Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the 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
Hydrological Modelling
Climate analysis
Statistics
Programming
Oceanography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,193
22,938
0.257
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Molecular and cellular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,050
12,388
0.442
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
nanotechnology
physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,617
11,158
0.472
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
regional climate
extreme events
synoptic climatology
climate dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,694
10,250
0.548
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Theory of Shells Plates Arches & Beams
Generalized Differential Quadrature
FEM SFEM WFEM IGA SFIGA WFIGA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,283
10,172
0.589
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,047
9,110
0.605
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Biologia Cellulare
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,453
9,066
0.627
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Open Innovation
Digital Transformation
Academic Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial competence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,324
7,192
0.864
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,832
7,089
0.654
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Composite materials
polymers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,133
6,322
0.481
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Marine Zoology
Marine Biodiversity
Marine Ecology
Evolution
Systematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,820
6,229
0.634
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Analog IC Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,215
6,118
0.664
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
ObGyn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,576
5,125
0.485
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
marketing
consumer behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,729
5,055
0.579
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Metallurgy
Engineering
Materials Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,447
4,908
0.581
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Fracture Mechanics
Debonding
Contact Mechanics
Isogeometric Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,794
4,816
0.831
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Urban air quality
Environmental Fluid Dynamics
Urban ventilation
Urban vegetation
Thermal Comfort
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,285
4,451
0.708
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Agricultural Microbiology
Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria
Wine Microbiology
Plant Microbiology
Endophytes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,975
4,214
0.604
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Marine biology
Ecology
Benthos
Cnidarians
Zoology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,384
4,014
0.544
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Chemistry
Chimica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,985
3,960
0.496
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Social and environmental accounting
SDG
sustainability reporting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,875
3,837
0.990
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Zoology
marine biology
marine ecology
taxonomy
biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,385
3,808
0.406
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Marketing (Advertising and communication
Consumer behavior)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,357
3,744
0.699
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Inorganic
bioinorganic and coordination chemistry
pharmaceutical chemistry
NMR spectroscopy
metabolomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,762
3,630
0.468
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
smart tourism
technology entrepreneurship
education
socia media
Balkan countries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,732
3,290
0.695
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,434
489
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Letizia Lusito
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,193
22,938
0.257
Hydrological Modelling
Climate analysis
Statistics
Programming
Oceanography
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,441
1,005
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Cecilia Bucci
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,050
12,388
0.442
Molecular and cellular biology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,943
1,170
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Giuseppe Gigli
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,617
11,158
0.472
nanotechnology
physics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,133
1,339
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Piero Lionello
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,694
10,250
0.548
regional climate
extreme events
synoptic climatology
climate dynamics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,492
1,361
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Francesco Tornabene
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,283
10,172
0.589
Theory of Shells Plates Arches & Beams
Generalized Differential Quadrature
FEM SFEM WFEM IGA SFIGA WFIGA
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,727
1,589
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Elisa Panzarini *
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,047
9,110
0.605
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,022
1,606
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Flora Guerra
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,453
9,066
0.627
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,348
2,195
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Giustina Secund
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,324
7,192
0.864
Open Innovation
Digital Transformation
Academic Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial competence
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,531
2,254
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Francesco Strafella
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,832
7,089
0.654
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,488
2,617
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Alfonso Maffezzoli
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,133
6,322
0.481
Composite materials
polymers
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,926
2,692
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Stefano Piraino
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,820
6,229
0.634
Marine Zoology
Marine Biodiversity
Marine Ecology
Evolution
Systematics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,604
2,778
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Stefano D Amico
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,215
6,118
0.664
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,264
3,534
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Andrea Tinelli
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,576
5,125
0.485
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,884
3,596
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Gianluigi Guido
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,729
5,055
0.579
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,335
3,734
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Pasquale Cavaliere
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,447
4,908
0.581
Metallurgy
Engineering
Materials Science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,648
3,844
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Rossana Dimitri
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,794
4,816
0.831
Fracture Mechanics
Debonding
Contact Mechanics
Isogeometric Analysis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,822
4,315
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Riccardo Buccolieri
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,285
4,451
0.708
Urban air quality
Environmental Fluid Dynamics
Urban ventilation
Urban vegetation
Thermal Comfort
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
116,250
4,658
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Massimiliano Cardinale
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,975
4,214
0.604
Agricultural Microbiology
Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria
Wine Microbiology
Plant Microbiology
Endophytes
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
123,181
4,929
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sergio Rossi
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,384
4,014
0.544
Marine biology
Ecology
Benthos
Cnidarians
Zoology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
125,201
5,022
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Giuseppe Mele
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,985
3,960
0.496
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,949
5,242
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Simone Pizzi
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,875
3,837
0.990
Social and environmental accounting
SDG
sustainability reporting
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
131,092
5,300
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Adriana Giangrande
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,385
3,808
0.406
Zoology
marine biology
marine ecology
taxonomy
biodiversity
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
133,734
5,425
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Alessandro M Peluso
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,357
3,744
0.699
Marketing (Advertising and communication
Consumer behavior)
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
138,693
5,608
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Francesco Paolo Fanizzi
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,762
3,630
0.468
Inorganic
bioinorganic and coordination chemistry
pharmaceutical chemistry
NMR spectroscopy
metabolomics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
155,502
6,406
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Valentina Ndou
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,732
3,290
0.695
smart tourism
technology entrepreneurship
education
socia media
Balkan countries