Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Physics Highly Cited Researchers 168 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
astrophysics
data science
machine learning
high energy physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,018
77,504
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Cosmology
Astrophysics
Astronomy
Lensing
Redshift Surveys
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,747
38,087
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
computational materials physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,404
51,555
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Cavity quantum optomechanics
Superconducting microwave optomechanics
nonlinear integrated photonics
nano-mechanical systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,870
37,519
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Computational Condensed Matter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,730
22,882
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Theoretical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,408
15,695
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,195
10,892
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Physics
chemistry
Hydrogen
Hydrides
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,246
12,077
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Theoretical Physics
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,211
7,413
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Semiconductors
Nanostructures
LEDs
Lasers
Optoelectronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,331
5,451
0.215
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Condensed matter physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,289
2,676
0.115
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
condensed matter physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,838
2,605
0.125
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Electron Microscopy
Structural Biology
Parkinson's disease
Membrane Proteins
Image Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,538
9,807
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Atomic-scale modeling
Machine learning
Materials science
Statistical mechanics
Physical chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,693
14,067
0.753
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
cosmology
gravitational lensing
signal processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,472
10,780
0.584
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Photonics
Fiber optics
nonlinear fiber optics
optical fibre sensors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,751
5,514
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Condensed Matter Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,548
4,808
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
condensed matter physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,884
4,102
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
solid state physics and devices
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,449
1,517
0.098
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Physics
physical chemistry
materials science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,924
1,710
0.115
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Quantum Magnetism and Strongly Correlated Electron Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,491
6,331
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Open quantum systems
Quantum optics
Quantum information
Quantum computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,189
4,486
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Magnonics
Nanomagnetism
Spintronics
Semiconductors
Spin Waves
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,009
5,513
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
condensed matter physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,836
4,261
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
superresolution microscopy
physics of living systems
mitochondrial dynamics
bacterial division
centriole organization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,243
5,696
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,552
26
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Emma Tolley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,018
77,504
0.531
astrophysics
data science
machine learning
high energy physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,453
47
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jean Paul Kneib
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,747
38,087
0.394
Cosmology
Astrophysics
Astronomy
Lensing
Redshift Surveys
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,683
51
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Oleg Yazyev
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,404
51,555
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,736
93
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Tobias J Kippenberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,870
37,519
0.522
Cavity quantum optomechanics
Superconducting microwave optomechanics
nonlinear integrated photonics
nano-mechanical systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,675
146
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Alfredo Pasquarello
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,730
22,882
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,483
190
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Mikhail Shaposhnikov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,408
15,695
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,239
209
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Demetri Psaltis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,195
10,892
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,168
273
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Andreas Züttel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,246
12,077
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,802
424
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Riccardo Rattazzi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,211
7,413
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,728
555
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nicolas Grandjean
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,331
5,451
0.215
Semiconductors
Nanostructures
LEDs
Lasers
Optoelectronics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,568
623
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Giorgio Margaritondo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,289
2,676
0.115
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,329
725
108
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Schneider Wd
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,838
2,605
0.125
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,893
789
116
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Henning Stahlberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,538
9,807
0.502
Electron Microscopy
Structural Biology
Parkinson's disease
Membrane Proteins
Image Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,580
837
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Michele Ceriotti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,693
14,067
0.753
Atomic-scale modeling
Machine learning
Materials science
Statistical mechanics
Physical chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,345
854
126
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Frederic Courbin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,472
10,780
0.584
cosmology
gravitational lensing
signal processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,931
897
134
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Luc Thévenaz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,751
5,514
0.311
Photonics
Fiber optics
nonlinear fiber optics
optical fibre sensors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,769
979
146
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Frédéric Mila
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,548
4,808
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,771
1,031
157
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Marco Grioni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,884
4,102
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,919
1,075
162
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Marc Ilegems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,449
1,517
0.098
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,676
1,116
168
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Wanda Andreoni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,924
1,710
0.115
Physics
physical chemistry
materials science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,036
1,151
170
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Henrik M Ronnow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,491
6,331
0.437
Quantum Magnetism and Strongly Correlated Electron Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,916
1,179
172
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Vincenzo Savona
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,189
4,486
0.316
Open quantum systems
Quantum optics
Quantum information
Quantum computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,011
1,202
175
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Dirk Grundler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,009
5,513
0.394
Magnonics
Nanomagnetism
Spintronics
Semiconductors
Spin Waves
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,071
1,210
177
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Hugo Dil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,836
4,261
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,995
1,283
187
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Suliana Manley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,243
5,696
0.430
superresolution microscopy
physics of living systems
mitochondrial dynamics
bacterial division
centriole organization