Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Physics Highly Cited Researchers 65 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
High Energy Physics
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
286,110
103,896
0.363
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Cosmology
Modified Gravity
General Relativity
Mathematical Physics
Game Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,270
9,485
0.773
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Relativity
Neutron Stars
Magnetars
Gravitational Waves
Accretion Disks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,074
7,618
0.505
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
physics
nonlinear circuits
chaotic cryptography
robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,919
4,960
0.454
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Satellite communications
Machine Learning for communications
Antenna design and radio propagation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,666
4,816
0.722
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Optical Spectroscopy
Lattice Dynamics
2D Materials
Vibrational/Electronic/Mechanical/Optical properties
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,804
4,643
0.336
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
General Relativity
Compact Objects
Analytic Spacetimes
Multipole Moments
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,625
2,967
0.818
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,261
2,855
0.254
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
nanomagnetism
magnetic multilayers
magnetic nanoparticles
magnetic hyperthermia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,954
2,770
0.465
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
bioelectromagnetics
non-ionizing radiation
biomedical applications
computational multiphysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,262
2,404
0.457
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Astrophysics
Cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,498
1,967
0.303
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
High Energy Astrophysics
Plasma Physics
Space Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,105
1,606
0.226
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Quantum Chemistry
Computational Chemistry
Theoretical Chemistry
Molecular Physics
Computational Condensed Matter Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,879
1,564
0.543
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Theoretical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,625
1,422
0.307
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Electromagnetic Waves
Photonics
Metasurfaces
Graphene
Nonlinear Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,920
1,299
0.677
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Microelectronics
Nanoelectronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,614
1,216
0.184
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Atomistic simulations
Interatomic Potentials and First Principles modelling
Computational methods in Electron Microscopy.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,320
1,191
0.513
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Physics
Materials Science and Engineering
Nanomaterials
Nanotechnology
TEM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,560
1,163
0.255
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Nuclear Physics
Hadron Physics
Nuclear Astrophysics
Heavy-Ion Collisions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,617
1,097
0.303
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Theoretical Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,141
1,084
0.506
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Transmission Electron Microscopy
Materials Science
Structure
Nanomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,571
1,060
0.297
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
radioactivity nuclear Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,075
1,028
0.334
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
transmission electron microscopy
materials physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,002
1,011
0.337
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Optics
Optical Interconnects
Photonic Integrated Circuits
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,297
995
0.433
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Complex Systems
Statistical Physics
Monte Carlo Methods
Biological Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,514
981
0.390
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
488
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Kostas Kordas
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
286,110
103,896
0.363
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,211
167
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
VK Oikonomou
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,270
9,485
0.773
Cosmology
Modified Gravity
General Relativity
Mathematical Physics
Game Theory
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,881
227
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Nikolaos Stergioulas
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,074
7,618
0.505
Relativity
Neutron Stars
Magnetars
Gravitational Waves
Accretion Disks
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,383
426
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Christos Volos
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,919
4,960
0.454
physics
nonlinear circuits
chaotic cryptography
robotics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,631
445
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Sotirios K Goudos
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,666
4,816
0.722
Satellite communications
Machine Learning for communications
Antenna design and radio propagation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,823
473
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Konstantinos Papagelis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,804
4,643
0.336
Optical Spectroscopy
Lattice Dynamics
2D Materials
Vibrational/Electronic/Mechanical/Optical properties
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
157,401
949
131
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
George Pappas
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,625
2,967
0.818
General Relativity
Compact Objects
Analytic Spacetimes
Multipole Moments
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
164,427
1,018
135
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Dimitris Balis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,261
2,855
0.254
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
170,243
1,064
146
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Angelakeris Makis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,954
2,770
0.465
nanomagnetism
magnetic multilayers
magnetic nanoparticles
magnetic hyperthermia
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
198,632
1,256
172
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Theodoros Samaras
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,262
2,404
0.457
bioelectromagnetics
non-ionizing radiation
biomedical applications
computational multiphysics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
244,867
1,615
219
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Manolis Plionis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,498
1,967
0.303
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
298,076
2,047
272
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Loukas Vlahos
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,105
1,606
0.226
High Energy Astrophysics
Plasma Physics
Space Physics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
305,494
2,105
277
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Emmanuel N Koukaras
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,879
1,564
0.543
Quantum Chemistry
Computational Chemistry
Theoretical Chemistry
Molecular Physics
Computational Condensed Matter Physics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
333,165
2,317
301
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Anastasios Petkou
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,625
1,422
0.307
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
360,551
2,557
337
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Alexandros Pitilakis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,920
1,299
0.677
Electromagnetic Waves
Photonics
Metasurfaces
Graphene
Nonlinear Optics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
381,270
2,706
367
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Babis Dimitriadis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,614
1,216
0.184
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
388,019
2,766
376
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Joseph Kioseoglou
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,320
1,191
0.513
Atomistic simulations
Interatomic Potentials and First Principles modelling
Computational methods in Electron Microscopy.
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
395,620
2,840
387
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Philomela Komninou|P Komninou, Filomila Komninou
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,560
1,163
0.255
Physics
Materials Science and Engineering
Nanomaterials
Nanotechnology
TEM
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
414,623
2,992
406
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Theodoros Gaitanos
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,617
1,097
0.303
Nuclear Physics
Hadron Physics
Nuclear Astrophysics
Heavy-Ion Collisions
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
418,640
3,023
411
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Charalampos Moustakidis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,141
1,084
0.506
Theoretical Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Astrophysics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
426,080
3,086
424
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Thomas Kehagias
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,571
1,060
0.297
Transmission Electron Microscopy
Materials Science
Structure
Nanomaterials
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
436,581
3,174
441
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Stoulos Stylianos
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,075
1,028
0.334
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
442,250
3,224
450
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
George Dimitrakopulos
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,002
1,011
0.337
transmission electron microscopy
materials physics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
447,712
3,274
459
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Konstantinos Vyrsokinos
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,297
995
0.433
Optics
Optical Interconnects
Photonic Integrated Circuits
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
452,442
3,308
468
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Kosmas Kosmidis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,514
981
0.390
Complex Systems
Statistical Physics
Monte Carlo Methods
Biological Physics