Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Physics Highly Cited Researchers 17 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
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,574
15,157
0.915
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Cosmology
Dark Energy
General Relativity
Gravitational lensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,756
6,024
0.777
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Astrophysics
Cosmology
Gravitation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,558
2,762
0.365
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Gravitation and Cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,015
1,840
0.262
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Física
Ressonância Magnética Nuclear
Ciência dos Materiais
Carbono
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,572
1,778
0.498
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Optical Sensors
Optical Communications
Networking
SDN/NFV in Cloud Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,321
1,395
0.601
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Física Atômica e Molecular
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,878
1,191
0.307
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Carbon materials
Ceramic materials
Brittle Fracture
Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Science and Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,034
685
0.337
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,346
593
0.441
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Física do Estado Sólido
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
750
548
0.731
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Plasma
Superconductor
Carbon Materials
Energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,078
485
0.450
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Conformal field theories
String theory
General relativity
Cosmology
AdS/CFT duality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,785
231
0.129
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Física
Ensino de Física
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,078
204
0.189
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Matéria condensada
Magnetismo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
510
191
0.375
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Quantum Field Theory
Gravity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
697
120
0.172
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Física Atômica e Molecular
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Computation
Quantum Information
Special Relativity
AdS/CFT
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,835
154
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Edison Santos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,574
15,157
0.915
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,003
800
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Valerio Marra
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,756
6,024
0.777
Cosmology
Dark Energy
General Relativity
Gravitational lensing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
170,572
3,015
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Júlio Fabris
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,558
2,762
0.365
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
261,162
5,638
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Winfried Zimdahl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,015
1,840
0.262
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
270,107
5,902
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jair Cc Freitas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,572
1,778
0.498
Física
Ressonância Magnética Nuclear
Ciência dos Materiais
Carbono
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
338,667
8,101
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Moises Rn Ribeiro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,321
1,395
0.601
Optical Sensors
Optical Communications
Networking
SDN/NFV in Cloud Computing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
387,494
9,762
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Francisco Elias Jorge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,878
1,191
0.307
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
579,363
17,119
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Francisco Guilherme Emmerich
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,034
685
0.337
Carbon materials
Ceramic materials
Brittle Fracture
Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Science and Engineering
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
632,233
19,211
144
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Wanderla Luis Scopel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,346
593
0.441
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
662,214
20,441
155
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Miguel Angelo Schettino Junior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
750
548
0.731
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
709,598
22,339
167
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Alfredo Gonçalves Cunha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,078
485
0.450
Plasma
Superconductor
Carbon Materials
Energy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,037,248
32,841
233
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Galen M Sotkov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,785
231
0.129
Conformal field theories
String theory
General relativity
Cosmology
AdS/CFT duality
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,096,226
34,349
238
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Anderson Coser Gaudio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,078
204
0.189
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,127,946
35,202
242
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
José Rafael Cápua Proveti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
510
191
0.375
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,348,959
40,436
264
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Clisthenis Ponce Constantinidis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
697
120
0.172
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,214,133
66,483
435
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Daniel Vb Coura
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,214,133
66,483
435
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
José Victor Soares Scursulim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Computation
Quantum Information
Special Relativity
AdS/CFT