,630
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Cavitation
Fluid Mechanics
Sonochemistry
Water treatmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,531
4,249
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Wildlife Ecology and Management
Ungulates
Large Carnivore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,491
3,467
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
silviculture
forest ecology
old-growth forest
natural regeneration
close-to-nature / ecological forest
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,456
2,319
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Clinical Microbiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,446
2,296
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
biometrics
face recognition
computer vision
deep learning
speech technologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,396
4,223
0.660
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Photovoltaics
perovskite solar cell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,354
6,106
0.961
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
multivariate analysis
social network analysis
blockmodeling
measurement quality
scientific network
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,286
1,704
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Quorum sensing
Social Microbiology
Social evolution
Soil microbial ecology
Wastewater Microbiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,070
2,576
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
plant physiology
mycorrhiz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,069
2,164
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
130,667
92
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Marko Znidaric
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,240
4,304
0.522
quantum transport
quantum many body systems
random matrix theory
quantum information
quantum chao
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
133,951
94
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Aleksander Aristovnik
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,057
5,863
0.728
Public Sector Economics
Public Management
e-Government
Higher Educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
134,017
95
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Miha Krofel
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,053
5,437
0.675
Ecology
Wildlife Management
Wildlife Biology
Conservation Biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
135,211
96
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Luka Čehovin Zajc
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,990
5,168
0.647
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Remote Sensing
HC
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
135,323
97
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Tadej Kotnik
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,985
2,699
0.338
electroporation
electrotransformation
transmembrane voltag
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
141,977
103
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Alan Lukežič
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,637
5,671
0.743
Umetna inteligenca
računalniški vid
vizualno sledenje
strojno učenj
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
147,253
105
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Lan Umek
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,380
6,420
0.870
statistics
data mining
bibliometric analysis
subgroup discover
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
154,083
111
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Marko Petric
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,070
3,326
0.470
Wood technology
Wood adhesion
Materials characterisation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
152,851
108
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Miha Ravnik
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,124
2,764
0.388
soft matter
liquid crystals
colloids
photonics
protein
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
154,768
112
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Ursa Golob
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,040
4,133
0.587
CSR
sustainability
consumption
communication
(corporate) marketin
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
157,255
115
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Bozidar Sarler
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,932
2,689
0.388
solidification
meshless methods
radial basis functions
continuous casting of steel
DC casting of aluminiu
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
159,117
116
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Franci Pušavec
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,852
3,651
0.533
Manufacturing Processes
Sustainability
Machining Processes
Cryogenic Machinin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
159,649
118
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Katja Lozar Manfreda|Katja L. Manfreda, KL Manfreda, K Manfreda
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,829
3,082
0.451
social science data collection
survey methodology
web surveys
statistics
data analytic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
161,311
121
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Andrej Kitanovski
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,764
3,378
0.499
heat transfer
thermal engineering
thermal management
solid state energy conversion
cooling and heatin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
164,544
124
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Maja Konečnik Ruzzier
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,636
2,650
0.399
branding
destination
image
internationalization
SM
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
167,237
129
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Kristina Sepčić
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,532
2,630
0.403
pore forming proteins
membranes
natural products
cholinesterase inhibitor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
167,259
130
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Matevž Dular
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,531
4,249
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
168,359
132
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Klemen Jerina
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,491
3,467
0.534
Wildlife Ecology and Management
Ungulates
Large Carnivore
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
169,347
133
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Jurij Diaci
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,456
2,319
0.359
silviculture
forest ecology
old-growth forest
natural regeneration
close-to-nature / ecological forest
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
169,608
135
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Katja Seme
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,446
2,296
0.356
Clinical Microbiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
170,890
138
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Vitomir Struc
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,396
4,223
0.660
biometrics
face recognition
computer vision
deep learning
speech technologie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
172,034
140
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Marko Jošt
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,354
6,106
0.961
Photovoltaics
perovskite solar cell
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
173,898
141
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Anuska Ferligoj
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,286
1,704
0.271
multivariate analysis
social network analysis
blockmodeling
measurement quality
scientific network
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
180,167
144
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
İnes Mandic Mulec
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,070
2,576
0.424
Quorum sensing
Social Microbiology
Social evolution
Soil microbial ecology
Wastewater Microbiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
180,198
145
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Marjana Regvar
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,069
2,164
0.357