Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 50 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
Chemistry
Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148,062
42,645
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Chemistry
Materials
Catalysis
Battery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,909
23,572
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
physical organic chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,018
6,901
0.130
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Computational Chemistry
Monte Carlo Simulations
Free Energy Perturbation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,821
15,200
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,638
5,211
0.182
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Inorganic chemistry
nano- and interfacial chemistry
physical organic chemistry
bioinorganic chemistry
proton-couped electron transfer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,247
9,235
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
PET
radiochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,284
6,700
0.722
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Polymer Science
Materials Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,863
3,961
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Crystallography
Inorganic Chemistry
Diffraction
Instrumentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,387
4,349
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Organic Chemistry
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,454
2,614
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
GPCRs
Molecular Mechanism of Vision
Membrane Proteins
Biophysical Spectroscopy
Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,441
1,755
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
physical chemistry
reaction rate theory
quantum dynamics
proton-coupled electron transfer
molecular dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,249
1,953
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Surface chemistry
Batteries
Materials
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,756
3,657
0.769
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Chemical Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,985
2,978
0.747
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mass spectrometry
Proteomics
Protein posttranslational modification
Metabolomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,873
2,041
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Computational Chemistry
Data Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,816
3,107
0.814
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
green chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,280
1,345
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
mass spectrometry
glycobiology
mucins
glycoproteomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,261
3,053
0.936
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Chemical Ecology
Neuroecology
chemosensation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,137
1,741
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Theoretical and computational chemistry
electronic structure
spectroscopy
quantum chemistry software development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,915
2,610
0.895
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Electronic Structure Theory
Quantum Chemistry
Theoretical Chemistry
Computational Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,384
2,143
0.899
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Theoretical Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,365
1,303
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
physical chemistry
biophysical chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,357
590
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Chemical biology
Drug discovery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,102
1,057
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Chemical Biology
Small Molecules
Natural Products
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,845
1,172
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,515
671
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
William L Jorgensen
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148,062
42,645
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,688
3,651
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Hailiang Wang
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,909
23,572
0.393
Chemistry
Materials
Catalysis
Battery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,379
4,464
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Kenneth Wiberg
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,018
6,901
0.130
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,674
6,456
107
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Julian Tirado Rives
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,821
15,200
0.363
Computational Chemistry
Monte Carlo Simulations
Free Energy Perturbation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,741
11,366
175
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
John Tully
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,638
5,211
0.182
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,245
11,591
176
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
James Mayer
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,247
9,235
0.327
Inorganic chemistry
nano- and interfacial chemistry
physical organic chemistry
bioinorganic chemistry
proton-couped electron transfer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,619
43,115
580
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Nabeel Nabulsi
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,284
6,700
0.722
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
132,021
50,601
653
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Mingjiang Zhong
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,863
3,961
0.504
Polymer Science
Materials Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
141,259
53,605
686
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Brandon Q Mercado
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,387
4,349
0.589
Crystallography
Inorganic Chemistry
Diffraction
Instrumentation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
192,301
69,545
827
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Timothy R Newhouse
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,454
2,614
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
192,734
69,665
830
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Elsa CY Yan
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,441
1,755
0.323
GPCRs
Molecular Mechanism of Vision
Membrane Proteins
Biophysical Spectroscopy
Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
199,644
71,756
855
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Alexander Soudackov
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,249
1,953
0.372
physical chemistry
reaction rate theory
quantum dynamics
proton-coupled electron transfer
molecular dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
219,551
77,642
907
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Yiren Zhong (仲逸人)
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,756
3,657
0.769
Surface chemistry
Batteries
Materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
258,570
89,136
1,015
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sarah Slavoff
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,985
2,978
0.747
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
265,099
90,989
1,032
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Tukiet T Lam
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,873
2,041
0.527
Mass spectrometry
Proteomics
Protein posttranslational modification
Metabolomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
268,501
91,956
1,046
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mikhail Askerka
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,816
3,107
0.814
Computational Chemistry
Data Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
305,753
102,682
1,133
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Evan Beach
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,280
1,345
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
307,251
103,103
1,138
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Stacy A Malaker
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,261
3,053
0.936
mass spectrometry
glycobiology
mucins
glycoproteomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
317,325
105,882
1,155
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Hany Dweck
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,137
1,741
0.555
Chemical Ecology
Neuroecology
chemosensation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
336,903
111,422
1,204
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Elvira R Sayfutyarova
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,915
2,610
0.895
Theoretical and computational chemistry
electronic structure
spectroscopy
quantum chemistry software development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
394,639
127,337
1,325
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Fabijan Pavosevic
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,384
2,143
0.899
Electronic Structure Theory
Quantum Chemistry
Theoretical Chemistry
Computational Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
397,111
128,027
1,334
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ireneusz W Bulik
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,365
1,303
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
398,175
128,305
1,338
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ziad Ganim
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,357
590
0.250
physical chemistry
biophysical chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
433,109
137,867
1,421
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ling Chu
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,102
1,057
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
474,754
149,072
1,519
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Joonseok Oh
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,845
1,172
0.635
Chemical Biology
Small Molecules
Natural Products