Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
theoretical physics
gravitation
cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,862
9,240
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Active galactic nuclei
galaxy evolution
the cosmic X-ray background
X-ray binary stars
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,696
7,325
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Analog Circuits
Bioelectronics
Synthetic Biology
Ultra Low Power Implants
Bio-inspired and Quantum Computers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,098
4,092
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
OpenQuantum information science
quantum control
quantum matter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,578
4,495
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Supernovae and Supernova Remnants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,630
2,859
0.226
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Space Physics
Magnetospheric Physics
Radiation Belt Electrons SEPs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,080
3,645
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
time domain astrophysics
supernovae
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,603
6,637
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Cosmology
Astrophysics
Astrobiology
Nonequilibrium statistical physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,413
2,788
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Quantum algorithm
electronic structure
physics of computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,428
3,061
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Condensed matter physics
quantum information
quantum sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,009
603
0.150
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Space Physics
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,534
1,044
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
biomedical optics
machine learning
data science
cancer imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,426
2,411
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Quantum and Condensed Matter Physics
Magnetic Resonance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,957
1,171
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Magnetic Reconnection
Plasma Physics
Space Physics
Magnetospheric Physics
Plasma Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,721
1,899
0.698
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
MEMS
micro-inductors
micro-robots
condensed matter physics
laser spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,299
678
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
quantum fluids
atom-photon interactions
laser cooling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,057
758
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
quantum information
quantum physics
quantum control
condensed matter physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,016
635
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Space Physics
HF Radar
Remote Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,577
1,151
0.730
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
biomedical optics
fluorescence guided surgery
opioid use disorder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,436
732
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Particle acceleration
Magnetic reconnection
Solar Flares
Plasma Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,360
1,237
0.910
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Condensed Matter Physics
Quantum Information Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,055
943
0.894
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
nuclear proliferation
international security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,023
685
0.670
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Plasma physics
Space physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
540
305
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
cosmology
particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
533
358
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Physics
Statistical Mechanics
Epistemology
Information Theory
Simulations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
391
299
0.765
Robert Caldwell
Dartmouth College
Hanover, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,862
9,240
0.357
Ryan C Hickox
Dartmouth College
Hanover, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,696
7,325
0.498
Active galactic nuclei
galaxy evolution
the cosmic X-ray background
X-ray binary stars
Rahul Sarpeshkar
Dartmouth College
Hanover, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,098
4,092
0.290
Analog Circuits
Bioelectronics
Synthetic Biology
Ultra Low Power Implants
Bio-inspired and Quantum Computers
Lorenza Viola
Dartmouth College
Hanover, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,578
4,495
0.331
OpenQuantum information science
quantum control
quantum matter
Robert Fesen
Dartmouth College
Hanover, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,630
2,859
0.226
MK Hudson
Dartmouth College
Hanover, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,080
3,645
0.302
Space Physics
Magnetospheric Physics
Radiation Belt Electrons SEPs
Dan Milisavljevic
Dartmouth College
Hanover, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,603
6,637
0.626
Marcelo Gleiser
Dartmouth College
Hanover, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,413
2,788
0.331
Cosmology
Astrophysics
Astrobiology
Nonequilibrium statistical physics
James Daniel Whitfield
Dartmouth College
Hanover, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,428
3,061
0.691
Quantum algorithm
electronic structure
physics of computing
Alex Rimberg
Dartmouth College
Hanover, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,009
603
0.150
Condensed matter physics
quantum information
quantum sensing
Hans Mueller
Dartmouth College
Hanover, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,534
1,044
0.295
Michael Jermyn
Dartmouth College
Hanover, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,426
2,411
0.704
biomedical optics
machine learning
data science
cancer imaging
Chandrasekhar Ramanathan
Dartmouth College
Hanover, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,957
1,171
0.396
Quantum and Condensed Matter Physics
Magnetic Resonance
Yi Hsin Liu
Dartmouth College
Hanover, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,721
1,899
0.698
Magnetic Reconnection
Plasma Physics
Space Physics
Magnetospheric Physics
Plasma Astrophysics
Christopher Levey
Dartmouth College
Hanover, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,299
678
0.295
MEMS
micro-inductors
micro-robots
condensed matter physics
laser spectroscopy
Kevin C Wright
Dartmouth College
Hanover, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,057
758
0.368
quantum fluids
atom-photon interactions
laser cooling
Kaveh Khodjasteh
Dartmouth College
Hanover, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,016
635
0.315
quantum information
quantum physics
quantum control
condensed matter physics
Evan G Thomas
Dartmouth College
Hanover, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,577
1,151
0.730
Jonathan T Elliott
Dartmouth College
Hanover, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,436
732
0.510
biomedical optics
fluorescence guided surgery
opioid use disorder
Xiaocan Li
Dartmouth College
Hanover, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,360
1,237
0.910
Particle acceleration
Magnetic reconnection
Solar Flares
Plasma Astrophysics
Andrew Cupo
Dartmouth College
Hanover, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,055
943
0.894
Condensed Matter Physics
Quantum Information Science
Nicholas L Miller
Dartmouth College
Hanover, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,023
685
0.670
nuclear proliferation
international security
Tak Chu Li
Dartmouth College
Hanover, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
540
305
0.565
Ashley Perko
Dartmouth College
Hanover, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
533
358
0.672
Damian Sowinski
Dartmouth College
Hanover, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
391
299
0.765
Physics
Statistical Mechanics
Epistemology
Information Theory
Simulations