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
exoplanets
binary stars
astroinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,184
14,477
0.683
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Condensed Matter Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,363
3,006
0.689
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
String Theory
Cosmology
Supergravity
Mathematical Physics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,160
2,333
0.561
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Experimental atomic physics
Fermi gases
Rydberg polaritons
Cold molecules
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,099
2,279
0.447
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Biophysics
Cytoskeleton
Mathematical Modeling
Cytokinesis
Cell Motility and Polarization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,257
1,831
0.430
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
photonics
optoelectronics
biosensing
plasmonics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,373
1,760
0.155
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
molecular photonics
nonlinear optics
organic semiconductors
singlet fission
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,300
1,568
0.249
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
semiconductor physics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,157
1,230
0.134
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Plasma Physics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,187
1,156
0.223
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
astronomy
astrophysics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,333
935
0.281
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Condensed matter physics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,790
922
0.105
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
condensed matter physics
optics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,920
855
0.174
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
High Energy Physics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,755
709
0.404
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Soft Matter Physics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,126
642
0.302
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,707
234
0.086
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Optical Spectroscopy
Dimensional Metrology
Thin Films
Semiconductors
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
580
166
0.286
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Computational Biology
Biophysics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207
156
0.754
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
physics education research
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
569
41
0.072
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
condensed matter theory
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Condensed matter physics
computational physics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
Joshua Pepper
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,184
14,477
0.683
Bitan Roy
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,363
3,006
0.689
Timm Wrase
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,160
2,333
0.561
String Theory
Cosmology
Supergravity
Mathematical Physics
Ariel Sommer
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,099
2,279
0.447
Experimental atomic physics
Fermi gases
Rydberg polaritons
Cold molecules
Dimitrios Vavylonis
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,257
1,831
0.430
Biophysics
Cytoskeleton
Mathematical Modeling
Cytokinesis
Cell Motility and Polarization
Filbert Bartoli
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,373
1,760
0.155
photonics
optoelectronics
biosensing
plasmonics
Ivan Biaggio
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,300
1,568
0.249
molecular photonics
nonlinear optics
organic semiconductors
singlet fission
Michael Stavola
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,157
1,230
0.134
Arnold Kritz
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,187
1,156
0.223
M Virginia Mcswain
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,333
935
0.281
W Beall Fowler
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,790
922
0.105
Jean Toulouse
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,920
855
0.174
Sera Cremonini
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,755
709
0.404
H Daniel Ou Yang
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,126
642
0.302
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
AP Hickman
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,707
234
0.086
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Cornel Bozdog
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
580
166
0.286
Optical Spectroscopy
Dimensional Metrology
Thin Films
Semiconductors
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Haosu Tang
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207
156
0.754
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Jerome Licini
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
569
41
0.072
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Daniel J Salib
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Chidiebere Nwaogbo
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
Condensed matter physics
computational physics