Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 76 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
United States
Jose L Jimenez
Atmospheric Chemistry
Mass Spectrometry
Aerosols
Air Quality
Air Pollution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,716
43,017
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
United States
Thomas R Cech
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Chemistry
Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,718
12,660
0.155
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
United States
Xiang Wang
Organic Synthesis
Chemical Biology
Epigenetics
Bacterial Resistance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,363
25,542
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
United States
Joost De Gouw
Atmospheric Chemistry
Air Pollution
Volatile Organic Compounds
Mass Spectrometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,921
16,809
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
United States
Wei Zhang
chemistry
materials science
organic
physical organic
energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,167
16,315
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
United States
W Carl Lineberger
Chemistry/Chemical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,401
2,398
0.094
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
United States
John L Falconer
catalysis
membranes
zeolites
separations
preparing educational resources
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,063
3,883
0.168
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
United States
David J Nesbitt
chemical physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,134
4,365
0.197
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
United States
Rainer Volkamer
Atmospheric Chemistry
Environmental Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,193
7,963
0.438

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
United States
Douglas L Gin
polymers
liquid crystals
nanostructured materials
membranes
catalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,210
4,769
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
United States
Charles Musgrave
Catalysis
quantum simulations
computational materials science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,679
7,238
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
United States
David Walba
Liquid Crystals
Organic Semiconductors
Stereochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,461
2,854
0.197
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
United States
Douglas A Day
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,265
7,941
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
United States
Cortlandt Pierpont
coordination chemistry
inorganic chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,224
1,468
0.103
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
United States
Veronica Vaida
Physical Chemistry
Atmospheric Chemistry
Prebiotic Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,246
2,625
0.198
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
United States
Margaret A Tolbert
atmospheric chemistry
cloud nucleation
aerosols
planetary atmospheres
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,023
2,949
0.226
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
United States
Pedro Campuzano Jost
Atmospheric Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,512
7,849
0.682
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
United States
Sandeep Sharma
Theoretical Chemistry
Computational Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,824
7,376
0.681
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
United States
Christopher Cantrell
atmospheric chemistry
instrumentation
laboratory studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,155
2,155
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
United States
Andrew Goodwin
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,471
2,479
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
United States
Weiwei Hu
Atmospheric Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,800
4,978
0.638
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
United States
Juan Liu
electrochemistry
photocatalysis
molecular dynamic simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,790
4,042
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
United States
Hongyu Guo
Atmospheric chemistry
Aerosol acidity
Biomass Burning Organic Aerosols
Aerosol Mass Spectrometer
Brown Carbon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,615
5,073
0.666
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
United States
Rex T Skodje
theoretical chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,335
975
0.133
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
United States
Niels H Damrauer
photochemistry
photophysics
solar energy conversion
photocatalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,467
2,082
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,299
United States
1,572
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jose L Jimenez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,716
43,017
0.436
Atmospheric Chemistry
Mass Spectrometry
Aerosols
Air Quality
Air Pollution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,612
United States
2,192
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Thomas R Cech
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,718
12,660
0.155
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Chemistry
Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,150
United States
5,269
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Xiang Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,363
25,542
0.539
Organic Synthesis
Chemical Biology
Epigenetics
Bacterial Resistance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,326
United States
7,214
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Joost De Gouw
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,921
16,809
0.432
Atmospheric Chemistry
Air Pollution
Volatile Organic Compounds
Mass Spectrometry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,811
United States
10,515
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Wei Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,167
16,315
0.541
chemistry
materials science
organic
physical organic
energy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,546
United States
13,415
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
W Carl Lineberger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,401
2,398
0.094
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,962
United States
15,256
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
John L Falconer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,063
3,883
0.168
catalysis
membranes
zeolites
separations
preparing educational resources
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,981
United States
16,098
105
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
David J Nesbitt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,134
4,365
0.197
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,252
United States
20,547
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Rainer Volkamer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,193
7,963
0.438
Atmospheric Chemistry
Environmental Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,230
United States
23,631
162
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Douglas L Gin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,210
4,769
0.294
polymers
liquid crystals
nanostructured materials
membranes
catalysis

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,603
United States
24,549
170
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Charles Musgrave
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,679
7,238
0.462
Catalysis
quantum simulations
computational materials science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,105
United States
27,001
184
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
David Walba
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,461
2,854
0.197
Liquid Crystals
Organic Semiconductors
Stereochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,307
United States
27,453
187
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Douglas A Day
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,265
7,941
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,565
United States
27,550
189
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Cortlandt Pierpont
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,224
1,468
0.103
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,834
United States
29,826
205
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Veronica Vaida
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,246
2,625
0.198
Physical Chemistry
Atmospheric Chemistry
Prebiotic Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,391
United States
30,378
210
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Margaret A Tolbert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,023
2,949
0.226
atmospheric chemistry
cloud nucleation
aerosols
planetary atmospheres
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,224
United States
34,668
243
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Pedro Campuzano Jost
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,512
7,849
0.682
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,774
United States
36,954
256
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Sandeep Sharma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,824
7,376
0.681
Theoretical Chemistry
Computational Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,821
United States
39,372
276
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Christopher Cantrell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,155
2,155
0.212
atmospheric chemistry
instrumentation
laboratory studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
121,427
United States
47,098
318
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Andrew Goodwin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,471
2,479
0.293
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
132,981
United States
50,877
349
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Weiwei Hu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,800
4,978
0.638
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
133,186
United States
50,947
350
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Juan Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,790
4,042
0.519
electrochemistry
photocatalysis
molecular dynamic simulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,523
United States
52,038
362
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Hongyu Guo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,615
5,073
0.666
Atmospheric chemistry
Aerosol acidity
Biomass Burning Organic Aerosols
Aerosol Mass Spectrometer
Brown Carbon
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,106
United States
53,871
371
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Rex T Skodje
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,335
975
0.133
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
161,999
United States
60,173
409
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Niels H Damrauer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,467
2,082
0.322
photochemistry
photophysics
solar energy conversion
photocatalysis
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