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
Solar energy conversion
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
491,458
161,949
0.330
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
astrophysics
data science
machine learning
high energy physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,362
83,116
0.638
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Statistics
Machine Learning
Renewable Energy
Building Physics
Particle Physics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201,640
74,666
0.370
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
solar energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
184,834
71,567
0.387
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
solar cells
photoelectrochemistry
solar fuel
dye-sensitized
perovskite solar cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143,284
68,345
0.477
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
computational materials science
condensed matter physics
density-functional theory
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,477
56,565
0.632
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
computational materials physics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,588
51,999
0.594
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Aging
Mitochondria
Systems genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143,186
49,776
0.348
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Nanoelectronics
2D materials
2-D materials
dichalcogenides
MoS2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,731
44,432
0.572
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Cosmology
Astrophysics
Astronomy
Lensing
Redshift Surveys
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,828
40,238
0.433
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Cement
Concrete
Sustainability
Electron Microscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,647
40,089
0.684
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,468
38,420
0.301
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Cavity quantum optomechanics
Superconducting microwave optomechanics
nonlinear integrated photonics
nano-mechanical systems
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,819
38,340
0.565
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Computer Vision
Augmented Reality
Biomedical Imaging
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,043
36,300
0.465
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
data science
machine learning
artificial intelligence
network science
computer vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,630
28,680
0.615
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Human brain structure and function
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192,847
28,224
0.146
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Computer Vision
Transportation
Autonomous driving
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Artificial
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,718
24,845
0.836
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
chemistry
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,084
24,839
0.605
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Computational Condensed Matter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,453
24,232
0.453
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
bioorganometallic chemistry
organometallic chemistry
biomass conversion
catalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,017
23,816
0.384
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
machine learning
image processing
computer vision
multimedia communications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,169
22,976
0.693
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
image processing
wavelets
splines
biomedical imaging
inverse problems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,808
21,286
0.319
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
solar cells and modules
building integrated photovoltaics
storage
smart grid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,216
21,199
0.514
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Machine Learning
Optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,842
20,534
0.899
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
life sciences
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,365
19,881
0.251
Michael Graetzel
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
491,458
161,949
0.330
Emma Tolley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,362
83,116
0.638
astrophysics
data science
machine learning
high energy physics
Roberto Castello
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201,640
74,666
0.370
Statistics
Machine Learning
Renewable Energy
Building Physics
Particle Physics
Nazeeruddin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
184,834
71,567
0.387
Anders Hagfeldt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143,284
68,345
0.477
solar cells
photoelectrochemistry
solar fuel
dye-sensitized
perovskite solar cells
Nicola Marzari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,477
56,565
0.632
computational materials science
condensed matter physics
density-functional theory
Oleg Yazyev
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,588
51,999
0.594
Johan Auwerx
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143,186
49,776
0.348
Andras Kis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,731
44,432
0.572
Nanoelectronics
2D materials
2-D materials
dichalcogenides
MoS2
Jean Paul Kneib
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,828
40,238
0.433
Cosmology
Astrophysics
Astronomy
Lensing
Redshift Surveys
Karen Scrivener
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,647
40,089
0.684
Cement
Concrete
Sustainability
Electron Microscopy
Sven Kreiss
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,468
38,420
0.301
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Particle Physics
Tobias J Kippenberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,819
38,340
0.565
Cavity quantum optomechanics
Superconducting microwave optomechanics
nonlinear integrated photonics
nano-mechanical systems
Pascal Fua
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,043
36,300
0.465
Computer Vision
Augmented Reality
Biomedical Imaging
Machine Learning
Pierre Vandergheynst
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,630
28,680
0.615
data science
machine learning
artificial intelligence
network science
computer vision
Richard Frackowiak
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192,847
28,224
0.146
Human brain structure and function
Alexandre Alahi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,718
24,845
0.836
Computer Vision
Transportation
Autonomous driving
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Artificial
Xile Hu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,084
24,839
0.605
Alfredo Pasquarello
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,453
24,232
0.453
Paul Joseph Dyson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,017
23,816
0.384
bioorganometallic chemistry
organometallic chemistry
biomass conversion
catalysis
Pascal Frossard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,169
22,976
0.693
machine learning
image processing
computer vision
multimedia communications
Michael Unser
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,808
21,286
0.319
image processing
wavelets
splines
biomedical imaging
inverse problems
Christophe Ballif
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,216
21,199
0.514
solar cells and modules
building integrated photovoltaics
storage
smart grid
Martin Jaggi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,842
20,534
0.899
Machine Learning
Optimization
Didier Trono
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,365
19,881
0.251