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.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Astrophysics
Cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157,310
87,902
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Astroparticle Physics
Elementary Particle Physics
High Energy Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,525
32,882
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Galaxy evolution - astrophysical data processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,611
30,892
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
vibration
smart structures
piezoelectric materials
morphing UAVs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,642
24,805
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
galaxy growth and evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,647
24,026
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,302
16,806
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Aerospace Engineering
Mechanics
Computer Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,801
24,065
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,200
30,927
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
astronomy
stellar dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,471
22,024
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,249
15,573
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Hydrogen energy
Bioenergy
Clean energy
Thermoelectric generation
CO2 capture and utilizaiton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,836
36,101
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
astronomy
Gaia mission
astrometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,104
35,357
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
composite materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,719
17,597
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,974
21,312
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
array signal processing
MIMO radar
communication signal processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,902
17,246
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
galactic dynamics
dark matter
milky way
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,225
36,365
0.739
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Bayesian Statistics
Monte Carlo methods
econometrics
astronomy
genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,878
14,117
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Heat transfer
Energy engineering
Energy storage
Fuel cells
Flow batteries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,718
14,137
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,184
7,446
0.165
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Computational Mechanics
Aerodynamics
Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,156
8,581
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Structural dynamics
Morphing aircraft
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,256
15,114
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
CCDs
Optical Astronomy Instrumentation
low noise electronics
Radiation Detection and Measurement
CMOS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,051
13,806
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,288
11,235
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Galaxy evolution
large-scale structure
observational cosmology
statistical methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,627
23,829
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Astrophysics
Astronomy
Statistics
exoplanets
binary stars
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,840
25,921
0.635
Sanjit Mitra
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157,310
87,902
0.559
Astrophysics
Cosmology
Hirokazu Ishino
Okayama University
Okayama, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,525
32,882
0.237
Astroparticle Physics
Elementary Particle Physics
High Energy Physics
Hervé Aussel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,611
30,892
0.334
Galaxy evolution - astrophysical data processing
Daniel J Inman
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,642
24,805
0.356
vibration
smart structures
piezoelectric materials
morphing UAVs
Eric Bell
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,647
24,026
0.350
galaxy growth and evolution
Berrie Giebels
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,302
16,806
0.246
Yao Zheng 郑耀
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,801
24,065
0.360
Aerospace Engineering
Mechanics
Computer Science
Tsevi Mazeh
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,200
30,927
0.522
Tim de Zeeuw
Leiden University
Leiden, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,471
22,024
0.383
astronomy
stellar dynamics
Jens Jordan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,249
15,573
0.282
Wei Hsin Chen
National Cheng Kung University
Tainan City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,836
36,101
0.683
Hydrogen energy
Bioenergy
Clean energy
Thermoelectric generation
CO2 capture and utilizaiton
Anthony GA Brown
Leiden University
Leiden, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,104
35,357
0.679
astronomy
Gaia mission
astrometry
Scott R White
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,719
17,597
0.340
Ivo Labbe
Swinburne University of Technology
Hawthorn, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,974
21,312
0.418
Xiaofei Zhang 张小飞
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,902
17,246
0.346
array signal processing
MIMO radar
communication signal processing
Adrian M Price-Whelan
Flatiron Institute
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,225
36,365
0.739
galactic dynamics
dark matter
milky way
Christian Robert
Université Paris Dauphine
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,878
14,117
0.289
Bayesian Statistics
Monte Carlo methods
econometrics
astronomy
genetics
TS Zhao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,718
14,137
0.296
Heat transfer
Energy engineering
Energy storage
Fuel cells
Flow batteries
Peter B Stetson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,184
7,446
0.165
Antony Jameson
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,156
8,581
0.194
Computational Mechanics
Aerodynamics
Design
Michael I Friswell
Swansea University
Swansea, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,256
15,114
0.349
Structural dynamics
Morphing aircraft
Paul O'Connor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,051
13,806
0.321
CCDs
Optical Astronomy Instrumentation
low noise electronics
Radiation Detection and Measurement
CMOS
AI Netzer
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,288
11,235
0.266
Rita Tojeiro
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,627
23,829
0.572
Galaxy evolution
large-scale structure
observational cosmology
statistical methods
Shay Zucker
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,840
25,921
0.635
Astrophysics
Astronomy
Statistics
exoplanets
binary stars