Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

World Highly Cited Researchers CitationOthers 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 :76
Finland
Aarno Palotie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,587
115,086
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :77
United States
Jean Baudrillard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,280
50,488
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :78
Germany
Jürgen Furthmüller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,226
105,314
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :79
Canada
Jean-Pierre Després
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,108
72,736
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :80
Italy
Gabriella Pugliese
physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
205,553
102,492
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :81
Netherlands
Brenda Penninx
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204,412
109,736
0.537
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :82
United Kingdom
Norman Fairclough
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203,091
72,339
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :83
United States
Leslee Shaw
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203,009
80,556
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :84
United States
Jacquelynne Sue Eccles
Developmental Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202,167
68,059
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :85
United States
Michelle L Bell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201,916
132,754
0.657
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :86
Italy
Matteo Marone
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200,832
92,555
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :87
France
Beverley Balkau
diabetes epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200,552
66,778
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :88
Canada
Stuart J Connolly
medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199,515
73,202
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :89
Australia
Rachelle Buchbinder
Musculoskeletal
arthritis
back pain
health literacy
shoulder pain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198,471
123,948
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :90
Germany
Christoph Wanner
Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198,292
101,014
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :91
Italy
Vieri Candelise
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198,118
105,492
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :92
United Kingdom
David R Matthews
diabetes
insulin resistance
beta-cell function
therapeutics
clinical trials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197,667
53,400
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :93
United States
Frank J Gonzalez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,881
52,301
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :94
United States
Leslie T Cooper
myocarditis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194,262
114,387
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :95
Belgium
Peter Carmeliet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194,143
60,239
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :96
United States
Eugene Blackstone
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,634
73,711
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :97
United States
Saad B Omer
Vaccines
COVID-19
Influenza
RSV
Global Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,611
101,728
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :98
Sweden
Stefan Agewall
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,408
136,093
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :99
United States
Mitchell Elkind
Stroke
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192,865
114,296
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :100
United States
Murray B Stein
Anxiety
stress
trauma
genetics
suicide
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191,329
100,443
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
733
Finland
8
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 76
Aarno Palotie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,587
115,086
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
737
United States
293
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 77
Jean Baudrillard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,280
50,488
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
738
Germany
20
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 78
Jürgen Furthmüller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,226
105,314
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
740
Canada
33
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 79
Jean-Pierre Després
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,108
72,736
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
743
Italy
64
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 80
Gabriella Pugliese
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
205,553
102,492
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
752
Netherlands
9
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 81
Brenda Penninx
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204,412
109,736
0.537
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
765
United Kingdom
59
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 82
Norman Fairclough
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203,091
72,339
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
767
United States
305
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 83
Leslee Shaw
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203,009
80,556
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
773
United States
307
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 84
Jacquelynne Sue Eccles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202,167
68,059
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
778
United States
309
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 85
Michelle L Bell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201,916
132,754
0.657
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
787
Italy
68
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 86
Matteo Marone
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200,832
92,555
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
792
France
17
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 87
Beverley Balkau
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200,552
66,778
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
807
Canada
37
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 88
Stuart J Connolly
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199,515
73,202
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
823
Australia
18
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 89
Rachelle Buchbinder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198,471
123,948
0.625
Musculoskeletal
arthritis
back pain
health literacy
shoulder pain
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
824
Germany
21
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 90
Christoph Wanner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198,292
101,014
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
825
Italy
71
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 91
Vieri Candelise
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198,118
105,492
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
829
United Kingdom
63
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 92
David R Matthews
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197,667
53,400
0.270
diabetes
insulin resistance
beta-cell function
therapeutics
clinical trials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
839
United States
338
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 93
Frank J Gonzalez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,881
52,301
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
852
United States
346
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 94
Leslie T Cooper
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194,262
114,387
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
854
Belgium
9
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 95
Peter Carmeliet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194,143
60,239
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
858
United States
349
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 96
Eugene Blackstone
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,634
73,711
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
859
United States
350
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 97
Saad B Omer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,611
101,728
0.525
Vaccines
COVID-19
Influenza
RSV
Global Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
863
Sweden
12
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 98
Stefan Agewall
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,408
136,093
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
869
United States
357
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 99
Mitchell Elkind
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192,865
114,296
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
879
United States
361
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 100
Murray B Stein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191,329
100,443
0.525
Anxiety
stress
trauma
genetics
suicide