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
Quantum Computing Applications and Algorithms
Artificial intelligence
Particle physics phenomenology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,874
37,611
0.920
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
physics of information
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,323
30,589
0.277
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
quantum information
quantum computing
superconducting quantum circuits
quantum control
quantum simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,967
30,375
0.675
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Quantum computing
Superconducting quantum circuits
quantum algorithms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,288
17,455
0.690
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Quantum computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,065
12,297
0.721
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
materials physics
nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,727
11,352
0.168
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
quantum information
quantum many body theory
mathematical physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,776
11,000
0.934
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
quantum computing
quantum information
quantum dynamics
electronic structure
TDDFT
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,542
10,760
0.499
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
quantum computing
quantum devices
quantum simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,819
9,606
0.888
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Quantum Computing
Superconducting Quantum Circuits
Condensed Matter Physics
Topological
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,940
9,282
0.934
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Semiconductor physics
photovoltaics
nano and quantum electronics
electrodynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,159
9,138
0.412
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Condensed Matter Physics
Spintronics
Magnetoelectronics
Quantum Materials
Quantum Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,592
7,130
0.489
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
quantum information
quantum computing
error-correction
fault-tolerance
superconducting circuits
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,737
6,661
0.762
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
quantum information
quantum computing
superconducting circuits
quantum control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,742
6,631
0.450
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Quantum Computing
Quantum Information
Superconducting Qubits
Control Systems
Quantum Tomography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,739
6,563
0.478
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Quantum Information
Quantum Computing
Superconducting Circuits
Mesoscopic Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,501
6,429
0.756
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Statistical Physics
Biophysics
Systems Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,570
5,993
0.341
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Condensed matter
Quantum Optics
quantum computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,855
5,424
0.613
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Quantum information
Superconducting qubits
Optimal control
Applications of quantum computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,382
5,093
0.946
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Quantum Simulation
Quantum Computation
Foundations of Quantum Physics
Atomic Physics
Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,776
4,845
0.839
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Physics
IoT
ML
AI
Geospatial
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,783
4,716
0.342
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Physics
AI
Geospatial
Climate
Environment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,876
4,647
0.427
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Quantum Physics
Quantum Optics
Computational Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,729
4,441
0.775
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
materials physics
device physics
advanced information technologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,081
4,354
0.207
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Quantum Information
Quantum Computing
Quantum Physics
HPC
Algorithms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,144
4,108
0.991
Declan Millar
IBM Corporation
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,874
37,611
0.920
Quantum Computing Applications and Algorithms
Artificial intelligence
Particle physics phenomenology
Charles H Bennett
IBM Corporation
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,323
30,589
0.277
Jay M Gambetta
IBM Corporation
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,967
30,375
0.675
quantum information
quantum computing
superconducting quantum circuits
quantum control
quantum simulation
Jerry M Chow
IBM Corporation
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,288
17,455
0.690
Quantum computing
Superconducting quantum circuits
quantum algorithms
Sergey Bravyi
IBM Corporation
New York, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,065
12,297
0.721
Jerry Tersoff
IBM Corporation
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,727
11,352
0.168
Kristan Temme
IBM Corporation
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,776
11,000
0.934
quantum information
quantum many body theory
mathematical physics
İvano Tavernelli
IBM Corporation
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,542
10,760
0.499
quantum computing
quantum information
quantum dynamics
electronic structure
TDDFT
Antonio Mezzacapo
IBM Corporation
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,819
9,606
0.888
quantum computing
quantum devices
quantum simulation
Abhinav Kandala
IBM Corporation
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,940
9,282
0.934
Quantum Computing
Superconducting Quantum Circuits
Condensed Matter Physics
Topological
Oki Gunawan
IBM Corporation
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,159
9,138
0.412
Semiconductor physics
photovoltaics
nano and quantum electronics
electrodynamics
See-Hun Yang
IBM Corporation
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,592
7,130
0.489
Condensed Matter Physics
Spintronics
Magnetoelectronics
Quantum Materials
Quantum Physics
Andrew W Cross
IBM Corporation
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,737
6,661
0.762
quantum information
quantum computing
error-correction
fault-tolerance
superconducting circuits
Matthias Steffen
IBM Corporation
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,742
6,631
0.450
quantum information
quantum computing
superconducting circuits
quantum control
Blake R Johnson
IBM Corporation
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,739
6,563
0.478
Quantum Computing
Quantum Information
Superconducting Qubits
Control Systems
Quantum Tomography
Antonio Corcoles
IBM Corporation
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,501
6,429
0.756
Quantum Information
Quantum Computing
Superconducting Circuits
Mesoscopic Physics
Yuhai Tu
IBM Corporation
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,570
5,993
0.341
Statistical Physics
Biophysics
Systems Biology
Lev Bishop
IBM Corporation
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,855
5,424
0.613
Condensed matter
Quantum Optics
quantum computing
Daniel J Egger
IBM Corporation
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,382
5,093
0.946
Quantum information
Superconducting qubits
Optimal control
Applications of quantum computing
Petar Jurcevic
IBM Corporation
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,776
4,845
0.839
Quantum Simulation
Quantum Computation
Foundations of Quantum Physics
Atomic Physics
Spectroscopy
Hendrik Hamann
IBM Corporation
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,783
4,716
0.342
Blair Edwards
IBM Corporation
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,876
4,647
0.427
Paul Nation
IBM Corporation
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,729
4,441
0.775
Quantum Physics
Quantum Optics
Computational Physics
Jonathan Z Sun
IBM Corporation
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,081
4,354
0.207
materials physics
device physics
advanced information technologies
Panagiotis Barkoutsos
IBM Corporation
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,144
4,108
0.991
Quantum Information
Quantum Computing
Quantum Physics
HPC
Algorithms