Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Mathematical Sciences Highly Cited Researchers Citation 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
epidemiology
clinical trials
public health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
321,108
201,253
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Genomics
Evolutionary Biology
Population Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,300
58,758
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Statistical Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,072
34,549
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Computational Statistics
Machine Learning
Monte Carlo methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,686
21,732
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,619
16,125
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Statistics
social networks
multilevel analysis
sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,544
20,729
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Statistical genetics
Population genetics
Evolutionary genetics
Bioinformatics
Reproductive biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,822
16,241
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
economics and complex systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,976
12,784
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Statistics
Primary Care
EBM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,640
27,143
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
numerical analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,519
14,963
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Vaccines and infectious disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,412
27,761
0.762
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Theory of programming languages
Process algebra
Systems Biology
Molecular Programming
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,117
3,902
0.118
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
mathematical biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,761
12,099
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Algorithms in Artificial Intelligence and Information Systems
Databases
Database Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,076
5,907
0.203
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Applied Mathematics
Mathematical Modeling
Mechanics
Dynamical Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,160
13,075
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Population Health
Epidemiology
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,796
22,425
0.984
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Relativistic theory of atoms and molecules
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,644
3,138
0.168
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Applied Mathematics
Partial Differential Equations
Kinetic Equations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,558
9,584
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Mathematical modelling with application to biology and medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,975
7,311
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Numerical Analysis
Partial Differential Equations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,106
5,326
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Numerical Cognition
Neurostimulation
Cognitive Learning
Cognitive Training
Cognitive Enhancement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,279
6,250
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
String theory
Conformal field theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,326
5,245
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Algorithmic accountability
Artificial Intelligence
Robotics
Data Protection & Governance
European Technology Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,409
11,724
0.945
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Statistical methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,957
9,425
0.788
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
medical statistics
survival analysis
joint modelling
COVID-19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,673
11,636
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
173
16
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Derrick A Bennett
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
321,108
201,253
0.627
epidemiology
clinical trials
public health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,090
167
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Gil McVean
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,300
58,758
0.480
Genomics
Evolutionary Biology
Population Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,209
178
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
A Kong
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,072
34,549
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,445
550
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Arnaud Doucet
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,686
21,732
0.331
Computational Statistics
Machine Learning
Monte Carlo methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,453
551
80
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Bernard W Silverman
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,619
16,125
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,175
622
91
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Tom Snijders
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,544
20,729
0.337
Statistics
social networks
multilevel analysis
sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,901
687
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Simon Myers
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,822
16,241
0.281
Statistical genetics
Population genetics
Evolutionary genetics
Bioinformatics
Reproductive biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,668
931
133
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
J Doyne Farmer
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,976
12,784
0.266
economics and complex systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,137
969
138
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Rafael Perera
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,640
27,143
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,945
1,140
159
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
LN Trefethen
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,519
14,963
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,575
1,452
194
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Merryn Voysey
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,412
27,761
0.762
Vaccines and infectious disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,164
1,698
225
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Luca Cardelli
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,117
3,902
0.118
Theory of programming languages
Process algebra
Systems Biology
Molecular Programming
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,508
1,733
230
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Philip Maini
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,761
12,099
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,549
2,072
261
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Georg Gottlob
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,076
5,907
0.203
Algorithms in Artificial Intelligence and Information Systems
Databases
Database Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,000
2,891
345
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Alain Goriely
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,160
13,075
0.565
Applied Mathematics
Mathematical Modeling
Mechanics
Dynamical Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,708
2,964
356
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Natalie Staplin
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,796
22,425
0.984
Population Health
Epidemiology
Statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,551
3,892
442
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ian Grant
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,644
3,138
0.168
Relativistic theory of atoms and molecules
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,826
3,915
444
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
José Antonio Carrillo
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,558
9,584
0.516
Applied Mathematics
Partial Differential Equations
Kinetic Equations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,898
4,082
458
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Helen Byrne
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,975
7,311
0.407
Mathematical modelling with application to biology and medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,190
4,354
480
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Endre Suli
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,106
5,326
0.311
Numerical Analysis
Partial Differential Equations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,747
5,457
583
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Roi Cohen Kadosh
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,279
6,250
0.438
Numerical Cognition
Neurostimulation
Cognitive Learning
Cognitive Training
Cognitive Enhancement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,726
5,955
621
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Luis Fernando Alday
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,326
5,245
0.394
String theory
Conformal field theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,209
6,493
668
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Sandra Wachter
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,409
11,724
0.945
Algorithmic accountability
Artificial Intelligence
Robotics
Data Protection & Governance
European Technology Law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,689
6,762
686
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Mavuto Mukaka
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,957
9,425
0.788
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,054
6,958
694
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Daniel J Phillips
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,673
11,636
0.997
medical statistics
survival analysis
joint modelling
COVID-19