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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139,493
92,059
0.660
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Gravitational Physics
Gravitational Waves
Cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,815
87,346
0.678
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
general relativity
black holes
black hole shadows
causal fermion systems
theoretical physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
611
591
0.967
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
General Relativity
Astrophysics
Gravitational Waves
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
524
524
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
General Relativity
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
582
469
0.806
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Adaptive Optics
Deep Learning
High Energy Astrophysics
Gravitational Wave
X-ray Polarimetry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
431
361
0.838
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
136
0.883
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
General Relativity
Modified theories of gravity
Post Newtonian theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
87
0.916
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
86
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Theoretical Physics
Astrophysics
Gravitational Physics
High-Energy Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
52
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
gravitational physics
mathematical physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
36
0.900
Karsten Danzmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139,493
92,059
0.660
Alessandra Buonanno
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,815
87,346
0.678
Gravitational Physics
Gravitational Waves
Cosmology
Claudio Paganini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
611
591
0.967
general relativity
black holes
black hole shadows
causal fermion systems
theoretical physics
Andrea Antonelli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
524
524
1.000
General Relativity
Astrophysics
Gravitational Waves
Federico León Carrasco
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
582
469
0.806
Banafsheh Beheshtipour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
431
361
0.838
Adaptive Optics
Deep Learning
High Energy Astrophysics
Gravitational Wave
X-ray Polarimetry
Zahra Mirzaiyan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
136
0.883
Soham Bhattacharyya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
87
0.916
General Relativity
Modified theories of gravity
Post Newtonian theory
Mehregan Doroudiani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
86
1.000
Adrian G. Abac
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
52
1.000
Theoretical Physics
Astrophysics
Gravitational Physics
High-Energy Physics
Sajad Aghapour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
36
0.900