Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 64.674 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
285,463
35,183
0.123
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
chimica teorica e computazionale
spettroscopia molecolare
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
284,309
96,571
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
281,401
155,011
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Chemistry
materials
carbon materials
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
274,634
77,385
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
chemistry
materials science
physics
nanotechnology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
259,812
63,409
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Reticular Chemistry
Metal-Organic Framework
Covalent Organic Framework
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
258,647
101,522
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Quantum Chemistry
Electronic Structure
Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
257,157
82,635
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Physical Chemistry
Theoretical Chemistry
Ab initio Computational Methods
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
245,795
74,434
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Chemistry
Physics
Computation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244,355
77,309
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
photocatalysis
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237,871
96,186
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Computational chemistry
Theoretical Chemistry
conical intersections
non adiabatic dynamics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229,677
45,610
0.199
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Theoretical Chemistry
Quantum Chemistry
Photochemistry
Catalysis
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223,046
69,407
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Aggregation-Induced Emission
Functional Polymers
Sensing and Imaging
Room Temperature Phosphorescence
Clusteroluminescence
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214,737
127,328
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Photocatalysis
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,713
115,720
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,060
53,279
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
theoretical chemistry
density functional theory
computational chemistry
biophysics
physical chemistry
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204,868
55,957
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Computational Chemistry and Biology
Modeling
Quantum Chemistry
Structure Based Design
Chemistry
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203,540
53,511
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Chemistry
Polymers
Polymer Chemistry
Polymer Science
Materials
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203,327
48,001
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Nanotechnology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201,817
46,239
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
theory
materials
catalysis
nanotechnology
drug design
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199,976
66,094
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199,588
36,574
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197,382
56,983
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Chemistry
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
190,501
72,079
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Mass Spectrometry
Proteomics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183,067
43,247
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Quantum chemistry
theoretical chemistry
molecular modelling
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173,349
37,170
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
282
12
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
George Sheldrick
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
285,463
35,183
0.123
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
287
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Vincenzo Barone
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
284,309
96,571
0.340
chimica teorica e computazionale
spettroscopia molecolare
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
302
7
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jun Chen
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
281,401
155,011
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
332
7
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Rodney Ruoff
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
274,634
77,385
0.282
Chemistry
materials
carbon materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
407
173
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Hongjie Dai
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
259,812
63,409
0.244
chemistry
materials science
physics
nanotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
415
174
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Omar M Yaghi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
258,647
101,522
0.393
Reticular Chemistry
Metal-Organic Framework
Covalent Organic Framework
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
425
177
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Gustavo E Scuseria
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
257,157
82,635
0.321
Quantum Chemistry
Electronic Structure
Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
499
42
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Maurizio Cossi
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
245,795
74,434
0.303
Physical Chemistry
Theoretical Chemistry
Ab initio Computational Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
513
203
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Donald Truhlar
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244,355
77,309
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
569
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
237,871
96,186
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
609
46
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mike Robb
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229,677
45,610
0.199
Computational chemistry
Theoretical Chemistry
conical intersections
non adiabatic dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
657
9
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Masahiro Ehara
Institute for Molecular Science
Okazaki, Japan
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223,046
69,407
0.311
Theoretical Chemistry
Quantum Chemistry
Photochemistry
Catalysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
708
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ben Zhong Tang
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214,737
127,328
0.593
Aggregation-Induced Emission
Functional Polymers
Sensing and Imaging
Room Temperature Phosphorescence
Clusteroluminescence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
780
10
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jiaguo Yu
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,713
115,720
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
786
309
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Peidong Yang
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,060
53,279
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
802
317
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Weitao Yang
Duke University
Durham, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204,868
55,957
0.273
theoretical chemistry
density functional theory
computational chemistry
biophysics
physical chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
809
320
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Kenneth M Merz Jr
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203,540
53,511
0.263
Computational Chemistry and Biology
Modeling
Quantum Chemistry
Structure Based Design
Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
813
323
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203,327
48,001
0.236
Chemistry
Polymers
Polymer Chemistry
Polymer Science
Materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
830
332
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Chad Mirkin
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201,817
46,239
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
841
339
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
William A Goddard
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199,976
66,094
0.331
theory
materials
catalysis
nanotechnology
drug design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
846
340
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Paul Alivisatos
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199,588
36,574
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
865
27
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Avelino Corma Canos
Universitat Politècnica de València
Valencia, Spain
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197,382
56,983
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
932
379
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
George Church
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
190,501
72,079
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
998
416
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
John Yates
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183,067
43,247
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,112
35
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Pedro Salvador
Universitat de Girona
Girona, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173,349
37,170
0.214
Quantum chemistry
theoretical chemistry
molecular modelling