Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Università degli Studi di Firenze Highly Cited Researchers CitationNatural Sciences / Chemical Sciences Rankings 2025

Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: Scientists Last 6 years Citation IndexUniversities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025

* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Italy
Roberta Sessoli
coordination chemistry
magnetism
molecular magnetism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,155
14,601
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Italy
Andrea Scozzafava
metalloenzimi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,487
13,632
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Italy
Claudio Luchinat
Chemistry
Biology
Biophysics
Biomedicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,435
11,571
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Italy
Andrea Caneschi
molecole magnetiche
sistemi nanostrutturati
superfici
radicali
lantanidi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,765
6,391
0.174
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Italy
Lucia Banci
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,306
7,909
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Italy
Piero Baglioni
colloids
soft matter
SANS
scattering
art conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,795
10,082
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Italy
Luigi Messori
metals in medicine
bioinorganic chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,089
7,667
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Italy
Daniela Vullo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,432
7,375
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Italy
Giuseppe Pieraccini
mass spectrometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,307
6,729
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Italy
Lorenzo Sorace
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,277
4,850
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Italy
Antonio Bianchi
Inorganic Chemistry
Supramolecular Chemistry
Anion Coordination Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,801
2,122
0.196
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Italy
Andrea Goti
Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,389
2,367
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Italy
Alessandra Cincinelli
Environmental Analytical Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,907
6,662
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Italy
Maria Minunni
Analytical Chemisitry
sensing
bioanalytical platforms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,737
2,635
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Italy
Marrazza G
Analytical Chemistry
Sensors
Biosensors
Nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,522
4,229
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Italy
Mirko Severi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,453
5,014
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Italy
Alberto Brandi
Organic Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,173
1,569
0.171
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Italy
Paola Turano
chemistry and structural biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,941
3,290
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Italy
Roberto Righini
Chemical Physics
Spectroscopy
Dynamics
non linear spectroscopy
non linear optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,684
1,698
0.196
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Italy
Andrea Bencini
Inorganic chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,631
1,779
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Italy
Pierandrea Lo Nostro
Substantia
Soft Matter
Nanoscience
Specific Ion Effects
Supramolecular Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,555
2,663
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Italy
Emiliano Fratini
Chimica Fisica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,015
3,180
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Italy
Roberta Pierattelli
Metalloproteins
Intrinsically disordered proteins
Structural biology
NMR spectroscopy
Biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,946
2,759
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Italy
Ilaria Palchetti
Analytical Chemistry
Biosensors
Bioanalytical Chemistry
Electroanalysis
Nanomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,837
2,943
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Italy
Massimo Innocenti
Chimica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,248
3,769
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,798
Italy
353
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Roberta Sessoli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,155
14,601
0.235
coordination chemistry
magnetism
molecular magnetism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,154
Italy
392
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Andrea Scozzafava
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,487
13,632
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,539
Italy
564
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Claudio Luchinat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,435
11,571
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,759
Italy
642
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Andrea Caneschi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,765
6,391
0.174
molecole magnetiche
sistemi nanostrutturati
superfici
radicali
lantanidi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,282
Italy
845
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Lucia Banci
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,306
7,909
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,748
Italy
1,007
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Piero Baglioni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,795
10,082
0.376
colloids
soft matter
SANS
scattering
art conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,489
Italy
1,440
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Luigi Messori
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,089
7,667
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,140
Italy
1,498
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Daniela Vullo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,432
7,375
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,794
Italy
2,645
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Giuseppe Pieraccini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,307
6,729
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,978
Italy
2,651
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Lorenzo Sorace
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,277
4,850
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,496
Italy
3,460
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Antonio Bianchi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,801
2,122
0.196
Inorganic Chemistry
Supramolecular Chemistry
Anion Coordination Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,646
Italy
3,654
101
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Andrea Goti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,389
2,367
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,829
Italy
3,878
112
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Alessandra Cincinelli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,907
6,662
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,758
Italy
3,961
115
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Maria Minunni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,737
2,635
0.271
Analytical Chemisitry
sensing
bioanalytical platforms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
101,206
Italy
4,071
118
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Marrazza G
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,522
4,229
0.444
Analytical Chemistry
Sensors
Biosensors
Nanotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
102,063
Italy
4,117
119
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mirko Severi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,453
5,014
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,644
Italy
4,284
123
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Alberto Brandi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,173
1,569
0.171
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,746
Italy
4,431
125
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Paola Turano
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,941
3,290
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,406
Italy
4,614
134
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Roberto Righini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,684
1,698
0.196
Chemical Physics
Spectroscopy
Dynamics
non linear spectroscopy
non linear optics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
113,205
Italy
4,655
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Andrea Bencini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,631
1,779
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,382
Italy
4,709
139
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Pierandrea Lo Nostro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,555
2,663
0.311
Substantia
Soft Matter
Nanoscience
Specific Ion Effects
Supramolecular Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,936
Italy
5,130
152
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Emiliano Fratini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,015
3,180
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
124,132
Italy
5,180
154
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Roberta Pierattelli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,946
2,759
0.347
Metalloproteins
Intrinsically disordered proteins
Structural biology
NMR spectroscopy
Biophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
126,051
Italy
5,272
158
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ilaria Palchetti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,837
2,943
0.376
Analytical Chemistry
Biosensors
Bioanalytical Chemistry
Electroanalysis
Nanomaterials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
137,248
Italy
5,813
170
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Massimo Innocenti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,248
3,769
0.520