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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 675 Scientists Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
HPC
Numerical modelling
optimisation problems
particle physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,826
55,502
0.286
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Astrophysic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
177,981
53,974
0.303
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
High-energy physics
computational particle physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,055
45,083
0.413
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Experimental High Energy Particle Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,356
30,802
0.923
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,310
28,524
0.379
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Palaeontology
Paleobiology
Geolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,432
27,809
0.432
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Crystallography
Crystallographic Computin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,189
23,475
0.599
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Disability
Exercise Psychology
Co-production
Qualitative Research
Sociology of Spor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,866
21,901
0.628
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Cosmolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,727
19,548
0.251
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Galaxy Formation
Cosmology
Numerical Simulation
Emulatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,608
19,226
0.380
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Astrophysics
Astronomy
Cosmolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,310
18,827
0.244
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Astrophysics
Cosmolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,484
18,152
0.448
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Condensed Matter Theor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,253
17,947
0.397
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Behavioral Health
Systematic Review
Health services researc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,356
17,309
0.282
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,400
16,922
0.429
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
School improvement
school effectiveness
educational equality
impact of povert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,864
16,496
0.318
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Dark Matter
Cosmology
Astronomical Instrumentation
Planetary Science
Scientific Balloonin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,377
14,172
0.467
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
High Energy Physics
Theoretical Physics
Machine Learning
Quantum Computin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,555
13,150
0.515
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ecology
botany
introduced specie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,364
12,548
0.767
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Physics of Organic Materials
Photophysics
Photochemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,117
12,126
0.366
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Astrophysics
Astronomy
Cosmology
Space Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,022
11,944
0.230
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
astrophysics
astronom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,239
11,911
0.304
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Software Engineering
Evidence-Based Software Engineering
Empirical SE
Software Desig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,451
11,250
0.501
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Public Health Entomology
Medical Entomolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,863
11,170
0.374
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Professor of Energy System
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,124
10,839
0.633
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,397
169
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Holger Schulz
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,826
55,502
0.286
HPC
Numerical modelling
optimisation problems
particle physic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,505
180
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Carlos Frenk
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
177,981
53,974
0.303
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,401
260
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Frank Krauss
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,055
45,083
0.413
High-energy physics
computational particle physic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,231
512
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Gurpreet Singh Chahal
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,356
30,802
0.923
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,987
585
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Judith AK Howard
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,310
28,524
0.379
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,321
612
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
David At Harper
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,432
27,809
0.432
Palaeontology
Paleobiology
Geolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,578
825
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Horst Puschmann
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,189
23,475
0.599
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,700
928
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Brett Smith
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,866
21,901
0.628
Disability
Exercise Psychology
Co-production
Qualitative Research
Sociology of Spor
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,697
1,121
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ian Smail
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,727
19,548
0.251
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,002
1,146
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Richard Bower
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,608
19,226
0.380
Galaxy Formation
Cosmology
Numerical Simulation
Emulatio
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,418
1,190
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Shaun Cole
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,310
18,827
0.244
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,168
1,249
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Tom Theuns
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,484
18,152
0.448
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,399
1,270
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Stewart Clark
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,253
17,947
0.397
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,223
1,353
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
John W Williams Jr
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,356
17,309
0.282
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,733
1,397
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Harriet Bulkeley
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,400
16,922
0.429
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,313
1,446
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Stephen Gorard
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,864
16,496
0.318
School improvement
school effectiveness
educational equality
impact of povert
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,550
1,820
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Richard Massey
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,377
14,172
0.467
Dark Matter
Cosmology
Astronomical Instrumentation
Planetary Science
Scientific Balloonin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,097
2,064
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Michael Spannowsky
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,555
13,150
0.515
High Energy Physics
Theoretical Physics
Machine Learning
Quantum Computin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,733
2,223
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Wayne Dawson
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,364
12,548
0.767
Ecology
botany
introduced specie
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,048
2,334
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
A Monkman
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,117
12,126
0.366
Physics of Organic Materials
Photophysics
Photochemistr
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,660
2,392
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Carlton Baugh|Carlton M. Baugh, C. M. Baugh
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,022
11,944
0.230
Astrophysics
Astronomy
Cosmology
Space Science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,791
2,408
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Alastair Edge
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,239
11,911
0.304
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,152
2,600
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
David Budgen
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,451
11,250
0.501
Software Engineering
Evidence-Based Software Engineering
Empirical SE
Software Desig
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,476
2,625
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Sw Lindsay
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,863
11,170
0.374
Public Health Entomology
Medical Entomolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,818
2,746
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Tony Roskilly
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,124
10,839
0.633