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Highly Cited Researchers 66 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
NMR spectroscopy
protein dynamics
intrinsically disordered protein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,665
7,058
0.326
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,352
5,056
0.379
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
viruses
biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,223
4,983
0.224
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
serial crystallography
nano-crystallography
time-resolved crystallograph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,694
4,092
0.532
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Structural biology
Intrinsically disordered proteins
NM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,719
4,008
0.460
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Optical Spectroscopy
Fluorescent Proteins
Time-resolved Crystallograph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,298
3,818
0.411
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Glycobiology
Membrane protein
Immunity
C-type lectin
NADPH oxidase
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,939
3,662
0.410
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Virology
Structural Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,513
3,114
0.215
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
structural biology
bacterial pathogenesi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,408
3,092
0.231
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
biophysics
structural biology
protein dynamics
hydration water
enzyme mecanism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,939
2,989
0.376
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
pneumococcus
molecular biology
biochemistry
virulence
cell wall synthesi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,663
2,580
0.204
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Fluorescent proteins
single molecules
photophysics
super-resolutio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,396
1,974
0.235
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
influenza protein librar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,087
1,912
0.314
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Computational Structural Biology
Structural Bioinformatics
Biomolecular NMR
Nuclear Magnetic Resonanc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,804
1,786
0.229
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,226
1,711
0.275
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
protein dynamics
NMR
biophysics
drug screening
drug developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,237
1,569
0.701
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Protein crystallography
Protein structur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,085
1,495
0.366
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Structural Biology
Neuroscienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,824
1,315
0.344
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
physics - biophysics - neutron scattering - X-ray scattering - XFEL - protein dynamic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,471
1,291
0.522
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Structural biology
optical microscopy
PALM
super-resolution microscopy
fluorescent protein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,927
1,249
0.427
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,819
1,236
0.256
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
glycobiology glycosaminoglycan heparan sulfat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,110
1,229
0.395
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Virology
Protein-Protein interaction
3D structur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,704
1,107
0.299
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Electron microscopy
tomography
diatoms
viru
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,431
1,073
0.750
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Structural Biology and Protein Biochemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,341
1,033
0.770
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,481
1,135
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Martin Blackledge
Institut de Biologie Structurale
Grenoble, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,665
7,058
0.326
NMR spectroscopy
protein dynamics
intrinsically disordered protein
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,298
1,910
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Guy Schoehn
Institut de Biologie Structurale
Grenoble, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,352
5,056
0.379
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,933
1,953
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Rob Wh Ruigrok
Institut de Biologie Structurale
Grenoble, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,223
4,983
0.224
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,535
2,602
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jacques-Philippe Colletier
Institut de Biologie Structurale
Grenoble, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,694
4,092
0.532
serial crystallography
nano-crystallography
time-resolved crystallograph
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
121,486
2,690
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Malene Ringkjøbing Jensen
Institut de Biologie Structurale
Grenoble, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,719
4,008
0.460
Structural biology
Intrinsically disordered proteins
NM
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,852
2,863
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Antoine Royant
Institut de Biologie Structurale
Grenoble, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,298
3,818
0.411
Optical Spectroscopy
Fluorescent Proteins
Time-resolved Crystallograph
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
135,377
3,024
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Franck Fieschi
Institut de Biologie Structurale
Grenoble, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,939
3,662
0.410
Glycobiology
Membrane protein
Immunity
C-type lectin
NADPH oxidase
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
163,215
3,816
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Weissenhorn Winfried
Institut de Biologie Structurale
Grenoble, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,513
3,114
0.215
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
164,471
3,861
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Andréa Dessen
Institut de Biologie Structurale
Grenoble, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,408
3,092
0.231
structural biology
bacterial pathogenesi
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
170,845
4,038
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Martin Weik
Institut de Biologie Structurale
Grenoble, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,939
2,989
0.376
biophysics
structural biology
protein dynamics
hydration water
enzyme mecanism
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
200,463
4,877
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Thierry Vernet
Institut de Biologie Structurale
Grenoble, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,663
2,580
0.204
pneumococcus
molecular biology
biochemistry
virulence
cell wall synthesi
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
263,744
6,745
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Dominique Bourgeois
Institut de Biologie Structurale
Grenoble, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,396
1,974
0.235
Fluorescent proteins
single molecules
photophysics
super-resolutio
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
272,257
7,011
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Darren Hart
Institut de Biologie Structurale
Grenoble, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,087
1,912
0.314
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
290,649
7,590
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Torsten Herrmann
Institut de Biologie Structurale
Grenoble, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,804
1,786
0.229
Computational Structural Biology
Structural Bioinformatics
Biomolecular NMR
Nuclear Magnetic Resonanc
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
302,649
7,946
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jean-Pierre Simorre
Institut de Biologie Structurale
Grenoble, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,226
1,711
0.275
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
327,548
8,721
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Nicola Salvi
Institut de Biologie Structurale
Grenoble, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,237
1,569
0.701
protein dynamics
NMR
biophysics
drug screening
drug developmen
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
341,943
9,158
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Carlos Contreras Martel
Institut de Biologie Structurale
Grenoble, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,085
1,495
0.366
Protein crystallography
Protein structur
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
381,465
10,436
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Hugues Nury
Institut de Biologie Structurale
Grenoble, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,824
1,315
0.344
Structural Biology
Neuroscienc
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
387,489
10,622
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Giorgio Schirò
Institut de Biologie Structurale
Grenoble, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,471
1,291
0.522
physics - biophysics - neutron scattering - X-ray scattering - XFEL - protein dynamic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
398,144
10,944
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Virgile Adam
Institut de Biologie Structurale
Grenoble, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,927
1,249
0.427
Structural biology
optical microscopy
PALM
super-resolution microscopy
fluorescent protein
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
401,574
11,030
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Dimitrios Skoufias
Institut de Biologie Structurale
Grenoble, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,819
1,236
0.256
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
403,448
11,099
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Romain R. Vivès
Institut de Biologie Structurale
Grenoble, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,110
1,229
0.395
glycobiology glycosaminoglycan heparan sulfat
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
437,998
12,173
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Bourhis Jean-Marie
Institut de Biologie Structurale
Grenoble, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,704
1,107
0.299
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
448,796
12,493
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Benoit Gallet
Institut de Biologie Structurale
Grenoble, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,431
1,073
0.750
Electron microscopy
tomography
diatoms
viru
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
461,741
12,880
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Rebekka Wild
Institut de Biologie Structurale
Grenoble, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,341
1,033
0.770
Structural Biology and Protein Biochemistr