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Highly Cited Researchers 285 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
Particle Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
331,837
121,385
0.366
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Particle Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
277,966
118,921
0.428
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Computational Chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,718
31,061
0.495
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
RCAHQQ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,937
20,305
0.384
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
HCI
knowledge engineering
data management
distributed computing
scientific computin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,289
20,275
0.468
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Data Science
Semantic Web/Ontologies
Data Standards/Data Management
Scientific Dat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,699
17,335
0.799
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Software for Protein Crystallography
Macromolecular Interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,432
12,884
0.364
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Instrumentation
Microelectronics
Imaging Detector
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,736
12,306
0.281
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
condensed matter physics
electronic structure theory
materials physics
density functional theory
mineral physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,996
12,141
0.467
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Machine Learning
Materials Science
Energy Materials
Interface
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,938
10,894
0.684
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
energy storage
crystallography
batteries
ammonia
hydroge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,458
8,849
0.311
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
magnetic structures
frustrated magnetism
neutron scatterin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,499
7,885
0.631
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Structural disorder
diffraction
crystallograph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,443
7,500
0.430
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Redox
oxidation
cardiac
vascular
nitric oxid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,215
7,112
0.467
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,193
6,896
0.214
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Numerical optimization
numerical linear algebr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,781
6,644
0.292
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
macromolecular crystallography
crystal pathologies
computational crystallograph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,601
6,546
0.394
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Raman spectroscopy
RCAHQQ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,299
5,317
0.276
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Numerical analysis
Sparse matrices
Combinatorial scientific computin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,069
5,258
0.159
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Statistical Physics
Soft Matter Physics
Systems Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,063
5,089
0.298
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
muons
superconductivity
elemental analysis
magnetis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,368
4,464
0.533
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,863
4,404
0.296
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Condensed matter physics
superconductivity
magnetism
thermoelectric materials
Neutron scatterin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,186
4,349
0.427
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Lasers
Plasmas
Laboratory Astrophysic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,998
4,078
0.314
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
neutron reflectivity
small angle neutron scattering
surfactants
self-assembly
soft matte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,315
4,071
0.155
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
364
31
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Tim Adye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
331,837
121,385
0.366
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
397
37
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Julie Hart Kirk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
277,966
118,921
0.428
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,315
521
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Paul Sherwood
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,718
31,061
0.495
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,326
1,095
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Martyn Winn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,937
20,305
0.384
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,364
1,097
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Michael Wilson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,289
20,275
0.468
HCI
knowledge engineering
data management
distributed computing
scientific computin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,562
1,395
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Alejandra Gonzalez-Beltran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,699
17,335
0.799
Data Science
Semantic Web/Ontologies
Data Standards/Data Management
Scientific Dat
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,404
2,215
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Krissinel, E
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,432
12,884
0.364
Software for Protein Crystallography
Macromolecular Interaction
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,176
2,371
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Marcus French
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,736
12,306
0.281
Instrumentation
Microelectronics
Imaging Detector
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,734
2,420
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Keith Refson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,996
12,141
0.467
condensed matter physics
electronic structure theory
materials physics
density functional theory
mineral physic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,358
2,790
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Keith Tobias Butler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,938
10,894
0.684
Machine Learning
Materials Science
Energy Materials
Interface
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,591
3,727
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Bill David
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,458
8,849
0.311
energy storage
crystallography
batteries
ammonia
hydroge
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,114
4,321
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Pascal Manuel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,499
7,885
0.631
magnetic structures
frustrated magnetism
neutron scatterin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,774
4,607
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
David Keen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,443
7,500
0.430
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,952
4,940
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Agnel Joseph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,215
7,112
0.467
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,542
5,125
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
AK Soper
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,193
6,896
0.214
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,688
5,387
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Nick Gould
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,781
6,644
0.292
Numerical optimization
numerical linear algebr
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,954
5,476
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Andrey Lebedev
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,601
6,546
0.394
macromolecular crystallography
crystal pathologies
computational crystallograph
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,755
7,041
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Pavel Matousek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,299
5,317
0.276
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,978
7,139
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Iain Duff
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,069
5,258
0.159
Numerical analysis
Sparse matrices
Combinatorial scientific computin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,705
7,431
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Patrick B Warren
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,063
5,089
0.298
Statistical Physics
Soft Matter Physics
Systems Biolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,003
8,606
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Adrian Hillier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,368
4,464
0.533
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,719
8,732
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
R Bingham
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,863
4,404
0.296
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,448
8,867
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Devashi Adroja
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,186
4,349
0.427
Condensed matter physics
superconductivity
magnetism
thermoelectric materials
Neutron scatterin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,267
9,493
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Chris D. Gregory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,998
4,078
0.314
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,504
9,507
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
J Penfold
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,315
4,071
0.155
neutron reflectivity
small angle neutron scattering
surfactants
self-assembly
soft matte