Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 80 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
Computational Chemistry and Biology
Modeling
Quantum Chemistry
Structure Based Design
Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203,540
53,511
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Natural products chemistry
bioactives
antioxidant
antiinflammatory
anticancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,373
6,857
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
environmental chemistry
soil chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,322
3,171
0.136
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Bio-inspired Computing
Artificial Chemistry
Artificial Life
Complex Adaptive Systems
Genetic Programming
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,590
5,220
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
quantum chemistry
many-body theory
coupled cluster theory
electronic structure
nuclear structure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,824
4,800
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Quantum chemistry
theoretical chemistry
physical chemistry
environmental chemistry
computational chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,647
4,970
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Electrochemistry
carbon materials science
neuroscience
corrosion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,556
3,379
0.217
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ultrafast Lasers
Pulse Shaping
Nonlinear Spectroscopy
Chemical Physics
Physical Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,244
2,727
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Theoretical Chemistry
Quantum Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,931
8,601
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
structural biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,882
4,534
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Chemistry education research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,904
5,110
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
biological chemistry
machine learning
atomistic simulations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,576
1,279
0.134
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Zintl chemistry
crystal growth
thermoelectrics
low thermal conductivity materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,721
4,300
0.640
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
physical chemistry
biophysics
spectroscopy
magnetic resonance
microscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,283
1,369
0.218
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Catalysis
Electrochemistry
Bioelectrocatalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,378
2,891
0.660
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,685
1,334
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Biochemistry
Enzyme Mechanisms
Organic Chemistry
Biosynthesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,565
785
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Computational chemistry
drug discovery
metal ion modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,688
1,848
0.688
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Lipid Biochemistry
Retinal Physiology
Lipidomics
Metabolomics
Fatty Acid Metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,384
1,366
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Molecular imaging
Drug delivery
Cancer targeted therapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,254
622
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
natural product chemistry
food chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,174
950
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
molecular imaging
PET tracer chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,005
571
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Chemistry
Nanotechnology
Materials Science
Non-thermal Plasma Synthesis of Nanoparticles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,919
994
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Green polymers
Polymer Chemistry
Materials
Renewable products
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,543
1,372
0.889
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Theoretical Chemistry
Material Science
Electronic Structure Theory
Photodynamics
Deep Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,339
991
0.740
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
809
320
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Kenneth M Merz Jr
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
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
23,809
10,962
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Muraleedharan G Nair
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,373
6,857
0.233
Natural products chemistry
bioactives
antioxidant
antiinflammatory
anticancer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,439
15,023
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Stephen Boyd
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,322
3,171
0.136
environmental chemistry
soil chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,256
16,619
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Wolfgang Banzhaf
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,590
5,220
0.242
Bio-inspired Computing
Artificial Chemistry
Artificial Life
Complex Adaptive Systems
Genetic Programming
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,556
21,055
121
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Piotr Piecuch
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,824
4,800
0.269
quantum chemistry
many-body theory
coupled cluster theory
electronic structure
nuclear structure
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,212
22,861
130
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Angela K Wilson
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,647
4,970
0.299
Quantum chemistry
theoretical chemistry
physical chemistry
environmental chemistry
computational chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,216
24,777
143
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Greg M Swain
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,556
3,379
0.217
Electrochemistry
carbon materials science
neuroscience
corrosion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,425
27,497
163
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Marcos Dantus
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,244
2,727
0.191
Ultrafast Lasers
Pulse Shaping
Nonlinear Spectroscopy
Chemical Physics
Physical Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,333
28,192
166
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
James F Harrison
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,931
8,601
0.617
Theoretical Chemistry
Quantum Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,053
33,503
202
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
James H Geiger
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,882
4,534
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
101,635
40,393
256
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Melanie Cooper
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,904
5,110
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,637
41,765
265
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Robert I Cukier
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,576
1,279
0.134
biological chemistry
machine learning
atomistic simulations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
155,653
58,143
395
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Alexandra Zevalkink
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,721
4,300
0.640
Zintl chemistry
crystal growth
thermoelectrics
low thermal conductivity materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
166,818
61,699
425
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Elad Harel
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,283
1,369
0.218
physical chemistry
biophysics
spectroscopy
magnetic resonance
microscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
236,671
82,663
574
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
David P Hickey
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,378
2,891
0.660
Catalysis
Electrochemistry
Bioelectrocatalysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
276,170
94,131
655
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jetze J Tepe
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,685
1,334
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
284,259
96,441
682
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Kevin D Walker
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,565
785
0.220
Biochemistry
Enzyme Mechanisms
Organic Chemistry
Biosynthesis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
359,011
117,480
840
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Lin Frank Song
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,688
1,848
0.688
Computational chemistry
drug discovery
metal ion modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
393,900
127,047
893
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Todd Lydic
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,384
1,366
0.573
Lipid Biochemistry
Retinal Physiology
Lipidomics
Metabolomics
Fatty Acid Metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
410,663
131,586
923
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jingguang Xia
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,254
622
0.276
Molecular imaging
Drug delivery
Cancer targeted therapy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
421,674
134,629
945
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Zhang Chuan Rui
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,174
950
0.437
natural product chemistry
food chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
447,173
141,536
993
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jinda Fan
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,005
571
0.285
molecular imaging
PET tracer chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
461,231
145,285
1,012
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Gabriel Ceriotti
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,919
994
0.518
Chemistry
Nanotechnology
Materials Science
Non-thermal Plasma Synthesis of Nanoparticles
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
533,737
164,493
1,124
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Saeid Nikafshar
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,543
1,372
0.889
Green polymers
Polymer Chemistry
Materials
Renewable products
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
582,580
177,201
1,211
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Shu Yinan (舒逸楠)
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,339
991
0.740
Theoretical Chemistry
Material Science
Electronic Structure Theory
Photodynamics
Deep Learning