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
microbial diversity
microbiome
environmental microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
445,219
249,536
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
drug delivery
tissue engineering
biomaterials
nanotechnology
chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
441,116
121,493
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
cancer
bioengineering
proteomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
263,173
117,090
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
biomaterials
tissue engineering
silk
regenerative medicine
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202,797
76,102
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
bioengineering & cell biology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155,537
45,077
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Biomaterials
Drug Delivery
Nanotechnology
Regenerative Medicine
Tissue Engineering
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,795
25,166
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Freshwater Ecology
Restoration
Lakes
Limnology
Arctic Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,697
38,493
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
biomaterials
gene delivery
nanomedicine
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,821
48,213
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Bioengineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,289
20,369
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Photonics
Nanobioengineering
Nanoscience
Nanochemistry
Biophotonics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,734
20,557
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
bioengineering
cell and molecular biology
stem cell engineering
drug delivery systems
mechanotransduction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,230
25,989
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
human-computer interaction
collaboration
human-robot interaction
social computing
online communities
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,481
15,107
0.181
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Human-computer interaction
social computing
human-centered AI
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,349
56,797
0.681
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Drug Delivery
Bioengineering
Pharmaceutics
immunoengineering
biotechnology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,703
34,475
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Modeling and control of physiological systems
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,935
22,438
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Human-Computer Interaction
Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,079
10,272
0.158
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
bioengineering
systems biology
computational biology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,453
12,338
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
neurotechnology
bioengineering
neuroscience
expansion microscopy
optogenetics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,208
35,468
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Muscle
Rehabilitation
Biomechanics
Bioengineering
Locomotion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,796
26,157
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Tissue engineering
Regenerative medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,462
16,375
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Biomaterials
Tissue Engineering
Bioengineering
Hydrogels
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,228
31,609
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
bioengineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,200
9,029
0.153
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
biomaterials
tissue engineering
biosurface science
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,167
11,206
0.193
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Biomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,367
15,254
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
drug and gene delivery -nanomedicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,630
8,560
0.157
Rob Knight
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
445,219
249,536
0.560
microbial diversity
microbiome
environmental microbiology
Robert Langer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
441,116
121,493
0.275
drug delivery
tissue engineering
biomaterials
nanotechnology
chemistry
Lance Liotta
George Mason University
Fairfax, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
263,173
117,090
0.445
cancer
bioengineering
proteomics
David L Kaplan
Tufts University
Medford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202,797
76,102
0.375
biomaterials
tissue engineering
silk
regenerative medicine
Donald Ingber
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155,537
45,077
0.290
bioengineering & cell biology
Antonios G Mikos
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,795
25,166
0.231
Biomaterials
Drug Delivery
Nanotechnology
Regenerative Medicine
Tissue Engineering
Erik Jeppesen
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,697
38,493
0.382
Freshwater Ecology
Restoration
Lakes
Limnology
Arctic Ecology
Daniel G Anderson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,821
48,213
0.503
biomaterials
gene delivery
nanomedicine
Jeffrey Hubbell
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,289
20,369
0.221
Paras N Prasad
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,734
20,557
0.229
Photonics
Nanobioengineering
Nanoscience
Nanochemistry
Biophotonics
Dennis Discher
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,230
25,989
0.301
bioengineering
cell and molecular biology
stem cell engineering
drug delivery systems
mechanotransduction
Sara Kiesler
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,481
15,107
0.181
human-computer interaction
collaboration
human-robot interaction
social computing
online communities
Michael S Bernstein
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,349
56,797
0.681
Human-computer interaction
social computing
human-centered AI
Samir Mitragotri
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,703
34,475
0.474
Drug Delivery
Bioengineering
Pharmaceutics
immunoengineering
biotechnology
Claudio Cobelli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,935
22,438
0.325
Modeling and control of physiological systems
Gregory D Abowd
Northeastern University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,079
10,272
0.158
Human-Computer Interaction
Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing
Douglas Lauffenburger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,453
12,338
0.191
bioengineering
systems biology
computational biology
Ed Boyden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,208
35,468
0.552
neurotechnology
bioengineering
neuroscience
expansion microscopy
optogenetics
Scott Delp
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,796
26,157
0.423
Muscle
Rehabilitation
Biomechanics
Bioengineering
Locomotion
Clemens A Van Blitterswijk
Maastricht University
Maastricht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,462
16,375
0.271
Tissue engineering
Regenerative medicine
Jason A Burdick
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,228
31,609
0.525
Biomaterials
Tissue Engineering
Bioengineering
Hydrogels
Van C Mow
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,200
9,029
0.153
Buddy Ratner
University of Washington
Seattle, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,167
11,206
0.193
biomaterials
tissue engineering
biosurface science
Michael Swain
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,367
15,254
0.271
Francis Szoka
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,630
8,560
0.157
drug and gene delivery -nanomedicine