Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 1.342 Scientists Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
High-energy particle physics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375,481
115,633
0.308
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Cattle nutrition
fertility
growth
molecular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229,718
66,635
0.290
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
cooling and drying
food quality and safety
bioprocess simulation
computer vision
hyperspectral imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,488
45,313
0.506
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Evolution
Bioinformatics
Sequence Alignment
Genomics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
224,790
40,417
0.180
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Astrophysics
supernovae
transients
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,166
30,677
0.664
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
RNA Therapeutics
Cancer
CRISPR
Long Noncoding RNA
RNA Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,664
25,921
0.533
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Molecular Biology
Infectious diseases
Medical Biotechnology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,529
25,074
0.945
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Inflammation
signaling pathways
angiogenesis
biotherapeutics
rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,710
17,707
0.457
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Biology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,730
15,709
0.406
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
5G/6G
Security/Privacy
Federated Learning
Blockchain
Explainable AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,690
15,505
0.929
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Cardiovascular and nutritional epidemiology and health promotion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,963
14,661
0.506
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
maternal and fetal medicine
obstetrics
maternal nutrition
diabetes in pregnancy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,861
14,129
0.618
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Rheumatology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,283
13,510
0.335
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Comparative genomics
Yeast genetics
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,396
12,098
0.204
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Food Process Engineering
Spectroscopy and spectral imaging
Process Analytical Technology
Bioprocessing
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,336
11,585
0.457
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Disability
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,786
11,349
0.888
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
veterinary epidemiology
veterinary medicine
animal health policy
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,007
11,285
0.594
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,628
11,237
0.334
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Wearables
Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation
Personal Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,972
11,198
0.561
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
phenomenology
philosophy of mind
consciousness and embodiment
Husserl and Merleau-Ponty
medieval Christian Neoplatonism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,982
11,120
0.301
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
black holes
self-force
LIGO
LISA
EMRIs
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,573
11,058
0.955
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Nutrition
Public Health
Metabolomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,642
10,960
0.506
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
nutritional epidemiology
childhood obesity
public health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,181
10,744
0.815
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Physics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,010
10,704
0.465
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
cancer
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,627
10,507
0.272
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
329
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Martin Grunewald
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375,481
115,633
0.308
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,609
4
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
David A Kenny
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229,718
66,635
0.290
Cattle nutrition
fertility
growth
molecular biology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,057
9
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Da Wen Sun
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,488
45,313
0.506
cooling and drying
food quality and safety
bioprocess simulation
computer vision
hyperspectral imaging
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,680
11
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Des Higgins
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
224,790
40,417
0.180
Evolution
Bioinformatics
Sequence Alignment
Genomics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,709
18
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Morgan Fraser
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,166
30,677
0.664
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,390
24
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Rory Johnson
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,664
25,921
0.533
RNA Therapeutics
Cancer
CRISPR
Long Noncoding RNA
RNA Biology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,813
25
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mohamed Al Rubeai
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,529
25,074
0.945
Molecular Biology
Infectious diseases
Medical Biotechnology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,355
46
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Douglas J Veale
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,710
17,707
0.457
Inflammation
signaling pathways
angiogenesis
biotherapeutics
rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,945
54
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Cormac Taylor
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,730
15,709
0.406
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,267
56
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Madhusanka Liyanage
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,690
15,505
0.929
5G/6G
Security/Privacy
Federated Learning
Blockchain
Explainable AI
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,708
59
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Cecily Kelleher *
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,963
14,661
0.506
Cardiovascular and nutritional epidemiology and health promotion
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,751
63
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Fionnuala Mcauliffe
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,861
14,129
0.618
maternal and fetal medicine
obstetrics
maternal nutrition
diabetes in pregnancy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,049
66
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Oliver Fitzgerald
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,283
13,510
0.335
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,655
80
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Kenneth H Wolfe
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,396
12,098
0.204
Comparative genomics
Yeast genetics
Bioinformatics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,301
89
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Colm O Donnell
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,336
11,585
0.457
Food Process Engineering
Spectroscopy and spectral imaging
Process Analytical Technology
Bioprocessing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,078
91
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Christine Linehan *
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,786
11,349
0.888
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,292
94
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Simon J More
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,007
11,285
0.594
veterinary epidemiology
veterinary medicine
animal health policy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,493
95
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Pat Lonergan
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,628
11,237
0.334
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,641
96
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Brian Caulfield
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,972
11,198
0.561
Wearables
Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation
Personal Sensing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,938
97
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Dermot Moran
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,982
11,120
0.301
phenomenology
philosophy of mind
consciousness and embodiment
Husserl and Merleau-Ponty
medieval Christian Neoplatonism
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,120
99
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sarp Akcay
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,573
11,058
0.955
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,494
102
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Lorraine Brennan
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,642
10,960
0.506
Nutrition
Public Health
Metabolomics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,332
104
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Mirjam M Heinen *
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,181
10,744
0.815
nutritional epidemiology
childhood obesity
public health
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,510
108
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Sheila Mcbreen
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,010
10,704
0.465
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,344
110
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Michael J Duffy
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,627
10,507
0.272