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Highly Cited Researchers 2.372 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
grassland ecology
remote sensing
regional analysis
ecosystem ecolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,709
20,237
0.318
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océano
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,449
19,368
0.436
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Space Physics
GeoPhysics
Fluids
Plasma
Turbulenc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,969
11,669
0.487
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Tectónica Andin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,251
11,348
0.289
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
clim
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,821
11,149
0.943
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,681
9,978
0.934
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Consciousness and cognition
Psychedelics
Dynamics
Machine Learning
Complex System
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,995
9,820
0.702
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Climate variability and change in South Americ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,967
8,182
0.547
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Estrés oxidativo
mitocondria
inflamació
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,927
7,212
0.402
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,941
7,201
0.425
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
ecology
agriculture
animal productio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,831
7,070
0.297
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
natural products-human healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,279
6,612
0.272
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Autophagy
Pancreatic Cance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,231
6,276
0.474
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Plant Biology
photobiology
plant-insect interactions
plant-microbe interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,642
6,261
0.303
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Plant biology
light signaling
shade avoidance
thermomorphogenesi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,957
6,031
0.336
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Neuroscience
Cell Death Pathways
Inflammatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,102
5,932
0.421
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
trypanosoma
autophagy
metacyclogenesis
metabolis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,224
5,827
0.410
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Apoptosis
Lysosomes
Autophagy
Lysosomal membrane permeabilization
Manganes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,910
5,808
0.488
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
PULMONARY MEDICINE
PULMONARY INFECTION
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,308
5,789
0.300
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Biología Molecular
Parasitología
Microorganismo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,626
5,719
0.453
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
ecosystem ecology
biogeochemistry
global change
decomposition
carbon cyclin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,501
5,372
0.398
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Neuroscienc
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,035
5,363
0.179
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Plant metabolis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,069
5,351
0.355
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Connective tissue biology
muscle biology
meat science
biophysics
biomechanic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,340
5,157
0.387
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
biologia molecular
parasitologi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,047
4,822
0.400
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,041
17
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
José Paruelo
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,709
20,237
0.318
grassland ecology
remote sensing
regional analysis
ecosystem ecolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,839
18
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Matilde Rusticucci
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,449
19,368
0.436
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,538
27
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Sergio Dasso
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,969
11,669
0.487
Space Physics
GeoPhysics
Fluids
Plasma
Turbulenc
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,719
30
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Victor A Ramos
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,251
11,348
0.289
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,475
33
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Anna A Sörensson
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,821
11,149
0.943
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,747
39
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
A Paula Domínguez Rubio
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,681
9,978
0.934
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,576
40
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Enzo Tagliazucchi
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,995
9,820
0.702
Consciousness and cognition
Psychedelics
Dynamics
Machine Learning
Complex System
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,273
48
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Carolina Vera
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,967
8,182
0.547
Climate variability and change in South Americ
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,354
61
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Silvia Alvarez *
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,927
7,212
0.402
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,450
62
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Victoria Delpino
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,941
7,201
0.425
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,876
63
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Martin Oesterheld
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,831
7,070
0.297
ecology
agriculture
animal productio
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,337
70
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Cesar G Fraga
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,279
6,612
0.272
natural products-human healt
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,965
77
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Daniel Grasso
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,231
6,276
0.474
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,199
78
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Carlos L Ballare
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,642
6,261
0.303
Plant Biology
photobiology
plant-insect interactions
plant-microbe interaction
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,743
81
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jorge Casal
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,957
6,031
0.336
Plant biology
light signaling
shade avoidance
thermomorphogenesi
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,326
83
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Soledad Porte Alcon
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,102
5,932
0.421
Neuroscience
Cell Death Pathways
Inflammatio
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,131
85
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Alejandra Cecilia Schoijet
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,224
5,827
0.410
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,438
87
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Roxana Mayra Gorojod *
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,910
5,808
0.488
Apoptosis
Lysosomes
Autophagy
Lysosomal membrane permeabilization
Manganes
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,744
88
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Carlos M Luna
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,308
5,789
0.300
PULMONARY MEDICINE
PULMONARY INFECTION
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,937
90
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Guillermo Daniel Alonso *
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,626
5,719
0.453
Biología Molecular
Parasitología
Microorganismo
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,511
96
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Amy T Austin
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,501
5,372
0.398
ecosystem ecology
biogeochemistry
global change
decomposition
carbon cyclin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,673
97
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jorge H Medina
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,035
5,363
0.179
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,925
98
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Fernando Carrari
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,069
5,351
0.355
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,954
101
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Peter P Purslow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,340
5,157
0.387
Connective tissue biology
muscle biology
meat science
biophysics
biomechanic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,724
109
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Alejandro Schijman
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,047
4,822
0.400
biologia molecular
parasitologi