Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 2.880 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
high energy physics
particle physics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
466,286
135,266
0.290
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Particle Physics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
228,481
96,021
0.420
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
international marketing
marketing strategy
customer satisfaction
supply chain management
international business
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,100
80,382
0.550
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Optimization
Evolutionary Computation
Multi-objective optimization
Machine Learning
AI
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214,335
75,475
0.352
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
High Energy Particle Physics
Physics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161,835
68,717
0.425
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Biometrics
Computer vision
Pattern recognition
Machine learning
Image processing
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
276,241
58,614
0.212
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
econometrics
panel data
treatment effects
clustering
economics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160,640
56,628
0.353
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Computational Chemistry and Biology
Modeling
Quantum Chemistry
Structure Based Design
Chemistry
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203,540
53,511
0.263
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Particle Physics
Particle Astrophysics
High-energy Physics
Astronomy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
239,027
49,631
0.208
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Physics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222,837
43,382
0.195
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
stroke
epidemiology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,420
41,958
0.464
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
climate change
human ecology
environmental sociology
macro energy systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,265
39,963
0.359
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
adhesion
carbon fibers
graphene
graphite nanoplatelets
composites
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,349
35,447
0.384
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
personality psychology
subjective well-being
measurement
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,688
33,736
0.385
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
coupled human and natural systems
forest
systems integration
telecoupling
terrestrial ecology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,594
33,655
0.555
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Trustworthy AI
Graph Neural Networks
Feature Selection
Recommendations
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,095
32,004
0.760
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Educational Technology
TPACK
Social Media
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,142
29,060
0.483
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
syntax
semantics
syntax-semantics interface
syntax of PPs
modification
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,234
28,947
0.898
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Wireless Communication
Signal Processing
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,791
28,907
0.605
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Plant Collections
Systematics
Taxonomy
Lichens
Biodiversity
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,411
28,110
0.411
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Astronomy
Machine Learning
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,526
27,392
0.817
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Personality Assessment
Personality Development
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,928
23,745
0.476
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,972
23,593
0.414
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Physics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,263
22,229
0.246
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ecology
Landscape
Global Change
Land Use
Urban
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,256
22,021
0.447
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
183
67
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Joey Huston
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
466,286
135,266
0.290
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
650
211
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Wade Cameron Fisher
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
228,481
96,021
0.420
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,065
364
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
G Tomas M Hult
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,100
80,382
0.550
international marketing
marketing strategy
customer satisfaction
supply chain management
international business
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,254
446
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Kalyanmoy Deb
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214,335
75,475
0.352
Optimization
Evolutionary Computation
Multi-objective optimization
Machine Learning
AI
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,516
555
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Andrew Chegwidden
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161,835
68,717
0.425
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,985
756
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Anil K Jain
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
276,241
58,614
0.212
Biometrics
Computer vision
Pattern recognition
Machine learning
Image processing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,109
808
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jeffrey M Wooldridge
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160,640
56,628
0.353
econometrics
panel data
treatment effects
clustering
economics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,303
896
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Kenneth M Merz Jr
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203,540
53,511
0.263
Computational Chemistry and Biology
Modeling
Quantum Chemistry
Structure Based Design
Chemistry
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,590
1,008
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Kirsten Tollefson
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
239,027
49,631
0.208
Particle Physics
Particle Astrophysics
High-energy Physics
Astronomy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,287
1,292
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Carl Bromberg
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222,837
43,382
0.195
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,455
1,368
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mathew Reeves
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,420
41,958
0.464
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,753
1,495
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Thomas Dietz
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,265
39,963
0.359
climate change
human ecology
environmental sociology
macro energy systems
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,510
1,795
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
LT Drzal
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,349
35,447
0.384
adhesion
carbon fibers
graphene
graphite nanoplatelets
composites
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,888
1,938
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Richard E Lucas
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,688
33,736
0.385
personality psychology
subjective well-being
measurement
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,905
1,945
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jianguo Liu
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,594
33,655
0.555
coupled human and natural systems
forest
systems integration
telecoupling
terrestrial ecology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,327
2,125
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jiliang Tang
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,095
32,004
0.760
Trustworthy AI
Graph Neural Networks
Feature Selection
Recommendations
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,189
2,464
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Matthew Koehler
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,142
29,060
0.483
Educational Technology
TPACK
Social Media
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,225
2,484
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Grant Rodgers Kemp *
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,234
28,947
0.898
syntax
semantics
syntax-semantics interface
syntax of PPs
modification
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,235
2,489
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Lei Zhang
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,791
28,907
0.605
Wireless Communication
Signal Processing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,520
2,612
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Msu Herbarium
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,411
28,110
0.411
Plant Collections
Systematics
Taxonomy
Lichens
Biodiversity
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,776
2,716
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Wolfgang Kerzendorf
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,526
27,392
0.817
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,503
3,371
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Brent Donnellan
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,928
23,745
0.476
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,586
3,398
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Darren Grant
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,972
23,593
0.414
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,440
3,723
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Gary D Westfall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,263
22,229
0.246
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,566
3,766
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jiquan Chen
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,256
22,021
0.447
Ecology
Landscape
Global Change
Land Use
Urban