Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Physics Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) 2025
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
Particle physics
detector development
distributed computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
284,584
148,708
0.523
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
experimental high energy physics
particle physics
quantum computing
education & outreach
science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242,384
125,935
0.520
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
astrophysics
cosmology
information theory
information field theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,271
57,624
0.580
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Cosmological surveys
weak gravitational lensing
clusters of galaxies
galaxies
artificial intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,624
35,217
0.846
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Cosmology
Structure Formation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,016
27,480
0.572
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Semiconductor Physics
Plasmonics
Solar Energy Conversion
Quantum Dots
Optical Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,880
16,206
0.338
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
astrophysics
machine learning
cosmoslogy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,148
14,568
0.850
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Theoretical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,207
11,748
0.448
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Astrophysics
Planet Formation
Circumstellar Disks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,910
10,498
0.704
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Theoretical Physics
Cosmology
Strings
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,643
10,054
0.299
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Nanoscience
Quantum Dots
Nanochemistry
Perovskites
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,128
9,247
0.831
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
2D Quantum Materials
Moiré Systems
Quantum Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,400
8,441
0.812
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,093
8,246
0.179
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Biological Physics
Soft Matter
Nonequilibrium Dynamics
Statistical Physics
Quantitative Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,113
7,783
0.369
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Physics Education Research
Multiple Representations
Multimedia Learning
Human-Centered AI
Eye Tracking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,575
7,762
0.811
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Cosmology
weak gravitational lensing
galaxy clusters
numerical simulations
statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,576
7,246
0.845
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Physics
Physical Chemistry
Photocatalysis
Nanocrystals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,379
6,725
0.717
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ultracold atoms
topology
quantum simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,725
6,252
0.643
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Strongly correlated fermions
Topological order and FQHE
Many-body Physics
Ultracold Atoms & Photons
Polarons
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,727
5,694
0.846
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Origin of Life
RNA World
Protocells
Astrobiology
Molecular evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,406
5,678
0.424
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Nano-Optics
Ultrafast spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,809
4,047
0.293
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
X-ray Physics
Nanophotonics
Plasmonics
Attosecond Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,289
3,937
0.258
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
Mesoscopic Physics
Strongly Correlated Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,350
3,775
0.333
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
mechanobiology
magnetic tweezers
SAXS
small-angle X-ray scattering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,388
3,664
0.496
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Theoretical Physics
many-body physics
large-scale computer simulations
Monte Carlo simulations
ultracold atoms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,870
3,511
0.356
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
190
5
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Federica Legger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
284,584
148,708
0.523
Particle physics
detector development
distributed computing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
395
15
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sascha Mehlhase
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242,384
125,935
0.520
experimental high energy physics
particle physics
quantum computing
education & outreach
science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,388
83
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Torsten Ensslin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,271
57,624
0.580
astrophysics
cosmology
information theory
information field theory
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,338
209
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Daniel Gruen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,624
35,217
0.846
Cosmological surveys
weak gravitational lensing
clusters of galaxies
galaxies
artificial intelligence
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,867
322
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Joe Mohr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,016
27,480
0.572
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,562
784
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jochen Feldmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,880
16,206
0.338
Semiconductor Physics
Plasmonics
Solar Energy Conversion
Quantum Dots
Optical Spectroscopy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,652
927
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ben Hoyle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,148
14,568
0.850
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,627
1,264
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ulrich Schollwöck
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,207
11,748
0.448
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,955
1,488
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Til Birnstiel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,910
10,498
0.704
Astrophysics
Planet Formation
Circumstellar Disks
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,089
1,587
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
V. Mukhanov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,643
10,054
0.299
Theoretical Physics
Cosmology
Strings
Particle Physics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,844
1,786
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Quinten Adriaan Akkerman|Quinten Adriaan Akkerman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,128
9,247
0.831
Nanoscience
Quantum Dots
Nanochemistry
Perovskites
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,584
2,046
111
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Dmitri K. Efetov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,400
8,441
0.812
2D Quantum Materials
Moiré Systems
Quantum Sensing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,159
2,120
115
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Hermann E.Gaub
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,093
8,246
0.179
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,213
2,271
120
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Erwin Frey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,113
7,783
0.369
Biological Physics
Soft Matter
Nonequilibrium Dynamics
Statistical Physics
Quantitative Biology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,415
2,282
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jochen Kuhn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,575
7,762
0.811
Physics Education Research
Multiple Representations
Multimedia Learning
Human-Centered AI
Eye Tracking
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,741
2,541
133
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sebastian Bocquet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,576
7,246
0.845
Cosmology
weak gravitational lensing
galaxy clusters
numerical simulations
statistics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,063
2,812
145
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jacek Stolarczyk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,379
6,725
0.717
Physics
Physical Chemistry
Photocatalysis
Nanocrystals
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,577
3,101
154
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Monika Aidelsburger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,725
6,252
0.643
Ultracold atoms
topology
quantum simulation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,791
3,501
165
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Fabian Grusdt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,727
5,694
0.846
Strongly correlated fermions
Topological order and FQHE
Many-body Physics
Ultracold Atoms & Photons
Polarons
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,077
3,511
166
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Dieter Braun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,406
5,678
0.424
Origin of Life
RNA World
Protocells
Astrobiology
Molecular evolution
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
121,946
5,228
227
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Achim Hartschuh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,809
4,047
0.293
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
126,081
5,393
233
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ulf Kleineberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,289
3,937
0.258
X-ray Physics
Nanophotonics
Plasmonics
Attosecond Physics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
132,457
5,655
246
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jan Von Delft
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,350
3,775
0.333
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
Mesoscopic Physics
Strongly Correlated Systems
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
137,191
5,854
254
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jan Lipfert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,388
3,664
0.496
mechanobiology
magnetic tweezers
SAXS
small-angle X-ray scattering
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
144,301
6,144
261
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Lode Pollet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,870
3,511
0.356
Theoretical Physics
many-body physics
large-scale computer simulations
Monte Carlo simulations
ultracold atoms