Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Physics Highly Cited Researchers 50 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
Many-body physics
quantum information theory
quantum technologies
quantum simulation
tensor networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,054
20,596
0.468
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Photosynthesis
Artificial Photosynthesis
Chemical Physics
Water Oxidation
Operando Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,495
11,121
0.420
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
nanoscience
plasmonics
carbon-based materials
light-matter coupling
Raman scattering & SERS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,585
9,034
0.353
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
nanoscale condensed matter physics
2D_materials
graphene
TMDCs
MoS2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,610
8,681
0.339
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,892
5,976
0.503
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
condensed matter theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,756
4,538
0.288
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
quantum dynamics
quantum control
molecular physics
open quantum systems
quantum information sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,765
3,627
0.536
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
quantum computing
philosophy of science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,447
2,288
0.935
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
membrane proteins
computational biophysics
computational chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,901
2,061
0.421
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ultrafast Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,384
1,914
0.803
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Quatum Thermodynamics
Open Quantum Systems
Statistical Mechanics
Quantum Information
Foundations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,753
1,600
0.913
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Quantum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,953
1,426
0.730
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ultrafast Dynamics
Surface Science
Magnetism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,487
1,350
0.208
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Nano Optics
Polaritons
Nonlinear Microscopy
2D Materials
IR
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,427
1,214
0.851
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Theory and Applications of Engineered Quantum Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,866
1,211
0.649
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Quantum information
Quantum Cryptography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,844
1,186
0.643
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Quantum thermodynamics
Quantum Information
Foundations of Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,415
1,150
0.476
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Quantum Thermodynamics
Quantum information theory and cryptography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,760
1,041
0.591
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
quantum computing
quantum algorithms
quantum simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,200
1,032
0.860
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
quantum information
quantum thermodynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,436
970
0.675
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Quantum computing
Quantum error correction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
902
848
0.940
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Quantum simulation
Quantum algorithms
Tensor networks
Quantum materials
Many-body physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
814
735
0.903
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Quantum Thermodynamics
Reinforcement Learning
AI for Sciences
Mesoscale Transport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
817
733
0.897
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Directed Transport
Laser-Noise Matter Interaction
Nonclassicality
Chaos & Solitons
Quantum Fluxes in Molecules
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,722
644
0.374
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Optics and Spectroscopy
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
Carbon Nanotubes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,769
640
0.362
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,636
449
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jens Eisert
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,054
20,596
0.468
Many-body physics
quantum information theory
quantum technologies
quantum simulation
tensor networks
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,898
1,188
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Holger Dau
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,495
11,121
0.420
Photosynthesis
Artificial Photosynthesis
Chemical Physics
Water Oxidation
Operando Spectroscopy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,624
1,588
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Stephanie Reich
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,585
9,034
0.353
nanoscience
plasmonics
carbon-based materials
light-matter coupling
Raman scattering & SERS
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,870
1,682
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Kirill Bolotin
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,610
8,681
0.339
nanoscale condensed matter physics
2D_materials
graphene
TMDCs
MoS2
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,765
2,865
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Cecilia Clementi
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,892
5,976
0.503
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,471
4,101
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Piet Brouwer
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,756
4,538
0.288
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
124,192
5,295
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Christiane Koch
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,765
3,627
0.536
quantum dynamics
quantum control
molecular physics
open quantum systems
quantum information sciences
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
209,185
8,633
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Dominik Hangleiter
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,447
2,288
0.935
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
233,104
9,501
116
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ana Nicoleta Bondar
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,901
2,061
0.421
membrane proteins
computational biophysics
computational chemistry
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
251,306
10,179
125
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Till Stensitzki
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,384
1,914
0.803
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
298,956
11,847
141
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Giacomo Guarnieri
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,753
1,600
0.913
Quatum Thermodynamics
Open Quantum Systems
Statistical Mechanics
Quantum Information
Foundations
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
332,069
12,995
153
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Riccardo Laurenza
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,953
1,426
0.730
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
348,243
13,573
164
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Martin Weinelt
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,487
1,350
0.208
Ultrafast Dynamics
Surface Science
Magnetism
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
381,582
14,689
186
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Niclas Sven Mueller
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,427
1,214
0.851
Nano Optics
Polaritons
Nonlinear Microscopy
2D Materials
IR
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
382,307
14,707
187
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
A Metelmann
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,866
1,211
0.649
Theory and Applications of Engineered Quantum Systems
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
388,992
14,925
192
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Nathan Walk
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,844
1,186
0.643
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
398,891
15,267
195
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Rodrigo Gallego
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,415
1,150
0.476
Quantum thermodynamics
Quantum Information
Foundations of Physics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
431,936
16,315
210
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Nelly NG
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,760
1,041
0.591
Quantum Thermodynamics
Quantum information theory and cryptography
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
434,950
16,411
211
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Mark Steudtner
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,200
1,032
0.860
quantum computing
quantum algorithms
quantum simulation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
455,825
17,123
220
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Philippe Faist
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,436
970
0.675
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
502,777
18,652
239
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Joschka Roffe
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
902
848
0.940
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
554,203
20,306
257
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Augustine Kshetrimayum
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
814
735
0.903
Quantum simulation
Quantum algorithms
Tensor networks
Quantum materials
Many-body physics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
555,203
20,342
258
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Paolo Andrea Erdman
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
817
733
0.897
Quantum Thermodynamics
Reinforcement Learning
AI for Sciences
Mesoscale Transport
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
601,965
21,885
276
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Anatole Kenfack
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,722
644
0.374
Directed Transport
Laser-Noise Matter Interaction
Nonclassicality
Chaos & Solitons
Quantum Fluxes in Molecules
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
604,265
21,959
278
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Antonio Setaro
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,769
640
0.362
Optics and Spectroscopy
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
Carbon Nanotubes