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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 355 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
Surgery
nutritio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,797
28,224
0.472
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Metabolomics
Lipidomics
Exposome
Systems medicine
Mass spectrometr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,387
25,116
0.519
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,587
15,707
0.514
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Pain
sleep
health psychology
clinical psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,364
13,081
0.282
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,670
11,840
0.546
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,632
6,169
0.530
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Associate professor of psycholog
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,000
5,885
0.841
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,286
5,839
0.409
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Robot Perception
Mobile Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
Mobile Robot Olfaction
Mathematic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,101
5,753
0.475
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
artificial intelligence
robotics
human robot interactio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,182
4,693
0.461
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,040
4,690
0.583
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
behavioral medicine
clinical psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,801
4,515
0.418
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,462
4,439
0.424
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
environmental sociology
science and technology studies
risk regulation
risk communication
urban sociolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,324
4,261
0.512
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Environmental chemistry
Dioxin inventories
PFAS
Risk assessment
Ocean
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,726
3,912
0.334
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Carbon cycling
stable isotopes
mycorrhiza
global change
plant-soil-interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,271
3,704
0.302
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
physical education
didactics
salutogenesis
didaktik
sport pedagog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,473
3,687
0.570
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
psychiatr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,293
3,416
0.468
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,860
2,781
0.475
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Customer relationships
Networks
Innovation
Mergers & Acquisitions
Digitalisatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,443
2,757
0.621
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Robotics
Mapping and Localisation
Maps of Dynamics
Heterogeneous Map Merging
Radar Navigatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,548
2,705
0.595
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Environmental and sustainability education
outdoor education
environmental ethics
democrac
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,394
2,692
0.499
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
analytical chemistry
environmental exposure science
metabolomics
proteomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,499
2,634
0.585
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ecotoxicology
Aquatic Toxicology
Environmental Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,169
2,611
0.626
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Microbiota-gut-brain axis
intestinal microbiota
microbial metabolite
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,861
2,523
0.430
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,125
74
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Olle Ljungqvist
Orebro University
Örebro, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,797
28,224
0.472
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,578
94
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Matej Orešič
Orebro University
Örebro, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,387
25,116
0.519
Metabolomics
Lipidomics
Exposome
Systems medicine
Mass spectrometr
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,575
215
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jonas Halfvarson
Orebro University
Örebro, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,587
15,707
0.514
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,250
268
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Steven Linton
Orebro University
Örebro, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,364
13,081
0.282
Pain
sleep
health psychology
clinical psycholog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,022
316
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Tuulia Hyötyläinen
Orebro University
Örebro, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,670
11,840
0.546
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,749
863
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Leo Yeung
Orebro University
Örebro, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,632
6,169
0.530
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,302
917
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Maria Ojala
Orebro University
Örebro, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,000
5,885
0.841
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,070
925
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Thanh Wang
Orebro University
Örebro, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,286
5,839
0.409
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,500
938
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Achim J Lilienthal
Orebro University
Örebro, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,101
5,753
0.475
Robot Perception
Mobile Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
Mobile Robot Olfaction
Mathematic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,323
1,290
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Amy Loutfi
Orebro University
Örebro, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,182
4,693
0.461
artificial intelligence
robotics
human robot interactio
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,416
1,292
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Anna Kärrman
Orebro University
Örebro, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,040
4,690
0.583
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,248
1,365
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Katja Boersma
Orebro University
Örebro, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,801
4,515
0.418
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,362
1,388
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Åke Grönlund
Orebro University
Örebro, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,462
4,439
0.424
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,719
1,479
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Rolf Lidskog
Orebro University
Örebro, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,324
4,261
0.512
environmental sociology
science and technology studies
risk regulation
risk communication
urban sociolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,563
1,653
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Heidelore Fiedler
Orebro University
Örebro, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,726
3,912
0.334
Environmental chemistry
Dioxin inventories
PFAS
Risk assessment
Ocean
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
130,954
1,787
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Alf Ekblad
Orebro University
Örebro, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,271
3,704
0.302
Carbon cycling
stable isotopes
mycorrhiza
global change
plant-soil-interaction
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
131,680
1,801
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Mikael Quennerstedt
Orebro University
Örebro, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,473
3,687
0.570
physical education
didactics
salutogenesis
didaktik
sport pedagog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
143,874
1,994
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Susanne Bejerot
Orebro University
Örebro, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,293
3,416
0.468
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
181,519
2,564
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Magnus Boström
Orebro University
Örebro, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,860
2,781
0.475
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
183,248
2,590
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Christina Öberg
Orebro University
Örebro, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,443
2,757
0.621
Customer relationships
Networks
Innovation
Mergers & Acquisitions
Digitalisatio
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
187,169
2,653
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Martin Magnusson
Orebro University
Örebro, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,548
2,705
0.595
Robotics
Mapping and Localisation
Maps of Dynamics
Heterogeneous Map Merging
Radar Navigatio
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
188,093
2,673
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Johan Öhman
Orebro University
Örebro, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,394
2,692
0.499
Environmental and sustainability education
outdoor education
environmental ethics
democrac
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
192,636
2,754
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Samira Salihovic
Orebro University
Örebro, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,499
2,634
0.585
analytical chemistry
environmental exposure science
metabolomics
proteomic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
194,419
2,782
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Steffen Keiter
Orebro University
Örebro, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,169
2,611
0.626
Ecotoxicology
Aquatic Toxicology
Environmental Scienc
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
201,681
2,869
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Rebecca Wall
Orebro University
Örebro, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,861
2,523
0.430
Microbiota-gut-brain axis
intestinal microbiota
microbial metabolite