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
Bioinformatics
Cancer
Algorithms
Medical Genetics
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,017
24,874
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Genome Informatics
Genome Assembly
Sequence Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,298
43,291
0.695
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Bioinformatics
High-performance computing
Genome Assembly
Computational Biology
Computer Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,887
40,531
0.677
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
deep learning
radiology
large-scale clinical image databases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,907
35,130
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Artificial Intelligence
Retinopathy of Prematurity
Biomedical Informatics
Data Science
Pediatric Ophthalmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,382
14,559
0.574
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Data Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,984
13,088
0.819
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Data Science&Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,378
3,786
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Bioinformatics
Biostatistics
Computer Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,930
8,822
0.888
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Computer science
Neuroscience
Health
Aging
Complex diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,689
8,010
0.827
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Machine Learning
Medical Image Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,929
5,546
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
fMRI
Functional Connectivity
NeuroImaging
Neurofeedback
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,069
4,152
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Machine Learning
Brain Imaging
Cognitive Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,844
2,555
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Imaging
deep learning and computer vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,524
2,514
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Bio/Medical Imaging and Image Analytics
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Computer-Aided Detection and Diagnosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,373
1,824
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Computer Assisted Interventions
Medical Image Analysis
Computer Vision
Computer Graphics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,964
2,506
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Bioinformatics
Chemoinformatics
Machine Learning
Data Mining
Computational Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,089
3,749
0.917
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Data Science
Bioinformatics
Open Data
Open Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,050
1,283
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Machine learning
Bioinformatics
Statistics
Next Generation Sequencing
Big Data Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,609
1,651
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Data Science
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,435
1,107
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Machine Learning
Biophysics
High-performance computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,261
1,481
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Machine learning
Melanoma genetics
Cancer
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,801
2,521
0.900
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Health Data Mining and Processing
Deep Learning
Computer Network
Sensor Network
Algorithm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,391
333
0.139
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Machine learning
computer vision
medical imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,369
1,772
0.748
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Machine Learning
Tissue engineering
Stem cell biology
image analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,263
1,618
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Bioinformatics
Computer Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,253
1,945
0.863
Alejandro Schaffer
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,017
24,874
0.194
Bioinformatics
Cancer
Algorithms
Medical Genetics
Immunology
Adam M Phillippy
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,298
43,291
0.695
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Genome Informatics
Genome Assembly
Sequence Analysis
Sergey Koren
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,887
40,531
0.677
Bioinformatics
High-performance computing
Genome Assembly
Computational Biology
Computer Science
Ronald M Summers
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,907
35,130
0.628
deep learning
radiology
large-scale clinical image databases
Michael F Chiang
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,382
14,559
0.574
Artificial Intelligence
Retinopathy of Prematurity
Biomedical Informatics
Data Science
Pediatric Ophthalmology
Leonid Zaslavsky
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,984
13,088
0.819
Jonas S Almeida
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,378
3,786
0.283
Peng Jiang
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,930
8,822
0.888
Bioinformatics
Biostatistics
Computer Science
Faraz Faghri
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,689
8,010
0.827
Computer science
Neuroscience
Health
Aging
Complex diseases
Stefan Jaeger
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,929
5,546
0.621
Machine Learning
Medical Image Analysis
Javier Gonzalez-Castillo
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,069
4,152
0.515
fMRI
Functional Connectivity
NeuroImaging
Neurofeedback
Machine Learning
Francisco Pereira
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,844
2,555
0.437
Machine Learning
Brain Imaging
Cognitive Neuroscience
Jiji Chen
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,524
2,514
0.455
Imaging
deep learning and computer vision
Li-Yueh Hsu
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,373
1,824
0.339
Bio/Medical Imaging and Image Analytics
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Computer-Aided Detection and Diagnosis
Ziv Yaniv
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,964
2,506
0.505
Computer Assisted Interventions
Medical Image Analysis
Computer Vision
Computer Graphics
Ming Hao
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,089
3,749
0.917
Bioinformatics
Chemoinformatics
Machine Learning
Data Mining
Computational Chemistry
Dawei Lin
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,050
1,283
0.317
Data Science
Bioinformatics
Open Data
Open Science
Zhiguang Li
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,609
1,651
0.457
Machine learning
Bioinformatics
Statistics
Next Generation Sequencing
Big Data Mining
Fenglou Mao
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,435
1,107
0.322
Data Science
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Samarjeet Prasad
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,261
1,481
0.454
Machine Learning
Biophysics
High-performance computing
Rohit Thakur
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,801
2,521
0.900
Machine learning
Melanoma genetics
Cancer
Genetics
Min Ding
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,391
333
0.139
Health Data Mining and Processing
Deep Learning
Computer Network
Sensor Network
Algorithm
Nathan Lay
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,369
1,772
0.748
Machine learning
computer vision
medical imaging
Nathan Hotaling
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,263
1,618
0.715
Machine Learning
Tissue engineering
Stem cell biology
image analysis
Roberto Vera Alvarez
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,253
1,945
0.863
Bioinformatics
Computer Science