Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Physics Highly Cited Researchers 102 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
nuclear physics
uncertainty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,150
7,266
0.553
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Neutron Imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,109
5,960
0.370
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Computational Physics
Quantum Many Body Systems
Condensed Matter Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,179
5,394
0.409
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Quantum Simulation
Quantum Computing
Trapped Ions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,575
4,370
0.665
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Condensed Matter Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,087
4,139
0.257
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Physics
accelerators
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,829
3,812
0.654
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Particle physics
Collider phenomenology
Computational physics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,834
3,726
0.209
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,876
3,533
0.601
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Charge-magnetisation dynamics
Multiferroics
Spin-Orbit Coupling
Ultrafast Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,485
3,400
0.976
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
X-ray free electron lasers
time-resolved crystallography
retinal-binding proteins
G protein-coupled receptors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,147
3,356
0.470
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Neutron Imaging
Computed Tomography
Image Processing
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,944
3,320
0.478
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Magnetism and Microscopy
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,454
3,292
0.510
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
neutron science
instrumentation
imaging
material science
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,518
3,199
0.491
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Terahertz science
nonlinear optics
ultrafast magnetization
high-harmonic generation
lasers for
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,346
3,175
0.380
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Neutron imaging
X-ray imaging
Materials Science
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,208
2,872
0.551
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
physics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,025
2,839
0.315
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,205
2,779
0.661
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Condensed Matter Theory
Statistical Physics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,081
2,645
0.374
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Condensed matter physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,577
2,491
0.329
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Physics
Laser
Accelerator
THz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,957
2,487
0.417
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
quantum magnetism
strongly correlated electronic systems
magnetic frustration
quantum spin liquids
quantum phase transitions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,424
2,400
0.374
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Condensed Matter Physics
Superconductors/Topological Materials
Electronic Structure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,653
2,115
0.797
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Condensed matter physics
neutron scattering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,286
2,088
0.395
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
magnetism
2D magnetism
multiferroics
x-ray absorption spectrocopy
multiplet theory
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,582
2,060
0.450
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Physics
Neutrons
Radiation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,650
2,044
0.560
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,091
926
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Dimitri Rochman
Paul Scherrer Institute
Villigen, Switzerland
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,150
7,266
0.553
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,097
1,185
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Eberhard Lehmann
Paul Scherrer Institute
Villigen, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,109
5,960
0.370
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,643
1,343
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Andreas Läuchli
Paul Scherrer Institute
Villigen, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,179
5,394
0.409
Computational Physics
Quantum Many Body Systems
Condensed Matter Theory
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,186
1,716
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Cornelius Hempel
Paul Scherrer Institute
Villigen, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,575
4,370
0.665
Quantum Simulation
Quantum Computing
Trapped Ions
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106,097
1,820
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Alex Amato
Paul Scherrer Institute
Villigen, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,087
4,139
0.257
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,177
1,969
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Leonid Rivkin
Paul Scherrer Institute
Villigen, Switzerland
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,829
3,812
0.654
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120,381
2,012
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Emanuele Angelo Bagnaschi
Paul Scherrer Institute
Villigen, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,834
3,726
0.209
Particle physics
Collider phenomenology
Computational physics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,388
2,104
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jonathan White
Paul Scherrer Institute
Villigen, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,876
3,533
0.601
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
134,418
2,194
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Abhishek Nag
Paul Scherrer Institute
Villigen, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,485
3,400
0.976
Charge-magnetisation dynamics
Multiferroics
Spin-Orbit Coupling
Ultrafast Spectroscopy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,444
2,221
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Joerg Standfuss
Paul Scherrer Institute
Villigen, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,147
3,356
0.470
X-ray free electron lasers
time-resolved crystallography
retinal-binding proteins
G protein-coupled receptors
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
138,237
2,250
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Anders Kaestner
Paul Scherrer Institute
Villigen, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,944
3,320
0.478
Neutron Imaging
Computed Tomography
Image Processing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
139,591
2,268
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Armin Kleibert
Paul Scherrer Institute
Villigen, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,454
3,292
0.510
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
144,417
2,324
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Markus Strobl
Paul Scherrer Institute
Villigen, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,518
3,199
0.491
neutron science
instrumentation
imaging
material science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
145,629
2,340
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Christoph P. Hauri
Paul Scherrer Institute
Villigen, Switzerland
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,346
3,175
0.380
Terahertz science
nonlinear optics
ultrafast magnetization
high-harmonic generation
lasers for
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
163,286
2,571
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Pavel Trtik
Paul Scherrer Institute
Villigen, Switzerland
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,208
2,872
0.551
Neutron imaging
X-ray imaging
Materials Science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
165,500
2,609
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Urs Staub
Paul Scherrer Institute
Villigen, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,025
2,839
0.315
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
169,597
2,671
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
P. Schmidt-Wellenburg
Paul Scherrer Institute
Villigen, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,205
2,779
0.661
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
178,993
2,782
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Markus Müller|Markus Mueller
Paul Scherrer Institute
Villigen, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,081
2,645
0.374
Condensed Matter Theory
Statistical Physics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
191,147
2,937
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Christopher Mudry
Paul Scherrer Institute
Villigen, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,577
2,491
0.329
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
191,481
2,945
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Carlo Vicario
Paul Scherrer Institute
Villigen, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,957
2,487
0.417
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
199,006
3,022
91
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
B. Normand
Paul Scherrer Institute
Villigen, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,424
2,400
0.374
quantum magnetism
strongly correlated electronic systems
magnetic frustration
quantum spin liquids
quantum phase transitions
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
227,434
3,403
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Yong Hu
Paul Scherrer Institute
Villigen, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,653
2,115
0.797
Condensed Matter Physics
Superconductors/Topological Materials
Electronic Structure
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
230,380
3,451
105
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Tom Fennell
Paul Scherrer Institute
Villigen, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,286
2,088
0.395
Condensed matter physics
neutron scattering
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
233,521
3,492
106
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Cinthia Piamonteze
Paul Scherrer Institute
Villigen, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,582
2,060
0.450
magnetism
2D magnetism
multiferroics
x-ray absorption spectrocopy
multiplet theory
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
235,484
3,512
107
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Malgorzata Kasprzak
Paul Scherrer Institute
Villigen, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,650
2,044
0.560