Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences Highly Cited Researchers Citation 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
Nanoscience
Physical Chemistry of Interfaces
Porous Materials
Energy Conversion
Drug delivery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,783
26,209
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Energetic Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,404
12,156
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Chemie
Biochemie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,267
8,095
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Nitrides
Oxonitrides
solid state chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,132
10,823
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,993
10,934
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Single-Molecule Spectroscopy
Superresolution Microscopy
DNA Nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,941
8,426
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
chemokine biology/kidney disease/cancer biology/bioinformatics/promoter modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,686
4,994
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Electron Microscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,648
8,427
0.575
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
mass spectrometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,334
4,609
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Solid State Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,286
3,948
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
chromatin biology
epigenetics
metabolism
structural biology
neurobiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,298
3,964
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Photocatalysis
Charge Carrier Dynamics
Transient Absorption Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,860
7,263
0.737
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Femtochemistry
Molecular Devices
Optimal Control Theory
Quantum Dynamics
Molecular Dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,397
2,642
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Quantum Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,176
4,651
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,165
4,585
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
nanomaterials
electrochemistry
energy conversion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,865
4,217
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Mesoporous nanoparticles
drug delivery
porous materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,435
1,437
0.223
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Protein analytics
Proteomics
Mass spectrometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,951
3,142
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Porous Materials
Covalent and Metal Organic Frameworks
Surface Chemistry
Thin Films
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,919
3,682
0.749
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Perovskite Solar Cells
2D Hybrid Perovskites
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,535
2,730
0.772
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Chemistry
Optical Physics
Nanomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,376
3,154
0.934
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Bioorganic chemistry
Medicinal Chemistry
Biological Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,079
662
0.614
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Chemistry
Kinetics
Energetic Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
759
640
0.843
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
synthetic organic chemistry
sulfur chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
461
332
0.720
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
382
282
0.738
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,135
284
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Thomas Bein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,783
26,209
0.424
Nanoscience
Physical Chemistry of Interfaces
Porous Materials
Energy Conversion
Drug delivery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,846
888
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Klapoetke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,404
12,156
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,885
1,139
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Herbert Mayr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,267
8,095
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,629
1,199
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Wolfgang Schnick
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,132
10,823
0.414
Nitrides
Oxonitrides
solid state chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,908
1,639
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Christian Ochsenfeld
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,993
10,934
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,612
1,888
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Philip Tinnefeld
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,941
8,426
0.445
Single-Molecule Spectroscopy
Superresolution Microscopy
DNA Nanotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,970
2,073
105
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Peter J Nelson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,686
4,994
0.282
chemokine biology/kidney disease/cancer biology/bioinformatics/promoter modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,623
2,703
133
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Markus Doeblinger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,648
8,427
0.575
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,399
2,789
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Michael Vogeser
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,334
4,609
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,692
2,805
140
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Dir Johrendt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,286
3,948
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,376
3,767
175
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Andreas Ladurner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,298
3,964
0.351
chromatin biology
epigenetics
metabolism
structural biology
neurobiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,088
4,369
202
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jenny Schneider
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,860
7,263
0.737
Photocatalysis
Charge Carrier Dynamics
Transient Absorption Spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,723
4,611
210
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Regina de Vivie Riedle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,397
2,642
0.281
Femtochemistry
Molecular Devices
Optimal Control Theory
Quantum Dynamics
Molecular Dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,652
4,731
215
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Joerg Kussmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,176
4,651
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,804
4,738
216
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jörg Stierstorfer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,165
4,585
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,091
5,511
239
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Dina Fattakhova Rohlfing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,865
4,217
0.536
nanomaterials
electrochemistry
energy conversion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
159,602
6,742
287
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Karin Möller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,435
1,437
0.223
Mesoporous nanoparticles
drug delivery
porous materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
206,866
8,440
340
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ignasi Forné
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,951
3,142
0.635
Protein analytics
Proteomics
Mass spectrometry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
208,178
8,494
344
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Dana D Medina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,919
3,682
0.749
Porous Materials
Covalent and Metal Organic Frameworks
Surface Chemistry
Thin Films
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
281,023
11,043
428
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Yinghong Hu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,535
2,730
0.772
Perovskite Solar Cells
2D Hybrid Perovskites
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
292,372
11,422
441
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Linzhong Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,376
3,154
0.934
Chemistry
Optical Physics
Nanomaterials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
651,168
22,505
611
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ahmed M Ali
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,079
662
0.614
Bioorganic chemistry
Medicinal Chemistry
Biological Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
776,554
26,238
656
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Mohamed A Hussien
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
759
640
0.843
Chemistry
Kinetics
Energetic Materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
951,291
32,058
740
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Fumito Saito
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
461
332
0.720
synthetic organic chemistry
sulfur chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,027,038
34,892
776
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Sebastian Schmidt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
382
282
0.738