Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Physics Highly Cited Researchers 168 Scientists Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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.
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
astrophysics
data science
machine learning
high energy physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,018
77,504
0.531
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
computational materials physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,404
51,555
0.552
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Cosmology
Astrophysics
Astronomy
Lensing
Redshift Surveys
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,747
38,087
0.394
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Cavity quantum optomechanics
Superconducting microwave optomechanics
nonlinear integrated photonics
nano-mechanical systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,870
37,519
0.522
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Computational Condensed Matter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,730
22,882
0.411
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Theoretical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,408
15,695
0.318
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Atomic-scale modeling
Machine learning
Materials science
Statistical mechanics
Physical chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,693
14,067
0.753
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Physics
chemistry
Hydrogen
Hydrides
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,246
12,077
0.308
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,195
10,892
0.231
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
cosmology
gravitational lensing
signal processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,472
10,780
0.584
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Condensed Matter Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,132
9,997
0.898
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Electron Microscopy
Structural Biology
Parkinson's disease
Membrane Proteins
Image Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,538
9,807
0.502
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
DFT
catalysis
material science
Condensed Matter Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,943
7,746
0.866
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Condensed matter physics
Density-functional theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,779
7,710
0.878
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Theoretical Physics
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,211
7,413
0.245
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Nonlinear optics
Photonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,518
7,151
0.840
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Quantum Magnetism and Strongly Correlated Electron Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,491
6,331
0.437
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
superresolution microscopy
physics of living systems
mitochondrial dynamics
bacterial division
centriole organization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,243
5,696
0.430
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Photonics
Fiber optics
nonlinear fiber optics
optical fibre sensors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,751
5,514
0.311
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Magnonics
Nanomagnetism
Spintronics
Semiconductors
Spin Waves
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,009
5,513
0.394
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Semiconductors
Nanostructures
LEDs
Lasers
Optoelectronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,331
5,451
0.215
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,803
5,268
0.488
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Condensed Matter Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,548
4,808
0.291
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Quantum Field Theory
String Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,935
4,745
0.598
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Open quantum systems
Quantum optics
Quantum information
Quantum computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,189
4,486
0.316
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,171
12
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Emma Tolley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,018
77,504
0.531
astrophysics
data science
machine learning
high energy physics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,445
31
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Oleg Yazyev
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,404
51,555
0.552
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,032
58
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jean Paul Kneib
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,747
38,087
0.394
Cosmology
Astrophysics
Astronomy
Lensing
Redshift Surveys
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,121
60
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Tobias J Kippenberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,870
37,519
0.522
Cavity quantum optomechanics
Superconducting microwave optomechanics
nonlinear integrated photonics
nano-mechanical systems
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,026
148
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Alfredo Pasquarello
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,730
22,882
0.411
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,963
267
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Mikhail Shaposhnikov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,408
15,695
0.318
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,851
324
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Michele Ceriotti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,693
14,067
0.753
Atomic-scale modeling
Machine learning
Materials science
Statistical mechanics
Physical chemistry
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,709
428
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Andreas Züttel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,246
12,077
0.308
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,740
512
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Demetri Psaltis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,195
10,892
0.231
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,165
519
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Frederic Courbin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,472
10,780
0.584
cosmology
gravitational lensing
signal processing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,536
575
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Iurii Timrov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,132
9,997
0.898
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,467
588
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Henning Stahlberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,538
9,807
0.502
Electron Microscopy
Structural Biology
Parkinson's disease
Membrane Proteins
Image Processing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,765
846
121
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ngoc Linh Nguyen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,943
7,746
0.866
DFT
catalysis
material science
Condensed Matter Physics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,067
851
122
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Nicola Colonna
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,779
7,710
0.878
Condensed matter physics
Density-functional theory
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,650
904
128
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Riccardo Rattazzi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,211
7,413
0.245
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,253
942
132
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Maxim Karpov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,518
7,151
0.840
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,728
1,094
150
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Henrik M Ronnow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,491
6,331
0.437
Quantum Magnetism and Strongly Correlated Electron Physics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,197
1,249
166
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Suliana Manley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,243
5,696
0.430
superresolution microscopy
physics of living systems
mitochondrial dynamics
bacterial division
centriole organization
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,295
1,302
174
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Luc Thévenaz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,751
5,514
0.311
Photonics
Fiber optics
nonlinear fiber optics
optical fibre sensors
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,308
1,303
175
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Dirk Grundler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,009
5,513
0.394
Magnonics
Nanomagnetism
Spintronics
Semiconductors
Spin Waves
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,452
1,322
177
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Nicolas Grandjean
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,331
5,451
0.215
Semiconductors
Nanostructures
LEDs
Lasers
Optoelectronics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,959
1,381
184
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Matthieu Wyart
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,803
5,268
0.488
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,694
1,527
207
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Frédéric Mila
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,548
4,808
0.291
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,232
1,552
213
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Joao Penedones
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,935
4,745
0.598
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95,799
1,661
233
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Vincenzo Savona
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,189
4,486
0.316
Open quantum systems
Quantum optics
Quantum information
Quantum computing