Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
Molecular Biology
Immunology
Cancer Biology
Signal Transduction
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
345,870
80,732
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
pharmacology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207,473
114,951
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
microbiome
nutrition
pharmacology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161,355
94,788
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
pulmonary embolism
cardiovascular conditions
pharmacology of artheriosclerosis
anticoagulants
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,110
55,671
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Toxicology
Pharmacology
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Drug Abuse
Global Health
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,480
111,856
0.871
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Depression
Psychopharmacology
CNS Clinical Trials
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,767
40,356
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Endocannabinoids
TRP channels
pharmacology
biochemistry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,053
37,660
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Ion channels
Channelopathies
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,929
40,402
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Medicine
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,227
57,922
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Biology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,235
14,131
0.134
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Clinical Pharmacology
Eicosanoids
Aspirin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,173
35,330
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Neuropharmacology
serotonin receptors
chemical biology
GPCRs
psychedelics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,438
41,412
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Dementia
nutrition
basal ganglia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,525
24,537
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
cognitive neuroscience
non-invasive brain stimulation
functional neuroimaging
neuropsychopharmacology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,173
43,657
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Pharmacology
ion channels
neurosciences
neurological and psychiatric diseases.
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,219
10,401
0.122
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
cell signaling
G proteins
GPCRs
cancer
precision immunotherapy
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,100
19,541
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Pharmacology
physiology
urology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,574
12,825
0.165
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Physiology
Pharmacology
Cardiology
Biochemistry
Computational Modeling
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,262
19,590
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Vascular Biology
Pharmacology
Nitric Oxide
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,305
16,459
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Farmacologia
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,237
22,354
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
drug discovery
pharmacology
cardiovascular disease
GPCRs
oxidative stress
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,786
24,226
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
metabolomics
biosynthesis
chromatography
phytochemistry
ethnopharmacology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,615
24,905
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Cancer Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,760
20,412
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,153
6,293
0.101
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Apoptosis
Anti-cancer drugs
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,630
12,389
0.208
Michael Karin
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
345,870
80,732
0.233
Molecular Biology
Immunology
Cancer Biology
Signal Transduction
Catapano Al
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207,473
114,951
0.554
Peter Turnbaugh
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161,355
94,788
0.587
microbiome
nutrition
pharmacology
Giancarlo Agnelli
Università degli Studi di Perugia
Perugia, Italy
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,110
55,671
0.397
pulmonary embolism
cardiovascular conditions
pharmacology of artheriosclerosis
anticoagulants
Félix Carvalho
Universidade do Porto
Porto, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,480
111,856
0.871
Toxicology
Pharmacology
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Drug Abuse
Global Health
Fava, M
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,767
40,356
0.349
Depression
Psychopharmacology
CNS Clinical Trials
Vincenzo Di Marzo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,053
37,660
0.327
Endocannabinoids
TRP channels
pharmacology
biochemistry
Alfred L George Jr
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,929
40,402
0.352
Ion channels
Channelopathies
Peter Sever
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,227
57,922
0.507
Paul M Vanhoutte
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,235
14,131
0.134
Carlo Patrono
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,173
35,330
0.360
Clinical Pharmacology
Eicosanoids
Aspirin
Bl Roth
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,438
41,412
0.434
Neuropharmacology
serotonin receptors
chemical biology
GPCRs
psychedelics
A David Smith
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,525
24,537
0.260
Dementia
nutrition
basal ganglia
Michael Nitsche
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,173
43,657
0.490
cognitive neuroscience
non-invasive brain stimulation
functional neuroimaging
neuropsychopharmacology
Michel Lazdunski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,219
10,401
0.122
Pharmacology
ion channels
neurosciences
neurological and psychiatric diseases.
J Silvio Gutkind
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,100
19,541
0.250
cell signaling
G proteins
GPCRs
cancer
precision immunotherapy
Karl Erik Andersson
Lund University
Lund, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,574
12,825
0.165
Pharmacology
physiology
urology
Donald Bers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,262
19,590
0.264
Physiology
Pharmacology
Cardiology
Biochemistry
Computational Modeling
William C Sessa
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,305
16,459
0.225
Vascular Biology
Pharmacology
Nitric Oxide
Salvatore Cuzzocrea
Università degli Studi di Messina
Messina, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,237
22,354
0.337
Pal Pacher
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,786
24,226
0.368
drug discovery
pharmacology
cardiovascular disease
GPCRs
oxidative stress
Robert Verpoorte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,615
24,905
0.385
metabolomics
biosynthesis
chromatography
phytochemistry
ethnopharmacology
Neal Rosen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,760
20,412
0.320
Philip Seeman
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,153
6,293
0.101
Scott Kaufmann
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,630
12,389
0.208
Apoptosis
Anti-cancer drugs