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Highly Cited Researchers 272 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
biodiversity
protistology
biogeography
ecology
pesticide
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,842
12,404
0.520
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
psycholinguistics
bilingualis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,236
10,913
0.293
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
chemical ecolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,575
10,663
0.327
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
work stress
occupational health
counterproductive work behavior
work-family conflict
self-esteem/narcissis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,289
8,431
0.590
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Metabolomics
analytical chemistry
natural products
chemical ecology
pesticide
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,869
8,251
0.641
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
plant-insect interactions
chemical ecology
community ecology
evolutionary ecology
plant defense
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,904
7,618
0.590
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Pathogen evolution
Population genomics
Genome evolution
Transposable elements
GWA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,314
7,001
0.679
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Occupational Health
Organizational Psychology
Psychological Assessmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,184
6,167
0.754
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Cooperation
Mutualism
Game Theory
Machiavellian Intelligenc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,146
6,057
0.400
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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
8,086
5,041
0.623
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,041
4,421
0.550
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Distributed Systems
Dependability
Concurrent Programmin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,925
4,384
0.232
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
sociocultural psychology
lifecourse
symbolic resource
transition
imaginatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,572
4,339
0.453
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Hydrogeology
Groundwater
Geostatistics
Stochastic Hydrogeolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,635
3,856
0.400
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,987
3,687
0.264
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,592
3,596
0.375
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
teamwork
teamwork in medicine
small group research
patient safet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,770
3,557
0.406
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Hydrogeolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,254
3,510
0.561
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Microbial ecology
genomics
endospore-formers
oxalotrophic bacteria
saprophytic fung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,525
3,457
0.626
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Human Migration
Refugee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,542
3,341
0.511
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
social cognition
beliefs
emotions
socialisation
cognitive anthropolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,802
3,336
0.490
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
corpus linguistics
construction grammar
grammaticalization
English linguistics
cognitive linguistic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,918
3,176
0.537
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,294
3,148
0.306
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
photosynthesis
metabolomics
chloroplast biogenesi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,661
3,049
0.286
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,897
3,022
0.234
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,772
465
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Edward Ad Mitchell
Université de Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,842
12,404
0.520
biodiversity
protistology
biogeography
ecology
pesticide
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,194
574
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
François Grosjean
Université de Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,236
10,913
0.293
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,350
597
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ted Turlings
Université de Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,575
10,663
0.327
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,473
837
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Laurenz Meier
Université de Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,289
8,431
0.590
work stress
occupational health
counterproductive work behavior
work-family conflict
self-esteem/narcissis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,885
871
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Gaetan Glauser
Université de Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,869
8,251
0.641
Metabolomics
analytical chemistry
natural products
chemical ecology
pesticide
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,445
975
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Sergio Rasmann
Université de Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,904
7,618
0.590
plant-insect interactions
chemical ecology
community ecology
evolutionary ecology
plant defense
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,160
1,080
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Daniel Croll
Université de Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,314
7,001
0.679
Pathogen evolution
Population genomics
Genome evolution
Transposable elements
GWA
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,334
1,260
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Renzo Bianchi
Université de Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,184
6,167
0.754
Occupational Health
Organizational Psychology
Psychological Assessmen
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,095
1,299
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Redouan Bshary
Université de Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,146
6,057
0.400
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,672
1,596
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Lassaad Belbahri
Université de Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,086
5,041
0.623
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,043
1,854
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Adrian Bangerter
Université de Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,041
4,421
0.550
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,123
1,875
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Pascal Felber
Université de Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,925
4,384
0.232
Distributed Systems
Dependability
Concurrent Programmin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,519
1,886
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Tania Zittoun
Université de Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,572
4,339
0.453
sociocultural psychology
lifecourse
symbolic resource
transition
imaginatio
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
127,326
2,097
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Philippe Renard
Université de Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,635
3,856
0.400
Hydrogeology
Groundwater
Geostatistics
Stochastic Hydrogeolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
134,279
2,198
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Therrien Bruno
Université de Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,987
3,687
0.264
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
138,244
2,244
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Daniel Hunkeler
Université de Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,592
3,596
0.375
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
140,028
2,277
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Franziska Tschan
Université de Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,770
3,557
0.406
teamwork
teamwork in medicine
small group research
patient safet
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,244
2,316
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Philip Brunner
Université de Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,254
3,510
0.561
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
144,717
2,343
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Pilar Junier
Université de Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,525
3,457
0.626
Microbial ecology
genomics
endospore-formers
oxalotrophic bacteria
saprophytic fung
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,556
2,414
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Etienne Piguet
Université de Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,542
3,341
0.511
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,804
2,418
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Fabrice Clément
Université de Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,802
3,336
0.490
social cognition
beliefs
emotions
socialisation
cognitive anthropolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
159,577
2,531
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Martin Hilpert
Université de Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,918
3,176
0.537
corpus linguistics
construction grammar
grammaticalization
English linguistics
cognitive linguistic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
161,209
2,554
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Thomas Südmeyer
Université de Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,294
3,148
0.306
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
167,047
2,637
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Felix Kessler
Université de Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,661
3,049
0.286
photosynthesis
metabolomics
chloroplast biogenesi
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
168,706
2,658
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jacob Koella
Université de Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,897
3,022
0.234