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
283,677
42,357
0.149
* 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
278,985
109,507
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
272,036
166,333
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Chemistry
materials
carbon materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
271,150
95,410
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
chemistry
materials science
physics
nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
256,622
75,453
0.294
* 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
252,319
112,253
0.445
* 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
252,213
90,821
0.360
* 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
242,274
85,631
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Chemistry
Physics
Computation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
239,957
86,263
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
photocatalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
230,683
108,418
0.470
* 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
227,972
56,184
0.246
* 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
218,845
78,894
0.361
* 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
204,635
132,782
0.649
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203,320
62,090
0.305
* 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
201,706
63,224
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Photocatalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201,031
126,583
0.630
* 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
200,438
55,133
0.275
* 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
199,908
57,507
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199,650
53,868
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197,831
43,974
0.222
* 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
195,792
72,859
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194,337
65,783
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186,132
80,314
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Mass Spectrometry
Proteomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180,837
49,672
0.275
* 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
172,243
46,192
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
256
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
George Sheldrick
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
283,677
42,357
0.149
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
279
7
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Vincenzo Barone
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278,985
109,507
0.393
chimica teorica e computazionale
spettroscopia molecolare
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
306
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jun Chen
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
272,036
166,333
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
311
7
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Rodney Ruoff
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
271,150
95,410
0.352
Chemistry
materials
carbon materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
390
166
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Hongjie Dai
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
256,622
75,453
0.294
chemistry
materials science
physics
nanotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
413
174
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Omar M Yaghi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
252,319
112,253
0.445
Reticular Chemistry
Metal-Organic Framework
Covalent Organic Framework
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
416
175
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Gustavo E Scuseria
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
252,213
90,821
0.360
Quantum Chemistry
Electronic Structure
Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
484
38
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Maurizio Cossi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242,274
85,631
0.353
Physical Chemistry
Theoretical Chemistry
Ab initio Computational Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
501
200
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
239,957
86,263
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
582
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
230,683
108,418
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
595
44
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mike Robb
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
227,972
56,184
0.246
Computational chemistry
Theoretical Chemistry
conical intersections
non adiabatic dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
643
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
218,845
78,894
0.361
Theoretical Chemistry
Quantum Chemistry
Photochemistry
Catalysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
750
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
204,635
132,782
0.649
Aggregation-Induced Emission
Functional Polymers
Sensing and Imaging
Room Temperature Phosphorescence
Clusteroluminescence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
761
304
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Peidong Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203,320
62,090
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
780
310
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Weitao Yang
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201,706
63,224
0.313
theoretical chemistry
density functional theory
computational chemistry
biophysics
physical chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
786
10
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jiaguo Yu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201,031
126,583
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
793
315
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200,438
55,133
0.275
Chemistry
Polymers
Polymer Chemistry
Polymer Science
Materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
800
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
199,908
57,507
0.288
Computational Chemistry and Biology
Modeling
Quantum Chemistry
Structure Based Design
Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
806
320
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Chad Mirkin
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199,650
53,868
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
827
332
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Paul Alivisatos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197,831
43,974
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
840
339
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
William A Goddard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,792
72,859
0.372
theory
materials
catalysis
nanotechnology
drug design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
851
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
194,337
65,783
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
935
387
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
George Church
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186,132
80,314
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
983
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
180,837
49,672
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,070
35
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Pedro Salvador
Universitat de Girona
Girona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172,243
46,192
0.268
Quantum chemistry
theoretical chemistry
molecular modelling