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Highly Cited Researchers 1.542 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
United States
MD Hildreth
experimental particle physics
high energy physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
301,119
106,246
0.353
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
United States
Nabarun Dev
Applied Machine Learning
High Performance Scientific Computing
Computational Physics
Deep Learning
Natural Language Process
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,207
65,969
0.639
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
United States
Kenyi Hurtado Anampa
Computing in High Energy Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,119
63,586
0.722
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
United States
David Watson
Affect
Personality
Psychopatholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
196,185
62,109
0.317
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
United States
Nitesh V Chawla
Data science
artificial intelligence
network scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,673
50,415
0.658
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
United States
Lee Anna Clark
personality disorder assessment
psychological diagnosis
psychiatric diagnosis
measurement
personalit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,623
48,367
0.321
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
United States
Dean A Shepherd
Entrepreneurship
Decision making
Resilience
Social entrepreneurship
Strategic managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,963
42,689
0.450
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
United States
Kevin W Bowyer
Biometrics
Pattern Recognition
Computer Vision
Data Minin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,565
35,476
0.452
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
United States
Frank H Collins
Malaria Transmission
Vector Genomics ..
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,739
29,517
0.269

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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
United States
Prashant V Kamat
physical chemistry
nanoscience
solar energy conversion
photovoltaics
photocatalysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,561
29,210
0.244
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
United States
Jason A Colquitt
Justice
trust
personalit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,577
23,710
0.373
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
United States
Nathan G Swenson
Ecology
Forest Ecology
Tropical Ecology
Plant Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,004
20,246
0.533
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
United States
Frank Incropera
Heat and mass transfer. Energy technology and policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,787
18,819
0.248
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
United States
Peter Garnavich
astrophysic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,015
18,375
0.255
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
United States
Suman Datta
Georgia Tec
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,191
17,448
0.434
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
United States
Crislyn D Souza Schorey
Cancer Cell Invasion
Extracellular Vesicles
Membrane Traffickin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,239
15,832
0.541
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
United States
Tim Loughran
Textual analysis
asset pricin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,811
14,485
0.383
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
United States
Scott Maxwell
Quantitative Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,996
13,669
0.351
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
United States
Michael H Morris
Entrepreneurshi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,933
13,245
0.359
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
United States
Kyle Bibby
Environmental Engineering
Microbiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,223
13,085
0.807
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
United States
E Mark Cummings
Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,560
12,896
0.228
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
United States
Jason Rohr
Ecology
Public Health and Disease Ecology
Climate Change
Ecotoxicology
Community Ecolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,125
12,516
0.566
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
United States
Edward Maginn
Molecular simulation
ionic liquids
deep eutectic solvent
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,067
11,787
0.368
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
United States
William F Schneider
chemistry and chemical engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,051
11,318
0.513
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
United States
Bill Mcdonald
Textual analysis
natural language processing
asset pricing
financial econometric
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,563
10,217
0.617
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
584
United States
192
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
MD Hildreth
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
301,119
106,246
0.353
experimental particle physics
high energy physic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,868
United States
700
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Nabarun Dev
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,207
65,969
0.639
Applied Machine Learning
High Performance Scientific Computing
Computational Physics
Deep Learning
Natural Language Process
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,977
United States
744
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Kenyi Hurtado Anampa
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,119
63,586
0.722
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,053
United States
777
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
David Watson
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
196,185
62,109
0.317
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,868
United States
1,122
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Nitesh V Chawla
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,673
50,415
0.658
Data science
artificial intelligence
network scienc
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,079
United States
1,202
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Lee Anna Clark
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,623
48,367
0.321
personality disorder assessment
psychological diagnosis
psychiatric diagnosis
measurement
personalit
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,791
United States
1,502
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Dean A Shepherd
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,963
42,689
0.450
Entrepreneurship
Decision making
Resilience
Social entrepreneurship
Strategic managemen
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,078
United States
2,010
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Kevin W Bowyer
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,565
35,476
0.452
Biometrics
Pattern Recognition
Computer Vision
Data Minin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,783
United States
2,713
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Frank H Collins
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,739
29,517
0.269
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,885
United States
2,747
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Prashant V Kamat
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,561
29,210
0.244
physical chemistry
nanoscience
solar energy conversion
photovoltaics
photocatalysi

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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,619
United States
3,776
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jason A Colquitt
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,577
23,710
0.373
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,274
United States
4,847
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Nathan G Swenson
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,004
20,246
0.533
Ecology
Forest Ecology
Tropical Ecology
Plant Biolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,632
United States
5,400
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Frank Incropera
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,787
18,819
0.248
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,116
United States
5,582
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Peter Garnavich
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,015
18,375
0.255
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,286
United States
6,009
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Suman Datta
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,191
17,448
0.434
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,712
United States
6,953
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Crislyn D Souza Schorey
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,239
15,832
0.541
Cancer Cell Invasion
Extracellular Vesicles
Membrane Traffickin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,254
United States
7,937
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Tim Loughran
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,811
14,485
0.383
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,094
United States
8,609
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Scott Maxwell
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,996
13,669
0.351
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,189
United States
9,016
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Michael H Morris
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,933
13,245
0.359
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,636
United States
9,187
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Kyle Bibby
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,223
13,085
0.807
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,149
United States
9,382
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
E Mark Cummings
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,560
12,896
0.228
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,246
United States
9,810
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jason Rohr
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,125
12,516
0.566
Ecology
Public Health and Disease Ecology
Climate Change
Ecotoxicology
Community Ecolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,662
United States
10,708
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Edward Maginn
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,067
11,787
0.368
Molecular simulation
ionic liquids
deep eutectic solvent
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,415
United States
11,347
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
William F Schneider
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,051
11,318
0.513
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,231
United States
13,167
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Bill Mcdonald
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,563
10,217
0.617
Textual analysis
natural language processing
asset pricing
financial econometric