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Highly Cited Researchers 3.225 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
Genomics
Molecular Biology
Genetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
412,370
158,442
0.384
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Cosmology
Instrumentation
Particle Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207,136
64,189
0.310
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
High Energy Experimental Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,016
59,775
0.494
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
social psychology
attitudes
persuasion
social cognition
judgment and decision makin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192,899
53,035
0.275
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Astroparticle physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,564
52,197
0.419
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Cancer
Genetics
Leukemia
microRN
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
296,427
51,043
0.172
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Biophysics & Biomechanics
Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Research
Orthopedic Surgery
PM&R
Physiology & Biomedical Engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,936
36,007
0.392
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
psychololg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,864
35,904
0.455
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Corporate Finance
Financial Institutions
Risk Managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,242
33,728
0.265
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Observational Cosmology
Instrumentation
Black Hole and Galaxy Evolutio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,396
33,293
0.648
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Biomimetics
nanotribology
nanomaterials
bio/nanotechnology
magnetic storage device
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,801
31,943
0.281
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Chemical Education
Actinoids
Internal coordinates
Metal binding mechanisms
Potential Energy Surface
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,773
31,335
0.788
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
metagenomics
virus-host interactions
viral ecology
microbial genomics
phage biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,467
30,780
0.662
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
structural engineering
transportation engineering
civil engineering
neural networks
biomedical signal processin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,528
27,523
0.478
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Psychometrics
Multivariate Statistics
Latent variable model
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,257
26,446
0.300
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Educational psychology in teacher education
teacher efficacy
teacher belief
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,038
25,595
0.332
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Aggression and violenc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,235
24,133
0.330
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,278
21,697
0.223
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Evidence-based practice
child and adolescent mental health
intervention research
wellnes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,252
18,757
0.455
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Stellar Structure and Evolutio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,203
18,668
0.432
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,915
18,390
0.302
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Virolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,096
17,675
0.765
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Electric Energy Systems
Operations Research
Optimization
Stochastics
Electricity Market
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,004
16,958
0.361
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
child development
language skill
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,385
16,957
0.442
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Nuclear astrophysics
particle astrophysics
neutrinos
cosmolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,416
16,946
0.492
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
134
52
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Richard K Wilson
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
412,370
158,442
0.384
Genomics
Molecular Biology
Genetic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,941
729
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Klaus Honscheid
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207,136
64,189
0.310
Cosmology
Instrumentation
Particle Physic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,181
835
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Bin Gui
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,016
59,775
0.494
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,628
1,016
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Richard E Petty
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192,899
53,035
0.275
social psychology
attitudes
persuasion
social cognition
judgment and decision makin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,707
1,046
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
James J Beatty
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,564
52,197
0.419
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,805
1,095
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Carlo Croce
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
296,427
51,043
0.172
Cancer
Genetics
Leukemia
microRN
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,968
1,960
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Timothy E Hewett
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,936
36,007
0.392
Biophysics & Biomechanics
Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Research
Orthopedic Surgery
PM&R
Physiology & Biomedical Engineerin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,991
1,973
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Julian Thayer
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,864
35,904
0.455
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,517
2,205
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
René Stulz
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,242
33,728
0.265
Corporate Finance
Financial Institutions
Risk Managemen
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,623
2,246
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Paul Martini
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,396
33,293
0.648
Observational Cosmology
Instrumentation
Black Hole and Galaxy Evolutio
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,993
2,389
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Bharat Bhushan
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,801
31,943
0.281
Biomimetics
nanotribology
nanomaterials
bio/nanotechnology
magnetic storage device
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,176
2,461
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jason L Sonnenberg
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,773
31,335
0.788
Chemical Education
Actinoids
Internal coordinates
Metal binding mechanisms
Potential Energy Surface
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,369
2,538
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Matthew B Sullivan
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,467
30,780
0.662
metagenomics
virus-host interactions
viral ecology
microbial genomics
phage biolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,585
3,014
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Hojjat Adeli
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,528
27,523
0.478
structural engineering
transportation engineering
civil engineering
neural networks
biomedical signal processin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,094
3,231
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Michael W Browne
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,257
26,446
0.300
Psychometrics
Multivariate Statistics
Latent variable model
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,505
3,377
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Anita Woolfolk Hoy
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,038
25,595
0.332
Educational psychology in teacher education
teacher efficacy
teacher belief
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,354
3,683
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Brad J Bushman
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,235
24,133
0.330
Aggression and violenc
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,062
4,371
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Marilynn Brewer
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,278
21,697
0.223
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,709
5,430
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,252
18,757
0.455
Evidence-based practice
child and adolescent mental health
intervention research
wellnes
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,806
5,466
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Marc Pinsonneault
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,203
18,668
0.432
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,108
5,586
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Roger Ratcliff
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,915
18,390
0.302
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,003
5,912
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Shan Lu Liu
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,096
17,675
0.765
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,938
6,276
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Antonio J Conejo
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,004
16,958
0.361
Electric Energy Systems
Operations Research
Optimization
Stochastics
Electricity Market
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,942
6,278
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Laura Justice
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,385
16,957
0.442
child development
language skill
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,959
6,283
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
John F Beacom
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,416
16,946
0.492
Nuclear astrophysics
particle astrophysics
neutrinos
cosmolog