Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
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
genetics
mutation
cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,755
25,645
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :52
Statistics
Genomics
Imaging
Computation
Mathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,075
18,402
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :53
Organometallic Chemistry Polymer Chemistry Catalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,979
10,602
0.196
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
Drug delivery
nanomedicine
polymers
biomaterials
bioengineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,578
18,516
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :55
person-environment fit
stress
coping
well-being
research methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,324
22,481
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :56
prostate cancer
patient-reported outcomes
health services research
outcomes research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,269
30,641
0.575
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :57
Sociology
Work
Organizations
Stratification
Labor Markets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,778
16,753
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :58
Innovation - Entrepreneurship - Geography - Public Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,764
16,337
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
bullying
sexual harassment
dating violence
school-based interventions
social-emotional learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,016
25,759
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
Political science
Comparative politics
Political behavior
European Union
Multilevel governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,965
18,509
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
Psychosocial treatment for schizophrenia
social cognition in schizophrenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,759
19,490
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :62
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,351
44,391
0.918
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
Biostatistics
Survival Analysis
Genetics and Genomics
Clinical Trials
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,056
16,302
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :64
ecology
genomics
biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,014
29,266
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :65
Marine Ecology
Coral Reefs
Marine Conservation
Macroecology
Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,052
21,053
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :66
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,480
17,443
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :67
Drug-Induced Liver Injury
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,565
12,307
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :68
oral epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,194
10,962
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :69
Clinical Psychology
Anxiety
OCD
cognitive behavioral therapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,883
19,349
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :70
proteomics
chromatin epigenetics
systems biology
cancer
immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,817
21,464
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :71
machine learning
networks
dynamical systems
statistical genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,706
23,477
0.550
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :72
medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,200
12,921
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
Social Inequality and Health
Fertility
Family
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,024
19,805
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
statistical bioinformatics
cancer biology
stem cell study
population genetics
microbiome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,997
32,710
0.779
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :75
political science
public policy
policing
capital punishment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,935
15,350
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,664
4,138
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Michael Topal
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,755
25,645
0.468
genetics
mutation
cancer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,844
4,224
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
JS Marron *
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,075
18,402
0.340
Statistics
Genomics
Imaging
Computation
Mathematics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,873
4,239
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Maurice Brookhart
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,979
10,602
0.196
Organometallic Chemistry Polymer Chemistry Catalysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,973
4,290
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Alexander Kabanov
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,578
18,516
0.346
Drug delivery
nanomedicine
polymers
biomaterials
bioengineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,045
4,319
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Jeffrey R Edwards
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,324
22,481
0.422
person-environment fit
stress
coping
well-being
research methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,063
4,327
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Ethan Basch
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,269
30,641
0.575
prostate cancer
patient-reported outcomes
health services research
outcomes research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,774
4,658
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Arne L Kalleberg
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,778
16,753
0.330
Sociology
Work
Organizations
Stratification
Labor Markets
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,779
4,661
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Maryann Feldman
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,764
16,337
0.322
Innovation - Entrepreneurship - Geography - Public Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,019
4,774
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Dorothy L Espelage
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,016
25,759
0.515
bullying
sexual harassment
dating violence
school-based interventions
social-emotional learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,342
4,930
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Liesbet Hooghe
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,965
18,509
0.378
Political science
Comparative politics
Political behavior
European Union
Multilevel governance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,400
4,958
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
David L Penn
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,759
19,490
0.400
Psychosocial treatment for schizophrenia
social cognition in schizophrenia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,539
5,020
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Cheng Yang Fu
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,351
44,391
0.918
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,643
5,064
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Dy Danyu Lin
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,056
16,302
0.339
Biostatistics
Survival Analysis
Genetics and Genomics
Clinical Trials
Epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,656
5,073
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Scot Waring
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,014
29,266
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,997
5,214
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
John Bruno
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,052
21,053
0.447
Marine Ecology
Coral Reefs
Marine Conservation
Macroecology
Climate Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,191
5,306
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
John Thorp
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,480
17,443
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,999
5,707
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Paul Watkins
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,565
12,307
0.276
Drug-Induced Liver Injury
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,628
5,990
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
James Beck
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,194
10,962
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,770
6,061
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Jonathan S Abramowitz
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,883
19,349
0.451
Clinical Psychology
Anxiety
OCD
cognitive behavioral therapy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,800
6,068
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Xian Chen
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,817
21,464
0.501
proteomics
chromatin epigenetics
systems biology
cancer
immunology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,860
6,099
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Andrew Nobel
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,706
23,477
0.550
machine learning
networks
dynamical systems
statistical genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,107
6,223
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Michael Knowles
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,200
12,921
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,190
6,265
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Kathleen Mullan Harris
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,024
19,805
0.471
Social Inequality and Health
Fertility
Family
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,210
6,274
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Di Wu
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,997
32,710
0.779
statistical bioinformatics
cancer biology
stem cell study
population genetics
microbiome
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,250
6,282
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Frank Baumgartner
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,935
15,350
0.366
political science
public policy
policing
capital punishment