Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 160 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
Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
190,501
72,079
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
chemistry
evolution
genome editing
DNA
RNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,825
74,138
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
organic chemistry
catalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,101
13,510
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Origin of Life
Prebiotic Chemistry
Protocells
Ribozymes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,929
15,459
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Super-resolution imaging
Single molecule imaging
Biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,273
28,865
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Atmospheric chemistry
composition
ozone trends
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,804
5,585
0.156
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Protein folding in vitro and in cells
biophysical fitness landscapes
evolutionary theory
complex biological materials
molecu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,274
5,601
0.179
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Chemistry
PET
MRI
Thrombosis
Fibrosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,887
9,782
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Surface Chemistry
nanoscience
heterogeneous catalysis
physical chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,385
5,785
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Chemoprevention
Colorectal Cancer
Serrated Carcinogenesis
Gut Microbiome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,420
16,637
0.955
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
chemistry
positron emission tomography
neuroscience
epigenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,410
6,661
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Biophysics
Neuroscience
Physical Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,164
5,786
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Covalent Chemical Probes
Molecular Glues
Chemoproteomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,444
4,711
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
remote sensing
atmospheric composition
ozone
atmospheric chemistry
radiative transfer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,212
5,246
0.569
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Chemical crystallography
Photocrystallography
X-ray diffraction
Crystallography education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,304
2,220
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Chemistry
Nanomedicine
Optical imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,757
1,979
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,531
4,472
0.685
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Chemistry
Materials Chemistry
Molecular Electronics
Semiconductors
Surface Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,309
1,693
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Single cell genomics
Reproductive medicine
Optical microscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,491
3,035
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,103
2,802
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Chemical Biology/Palmitoylation/Hippo pathway/Lung injury/Influenza virus/Lymphagioleiomyomatosis/Cancer/mTOR/Metabolism/
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,026
2,867
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Chemistry
microbiology
gut microbiome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,857
3,782
0.779
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
chemical biology
reproduction
cancer biology
parasitology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,854
1,416
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
mass spectrometry
immunology
glycobiology
cancer
chromatography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,800
864
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Surface Chemistry and Catalysis
Energy Conversion Reactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,773
1,726
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
932
379
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
George Church
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
190,501
72,079
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,110
972
93
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
David R Liu
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,825
74,138
0.599
chemistry
evolution
genome editing
DNA
RNA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,344
2,528
199
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Eric N Jacobsen
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,101
13,510
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,576
2,633
206
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jack W Szostak
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,929
15,459
0.212
Origin of Life
Prebiotic Chemistry
Protocells
Ribozymes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,381
3,015
242
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Xiaowei Zhuang
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,273
28,865
0.429
Super-resolution imaging
Single molecule imaging
Biophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,483
8,176
484
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jennifer Logan
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,804
5,585
0.156
Atmospheric chemistry
composition
ozone trends
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,541
9,942
577
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Eugene Shakhnovich
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,274
5,601
0.179
Protein folding in vitro and in cells
biophysical fitness landscapes
evolutionary theory
complex biological materials
molecu
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,125
12,404
691
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Peter Caravan
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,887
9,782
0.364
Chemistry
PET
MRI
Thrombosis
Fibrosis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,243
18,966
941
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Cynthia Friend
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,385
5,785
0.298
Surface Chemistry
nanoscience
heterogeneous catalysis
physical chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,090
21,660
1,024
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
David A Drew
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,420
16,637
0.955
Chemoprevention
Colorectal Cancer
Serrated Carcinogenesis
Gut Microbiome
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,681
29,374
1,246
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jacob Hooker
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,410
6,661
0.497
chemistry
positron emission tomography
neuroscience
epigenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,346
30,003
1,270
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Adam Cohen
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,164
5,786
0.440
Biophysics
Neuroscience
Physical Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,337
42,343
1,612
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Lyn Jones
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,444
4,711
0.499
Covalent Chemical Probes
Molecular Glues
Chemoproteomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,393
43,387
1,653
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Xiong Liu
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,212
5,246
0.569
remote sensing
atmospheric composition
ozone
atmospheric chemistry
radiative transfer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
124,045
47,957
1,793
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Shao Liang Zheng
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,304
2,220
0.267
Chemical crystallography
Photocrystallography
X-ray diffraction
Crystallography education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
154,810
57,888
2,087
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Zongxi Li
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,757
1,979
0.293
Chemistry
Nanomedicine
Optical imaging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
160,293
59,641
2,154
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Miguel I Gonzalez
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,531
4,472
0.685
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
166,150
61,460
2,204
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Mostafa Baghbanzadeh
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,309
1,693
0.268
Chemistry
Materials Chemistry
Molecular Electronics
Semiconductors
Surface Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
190,604
68,996
2,410
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Lei Huang
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,491
3,035
0.553
Single cell genomics
Reproductive medicine
Optical microscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
204,819
73,305
2,531
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Kimberli J Kamer
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,103
2,802
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
207,894
74,221
2,557
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Yang Sun
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,026
2,867
0.570
Chemical Biology/Palmitoylation/Hippo pathway/Lung injury/Influenza virus/Lymphagioleiomyomatosis/Cancer/mTOR/Metabolism/
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
214,819
76,232
2,617
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Chip Le
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,857
3,782
0.779
Chemistry
microbiology
gut microbiome
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
214,979
76,286
2,619
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Bertal Aktas
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,854
1,416
0.292
chemical biology
reproduction
cancer biology
parasitology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
217,268
76,928
2,639
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Bruce Reinhold
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,800
864
0.180
mass spectrometry
immunology
glycobiology
cancer
chromatography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
218,425
77,267
2,648
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Yunfei Xu
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,773
1,726
0.362
Surface Chemistry and Catalysis
Energy Conversion Reactions