Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 2.703 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
density functional theory
quantum chemistry
materials science
electronic structure
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
255,688
118,876
0.465
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Demography
Criminology
Research Methods
Population Health
Sociolegal Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154,462
111,204
0.720
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Particle physics
neutrinos
astroparticle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,809
81,152
0.553
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Developmental Science
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
205,494
58,917
0.287
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
startup business
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,703
47,812
0.728
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155,160
47,768
0.308
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
particle physics
high energy physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164,303
47,574
0.290
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Dialysis
Nutrition
Cachexia
CKD
Dietary Protein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,222
45,570
0.450
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
psychiatric genetics
mitochondria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,180
43,048
0.605
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Epigenomics
Epigenetics
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,116
40,704
0.521
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
cross cultural research
mental health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,493
38,611
0.696
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Immunogenetics
Vaccine Research
Genetic Epidemiology
Computational Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,963
33,502
0.906
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Artificial Intelligence
Deep Learning
Bioinformatics
Physics
Mathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,560
32,337
0.428
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Genomics
Transcriptomics
Cell Differentiation
Systems Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,987
31,143
0.410
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
carbon cycle
biogeochemistry
climate change
land use change
sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,698
29,949
0.406
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Medical Oncology
Targeted therapy
Lung cancer
Developmental therapeutics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,844
29,095
0.503
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Epidemiology
Nephrology
Cerebral Palsy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,446
28,337
0.652
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
macro-energy systems
food systems
climate impacts
sustainability
climate solutions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,393
28,309
0.737
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
ferroelectrics
multiferroics
catalysis
oxide heterostructures
transmission electron microscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,745
27,022
0.533
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Poverty
public policy
education
child development
income distribution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,905
26,722
0.252
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Cosmology
large scale structure
IR background
reionization
sub-mm galaxies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,627
26,477
0.403
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Hydrology and Water Resources
Climate Extremes
Remote Sensing
Stochastic Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,590
25,654
0.764
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Astronomy&Astrometry
Informatics
Software Engineering
Data Science
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,500
25,218
0.753
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Biostatistics
Statistics
Clinical Trials
Survival Analysis
Longitudinal Data Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,699
23,415
0.512
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
hydrology
Climate
Systems Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,946
23,083
0.350
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
292
111
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Kieron Burke
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
255,688
118,876
0.465
density functional theory
quantum chemistry
materials science
electronic structure
machine learning
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
376
133
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Bryan L Sykes
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154,462
111,204
0.720
Demography
Criminology
Research Methods
Population Health
Sociolegal Studies
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,045
356
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
J Pedro Ochoa Ricoux
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,809
81,152
0.553
Particle physics
neutrinos
astroparticle physics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,965
747
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jacquelynne Sue Eccles
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
205,494
58,917
0.287
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,774
1,080
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Sameer Singh
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,703
47,812
0.728
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,777
1,081
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Nathan D Wong
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155,160
47,768
0.308
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,797
1,094
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Terence Libeiro
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164,303
47,574
0.290
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,010
1,183
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Kamyar Kalantar Zadeh
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,222
45,570
0.450
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,323
1,312
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Marquis P Vawter
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,180
43,048
0.605
psychiatric genetics
mitochondria
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,640
1,449
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Wei Li
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,116
40,704
0.521
Epigenomics
Epigenetics
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Cancer
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,950
1,574
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Kyle Chang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,493
38,611
0.696
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,944
1,957
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Swayam Prakash
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,963
33,502
0.906
Immunogenetics
Vaccine Research
Genetic Epidemiology
Computational Biology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,239
2,083
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Pierre Baldi
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,560
32,337
0.428
Artificial Intelligence
Deep Learning
Bioinformatics
Physics
Mathematics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,566
2,220
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ali Mortazavi
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,987
31,143
0.410
Genomics
Transcriptomics
Cell Differentiation
Systems Biology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,908
2,352
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
James Randerson
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,698
29,949
0.406
carbon cycle
biogeochemistry
climate change
land use change
sustainability
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,174
2,458
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sai Hong Ignatius Ou
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,844
29,095
0.503
Medical Oncology
Targeted therapy
Lung cancer
Developmental therapeutics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,429
2,573
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Elani Streja
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,446
28,337
0.652
Epidemiology
Nephrology
Cerebral Palsy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,442
2,580
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Steven J Davis
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,393
28,309
0.737
macro-energy systems
food systems
climate impacts
sustainability
climate solutions
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,912
2,767
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Xiaoqing Pan
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,745
27,022
0.533
ferroelectrics
multiferroics
catalysis
oxide heterostructures
transmission electron microscopy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,046
2,826
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Greg J Duncan
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,905
26,722
0.252
Poverty
public policy
education
child development
income distribution
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,144
2,868
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Asantha Cooray
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,627
26,477
0.403
Cosmology
large scale structure
IR background
reionization
sub-mm galaxies
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,502
3,003
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Amir Aghakouchak
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,590
25,654
0.764
Hydrology and Water Resources
Climate Extremes
Remote Sensing
Stochastic Modeling
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,723
3,081
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Alberto Krone Martins
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,500
25,218
0.753
Astronomy&Astrometry
Informatics
Software Engineering
Data Science
Machine Learning
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,696
3,443
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Daniel Gillen
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,699
23,415
0.512
Biostatistics
Statistics
Clinical Trials
Survival Analysis
Longitudinal Data Analysis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,902
3,517
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Soroosh Sorooshian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,946
23,083
0.350
hydrology
Climate
Systems Engineering