Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Physics Highly Cited Researchers 42 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
Statistics
pattern recognition
data analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244,953
92,114
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
LHC
particle physics
data analysis
statistics
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238,277
94,770
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Experimental particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,523
33,796
0.742
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Space Physics
Space Plasma
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,619
12,795
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Space plasma physics
Magnetospheric Physics
Plasma simulations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,226
11,247
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Space Plasma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,074
9,631
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Planetary Physics
Space Plasma Physics
Magnetosphere
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,161
5,375
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,793
8,944
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,695
7,928
0.741
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Quantum Information Theory
Convex Optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,196
3,229
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Space Weather
Heliophysics
Space Physics
Astrophysics
Coronal Mass Ejections
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,059
3,141
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Space plasma
magnetosphere
solar wind
turbulence
reconnection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,094
1,746
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Quantum Information Theory
Foundations of Physics
Quantum Foundations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,792
1,973
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
foundations of quantum mechanics
causal structures
quantum information
quantum computation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,793
1,901
0.681
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
quantum information
quantum optics
quantum many-body physics
quantum computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,631
2,554
0.971
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Astronomy
Computer Science
Digital Electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,526
1,099
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Physics
Quantum Transport
Quantum Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,414
762
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Neutrino
direct DM detection
rare event search
hadronic physics
precision spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,099
1,044
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Foundations of Quantum Theory
Quantum Information
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,066
1,336
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
quantum gravity
quantum information
black holes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,337
1,037
0.776
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Heliophysics
Solar Physics
Space Weather
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,227
979
0.798
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Quantum physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,209
898
0.743
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Plasma Turbulence
Spacecraft charging
Plasma waves
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,051
794
0.755
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Noise resilience
High-dimensional entanglement
Quantum cryptography
Free-space QKD
Entanglement sources
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
966
876
0.907
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Quantum Information Theory
Open Quantum Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
963
845
0.877
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
509
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Rudolf Frühwirth
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Redwood City, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244,953
92,114
0.376
Statistics
pattern recognition
data analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
566
3
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Wolfgang Waltenberger
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Redwood City, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238,277
94,770
0.398
LHC
particle physics
data analysis
statistics
machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,880
51
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Suman Chatterjee
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Redwood City, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,523
33,796
0.742
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,275
55
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Wolfgang Baumjohann
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,619
12,795
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,964
116
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Tkm Nakamura
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,226
11,247
0.385
Space plasma physics
Magnetospheric Physics
Plasma simulations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,417
147
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Rumi Nakamura
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,074
9,631
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,284
344
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Tielong Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,161
5,375
0.355
Planetary Physics
Space Plasma Physics
Magnetosphere
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,180
385
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Luca Fossati
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,793
8,944
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,085
542
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Gianluca Inguglia
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Redwood City, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,695
7,928
0.741
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
169,163
1,008
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Miguel Navascues
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Redwood City, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,196
3,229
0.521
Quantum Information Theory
Convex Optimization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
172,995
1,029
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Christian Möstl
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,059
3,141
0.518
Space Weather
Heliophysics
Space Physics
Astrophysics
Coronal Mass Ejections
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
205,185
1,189
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Z. Vörös
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,094
1,746
0.343
Space plasma
magnetosphere
solar wind
turbulence
reconnection
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
269,434
1,516
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Markus P. Müller
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Redwood City, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,792
1,973
0.520
Quantum Information Theory
Foundations of Physics
Quantum Foundations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
348,083
1,936
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Mateus Araújo
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Redwood City, Austria
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,793
1,901
0.681
foundations of quantum mechanics
causal structures
quantum information
quantum computation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
365,102
2,030
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Christian Kokail
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,631
2,554
0.971
quantum information
quantum optics
quantum many-body physics
quantum computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
376,881
2,084
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Harald Ottacher
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,526
1,099
0.435
Astronomy
Computer Science
Digital Electronics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
390,309
2,152
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Markus Weiss
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Redwood City, Austria
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,414
762
0.316
Physics
Quantum Transport
Quantum Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
432,726
2,329
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Hexi Shi
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Redwood City, Austria
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,099
1,044
0.497
Neutrino
direct DM detection
rare event search
hadronic physics
precision spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
437,602
2,346
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Costantino Budroni
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,066
1,336
0.647
Foundations of Quantum Theory
Quantum Information
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
583,115
3,032
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Christodoulou Marios
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,337
1,037
0.776
quantum gravity
quantum information
black holes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
613,223
3,158
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Martin A. Reiss
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,227
979
0.798
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
618,534
3,176
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Yelena Guryanova
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Redwood City, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,209
898
0.743
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
668,753
3,398
77
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Owen Roberts
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Redwood City, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,051
794
0.755
Plasma Turbulence
Spacecraft charging
Plasma waves
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
698,958
3,540
80
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Sebastian Ecker
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Redwood City, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
966
876
0.907
Noise resilience
High-dimensional entanglement
Quantum cryptography
Free-space QKD
Entanglement sources
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
700,015
3,542
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Simon Milz
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Redwood City, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
963
845
0.877
Quantum Information Theory
Open Quantum Systems