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
meta-research
metascience
systematic review
meta-analysis
evidence-based medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229,828
190,877
0.831
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Air Pollution
Biostatistics
Climate Change
Environmental Epidemiology
Global Environmental
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,398
119,051
0.842
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Musculoskeletal
arthritis
back pain
health literacy
shoulder pain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,103
119,012
0.616
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Experimental Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
283,746
112,138
0.395
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Diabetes
Epidemiology
Genetics
Epigenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
318,969
99,948
0.313
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
global health
epidemiology
clinical trials
hypertension
disadvantage
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,616
91,480
0.746
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
astrophysics
cosmology
gravitational waves
neutrinos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,385
91,001
0.762
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Meta-analysis
Evidence synthesis
Systematic review
Cluster trials
Interrupted time series
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,532
89,147
0.943
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Heart Failure
Hypertension
Biotechnology
Organisational Behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
177,341
83,384
0.470
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Evidence synthesis
systematic review
GRADE methods
knowledge translation
health policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,288
83,091
0.974
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
neutron stars
black holes
gravitational waves
cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,659
82,208
0.801
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,662
80,801
0.811
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Planetary and Environmental Health
Child Health
Public Health and Epidemiology
Biostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,806
80,155
0.968
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
General relativity
astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,597
79,531
0.815
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Gravitational Waves
Compact Binaries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,670
76,126
0.804
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
diabetes
nephrology
diabetic complications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164,728
75,212
0.457
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Evidence synthesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,375
74,486
0.963
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Particle Physics
Flavour Physics
Machine learning applications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162,768
72,579
0.446
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Health Economics
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,906
68,491
0.659
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
First interest
Second interest
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,589
61,895
0.699
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Global Health
Maternal & Newborn Health
Communicable and Non-communicable Diseases
Health Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,834
60,525
0.979
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
CZTS
Si thin film
TEM
Perovskite
Solar cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,108
57,410
0.754
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Arthritis
Epidemiology
Health Services Research
Patient-reported outcome assessment
Physiotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,202
53,636
0.713
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Particle Physics
QCD
Monte Carlo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132,163
53,218
0.403
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Women's health
Effectiveness of health care
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,603
52,935
0.516
Matthew J Page
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229,828
190,877
0.831
meta-research
metascience
systematic review
meta-analysis
evidence-based medicine
Yuming Guo
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,398
119,051
0.842
Air Pollution
Biostatistics
Climate Change
Environmental Epidemiology
Global Environmental
Rachelle Buchbinder
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,103
119,012
0.616
Musculoskeletal
arthritis
back pain
health literacy
shoulder pain
Jordan Nash
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
283,746
112,138
0.395
Paul Zimmet
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
318,969
99,948
0.313
Diabetes
Epidemiology
Genetics
Epigenetics
Amanda Thrift
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,616
91,480
0.746
global health
epidemiology
clinical trials
hypertension
disadvantage
Eric Thrane
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,385
91,001
0.762
astrophysics
cosmology
gravitational waves
neutrinos
Joanne McKenzie
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,532
89,147
0.943
Meta-analysis
Evidence synthesis
Systematic review
Cluster trials
Interrupted time series
Andrew J Stewart Coats
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
177,341
83,384
0.470
Heart Failure
Hypertension
Biotechnology
Organisational Behaviour
Sue Brennan
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,288
83,091
0.974
Evidence synthesis
systematic review
GRADE methods
knowledge translation
health policy
Paul D Lasky
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,659
82,208
0.801
neutron stars
black holes
gravitational waves
cosmology
Kendall Ackley
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,662
80,801
0.811
Shanshan Li
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,806
80,155
0.968
Planetary and Environmental Health
Child Health
Public Health and Epidemiology
Biostatistics
Gregory Ashton
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,597
79,531
0.815
Juan Calderon Bustillo
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,670
76,126
0.804
Mark Cooper
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164,728
75,212
0.457
diabetes
nephrology
diabetic complications
Steve Mcdonald
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,375
74,486
0.963
Ulrik Egede
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162,768
72,579
0.446
Particle Physics
Flavour Physics
Machine learning applications
Zanfina Ademi
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,906
68,491
0.659
Health Economics
Epidemiology
Flavia Cicuttini
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,589
61,895
0.699
Sojib Bin Zaman
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,834
60,525
0.979
Global Health
Maternal & Newborn Health
Communicable and Non-communicable Diseases
Health Systems
Wei Li
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,108
57,410
0.754
Ilana Ackerman
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,202
53,636
0.713
Arthritis
Epidemiology
Health Services Research
Patient-reported outcome assessment
Physiotherapy
Peter Skands
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132,163
53,218
0.403
Ben Willem Mol
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,603
52,935
0.516
Women's health
Effectiveness of health care