Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Physics Highly Cited Researchers 69 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
1,063
World Rank
3
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
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Total182,931
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Last 6 Years68,866
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Last 6 Years / Total0.376
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
12,232
World Rank
22
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Natural Sciences / Physics
Experimental High Energy Nuclear and Particle Physics | Cosmology | Nano-Physics | General Relativity | Computational Physic
Experimental High Energy Nuclear and Particle Physics | Cosmology | Nano-Physics | General Relativity | Computational Physic
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Total46,285
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Last 6 Years17,904
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Last 6 Years / Total0.387
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
21,420
World Rank
33
Country Rank
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
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Total32,542
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Last 6 Years10,466
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Last 6 Years / Total0.322
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
27,544
World Rank
37
Country Rank
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
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Total27,608
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Last 6 Years19,986
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Last 6 Years / Total0.724
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
172,892
World Rank
309
Country Rank
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Natural Sciences / Physics
Nanophotonics | Silicon Photonics | Quantum Computing | Solar Energy | Computational technique
Nanophotonics | Silicon Photonics | Quantum Computing | Solar Energy | Computational technique
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Total6,338
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Last 6 Years2,610
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Last 6 Years / Total0.412
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
370,957
World Rank
1,073
Country Rank
32
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Natural Sciences / Physics
MEMS | Laser Annealing | SiGe | Low Thermal Budget Processes | Energy Harvester
MEMS | Laser Annealing | SiGe | Low Thermal Budget Processes | Energy Harvester
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Total2,712
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Last 6 Years490
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Last 6 Years / Total0.181
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
438,105
World Rank
1,439
Country Rank
41
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Natural Sciences / Physics
Pulsed Beam Shaping | Propagation Generation and Scattering of Localized Waves | Photonics Bandgap Material
Pulsed Beam Shaping | Propagation Generation and Scattering of Localized Waves | Photonics Bandgap Material
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Total2,173
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Last 6 Years387
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Last 6 Years / Total0.178
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
442,718
World Rank
1,472
Country Rank
150
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
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Total2,141
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Last 6 Years1,094
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Last 6 Years / Total0.511
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
452,281
World Rank
1,533
Country Rank
17
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Natural Sciences / Physics
Materials characterization and Modeling | electrospinning | rheology | microrobot
Materials characterization and Modeling | electrospinning | rheology | microrobot
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Total2,077
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Last 6 Years1,553
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Last 6 Years / Total0.748
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
463,275
World Rank
1,598
Country Rank
46
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
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Total2,009
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Last 6 Years621
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Last 6 Years / Total0.309
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
556,745
World Rank
2,259
Country Rank
60
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
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Total1,522
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Last 6 Years1,141
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Last 6 Years / Total0.750
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
579,139
World Rank
2,448
Country Rank
258
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Citation Metrics
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Total1,427
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Last 6 Years817
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Last 6 Years / Total0.573
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
601,588
World Rank
2,663
Country Rank
28
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Natural Sciences / Physics
Condensed matter physics | first principles calculations | low dimensional materials | graphene-based nanocomposites | nanotechnolo
Condensed matter physics | first principles calculations | low dimensional materials | graphene-based nanocomposites | nanotechnolo
Citation Metrics
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Total1,339
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Last 6 Years703
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Last 6 Years / Total0.525
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
667,432
World Rank
3,245
Country Rank
329
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Natural Sciences / Physics
Material Science | Polymer physics | Dielectric properties of polymer composit
Material Science | Polymer physics | Dielectric properties of polymer composit
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Total1,114
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Last 6 Years467
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Last 6 Years / Total0.419
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
669,795
World Rank
3,258
Country Rank
85
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Citation Metrics
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Total1,106
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Last 6 Years876
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Last 6 Years / Total0.792
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
697,223
World Rank
3,532
Country Rank
363
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Citation Metrics
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Total1,026
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Last 6 Years448
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Last 6 Years / Total0.437
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
707,538
World Rank
3,656
Country Rank
35
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Citation Metrics
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Total996
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Last 6 Years863
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Last 6 Years / Total0.866
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
736,365
World Rank
3,944
Country Rank
103
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Natural Sciences / Physics
solid state | condensed matter | materials science | magnetism | experimental physic
solid state | condensed matter | materials science | magnetism | experimental physic
Citation Metrics
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Total920
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Last 6 Years595
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Last 6 Years / Total0.647
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
742,698
World Rank
4,017
Country Rank
399
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Citation Metrics
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Total904
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Last 6 Years515
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Last 6 Years / Total0.570
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
744,866
World Rank
4,040
Country Rank
104
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Citation Metrics
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Total899
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Last 6 Years326
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Last 6 Years / Total0.363
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
746,680
World Rank
4,060
Country Rank
404
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Citation Metrics
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Total894
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Last 6 Years558
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Last 6 Years / Total0.624
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
754,860
World Rank
4,134
Country Rank
105
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Natural Sciences / Physics
Data Analysis | Design of Experiments | Pipelines | Acoustics | Combustion and Oxy-combustio
Data Analysis | Design of Experiments | Pipelines | Acoustics | Combustion and Oxy-combustio
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Total874
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Last 6 Years325
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Last 6 Years / Total0.372
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
778,556
World Rank
4,358
Country Rank
421
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Citation Metrics
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Total817
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Last 6 Years407
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Last 6 Years / Total0.498
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
791,211
World Rank
4,497
Country Rank
429
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Citation Metrics
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Total788
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Last 6 Years264
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Last 6 Years / Total0.335
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
821,378
World Rank
4,825
Country Rank
448
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Citation Metrics
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Total723
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Last 6 Years93
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Last 6 Years / Total0.129
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