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Highly Cited Researchers 310 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
Sistemas Embarcados
Física de Altas Energias
Processamento de Sinais
Inteligência Artificia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,403
67,419
0.789
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
diamond electrode
electrochemical oxidation
electrocatalysis
biosensors
electroanalysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,452
15,819
0.598
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Donças infecciosas e tropicai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,689
11,690
0.745
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
schizophrenia/depression/translational researc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,847
11,030
0.618
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Dark Matte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,372
6,987
0.614
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Memory
Sleep
Dreams
Education
Psychedelic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,187
6,432
0.488
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Evoltuion
Macroecology
Phylogeograph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,339
6,144
0.594
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Saúde Coletiva
Cariologia
Envelhecimento
Microbiologia
Epidemiologi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,559
6,128
0.488
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Neuroscience
Computational Neuroscienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,878
5,362
0.493
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Quimica de carboidratos
glicobiologi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,489
5,260
0.554
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Psychedelics
Ayahuasca
DMT
Ketamine
LS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,862
5,086
0.647
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Teoria da Computação
Lógica
Inteligência Artificial
sistemas fuzz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,823
4,884
0.554
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Neotectonics
Fault evolution
Fracture behavior
intraplate seismicity
reservoir analogu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,365
4,803
0.574
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ecology
Mutualism
Evolution
Biodiversity Conservatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,599
4,196
0.488
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Restoration Ecology
Plant Ecology
Biodiversit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,644
3,796
0.571
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Bioestatistics
Epidemiology
Clinical trials
Medical informatic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,981
3,790
0.422
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Biodiversity Conservatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,664
3,788
0.568
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Physics
Ecology
Neuroscience
Econophysic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,357
3,785
0.306
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Neurobiology of Learning and memor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,651
3,635
0.248
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Mycology
Macrofungi
Gasteroid fungi
taxonomy
systematic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,278
3,616
0.576
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
human ecology
fisheries co-managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,950
3,466
0.700
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Infectious diseases
leishmaniasis
leprosy
pre eclampsi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,862
3,460
0.351
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ecologia
Biologia da Conservação
Ecologia vegetal
Dinâmica de Populações
Ecologia de Comunidade
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,478
3,267
0.730
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Saúde Pública
Saúde da Mulher
Enfermagem
Ensino
Infecções Sexualmente Transmissívei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,705
3,230
0.566
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Inflammation and Cancer
Nanomedicine
Experimental Oncolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,464
3,097
0.694
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,795
36
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Victor Araujo Ferraz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,403
67,419
0.789
Sistemas Embarcados
Física de Altas Energias
Processamento de Sinais
Inteligência Artificia
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,764
170
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Carlos A Martinez Huitle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,452
15,819
0.598
diamond electrode
electrochemical oxidation
electrocatalysis
biosensors
electroanalysi
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,055
268
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Kleber Giovanni Luz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,689
11,690
0.745
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,558
299
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Joao Paulo Maia De Oliveira
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,847
11,030
0.618
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,009
694
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Farinaldo Queiroz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,372
6,987
0.614
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,040
814
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Sidarta Tollendal Gomes Ribeiro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,187
6,432
0.488
Memory
Sleep
Dreams
Education
Psychedelic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,347
880
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Pablo Ariel Martinez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,339
6,144
0.594
Evoltuion
Macroecology
Phylogeograph
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,600
887
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Kenio Costa De Lima
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,559
6,128
0.488
Saúde Coletiva
Cariologia
Envelhecimento
Microbiologia
Epidemiologi
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,294
1,128
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Adriano Tort
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,878
5,362
0.493
Neuroscience
Computational Neuroscienc
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,395
1,163
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Hugo Rocha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,489
5,260
0.554
Quimica de carboidratos
glicobiologi
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,213
1,225
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Draulio Barros De Araujo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,862
5,086
0.647
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,971
1,314
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Benjamin Bedregal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,823
4,884
0.554
Teoria da Computação
Lógica
Inteligência Artificial
sistemas fuzz
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,074
1,364
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Francisco Hilario Bezerra
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,365
4,803
0.574
Neotectonics
Fault evolution
Fracture behavior
intraplate seismicity
reservoir analogu
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,627
1,712
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Carlos Roberto Fonseca
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,599
4,196
0.488
Ecology
Mutualism
Evolution
Biodiversity Conservatio
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,188
2,027
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Gislene Ganade
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,644
3,796
0.571
Restoration Ecology
Plant Ecology
Biodiversit
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,412
2,030
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
António Gouveia Oliveira
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,981
3,790
0.422
Bioestatistics
Epidemiology
Clinical trials
Medical informatic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,494
2,032
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Eduardo Venticinque
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,664
3,788
0.568
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,593
2,035
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Gandhimohan M Viswanathan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,357
3,785
0.306
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
135,958
2,178
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Martin Cammarota
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,651
3,635
0.248
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,804
2,202
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Iuri Goulart Baseia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,278
3,616
0.576
Mycology
Macrofungi
Gasteroid fungi
taxonomy
systematic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
143,742
2,343
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Priscila Lopes Priscila Mac Cord
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,950
3,466
0.700
human ecology
fisheries co-managemen
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
143,977
2,353
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jeronimo Selma Mb
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,862
3,460
0.351
Infectious diseases
leishmaniasis
leprosy
pre eclampsi
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
153,904
2,596
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Alexandre F Souza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,478
3,267
0.730
Ecologia
Biologia da Conservação
Ecologia vegetal
Dinâmica de Populações
Ecologia de Comunidade
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
155,932
2,638
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Richardson Augusto Rosendo Da Silva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,705
3,230
0.566
Saúde Pública
Saúde da Mulher
Enfermagem
Ensino
Infecções Sexualmente Transmissívei
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
163,598
2,815
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Raimundo Fernandes De Araújo Júnior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,464
3,097
0.694