Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
European Space Agency Highly Cited Researchers CitationNatural Sciences / Physics Rankings 2025
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
CMB cosmology
compact source science
radio and Sub-mm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,556
50,584
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Gravitational waves
CMB
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,009
33,957
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Astrophysics
Electronic Structure
Molecular Dynamics
DFT
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,987
26,680
0.861
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Exoplanets
brown dwarfs
astrometry
instrumentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,130
25,459
0.845
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Datascience
IT for science
astrophysics
particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,310
9,762
0.793
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Gravitational Waves
Quantum Mechanics
Fundamentals of Measurements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,895
3,289
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
space physics
semiconductors
condensed matter
synchrotrons
GRB
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,419
1,894
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Astrophysics
Hot Stars
Plasma Physics
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,699
1,578
0.205
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,718
1,395
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
astrophysics
stellar activity
solar-stellar connection
star formation
spectropolarimetry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,356
2,750
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
solar physics
data visualization
space science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,389
2,445
0.721
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
High-energy Astrophysics
AGN
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,259
1,566
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Space Plasma Physics
Space Physics
Magnetosphere
Ionosphere
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,086
2,237
0.725
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
General Relativity
Cosmology
Equivalence Principle in Space
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,052
2,039
0.668
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Science missions
Cosmology
Gravitational waves ...
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,963
1,421
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Astrophysics
Bioinformatics
High Energy Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,726
674
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Mars
Moon
Surfaces
Atmospheres
Remote Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,124
1,796
0.846
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Galaxy Clusters
Cosmology
Galaxy evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,685
1,377
0.817
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
astrophysics
planetary science
analytical instrumentation
data processing and analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,639
438
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Quantum physics
mesoscopic physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,049
392
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Optics
Gravity
RET
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
962
233
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Solar Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
941
737
0.783
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
optics
space engineering
remote sensing
liquid crystals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
756
158
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Quantum Information
General Relativity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
707
491
0.694
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Space Plasma
Solar Wind
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
273
251
0.919
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,835
66
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Marcos López-Caniego
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,556
50,584
0.578
CMB cosmology
compact source science
radio and Sub-mm
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,470
110
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Luis Mendes
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,009
33,957
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,621
392
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Eduardo Anglada
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,987
26,680
0.861
Astrophysics
Electronic Structure
Molecular Dynamics
DFT
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,456
412
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Johannes Sahlmann
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,130
25,459
0.845
Exoplanets
brown dwarfs
astrometry
instrumentation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,726
1,813
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Alejandro Lorca
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,310
9,762
0.793
Datascience
IT for science
astrophysics
particle physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,382
2,884
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Oliver Jennrich
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,895
3,289
0.370
Gravitational Waves
Quantum Mechanics
Fundamentals of Measurements
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
116,434
3,117
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Alan Owens
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,419
1,894
0.225
space physics
semiconductors
condensed matter
synchrotrons
GRB
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,615
3,499
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Amt Pollock
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,699
1,578
0.205
Astrophysics
Hot Stars
Plasma Physics
Statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
148,715
4,197
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Tim Oosterbroek
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,718
1,395
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
157,433
4,499
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Gaitee Hussain
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,356
2,750
0.433
astrophysics
stellar activity
solar-stellar connection
star formation
spectropolarimetry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
284,140
8,808
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Daniel Müller
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,389
2,445
0.721
solar physics
data visualization
space science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
293,806
9,130
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jacobo Ebrero|
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,259
1,566
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
307,555
9,577
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Andrew Walsh
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,086
2,237
0.725
Space Plasma Physics
Space Physics
Magnetosphere
Ionosphere
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
310,345
9,696
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Michele Armano
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,052
2,039
0.668
General Relativity
Cosmology
Equivalence Principle in Space
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
318,156
9,950
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Giuseppe D. Racca
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,963
1,421
0.480
Science missions
Cosmology
Gravitational waves ...
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
340,422
10,723
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Emilio Salazar-Doñate
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,726
674
0.247
Astrophysics
Bioinformatics
High Energy Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
411,855
13,025
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Elliot Sefton-Nash
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,124
1,796
0.846
Mars
Moon
Surfaces
Atmospheres
Remote Sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
485,106
15,258
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Lyndsay Old
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,685
1,377
0.817
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
494,561
15,544
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Igor Drozdovsky
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,639
438
0.267
astrophysics
planetary science
analytical instrumentation
data processing and analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
649,273
19,682
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Benjamin Roussel
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,049
392
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
680,331
20,474
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Christian J Schwarz
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
962
233
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
687,911
20,656
106
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Chris Nelson
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
941
737
0.783
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
766,222
22,593
114
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ilias Manolis
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
756
158
0.209
optics
space engineering
remote sensing
liquid crystals
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
789,103
23,161
116
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jai Grover
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
707
491
0.694
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,142,506
31,522
180
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Georgina Graham
European Space Agency
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
273
251
0.919