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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
CMB cosmology
compact source science
radio and Sub-mm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,556
50,584
0.578
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Gravitational waves
CMB
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,009
33,957
0.531
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Astrophysics
Electronic Structure
Molecular Dynamics
DFT
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,987
26,680
0.861
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Exoplanets
brown dwarfs
astrometry
instrumentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,130
25,459
0.845
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Datascience
IT for science
astrophysics
particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,310
9,762
0.793
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Gravitational Waves
Quantum Mechanics
Fundamentals of Measurements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,895
3,289
0.370
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
astrophysics
stellar activity
solar-stellar connection
star formation
spectropolarimetry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,356
2,750
0.433
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
solar physics
data visualization
space science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,389
2,445
0.721
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Space Plasma Physics
Space Physics
Magnetosphere
Ionosphere
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,086
2,237
0.725
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
General Relativity
Cosmology
Equivalence Principle in Space
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,052
2,039
0.668
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
space physics
semiconductors
condensed matter
synchrotrons
GRB
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,419
1,894
0.225
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Mars
Moon
Surfaces
Atmospheres
Remote Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,124
1,796
0.846
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Astrophysics
Hot Stars
Plasma Physics
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,699
1,578
0.205
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
High-energy Astrophysics
AGN
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,259
1,566
0.481
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Science missions
Cosmology
Gravitational waves ...
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,963
1,421
0.480
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,718
1,395
0.208
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Galaxy Clusters
Cosmology
Galaxy evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,685
1,377
0.817
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Solar Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
941
737
0.783
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Astrophysics
Bioinformatics
High Energy Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,726
674
0.247
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Quantum Information
General Relativity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
707
491
0.694
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
astrophysics
planetary science
analytical instrumentation
data processing and analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,639
438
0.267
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Quantum physics
mesoscopic physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,049
392
0.374
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Space Plasma
Solar Wind
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
273
251
0.919
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Optics
Gravity
RET
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
962
233
0.242
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
optics
space engineering
remote sensing
liquid crystals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
756
158
0.209
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,760
51
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Marcos López-Caniego
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,556
50,584
0.578
CMB cosmology
compact source science
radio and Sub-mm
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,205
92
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Luis Mendes
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,009
33,957
0.531
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,633
144
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Eduardo Anglada
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,987
26,680
0.861
Astrophysics
Electronic Structure
Molecular Dynamics
DFT
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,215
153
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Johannes Sahlmann
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,130
25,459
0.845
Exoplanets
brown dwarfs
astrometry
instrumentation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,097
669
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Alejandro Lorca
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,310
9,762
0.793
Datascience
IT for science
astrophysics
particle physics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
146,827
3,481
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Oliver Jennrich
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,895
3,289
0.370
Gravitational Waves
Quantum Mechanics
Fundamentals of Measurements
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
179,736
4,444
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Gaitee Hussain
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,356
2,750
0.433
astrophysics
stellar activity
solar-stellar connection
star formation
spectropolarimetry
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
203,976
5,166
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Daniel Müller
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,389
2,445
0.721
solar physics
data visualization
space science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
223,910
5,761
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Andrew Walsh
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,086
2,237
0.725
Space Plasma Physics
Space Physics
Magnetosphere
Ionosphere
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
246,006
6,384
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Michele Armano
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,052
2,039
0.668
General Relativity
Cosmology
Equivalence Principle in Space
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
264,773
6,990
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Alan Owens
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,419
1,894
0.225
space physics
semiconductors
condensed matter
synchrotrons
GRB
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
278,765
7,440
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Elliot Sefton-Nash
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,124
1,796
0.846
Mars
Moon
Surfaces
Atmospheres
Remote Sensing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
314,405
8,525
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Amt Pollock
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,699
1,578
0.205
Astrophysics
Hot Stars
Plasma Physics
Statistics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
316,684
8,606
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jacobo Ebrero|
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,259
1,566
0.481
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
345,508
9,525
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Giuseppe D. Racca
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,963
1,421
0.480
Science missions
Cosmology
Gravitational waves ...
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
351,151
9,712
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Tim Oosterbroek
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,718
1,395
0.208
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
355,332
9,848
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Lyndsay Old
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,685
1,377
0.817
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
568,709
16,249
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Chris Nelson
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
941
737
0.783
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
600,682
17,190
97
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Emilio Salazar-Doñate
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,726
674
0.247
Astrophysics
Bioinformatics
High Energy Physics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
716,643
20,591
111
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jai Grover
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
707
491
0.694
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
760,759
21,764
117
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Igor Drozdovsky
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,639
438
0.267
astrophysics
planetary science
analytical instrumentation
data processing and analysis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
806,322
22,939
123
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Benjamin Roussel
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,049
392
0.374
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,001,431
27,812
155
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Georgina Graham
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
273
251
0.919
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,033,978
28,573
157
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Christian J Schwarz
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
962
233
0.242
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,212,379
32,460
179
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ilias Manolis
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
756
158
0.209
optics
space engineering
remote sensing
liquid crystals