Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University of Sheffield Highly Cited Researchers CitationNatural Sciences / Chemical Sciences 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
Chemoinformatics
bibliometrics
cluster analysis
information retrieval
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,868
8,727
0.199
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
polymers
crystallisation
block copolymers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,073
8,996
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
chemical biology
biological chemistry
enzyme mechanisms
phosphoryl transfer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,003
1,953
0.150
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
polymer science
phase behaviour
microstructure
structure-property relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,145
2,663
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Inorganic chemistry
bioinorganic chemistry
self-assembly
biomolecular recognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,281
2,840
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,587
1,043
0.158
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
polymer science
composites
block copolymers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,420
1,622
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Theoretical & Computational Chemistry
Astrochemistry
Quantum scattering
Light-matter interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,452
1,719
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Single-molecule FRET
Protein-nucleic acid interactions
Dynamic structural biology
smfBox
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,368
3,154
0.722
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Chemistry
catalysis
materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,139
2,310
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Drug discovery
medicinal chemistry
synthetic organic chemistry
combinatorial chemistry
prion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,099
1,128
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Electroceramics
Ferroelectrics
Thermoelectrics
Defect Chemistry
Neutron Scattering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,931
3,772
0.960
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Organic Semiconducting Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,670
1,529
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Theoretical Chemistry
Computational Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,405
1,553
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
organometallic chemistry
homogeneous catalysis
carbonylation
reaction mechanisms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,145
791
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Biocatalysis
enzyme engineering
directed evolution
synthetic biology
biological CO2 capture & utilization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,831
1,084
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Mass spectrometry
Gas-phase ion chemistry
Protein chemistry
Proteomics
Xenobiotic metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,582
1,994
0.772
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Catalysis
Adsorption
Sustainable Reaction Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,153
988
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
chemical ecology
insect behaviour
insect senses
integrated pest management
plant-insect interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,521
774
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
solvent extraction and ion exchange
solution chemistry
actinides
lanthanides
reprocessing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,501
1,350
0.899
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Supramolecular Chemistry
Artificial Replication
Non-covalent interactions
X-ray crystallography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
918
726
0.791
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Polymers
Biomaterials
Adhesives
Sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
783
603
0.770
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Inorganic synthetic chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
735
336
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
polymer chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
383
322
0.841
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Organic Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
380
109
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,301
1,078
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Peter Willett
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,868
8,727
0.199
Chemoinformatics
bibliometrics
cluster analysis
information retrieval
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,190
1,793
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Anthony J Ryan
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,073
8,996
0.280
polymers
crystallisation
block copolymers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,939
6,138
129
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
G Michael Blackburn
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,003
1,953
0.150
chemical biology
biological chemistry
enzyme mechanisms
phosphoryl transfer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
124,195
10,134
233
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Nigel Clarke
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,145
2,663
0.327
polymer science
phase behaviour
microstructure
structure-property relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
140,375
11,253
260
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jim A Thomas|Jim Antony Thomas, James A Thomas
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,281
2,840
0.390
Inorganic chemistry
bioinorganic chemistry
self-assembly
biomolecular recognition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
155,910
12,316
302
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Cameron McLeod
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,587
1,043
0.158
Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
159,998
12,573
305
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Patrick JP Fairclough
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,420
1,622
0.253
polymer science
composites
block copolymers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
228,746
17,207
436
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Anthony JHM Meijer
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,452
1,719
0.386
Theoretical & Computational Chemistry
Astrochemistry
Quantum scattering
Light-matter interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
232,705
17,482
439
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Timothy D Craggs
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,368
3,154
0.722
Single-molecule FRET
Protein-nucleic acid interactions
Dynamic structural biology
smfBox
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
244,587
18,219
450
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Marco Conte
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,139
2,310
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
246,869
18,354
453
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Beining Chen
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,099
1,128
0.275
Drug discovery
medicinal chemistry
synthetic organic chemistry
combinatorial chemistry
prion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
256,387
18,952
471
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Zhilun Lu
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,931
3,772
0.960
Electroceramics
Ferroelectrics
Thermoelectrics
Defect Chemistry
Neutron Scattering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
272,137
19,930
491
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ahmed Iraqi
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,670
1,529
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
290,265
20,995
520
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Grant Hill
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,405
1,553
0.456
Theoretical Chemistry
Computational Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
310,388
22,182
545
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Anthony Haynes
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,145
791
0.252
organometallic chemistry
homogeneous catalysis
carbonylation
reaction mechanisms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
338,349
23,835
586
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Tuck Seng Wong
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,831
1,084
0.383
Biocatalysis
enzyme engineering
directed evolution
synthetic biology
biological CO2 capture & utilization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
364,119
25,250
620
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Narciso Couto
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,582
1,994
0.772
Mass spectrometry
Gas-phase ion chemistry
Protein chemistry
Proteomics
Xenobiotic metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
417,536
28,161
680
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
James Mcgregor
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,153
988
0.459
Catalysis
Adsorption
Sustainable Reaction Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
530,802
34,019
818
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ben Webster
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,521
774
0.509
chemical ecology
insect behaviour
insect senses
integrated pest management
plant-insect interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
535,164
34,224
824
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Mark D Ogden
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,501
1,350
0.899
solvent extraction and ion exchange
solution chemistry
actinides
lanthanides
reprocessing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
709,111
42,278
970
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Craig C Robertson
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
918
726
0.791
Supramolecular Chemistry
Artificial Replication
Non-covalent interactions
X-ray crystallography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
765,760
44,677
1,012
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
James Wilson
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
783
603
0.770
Polymers
Biomaterials
Adhesives
Sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
787,826
45,555
1,024
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Michael G Walker
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
735
336
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,025,841
56,286
1,199
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Amy Cockram
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
383
322
0.841
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,029,521
56,488
1,204
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Arghya Sadhukhan
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
380
109
0.287