Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 83 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
catalysis
transition state theory
density functional theory
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,469
42,395
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
chemistry
lithography
polymers
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,456
3,766
0.120
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
transition metal catalysis
natural product synthesis
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,154
8,265
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,320
3,751
0.161
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,367
7,365
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Chemistry
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,974
4,105
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Cancer
Protein kinases
Drug discovery and inhibitors
Protacs
High-throughput screening
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,674
8,246
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
mechanistic enzymology
natural product biosynthesis
carbohydrate chemistry
PARP
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,803
5,020
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Theoretical Chemistry
Solid State Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,240
2,293
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Heterogeneous Catalysis
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,235
2,587
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Chemistry
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,020
1,407
0.200
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,144
2,095
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Chemical and Microbial Air Quality and Human Health
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,886
3,552
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
supramolecular chemistry & organic chemistry
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,615
2,347
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Chemistry materials
Electrochemisty
lithium ion batteries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,222
2,728
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Physical Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,190
1,871
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
synthetic organic and polymer chemistry
conjugated polymers
organic semiconductors
organic electronics
phototransformations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,338
2,969
0.684
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
metabolomics
cancer metabolism
mass spectrometry
magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,065
2,704
0.665
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Heterogeneous Catalysis
Colloidal Nanocrystals
Electrochemistry
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,909
2,439
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Organic chemistry
analytical chemistry
stereochemistry
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,207
2,098
0.654
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Single atom catalysts
solar energy conversion
nanomaterials
heterogeneous catalysis
automobile emission control
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,176
1,629
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Physical Chemistry
Spectroscopy
Dynamics
Biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,086
2,024
0.656
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
synthetic bio-inorganic chemistry
solar fuels electron transfer & catalysis
semiconductor surface chemistry
antimony/bismuth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,892
1,063
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Heterogeneous Catalysis: theoretical study
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,682
1,479
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Engineering and Materials Chemistry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,674
1,350
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,750
2,244
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Graeme Henkelman
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,469
42,395
0.527
computational chemistry
catalysis
transition state theory
density functional theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,369
9,877
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
C Grant Willson
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,456
3,766
0.120
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,719
12,211
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Michael J Krische
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,154
8,265
0.304
transition metal catalysis
natural product synthesis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,447
15,025
153
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Stephen Martin
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,320
3,751
0.161
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,454
15,880
163
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jennifer S Brodbelt
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,367
7,365
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,336
16,236
167
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Brent Iverson
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,974
4,105
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,669
17,559
180
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Kevin Dalby
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,674
8,246
0.399
Cancer
Protein kinases
Drug discovery and inhibitors
Protacs
High-throughput screening
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,117
19,665
200
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Hung Wen Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,803
5,020
0.267
mechanistic enzymology
natural product biosynthesis
carbohydrate chemistry
PARP
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,084
32,423
334
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Bersuker Ib
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,240
2,293
0.187
Theoretical Chemistry
Solid State Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
144,091
54,471
559
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Randall J Meyer
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,235
2,587
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
148,742
55,978
577
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
David A Vanden Bout
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,020
1,407
0.200
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
170,538
62,868
636
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Emily L Que
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,144
2,095
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
178,068
65,189
654
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Pawel K Misztal
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,886
3,552
0.603
Chemical and Microbial Air Quality and Human Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
186,551
67,796
681
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Huacheng Zhang (张华承)
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,615
2,347
0.418
supramolecular chemistry & organic chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
200,213
71,903
719
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jie Song
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,222
2,728
0.522
Chemistry materials
Electrochemisty
lithium ion batteries
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
201,455
72,267
721
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sean T Roberts
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,190
1,871
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
238,670
83,255
816
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Zachariah A Page
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,338
2,969
0.684
synthetic organic and polymer chemistry
conjugated polymers
organic semiconductors
organic electronics
phototransformations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
253,467
87,613
853
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Alessia Lodi
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,065
2,704
0.665
metabolomics
cancer metabolism
mass spectrometry
magnetic resonance spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
262,394
90,163
872
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Huei Ru Molly Jhong
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,909
2,439
0.624
Heterogeneous Catalysis
Colloidal Nanocrystals
Electrochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
310,880
104,079
1,003
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Leo A Joyce
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,207
2,098
0.654
Organic chemistry
analytical chemistry
stereochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
313,403
104,776
1,009
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Son Hoang
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,176
1,629
0.513
Single atom catalysts
solar energy conversion
nanomaterials
heterogeneous catalysis
automobile emission control
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
321,042
106,875
1,029
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Carlos R Baiz
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,086
2,024
0.656
Physical Chemistry
Spectroscopy
Dynamics
Biophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
338,464
111,819
1,065
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Michael J Rose
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,892
1,063
0.368
synthetic bio-inorganic chemistry
solar fuels electron transfer & catalysis
semiconductor surface chemistry
antimony/bismuth
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
359,680
117,668
1,120
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Lei Li
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,682
1,479
0.551
Heterogeneous Catalysis: theoretical study
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
360,511
117,891
1,122
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Andrew J Worthen
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,674
1,350
0.505
Engineering and Materials Chemistry