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Highly Cited Researchers
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Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
Theoretical and Computational Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,153
5,047
0.357
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
soft condensed matter
nonlinear dynamics
soft matter
colloids
soft condensed matter physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,595
4,998
0.301
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
theoretical biophysics
quantitative biology
complex systems
q-bio
computational and theoretical neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,387
3,752
0.400
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Nanoscience
Magnetism
Spintronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,350
3,317
0.451
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
theoretical chemistry
condensed matter physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,506
2,843
0.811
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Condensed Matter Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,127
1,562
0.500
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
soft matter physics
soft earth geophysics
fluid mechanics
granular materials
plasma physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,450
1,471
0.600
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Soft Matter Physics
Polymers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,306
1,241
0.375
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics
glasses
fracture
Laplacian growth
disordered systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,466
1,218
0.163
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Soft condensed matter physics
organismal biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,449
1,208
0.834
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Nanophotonics
nonlinear optics
ultrafast optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,589
1,109
0.428
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Physics
Biochemistry
Structural Biology
Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,675
981
0.586
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Biophysics
Optics
Fluorescence
Fluctuation Spectroscopy
Energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,484
972
0.217
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Soft Condensed Matter
Fluid Physics
Colloids
Polymers
Astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,717
850
0.180
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Physics-Informed Machine Learning
Medical Physics
Artificial Intelligence
Proton Therapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
850
828
0.974
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Black Hole Physics
Quasars and Active Galaxies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,366
691
0.292
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Quantum Gravity
Quantum Foundations
Artificial Intelligence
Condensed Matter
Quantum Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
749
651
0.869
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
exercise
neuroscience
spinal plasticity
multiple sclerosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,012
650
0.323
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Brain implants and prostheses
quantum telecommunications
science in science fiction
science in entertainment
promissory science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,450
500
0.145
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Non-Equilibrium Statistical Physics
Biophysics
Emergent Phenomena
Collective Animal Behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
642
452
0.704
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Polymer Physics
Soft Matter
Interfaces
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
595
246
0.413
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183
105
0.574
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Neurophysics
fMRI
Cognitive Neuroscience
Alzheimer's disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
83
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
76
0.809
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
13
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,381
32,175
222
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Stefan Boettcher
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,153
5,047
0.357
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,442
32,526
226
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Eric R Weeks
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,595
4,998
0.301
soft condensed matter
nonlinear dynamics
soft matter
colloids
soft condensed matter physics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
125,905
44,700
294
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ilya Nemenman
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,387
3,752
0.400
theoretical biophysics
quantitative biology
complex systems
q-bio
computational and theoretical neuroscience
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
145,449
50,846
329
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sergei Urazhdin
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,350
3,317
0.451
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
173,171
59,266
388
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Raphael F Ribeiro
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,506
2,843
0.811
theoretical chemistry
condensed matter physics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
317,409
101,582
616
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Luiz Santos
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,127
1,562
0.500
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
335,127
106,511
646
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Justin C Burton
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,450
1,471
0.600
soft matter physics
soft earth geophysics
fluid mechanics
granular materials
plasma physics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
388,063
121,360
730
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Connie B Roth
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,306
1,241
0.375
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
394,049
122,972
740
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
H George E Hentschel
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,466
1,218
0.163
Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics
glasses
fracture
Laplacian growth
disordered systems
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
396,878
123,756
743
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jennifer M Rieser
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,449
1,208
0.834
Soft condensed matter physics
organismal biophysics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
425,019
131,454
775
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Hayk Harutyunyan
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,589
1,109
0.428
Nanophotonics
nonlinear optics
ultrafast optics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
466,780
142,761
833
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Katherine M Davis
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,675
981
0.586
Physics
Biochemistry
Structural Biology
Spectroscopy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
469,847
143,558
841
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Keith Berland
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,484
972
0.217
Biophysics
Optics
Fluorescence
Fluctuation Spectroscopy
Energy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
517,006
156,016
909
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Phil Segre
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,717
850
0.180
Soft Condensed Matter
Fluid Physics
Colloids
Polymers
Astronomy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
526,892
158,627
922
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Chih-Wei Chang
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
850
828
0.974
Physics-Informed Machine Learning
Medical Physics
Artificial Intelligence
Proton Therapy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
591,638
175,225
1,005
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Erin Wells Bonning
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,366
691
0.292
Black Hole Physics
Quasars and Active Galaxies
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
613,695
180,696
1,031
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Kelvin George Chng
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
749
651
0.869
Quantum Gravity
Quantum Foundations
Artificial Intelligence
Condensed Matter
Quantum Computing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
613,820
180,731
1,032
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Manning J Sabatier
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,012
650
0.323
exercise
neuroscience
spinal plasticity
multiple sclerosis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
709,333
203,451
1,163
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sidney Perkowitz
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,450
500
0.145
Brain implants and prostheses
quantum telecommunications
science in science fiction
science in entertainment
promissory science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
748,743
212,185
1,221
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Itai Pinkoviezky
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
642
452
0.704
Non-Equilibrium Statistical Physics
Biophysics
Emergent Phenomena
Collective Animal Behavior
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,009,478
262,570
1,466
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Justin Pye
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
595
246
0.413
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,400,376
324,134
1,753
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Dominic Robe
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183
105
0.574
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,507,005
339,359
1,837
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Chandrama Mukherjee
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
83
1.000
Neurophysics
fMRI
Cognitive Neuroscience
Alzheimer's disease
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,541,513
344,294
1,854
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Nforneh Benjamen
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
76
0.809
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,094,568
417,460
2,171
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Sergei Ivanov
Emory University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
13
1.000