Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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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.
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,719
29,626
0.330
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Astronomy astrophysics physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,850
22,598
0.472
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
astronomy
AGN
blazars
high-energy astrophysics
astroparticle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,420
10,447
0.381
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
spectroscopy
chemical composition
exoplanets
Sandage test
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,079
10,071
0.418
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,462
9,991
0.392
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Active Galactic Nuclei
High Energy Astrophysics
Astronomical instrumentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,818
7,454
0.845
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Astrophysics
Instrumentation
Detectors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,530
7,331
0.472
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Astrophysics
Exoplanets
Information engineering
Gaussian processes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,986
6,525
0.594
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Astrophysics
exoplanets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,615
6,118
0.803
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Interferometry
Stellar Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,117
5,711
0.564
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Type Ia Supernovae
spectropolarimetry
SLSNe
Small Solar System bodies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,470
5,467
0.845
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
AtLAST
ALMA
SZ effect from galaxy clusters
observational cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,270
5,354
0.736
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Astrophysics
Astronomy
Astronomical instrumentation
Spectroscopy
High redshift radio galaxies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,006
5,285
0.480
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Exoplanets
Planet Formation
Circumstelllar Disks
Adaptive Optics imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,817
5,183
0.588
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Optical Interferometry
Stellar Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,201
5,038
0.548
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
exoplanets
giant planet formation
radial velocity measurements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,988
3,887
0.975
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Solar System
Comets
Asteroids
TNOs
Interstellar Object(s)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,605
3,510
0.302
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Astrophysics
data-driven science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,468
3,397
0.760
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
galaxy evolution
observational astrophysics
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,121
3,093
0.991
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,907
2,850
0.288
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,657
2,804
0.290
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
astrophysics vision colour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,812
2,158
0.168
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Physics
Data Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,079
2,053
0.667
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Stellar Astrophysics
Optical Interferometry
Evolved Stars
Mass Loss
Stellar Wind
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,250
1,683
0.748
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Super massive black holes
active galaxies
statistics
machine learning
high-z galaxies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,259
1,100
0.874
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,010
284
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Rob Ivison
European Southern Observatory
Garching bei München, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,719
29,626
0.330
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,703
440
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Leonardo Testi
European Southern Observatory
Garching bei München, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,850
22,598
0.472
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,382
1,497
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Paolo Padovani
European Southern Observatory
Garching bei München, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,420
10,447
0.381
astronomy
AGN
blazars
high-energy astrophysics
astroparticle
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,209
1,585
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Luca Pasquini
European Southern Observatory
Garching bei München, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,079
10,071
0.418
spectroscopy
chemical composition
exoplanets
Sandage test
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,636
1,603
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ferdinando Patat
European Southern Observatory
Garching bei München, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,462
9,991
0.392
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,829
2,426
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Marco Berton
European Southern Observatory
Garching bei München, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,818
7,454
0.845
Active Galactic Nuclei
High Energy Astrophysics
Astronomical instrumentation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,127
2,502
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Elizabeth M George
European Southern Observatory
Garching bei München, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,530
7,331
0.472
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,996
2,934
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Neale Gibson
European Southern Observatory
Garching bei München, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,986
6,525
0.594
Astrophysics
Exoplanets
Information engineering
Gaussian processes
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,042
3,207
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jorge Lillo-Box
European Southern Observatory
Garching bei München, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,615
6,118
0.803
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,963
3,499
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Markus Wittkowski
European Southern Observatory
Garching bei München, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,117
5,711
0.564
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,591
3,697
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Aleksandar Cikota
European Southern Observatory
Garching bei München, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,470
5,467
0.845
Type Ia Supernovae
spectropolarimetry
SLSNe
Small Solar System bodies
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,868
3,776
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Tony Mroczkowski
European Southern Observatory
Garching bei München, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,270
5,354
0.736
AtLAST
ALMA
SZ effect from galaxy clusters
observational cosmology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,330
3,836
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Joël Vernet
European Southern Observatory
Garching bei München, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,006
5,285
0.480
Astrophysics
Astronomy
Astronomical instrumentation
Spectroscopy
High redshift radio galaxies
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,481
3,939
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Zahed Wahhaj
European Southern Observatory
Garching bei München, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,817
5,183
0.588
Exoplanets
Planet Formation
Circumstelllar Disks
Adaptive Optics imaging
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,839
4,085
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Antoine Mérand
European Southern Observatory
Garching bei München, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,201
5,038
0.548
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Optical Interferometry
Stellar Physics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,812
5,494
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Louise Dyregaard Nielsen
European Southern Observatory
Garching bei München, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,988
3,887
0.975
exoplanets
giant planet formation
radial velocity measurements
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
145,236
6,166
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Olivier R. Hainaut
European Southern Observatory
Garching bei München, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,605
3,510
0.302
Solar System
Comets
Asteroids
TNOs
Interstellar Object(s)
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,837
6,424
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Remco Van Der Burg
European Southern Observatory
Garching bei München, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,468
3,397
0.760
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
167,733
7,056
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Michele Ginolfi
European Southern Observatory
Garching bei München, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,121
3,093
0.991
galaxy evolution
observational astrophysics
machine learning
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
183,708
7,662
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ralf Siebenmorgen
European Southern Observatory
Garching bei München, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,907
2,850
0.288
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
186,984
7,797
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Gianni Marconi
European Southern Observatory
Garching bei München, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,657
2,804
0.290
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
245,849
9,977
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Robert Ae (Bob) Fosbury
European Southern Observatory
Garching bei München, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,812
2,158
0.168
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
258,635
10,424
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
George B. Lansbury
European Southern Observatory
Garching bei München, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,079
2,053
0.667
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Physics
Data Science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
312,380
12,336
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Paladini Claudia
European Southern Observatory
Garching bei München, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,250
1,683
0.748
Stellar Astrophysics
Optical Interferometry
Evolved Stars
Mass Loss
Stellar Wind
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
447,703
16,791
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Julián Mejia-Restrepo
European Southern Observatory
Garching bei München, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,259
1,100
0.874
Super massive black holes
active galaxies
statistics
machine learning
high-z galaxies