Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: Scientists Last 6 years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Fisica delle particelle elementari.
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223,763
112,627
0.503
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Experimental Particle Physics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,255
30,295
0.969
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Physics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,383
29,775
0.980
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Experimental particle physics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,658
22,265
0.260
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Applied Physics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,788
20,800
0.913
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Molecular Evolution
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,167
11,691
0.167
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
energetica degli edifici
acustica
fonti energetiche rinnovabili
analisi di ciclo di vita
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,848
8,367
0.706
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Fisiologia cellulare
Fisiologia endocrina
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,120
7,991
0.397
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Cosmology
Astrophysics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,940
7,387
0.530
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Neuroscience
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,279
7,385
0.483
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Astrophysics
AGN
Black Holes
X-ray Binaries
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,642
7,097
0.520
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Microbiology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,993
6,998
0.389
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Plant Ecology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,484
6,814
0.650
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
ecology
herpetology
conservation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,194
6,728
0.443
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Economic policy
Environmental economics
Energy economics
Econometrics
Applied Economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,640
6,513
0.852
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Psychology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,206
5,799
0.630
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Fisica teorica
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,183
5,487
0.302
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
quantum optics
quantum metrology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,343
5,414
0.477
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Theoretical Physics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,160
4,851
0.253
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Economics of Innovation
Development Economics
Industrial Policy
Global Value Chains
Clusters
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,358
4,752
0.385
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,455
4,744
0.636
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
ingegneria
fisica
ottica
antenne
microonde
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,178
4,508
0.491
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,432
4,341
0.675
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Nonlinear optics
spatial solitons..
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,910
4,267
0.195
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Operations Research
Computer Science
Railway Engineering
Air Traffic
Intelligent Transportation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,675
4,062
0.529
Biagio Di Micco
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223,763
112,627
0.503
Valerio D Amico
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,255
30,295
0.969
Alessandro Longo
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,383
29,775
0.980
Fabrizio Petrucci
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,658
22,265
0.260
Wolfango Plastino
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,788
20,800
0.913
Giorgio Bernardi
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,167
11,691
0.167
Francesco Asdrubali
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,848
8,367
0.706
energetica degli edifici
acustica
fonti energetiche rinnovabili
analisi di ciclo di vita
Maria Marino
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,120
7,991
0.397
Fisiologia cellulare
Fisiologia endocrina
Enzo Branchini
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,940
7,387
0.530
Sandra Moreno
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,279
7,385
0.483
Stefano Bianchi
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,642
7,097
0.520
Astrophysics
AGN
Black Holes
X-ray Binaries
Paolo Visca
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,993
6,998
0.389
Alicia Tr Acosta
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,484
6,814
0.650
Luca Luiselli
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,194
6,728
0.443
ecology
herpetology
conservation
Cosimo Magazzino
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,640
6,513
0.852
Economic policy
Environmental economics
Energy economics
Econometrics
Applied Economics
Giuseppe Carrus
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,206
5,799
0.630
Vittorio Lubicz
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,183
5,487
0.302
Marco Barbieri
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,343
5,414
0.477
Giuseppe Degrassi
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,160
4,851
0.253
Carlo Pietrobelli
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,358
4,752
0.385
Economics of Innovation
Development Economics
Industrial Policy
Global Value Chains
Clusters
Roberto Franceschini
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,455
4,744
0.636
Filiberto Bilotti
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,178
4,508
0.491
Gianmarco De Felice
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,432
4,341
0.675
Gaetano Assanto
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,910
4,267
0.195
Andrea D Ariano
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,675
4,062
0.529
Operations Research
Computer Science
Railway Engineering
Air Traffic
Intelligent Transportation