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Highly Cited Researchers 28 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
paleontology
dinosaurs and birds
evolutio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,933
4,729
0.279
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Systematics of phorid flies (Diptera: Phoridae)
tropical Diptera
inventor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,885
3,526
0.447
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Biodiversity Informatics
Citizen Science
Community Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,868
3,492
0.717
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
vertebrate paleontology
evolution
systematics
phylogeny
stratigraph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,916
3,171
0.401
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
mineralogy
crystallograph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,279
2,898
0.462
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Paleontology
Phylogenetic Systematics
Evolutionary Morpholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,132
1,709
0.414
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Evolution
Ecology
Macroecology
Paleontology
Conservatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,956
1,526
0.780
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
reptiles
amphibians
introduced species
systematics
conservation biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,365
1,401
0.592
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,640
1,301
0.357
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Phylogenetics
Ichthyology
Evolutio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,869
1,213
0.423
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Echinoderm biology
Ophiuroidea biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,409
1,091
0.247
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Evolutionary Biology
Ornitholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,566
1,069
0.683
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,339
985
0.736
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Vertebrate Paleontology
Systematics
Paleobiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,691
972
0.575
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Paleobiology - Stratigraphy - Marine Ecolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,437
946
0.388
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
reef fish
speciation
evolution
phylogeograph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,024
810
0.791
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
biomechanics
digital taxonomy
biodiversity
genetic barcoding
environmental DN
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,529
713
0.282
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
EnviroMineralogy
AstroGeoBioMineralogy
PharmaMineralog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,356
576
0.425
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Molluscan systematic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,101
575
0.113
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
525
347
0.661
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Vertebrate Paleontology
Paleobiology
Mass Extinctions
Dental Morpholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
374
316
0.845
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
vertebrate paleontology
evolutionary biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
663
314
0.474
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ornitholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,671
294
0.176
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
entomology
systematics
biodiversit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
205
197
0.961
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
ornithology
evolution
phylogenetics
genomics
museum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
145
0.954
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,883
35,710
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Luis M. Chiappe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,933
4,729
0.279
paleontology
dinosaurs and birds
evolutio
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,066
49,073
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Brian V. Brown
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,885
3,526
0.447
Systematics of phorid flies (Diptera: Phoridae)
tropical Diptera
inventor
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
143,649
49,544
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Vijay Barve
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,868
3,492
0.717
Biodiversity Informatics
Citizen Science
Community Scienc
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
160,478
54,659
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Xiaoming Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,916
3,171
0.401
vertebrate paleontology
evolution
systematics
phylogeny
stratigraph
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
177,412
59,779
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Anthony R. Kampf
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,279
2,898
0.462
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
303,826
96,299
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Nathan D. Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,132
1,709
0.414
Paleontology
Phylogenetic Systematics
Evolutionary Morpholog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
336,780
105,568
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Matt Davis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,956
1,526
0.780
Evolution
Ecology
Macroecology
Paleontology
Conservatio
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
362,586
112,740
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Gregory Pauly
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,365
1,401
0.592
reptiles
amphibians
introduced species
systematics
conservation biolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
385,966
119,161
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Regina Wetzer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,640
1,301
0.357
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
408,662
125,319
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Christine Thacker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,869
1,213
0.423
Phylogenetics
Ichthyology
Evolutio
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
444,002
134,744
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Gordon Hendler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,409
1,091
0.247
Echinoderm biology
Ophiuroidea biolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
451,067
136,618
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Allison J. Shultz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,566
1,069
0.683
Evolutionary Biology
Ornitholog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
479,194
143,924
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Kayce Bell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,339
985
0.736
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
483,731
145,121
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jorge Velez-Juarbe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,691
972
0.575
Vertebrate Paleontology
Systematics
Paleobiolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
493,219
147,589
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Austin Hendy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,437
946
0.388
Paleobiology - Stratigraphy - Marine Ecolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
549,160
161,993
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
William B Ludt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,024
810
0.791
reef fish
speciation
evolution
phylogeograph
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
595,698
173,537
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
N. Dean Pentcheff
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,529
713
0.282
biomechanics
digital taxonomy
biodiversity
genetic barcoding
environmental DN
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
676,632
192,731
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Aaron Celestian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,356
576
0.425
EnviroMineralogy
AstroGeoBioMineralogy
PharmaMineralog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
677,123
192,826
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
James Hamilton Mclean
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,101
575
0.113
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
894,152
237,948
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Amy Gusick
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
525
347
0.661
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
937,801
246,209
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Keegan Melstrom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
374
316
0.845
Vertebrate Paleontology
Paleobiology
Mass Extinctions
Dental Morpholog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
940,116
246,626
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Alyssa Bell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
663
314
0.474
vertebrate paleontology
evolutionary biolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
970,804
252,369
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Kimball Garrett
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,671
294
0.176
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,167,896
286,264
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Austin J Baker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
205
197
0.961
entomology
systematics
biodiversit
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,326,273
310,358
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jessie Salter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
145
0.954
ornithology
evolution
phylogenetics
genomics
museum