Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

2,777
World Rank

23
Country Rank

1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Citation Metrics
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Total111,716
-
Last 6 Years86,354
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Last 6 Years / Total0.773
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

43,547
World Rank

438
Country Rank

35
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Citation Metrics
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Total20,050
-
Last 6 Years8,948
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Last 6 Years / Total0.446
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

72,296
World Rank

887
Country Rank

63
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Drug Delivery System | Gene Therapy | Cancer Immunotherapy | Immune Modulation | Tissue Regeneratio
Drug Delivery System | Gene Therapy | Cancer Immunotherapy | Immune Modulation | Tissue Regeneratio
Citation Metrics
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Total13,707
-
Last 6 Years4,466
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Last 6 Years / Total0.326
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

88,314
World Rank

1,135
Country Rank

77
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Pharmaceutics & Pharmaceutical science
Pharmaceutics & Pharmaceutical science
Citation Metrics
-
Total11,642
-
Last 6 Years5,465
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Last 6 Years / Total0.469
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

188,738
World Rank

2,960
Country Rank

163
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Pharmacokinetics | PK/PD | IVIVC | modelin
Pharmacokinetics | PK/PD | IVIVC | modelin
Citation Metrics
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Total5,811
-
Last 6 Years2,863
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Last 6 Years / Total0.493
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

198,972
World Rank

3,159
Country Rank

170
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Citation Metrics
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Total5,507
-
Last 6 Years2,872
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.522
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

210,225
World Rank

3,372
Country Rank

183
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Analytical chemistry | Metabolomics | Green solvents | Green analytical chemistry | Deep eutectic solvent
Analytical chemistry | Metabolomics | Green solvents | Green analytical chemistry | Deep eutectic solvent
Citation Metrics
-
Total5,202
-
Last 6 Years3,033
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.583
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

308,114
World Rank

5,299
Country Rank

246
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Organic Chemistry | C-H Activation | Catalys
Organic Chemistry | C-H Activation | Catalys
Citation Metrics
-
Total3,407
-
Last 6 Years1,247
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.366
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

322,468
World Rank

5,626
Country Rank

259
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
iPSCs | Immune therapy | Epigenetics | Precision Medicine | Drug Screenin
iPSCs | Immune therapy | Epigenetics | Precision Medicine | Drug Screenin
Citation Metrics
-
Total3,226
-
Last 6 Years2,172
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.673
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

339,805
World Rank

5,963
Country Rank

267
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Citation Metrics
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Total3,027
-
Last 6 Years534
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.176
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

366,206
World Rank

6,449
Country Rank

281
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Vascular Disease and Tumor Microenvironmen
Vascular Disease and Tumor Microenvironmen
Citation Metrics
-
Total2,758
-
Last 6 Years1,750
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.635
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

430,013
World Rank

7,608
Country Rank

318
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Natural Product Chemistry | Chemical Biolog
Natural Product Chemistry | Chemical Biolog
Citation Metrics
-
Total2,230
-
Last 6 Years1,730
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.776
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

599,633
World Rank

10,579
Country Rank

417
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Drug delivery | Nanomedicine | Exosome | Immunotherap
Drug delivery | Nanomedicine | Exosome | Immunotherap
Citation Metrics
-
Total1,348
-
Last 6 Years873
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.648
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

739,736
World Rank

13,103
Country Rank

491
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Toxicology | Pharmacy | Risk Assessment | Biomarke
Toxicology | Pharmacy | Risk Assessment | Biomarke
Citation Metrics
-
Total913
-
Last 6 Years491
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.538
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

776,744
World Rank

13,682
Country Rank

506
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Structural and molecular biology | mass spectrometry | X-ray crystallography | GPCR | mitochondri
Structural and molecular biology | mass spectrometry | X-ray crystallography | GPCR | mitochondri
Citation Metrics
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Total822
-
Last 6 Years625
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.760
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

777,551
World Rank

13,695
Country Rank

507
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Biotech | Medical Device | Healthcare | A
Biotech | Medical Device | Healthcare | A
Citation Metrics
-
Total820
-
Last 6 Years802
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.978
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

866,695
World Rank

15,231
Country Rank

549
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Citation Metrics
-
Total635
-
Last 6 Years627
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.987
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

1,021,425
World Rank

17,678
Country Rank

687
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Citation Metrics
-
Total431
-
Last 6 Years370
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.858
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

1,123,190
World Rank

19,183
Country Rank

804
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Citation Metrics
-
Total338
-
Last 6 Years333
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.985
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

1,130,869
World Rank

19,288
Country Rank

814
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Nanomedicine | Drug delivery | Pharmaceutics | Biomaterial
Nanomedicine | Drug delivery | Pharmaceutics | Biomaterial
Citation Metrics
-
Total332
-
Last 6 Years326
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.982
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

1,150,200
World Rank

19,549
Country Rank

838
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Drug delivery | Virtual Screening | Pharmacy
Drug delivery | Virtual Screening | Pharmacy
Citation Metrics
-
Total318
-
Last 6 Years188
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.591
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

1,257,041
World Rank

21,067
Country Rank

942
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Citation Metrics
-
Total252
-
Last 6 Years196
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.778
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

1,334,592
World Rank

22,198
Country Rank

1,014
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
제약기술경영 | Pharmaceutical Technology Managemen
제약기술경영 | Pharmaceutical Technology Managemen
Citation Metrics
-
Total215
-
Last 6 Years175
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.814
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

1,351,621
World Rank

22,430
Country Rank

1,031
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Citation Metrics
-
Total208
-
Last 6 Years144
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.692
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

1,370,645
World Rank

22,677
Country Rank

1,048
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Citation Metrics
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Total200
-
Last 6 Years196
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.980