Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 1.671 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
Sweden
Henrik Zetterberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169,450
114,635
0.677
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sweden
Max Petzold
epidemiologi
medicin
statistik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,682
82,665
0.614
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Sweden
Rosengren A
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172,567
83,310
0.483
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sweden
Karl Swedberg
medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231,851
69,112
0.298
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Sweden
Lotvall
Allergy
exosomes
microvesicles
extracellular vesicles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,768
40,579
0.543
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Sweden
Claes Ohlsson
Bone metabolism
Endocrinology
bone
osteoporosis
growth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,497
34,629
0.366
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sweden
Deliang Chen
regional climate change
downscaling
Third Pole
water balance
earth system science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,070
31,781
0.577
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sweden
Cecilia Björkelund
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,749
30,053
0.616
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Sweden
Mikael Landén
psychiatry
neurochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,224
26,078
0.590

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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sweden
R Henrik Nilsson
Mycology
systematics
environmental sequencing
bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,606
24,446
0.561
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sweden
Ingmar Skoog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,149
22,145
0.394
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Sweden
Magnus Simrén
IBS
GI motilitet
funktionella GI sjukdomar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,727
21,903
0.525
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Sweden
Hanns Ulrich Marschall
Cholestatic and fatty liver disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,824
19,676
0.507
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sweden
Larsson Dgj
Antibiotic resistance
pharmaceuticals in the environment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,869
19,047
0.579
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Sweden
Bo Jacobsson
preterm delivery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,365
18,762
0.477
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sweden
Mattias Lorentzon
Osteoporos
frakturer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,539
18,858
0.465
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sweden
Turgut Tatlisumak
stroke
intensive care neurology
emergency neurology
general neurology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,028
17,701
0.491
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Sweden
Stefano Romeo
Human and molecular genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,246
18,032
0.638
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sweden
Gunnar C Hansson
Mucins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,120
17,656
0.463
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Sweden
Elmir Omerovic
takotsubo
pci
statistics
myocardial infarction
clinical trials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,534
16,956
0.691
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sweden
Nicholas James Ashton
Neurodegeneration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,707
17,206
0.972
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Sweden
Staffan I Lindberg
Political Science - Comparative Politics - Democracy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,844
15,068
0.660
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Sweden
Johan Bengtsson Palme
Metagenomics
Antibiotic resistance
Molecular taxonomy
Microbial communities
Ecological theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,675
14,776
0.715
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Sweden
Nawaz Muhammad
Lipid Nanoparticles
Exosomes
Extracellular Vesicles
RNA medicine
RNA therapeutics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,997
13,426
0.895
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Sweden
Rossella Crescitelli
molecular biology
extracellular vesicles
transmission electron microscopy
cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,640
13,389
0.915
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
369
Sweden
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Henrik Zetterberg
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169,450
114,635
0.677
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,000
Sweden
14
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Max Petzold
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,682
82,665
0.614
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,012
Sweden
15
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Rosengren A
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172,567
83,310
0.483
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,486
Sweden
18
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Karl Swedberg
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231,851
69,112
0.298
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,828
Sweden
36
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Lotvall
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,768
40,579
0.543
Allergy
exosomes
microvesicles
extracellular vesicles
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,893
Sweden
48
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Claes Ohlsson
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,497
34,629
0.366
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,017
Sweden
57
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Deliang Chen
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,070
31,781
0.577
regional climate change
downscaling
Third Pole
water balance
earth system science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,111
Sweden
60
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Cecilia Björkelund
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,749
30,053
0.616
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,812
Sweden
87
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Mikael Landén
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,224
26,078
0.590
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,385
Sweden
91
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
R Henrik Nilsson
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,606
24,446
0.561
Mycology
systematics
environmental sequencing
bioinformatics

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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,028
Sweden
113
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ingmar Skoog
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,149
22,145
0.394
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,044
Sweden
114
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Magnus Simrén
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,727
21,903
0.525
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,754
Sweden
135
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Hanns Ulrich Marschall
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,824
19,676
0.507
Cholestatic and fatty liver disease
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,543
Sweden
146
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Larsson Dgj
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,869
19,047
0.579
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,590
Sweden
148
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Bo Jacobsson
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,365
18,762
0.477
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,596
Sweden
150
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mattias Lorentzon
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,539
18,858
0.465
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,829
Sweden
163
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Turgut Tatlisumak
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,028
17,701
0.491
stroke
intensive care neurology
emergency neurology
general neurology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,897
Sweden
164
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Stefano Romeo
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,246
18,032
0.638
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,997
Sweden
167
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Gunnar C Hansson
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,120
17,656
0.463
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,636
Sweden
177
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Elmir Omerovic
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,534
16,956
0.691
takotsubo
pci
statistics
myocardial infarction
clinical trials
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,228
Sweden
184
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Nicholas James Ashton
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,707
17,206
0.972
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,952
Sweden
218
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Staffan I Lindberg
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,844
15,068
0.660
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,133
Sweden
221
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Johan Bengtsson Palme
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,675
14,776
0.715
Metagenomics
Antibiotic resistance
Molecular taxonomy
Microbial communities
Ecological theory
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,416
Sweden
244
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Nawaz Muhammad
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,997
13,426
0.895
Lipid Nanoparticles
Exosomes
Extracellular Vesicles
RNA medicine
RNA therapeutics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,604
Sweden
248
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Rossella Crescitelli
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,640
13,389
0.915
molecular biology
extracellular vesicles
transmission electron microscopy
cancer