The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
Graphene NSs
Organic 2D Crystals
On-water Surface Chemistry
Quantum Materials
Energy Devices
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,153
73,659
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Muscle
muscular dystrophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,958
11,508
0.140
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Bacteriophage
lactic acid bacteria
bifidobacteria
gut microbiota
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,528
32,136
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
membrane transport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,746
10,612
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Covid-19
ACE2
CoV-2
Redox
hydrogen sulfide
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,595
19,803
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
genetics and genomics of mental diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,416
12,332
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Immunogenetics
Molecular Biology
Vaccine Research
Genetic Epidemiology
Computational Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,322
34,055
0.964
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Blood Vessels
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,704
10,983
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Organelles
yeast
peroxisomes
mitochondria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,575
11,215
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Neurotransmission
Membranlipide
Membranverkehr
Exo- und Endoztyose
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,905
15,089
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Characterization the Importance of Autophagy/Apoptosis
Autophagy/UPR
and Apoptosis/UPR Cross-talk in Health & Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,670
17,230
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Genomics
Infectious Diseases
Bioinformatics
One Health
Genomics Surveillance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,729
20,179
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Selenium
Antioxidants
Redox Signaling
Lipidomics
Proteomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,144
9,634
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,994
6,907
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Computational Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,948
13,262
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
interferon
RNA editing
protein kinase PKR
RNA adenosine deaminase ADAR
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,913
5,094
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Haematology - medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,426
10,447
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Human-Computer-Interaction
Cyberpsychology
Neuroscience
Psychology
Digital Phenotyping
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,828
17,779
0.779
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Metabolic disease
Obesity
Diabetes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,390
3,485
0.156
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Plant-microbe interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,711
8,704
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
signal transduction
plant hormone signaling
seed development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,295
6,747
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Parasitology
vaccines
immunology
molecular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,078
6,610
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Genetic Epidemiology
Population Health
Target Discovery
Mendelian randomisation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,074
20,023
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Chromatin
gene expression
omics
cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,198
10,693
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Plant Pathogens
Oomycete Biology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,011
6,123
0.322
Xinliang Feng
Technische Universität Dresden
Dresden, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,153
73,659
0.623
Graphene NSs
Organic 2D Crystals
On-water Surface Chemistry
Quantum Materials
Energy Devices
Kevin P Campbell
University of Iowa
Iowa City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,958
11,508
0.140
Muscle
muscular dystrophy
Douwe Van Sinderen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,528
32,136
0.549
Bacteriophage
lactic acid bacteria
bifidobacteria
gut microbiota
Driessen Aj
University of Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,746
10,612
0.248
H Van Goor
University of Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,595
19,803
0.513
Covid-19
ACE2
CoV-2
Redox
hydrogen sulfide
Fabio Macciardi *
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,416
12,332
0.348
genetics and genomics of mental diseases
Swayam Prakash
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,322
34,055
0.964
Immunogenetics
Molecular Biology
Vaccine Research
Genetic Epidemiology
Computational Biology
Luisa Iruela Arispe
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,704
10,983
0.316
Ij Klei Van Der
University of Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,575
11,215
0.344
Organelles
yeast
peroxisomes
mitochondria
Volker Haucke
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,905
15,089
0.488
Neurotransmission
Membranlipide
Membranverkehr
Exo- und Endoztyose
Saeid Ghavami
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,670
17,230
0.562
Characterization the Importance of Autophagy/Apoptosis
Autophagy/UPR
and Apoptosis/UPR Cross-talk in Health & Disease
Christian Happi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,729
20,179
0.679
Genomics
Infectious Diseases
Bioinformatics
One Health
Genomics Surveillance
Fulvio Ursini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,144
9,634
0.355
Selenium
Antioxidants
Redox Signaling
Lipidomics
Proteomics
J Kok
University of Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,994
6,907
0.256
Nicolas Bray
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,948
13,262
0.492
Charles Samuel
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,913
5,094
0.204
interferon
RNA editing
protein kinase PKR
RNA adenosine deaminase ADAR
Luca Arcaini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,426
10,447
0.446
Haematology - medicine
Christian Montag
Universität Ulm
Ulm, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,828
17,779
0.779
Human-Computer-Interaction
Cyberpsychology
Neuroscience
Psychology
Digital Phenotyping
Abdullah Yalçın
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,390
3,485
0.156
Metabolic disease
Obesity
Diabetes
Ralph Panstruga
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,711
8,704
0.401
Plant-microbe interactions
Ruth Finkelstein
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,295
6,747
0.332
signal transduction
plant hormone signaling
seed development
John Dalton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,078
6,610
0.329
Parasitology
vaccines
immunology
molecular biology
Mohd Anisul Karim|Mohd Karim, M Karim, MA Karim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,074
20,023
0.997
Genetic Epidemiology
Population Health
Target Discovery
Mendelian randomisation
Michiel Vermeulen
Radboud University
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,198
10,693
0.557
Chromatin
gene expression
omics
cancer
Francine Govers
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,011
6,123
0.322
Plant Pathogens
Oomycete Biology
Plant-Microbe Interactions