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Highly Cited Researchers 4.922 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
ecology
sustainable agriculture
biodiversity
climate change ecology
conservation ecolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260,434
92,617
0.356
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197,039
91,089
0.462
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Gravitational waves
electromagnetic counterpart
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,701
91,013
0.724
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Gravitational waves
Gamma ray bursts
afterglows
gravitational wave astronomy
tests of genera
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,321
86,836
0.646
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Chemistry
Physics
Computatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
251,434
83,337
0.331
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Computational Biology
Machine Learning
Bioinformatic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,150
80,787
0.607
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
cardiovascular disease epidemiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,271
61,456
0.766
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Gravitational Wave
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,917
55,897
0.823
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Environmental Economics
Resource Economics
Ecological Economics
Ecosystem Services
Conservation Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,753
53,052
0.475
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Data mining
parallel computing
high performance computing
Artificial Intelligence
machine learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152,580
49,216
0.323
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Deep learning
Particle physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,361
45,977
0.314
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Orthopaedic Traum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,330
44,912
0.526
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
resilience
competence
development
disaster
wa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,725
43,829
0.385
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
entrepreneurship
innovation
strategy
IB & technolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,811
43,564
0.336
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Paleoclimatology
Climate
Geochronology
Isotope Geochemistry
Chemical Oceanograph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,182
43,450
0.394
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,372
41,360
0.564
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,553
41,325
0.364
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142,660
38,481
0.270
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Functional Brain Imaging
Ultrahigh Field MRI
MRI
fMRI
Brain Connectom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,961
36,360
0.353
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Hematology
Oncology
Hematopoietic Cell Transplantatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,035
35,611
0.318
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Psychology
Marketin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,066
35,547
0.386
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Cancer Targeted Therapeutics and Protein Engineering and Molecular Imaging / Diagnostic Deliver
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,496
34,790
0.455
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Osteoporosis
Aging
Frailt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,515
31,513
0.288
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Development
Neuroscience
MRI
Imagin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,543
31,227
0.618
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Eating behaviors
physical activity
and weight-related problems in adolescents and young adults
family and other correlates of these outcomes
preventio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,556
30,954
0.314
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
905
291
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
David Tilman
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260,434
92,617
0.356
ecology
sustainable agriculture
biodiversity
climate change ecology
conservation ecolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
952
314
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Peter Reich
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197,039
91,089
0.462
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
956
315
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Michael Coughlin
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,701
91,013
0.724
Gravitational waves
electromagnetic counterpart
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,066
359
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Muhammed Saleem
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,321
86,836
0.646
Gravitational waves
Gamma ray bursts
afterglows
gravitational wave astronomy
tests of genera
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,194
415
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Donald Truhlar
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
251,434
83,337
0.331
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,291
461
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Dan Knights
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,150
80,787
0.607
Computational Biology
Machine Learning
Bioinformatic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,113
809
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Pamela Lutsey
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,271
61,456
0.766
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,455
949
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sharan Banagiri
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,917
55,897
0.823
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,655
1,028
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Stephen Polasky
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,753
53,052
0.475
Environmental Economics
Resource Economics
Ecological Economics
Ecosystem Services
Conservation Biolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,033
1,183
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Vipin Kumar
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152,580
49,216
0.323
Data mining
parallel computing
high performance computing
Artificial Intelligence
machine learnin
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,421
1,343
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Alexander Gude
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,361
45,977
0.314
Deep learning
Particle physic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,541
1,390
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Mai P Nguyen
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,330
44,912
0.526
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,664
1,452
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ann S Masten
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,725
43,829
0.385
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,689
1,462
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Shaker A Zahra
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,811
43,564
0.336
entrepreneurship
innovation
strategy
IB & technolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,711
1,471
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
R Lawrence 'Larry' Edwards
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,182
43,450
0.394
Paleoclimatology
Climate
Geochronology
Isotope Geochemistry
Chemical Oceanograph
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,022
1,590
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sue Duval
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,372
41,360
0.564
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,029
1,591
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Bruce Blazar
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,553
41,325
0.364
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,524
1,790
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Dante Cicchetti
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142,660
38,481
0.270
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,935
1,947
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Kamil Ugurbil
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,961
36,360
0.353
Functional Brain Imaging
Ultrahigh Field MRI
MRI
fMRI
Brain Connectom
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,096
2,017
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Daniel Weisdorf
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,035
35,611
0.318
Hematology
Oncology
Hematopoietic Cell Transplantatio
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,114
2,025
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Kathleen D Vohs
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,066
35,547
0.386
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,276
2,099
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Hong ZHOU （周宏）
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,496
34,790
0.455
Cancer Targeted Therapeutics and Protein Engineering and Molecular Imaging / Diagnostic Deliver
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,199
2,470
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Kristine E Ensrud
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,515
31,513
0.288
Osteoporosis
Aging
Frailt
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,277
2,499
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Damien Fair
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,543
31,227
0.618
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,354
2,526
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Dianne Neumark-Sztainer
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,556
30,954
0.314
Eating behaviors
physical activity
and weight-related problems in adolescents and young adults
family and other correlates of these outcomes
preventio