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Highly Cited Researchers 13.951 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
AI
machine learning
computer vision
robotics
image compressio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
409,365
258,467
0.631
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Global Health
Cardiovascular Disease
Comparative Effectiveness
Epidemiology
Simulation Modelin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222,949
114,718
0.515
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Stroke
Epidemiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200,658
113,238
0.564
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
statistics
political scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,136
97,745
0.474
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Multimessenger
Gravitational waves
Astrophysics
Astroparticle Physics
Biophysic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148,770
89,843
0.604
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Cardiac Surger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143,632
88,405
0.615
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Chemical Biology
Cell Deat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,575
87,408
0.743
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Multimessenger
Gravitational waves
Astrophysics
Astroparticle Physics
Biophysic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,886
86,231
0.674
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Machine Learning
Protein Desig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149,552
85,918
0.575
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Cognitive training
psychosocial rehabilitatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,026
83,592
0.760
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Multi-Messenger Astrophysic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,663
81,123
0.720
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
393,018
80,408
0.205
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
theoretical Astrophysics
gravitational-wave detector
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,362
80,370
0.685
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Graphene
2D materials
NEMS
nano-biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165,193
76,009
0.460
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
air pollution
human health effects
epidemiology
environment
climate chang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,419
73,085
0.506
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Child psychiatric disorder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247,368
70,745
0.286
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Genetics
Statistic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
215,531
70,392
0.327
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Clinical epidemiology
cancer
diabetes
global healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,920
67,947
0.618
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Machine Learning
Statistics
Probabilistic topic models
Bayesian nonparametrics
Approximate posterior inferenc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148,038
67,493
0.456
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
surgery
ovarian cancer
endometrial cancer
genomics
genetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,167
66,336
0.662
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
genetics
immunology
multiple sclerosis
Alzheimer
systems biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,489
64,051
0.564
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Particle physics
machine learning
microelectronic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,102
62,222
0.840
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Gravitational Wave
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,674
61,749
0.584
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Computational Vision
Computational Neuroscience
Image Processing
Vision Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,552
58,699
0.475
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Lipid and lipoprotein metabolism
diabetes mellitus
cardiovascular diseas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172,983
57,742
0.334
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26
14
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Yann Lecun
New York University
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
409,365
258,467
0.631
AI
machine learning
computer vision
robotics
image compressio
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
439
147
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Andrew Moran
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222,949
114,718
0.515
Global Health
Cardiovascular Disease
Comparative Effectiveness
Epidemiology
Simulation Modelin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
453
152
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mitchell Elkind
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200,658
113,238
0.564
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
751
239
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Andrew Gelman
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,136
97,745
0.474
statistics
political scienc
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
945
309
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Szabolcs Marka
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148,770
89,843
0.604
Multimessenger
Gravitational waves
Astrophysics
Astroparticle Physics
Biophysic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
997
332
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Michael Borger
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143,632
88,405
0.615
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,018
341
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Brent R Stockwell
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,575
87,408
0.743
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,056
355
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Zsuzsa Marka
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,886
86,231
0.674
Multimessenger
Gravitational waves
Astrophysics
Astroparticle Physics
Biophysic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,068
359
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Rob Fergus
New York University
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149,552
85,918
0.575
Machine Learning
Protein Desig
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,148
393
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jimmy Choi
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,026
83,592
0.760
Cognitive training
psychosocial rehabilitatio
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,245
439
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Stefan Countryman
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,663
81,123
0.720
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,276
452
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Joseph E Stiglitz
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
393,018
80,408
0.205
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,277
453
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Yuri Levin
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,362
80,370
0.685
theoretical Astrophysics
gravitational-wave detector
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,428
522
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
James C Hone
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165,193
76,009
0.460
Graphene
2D materials
NEMS
nano-biolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,539
569
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
George D Thurston
New York University
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,419
73,085
0.506
air pollution
human health effects
epidemiology
environment
climate chang
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,628
602
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Stephen V Faraone
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247,368
70,745
0.286
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,655
612
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Aravinda Chakravarti
New York University
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
215,531
70,392
0.327
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,752
653
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Raghib Ali
New York University
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,920
67,947
0.618
Clinical epidemiology
cancer
diabetes
global healt
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,771
661
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
David Blei
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148,038
67,493
0.456
Machine Learning
Statistics
Probabilistic topic models
Bayesian nonparametrics
Approximate posterior inferenc
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,838
689
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Douglas A Levine
New York University
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,167
66,336
0.662
surgery
ovarian cancer
endometrial cancer
genomics
genetic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,925
728
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Philip L De Jager
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,489
64,051
0.564
genetics
immunology
multiple sclerosis
Alzheimer
systems biolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,027
770
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Julia Lynne Gonski
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,102
62,222
0.840
Particle physics
machine learning
microelectronic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,053
782
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Luca Matone
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,674
61,749
0.584
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,214
854
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Eero P Simoncelli|EP Simoncelli
New York University
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,552
58,699
0.475
Computational Vision
Computational Neuroscience
Image Processing
Vision Scienc
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,277
881
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Henry N Ginsberg
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172,983
57,742
0.334
Lipid and lipoprotein metabolism
diabetes mellitus
cardiovascular diseas