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Highly Cited Researchers

Natural Sciences / Physics Highly Cited Researchers 168 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025

Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.

* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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232
World Rank
United States
102
Country Rank
Argonne National Laboratory Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Natural Sciences / Physics
High Energy Particle Physic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    305,083
  • Last 6 Years
    120,678
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.396
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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404
World Rank
United States
171
Country Rank
Argonne National Laboratory Logo
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Natural Sciences / Physics
High Energy Physics | Data Scienc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    267,110
  • Last 6 Years
    118,349
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.443
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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1,360
World Rank
United States
589
Country Rank
Argonne National Laboratory Logo
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Natural Sciences / Physics
high energy physic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    160,178
  • Last 6 Years
    36,293
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.227
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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2,769
World Rank
United States
1,292
Country Rank
Argonne National Laboratory Logo
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Natural Sciences / Physics
High Energy Physic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    111,732
  • Last 6 Years
    74,018
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.662
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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4,115
World Rank
United States
1,933
Country Rank
Argonne National Laboratory Logo
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Natural Sciences / Physics
Experimental Particle Physics | Data Analytics | Machine Learning | Simulation Softwar

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    90,415
  • Last 6 Years
    70,772
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.783
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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8,198
World Rank
United States
3,881
Country Rank
Argonne National Laboratory Logo
13
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Natural Sciences / Physics
Experimental Particle Physics | Machine Learnin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    59,754
  • Last 6 Years
    51,855
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.868
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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18,645
World Rank
United States
8,629
Country Rank
Argonne National Laboratory Logo
21
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Natural Sciences / Physics
neutrino oscillations | nanoparticle quantum dots | quantum chromodynamic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    35,596
  • Last 6 Years
    7,978
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.224
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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21,779
World Rank
United States
9,999
Country Rank
Argonne National Laboratory Logo
23
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Natural Sciences / Physics
Condensed Matter and Materials Physic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    32,207
  • Last 6 Years
    5,342
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.166
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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26,110
World Rank
United States
11,901
Country Rank
Argonne National Laboratory Logo
30
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Natural Sciences / Physics
condensed matter physic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    28,572
  • Last 6 Years
    8,394
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.294
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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27,494
World Rank
United States
12,497
Country Rank
Argonne National Laboratory Logo
31
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Natural Sciences / Physics
Physics | Materials Scienc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    27,641
  • Last 6 Years
    5,530
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.200
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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30,227
World Rank
United States
13,640
Country Rank
Argonne National Laboratory Logo
34
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    25,935
  • Last 6 Years
    5,774
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.223
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Rankings

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30,856
World Rank
United States
13,917
Country Rank
Argonne National Laboratory Logo
37
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Natural Sciences / Physics
Nuclear fission | heavy-ion reactions | heavy-ion fusion | relativistic heavy-ion collisions | nuclear astrophysics reaction

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    25,566
  • Last 6 Years
    4,304
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.168
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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32,100
World Rank
United States
14,448
Country Rank
Argonne National Laboratory Logo
39
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Natural Sciences / Physics
Materials Physics | Synchrotron Radiation | Surface and Interface | Quantum Materials | Energy Material

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    24,870
  • Last 6 Years
    21,219
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.853
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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33,363
World Rank
United States
14,930
Country Rank
Argonne National Laboratory Logo
42
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Natural Sciences / Physics
Nuclear Structure | Gamma-ray Spectroscopy | Gammaspher

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    24,238
  • Last 6 Years
    5,018
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.207
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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32,754
World Rank
United States
14,694
Country Rank
Argonne National Laboratory Logo
41
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    24,532
  • Last 6 Years
    11,667
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.476
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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35,006
World Rank
United States
15,630
Country Rank
Argonne National Laboratory Logo
47
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Natural Sciences / Physics
Medium Energy Nuclear Physic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    23,413
  • Last 6 Years
    8,375
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.358
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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35,683
World Rank
United States
15,905
Country Rank
Argonne National Laboratory Logo
50
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Natural Sciences / Physics
High Energy Physics | Hadron Physics | Particle Physics | Nuclear Physic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    23,097
  • Last 6 Years
    16,803
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.727
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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35,632
World Rank
United States
15,886
Country Rank
Argonne National Laboratory Logo
49
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Natural Sciences / Physics
Cleantech | Solar Conversion | Gravitational Waves | Astrophysisc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    23,115
  • Last 6 Years
    8,645
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.374
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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36,349
World Rank
United States
16,189
Country Rank
Argonne National Laboratory Logo
51
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Natural Sciences / Physics
Nuclear Physics | Nuclear Structure | Nuclear Astrophysics | Nuclear Dat

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    22,786
  • Last 6 Years
    9,970
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.438
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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38,309
World Rank
United States
16,988
Country Rank
Argonne National Laboratory Logo
56
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Natural Sciences / Physics
Medium Energy Physics | Hadron Structur

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    21,978
  • Last 6 Years
    9,088
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.414
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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46,608
World Rank
United States
20,199
Country Rank
Argonne National Laboratory Logo
65
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Natural Sciences / Physics
nuclear physics | cold plasmas | et

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    19,068
  • Last 6 Years
    2,444
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.128
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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47,474
World Rank
United States
20,540
Country Rank
Argonne National Laboratory Logo
68
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Natural Sciences / Physics
Condensed Matter Physic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    18,815
  • Last 6 Years
    9,520
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.506
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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47,079
World Rank
United States
20,385
Country Rank
Argonne National Laboratory Logo
66
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    18,928
  • Last 6 Years
    6,090
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.322
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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47,168
World Rank
United States
20,417
Country Rank
Argonne National Laboratory Logo
67
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Natural Sciences / Physics
condensed matter physics | solid state chemistry | materials physic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    18,904
  • Last 6 Years
    5,742
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.304
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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52,146
World Rank
United States
22,388
Country Rank
Argonne National Laboratory Logo
75
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Natural Sciences / Physics
XAFS | X-ray spectroscopy | Synchrotron Radiation research | x-ray optic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    17,543
  • Last 6 Years
    3,614
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.206
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