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
combustion
cryogenics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,845
3,986
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Physical Acoustics
Biomedical Ultrasound
acoustic cavitation
bubbles
acousto-optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,448
1,557
0.184
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Turbomachinery Aerodynamics
Aeroelasticity
Heat Transfer
Design Optimization
Multi-scale Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,547
2,556
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Heat Transfer
Turbomachinery
Turbine Cooling
Aerospace
Heat Exchangers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,406
1,664
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Turbomachinery
Fluid dynamics
Thermodynamics
Tidal turbines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,935
1,039
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Fluid Mechanics
Renewable Energy
Flow-Induced Vibrations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,154
2,138
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Fluid mechanics
solid mechanics
multiphase flows
porous materials
granular materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,989
2,388
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Computational Mechanics of Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,670
2,374
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Physics of fluids
Drop dynamics
Splashing
Drop Impact
Pinch-off.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,937
1,974
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Fluid dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,574
2,196
0.853
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Fluid Mechanics
Aerodynamics
Turbulence
Wind Energy
Tidal Energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,517
1,277
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Aerodynamics
heat transfer
instrumentation
medical and pharmaceutical sendirs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,468
857
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Solid mechanics
Micromechanics
Constitutive modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,392
1,516
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Tribology
Experimental Mechanics
Composite Materials
Contact Mechanics
Triboelectrification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,101
1,796
0.855
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Thermodynamics
Neuromorphic computing
Biophysics
Nonlinear Acoustics
Photo Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,551
961
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Internal Combustion Engines
Atomization & Sprays
Alternative Fuels
Optical Diagnostics
PLIF
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,381
764
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Finite Element Analysis
Cancer
Medical Devices
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,110
617
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Aerodynamics
Heat Transfer
Fluid Structure Interaction (Aeroelasticity)
Turbomachinery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
913
534
0.585
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
hypersonics
high enthalpy flows
heat transfer
optical diagnostics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
899
678
0.754
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Electrical & Mechanical Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
791
256
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Solid Mechanics
Crystal Plasticity
Materials-AI Interdiscipline
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
741
572
0.772
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Laser material processing
Numerical modeling
Heat transfer
Manufacturing
Structural steel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
511
264
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Aerodynamics
Heat Transfer
Sustainable Aviation
Gas Turbines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
364
333
0.915
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Fluid dynamics
Dynamical systems
Chaos
Active Matter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
261
245
0.939
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
High speed flows
heat transfer
hypersonics
non-equilibrium thermochemistry
compressible flows
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
250
240
0.960
Richard Stone
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,845
3,986
0.368
combustion
cryogenics
Ronald A Roy
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,448
1,557
0.184
Physical Acoustics
Biomedical Ultrasound
acoustic cavitation
bubbles
acousto-optics
L He
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,547
2,556
0.339
Turbomachinery Aerodynamics
Aeroelasticity
Heat Transfer
Design Optimization
Multi-scale Methods
Peter Ireland
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,406
1,664
0.308
Heat Transfer
Turbomachinery
Turbine Cooling
Aerospace
Heat Exchangers
Mlg Oldfield
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,935
1,039
0.211
Turbomachinery
Fluid dynamics
Thermodynamics
Tidal turbines
Richard Willden
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,154
2,138
0.515
Fluid Mechanics
Renewable Energy
Flow-Induced Vibrations
Chris Macminn
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,989
2,388
0.599
Fluid mechanics
solid mechanics
multiphase flows
porous materials
granular materials
Antoine Jerusalem
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,670
2,374
0.647
Computational Mechanics of Materials
AA Castrejon Pita
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,937
1,974
0.672
Physics of fluids
Drop dynamics
Splashing
Drop Impact
Pinch-off.
Ton Van Den Bremer
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,574
2,196
0.853
Takafumi Nishino
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,517
1,277
0.507
Fluid Mechanics
Aerodynamics
Turbulence
Wind Energy
Tidal Energy
Kam Chana
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,468
857
0.347
Aerodynamics
heat transfer
instrumentation
medical and pharmaceutical sendirs
Laurence Brassart
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,392
1,516
0.634
Solid mechanics
Micromechanics
Constitutive modelling
Daniel M Mulvihill
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,101
1,796
0.855
Tribology
Experimental Mechanics
Composite Materials
Contact Mechanics
Triboelectrification
Shamit Shrivastava
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,551
961
0.620
Thermodynamics
Neuromorphic computing
Biophysics
Nonlinear Acoustics
Photo Physics
Martin H Davy
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,381
764
0.553
Internal Combustion Engines
Atomization & Sprays
Alternative Fuels
Optical Diagnostics
PLIF
James A Grogan
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,110
617
0.556
Finite Element Analysis
Cancer
Medical Devices
Yuewen Jiang
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
913
534
0.585
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Aerodynamics
Heat Transfer
Fluid Structure Interaction (Aeroelasticity)
Turbomachinery
Tobias Hermann
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
899
678
0.754
hypersonics
high enthalpy flows
heat transfer
optical diagnostics
Robert JH Paynter
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
791
256
0.324
Electrical & Mechanical Engineering
Hongjia Zhang
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
741
572
0.772
Solid Mechanics
Crystal Plasticity
Materials-AI Interdiscipline
Majid Shamlooei
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
511
264
0.517
Laser material processing
Numerical modeling
Heat transfer
Manufacturing
Structural steel
Alexander V. Murray
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
364
333
0.915
Aerodynamics
Heat Transfer
Sustainable Aviation
Gas Turbines
Rahil Valani
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
261
245
0.939
Fluid dynamics
Dynamical systems
Chaos
Active Matter
Peter Collen
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
250
240
0.960
High speed flows
heat transfer
hypersonics
non-equilibrium thermochemistry
compressible flows