Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationNatural Sciences / Chemical Sciences Rankings 2025
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
Xray structure determination
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
284,080
42,805
0.151
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
chimica teorica e computazionale
spettroscopia molecolare
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
280,439
110,885
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
274,805
169,096
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Chemistry
materials
carbon materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
271,963
96,236
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
chemistry
materials science
physics
nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
257,257
76,103
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Reticular Chemistry
Metal-Organic Framework
Covalent Organic Framework
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
253,433
113,421
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Quantum Chemistry
Electronic Structure
Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
253,136
91,633
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Physical Chemistry
Theoretical Chemistry
Ab initio Computational Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242,794
86,045
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Chemistry
Physics
Computation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
241,334
87,615
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
photocatalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,571
111,028
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Computational chemistry
Theoretical Chemistry
conical intersections
non adiabatic dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
228,210
56,398
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Theoretical Chemistry
Quantum Chemistry
Photochemistry
Catalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
220,092
80,076
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Aggregation-Induced Emission
Functional Polymers
Sensing and Imaging
Room Temperature Phosphorescence
Clusteroluminescence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,378
134,688
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204,031
62,790
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
theoretical chemistry
density functional theory
computational chemistry
biophysics
physical chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202,423
63,934
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Photocatalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202,293
127,768
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Chemistry
Polymers
Polymer Chemistry
Polymer Science
Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201,204
55,942
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Computational Chemistry and Biology
Modeling
Quantum Chemistry
Structure Based Design
Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201,133
58,663
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200,025
54,331
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198,246
44,390
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
theory
materials
catalysis
nanotechnology
drug design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
196,756
73,815
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,065
66,575
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186,651
80,781
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Mass Spectrometry
Proteomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181,575
50,366
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Quantum chemistry
theoretical chemistry
molecular modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172,616
46,531
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
264
11
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
George Sheldrick
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
284,080
42,805
0.151
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
282
7
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Vincenzo Barone
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
280,439
110,885
0.395
chimica teorica e computazionale
spettroscopia molecolare
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
307
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jun Chen
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
274,805
169,096
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
318
7
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Rodney Ruoff
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
271,963
96,236
0.354
Chemistry
materials
carbon materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
399
170
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Hongjie Dai
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
257,257
76,103
0.296
chemistry
materials science
physics
nanotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
419
177
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Omar M Yaghi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
253,433
113,421
0.448
Reticular Chemistry
Metal-Organic Framework
Covalent Organic Framework
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
421
179
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Gustavo E Scuseria
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
253,136
91,633
0.362
Quantum Chemistry
Electronic Structure
Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
490
40
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Maurizio Cossi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242,794
86,045
0.354
Physical Chemistry
Theoretical Chemistry
Ab initio Computational Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
502
201
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Donald Truhlar
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
241,334
87,615
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
574
9
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Zhi LIU 刘智
Wuhan University
Wuhan, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,571
111,028
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
599
45
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mike Robb
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
228,210
56,398
0.247
Computational chemistry
Theoretical Chemistry
conical intersections
non adiabatic dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
647
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Masahiro Ehara
Institute for Molecular Science
Okazaki, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
220,092
80,076
0.364
Theoretical Chemistry
Quantum Chemistry
Photochemistry
Catalysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
743
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ben Zhong Tang
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,378
134,688
0.653
Aggregation-Induced Emission
Functional Polymers
Sensing and Imaging
Room Temperature Phosphorescence
Clusteroluminescence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
765
304
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Peidong Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204,031
62,790
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
783
311
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Weitao Yang
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202,423
63,934
0.316
theoretical chemistry
density functional theory
computational chemistry
biophysics
physical chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
785
10
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jiaguo Yu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202,293
127,768
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
800
318
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201,204
55,942
0.278
Chemistry
Polymers
Polymer Chemistry
Polymer Science
Materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
801
319
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Kenneth M Merz Jr
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201,133
58,663
0.292
Computational Chemistry and Biology
Modeling
Quantum Chemistry
Structure Based Design
Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
819
329
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Chad Mirkin
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200,025
54,331
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
831
334
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Paul Alivisatos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198,246
44,390
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
842
342
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
William A Goddard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
196,756
73,815
0.375
theory
materials
catalysis
nanotechnology
drug design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
858
27
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Avelino Corma Canos
Universitat Politècnica de València
Valencia, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,065
66,575
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
940
389
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
George Church
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186,651
80,781
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
986
410
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
John Yates
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181,575
50,366
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,077
35
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Pedro Salvador
Universitat de Girona
Girona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172,616
46,531
0.270
Quantum chemistry
theoretical chemistry
molecular modelling