Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Physics Highly Cited Researchers 31 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
Supercontinuum
ultrafast spectroscopy
biophotonics
Singular Optics
fiber optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,436
9,365
0.186
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
topological photonics
quantum optics
polaritonics
metamaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,681
9,623
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
High Energy Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,221
1,430
0.155
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Photonics
Cavity QED
2D Materials
Molecular Polaritons
Metamaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,826
5,362
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
condensed matter physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,858
790
0.101
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Raman Spectra of cancer detection
near infrared (NIR) imaging and spectral analysis of early cancer
nonlinear Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,676
2,887
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Elementary Particle and Field Theory
Statistical and Mathematical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,974
899
0.129
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
String Theory
Particle Physics
Mathematical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,156
1,464
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Soft Matter
Granular Materials
Glasses
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,830
1,718
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,908
205
0.052
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Optical biomedical imaging
tunable solid state lasers
nanoscience
nonlinear optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,479
376
0.108
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
picosecond and femtosecond time-resolved spectroscopy and lasers
semiconductors
quantum well and dots
spectral and imaging
biomedical opticas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,360
603
0.179
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Laser
optics
biomedical Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,679
272
0.102
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Condensed matter theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,475
1,670
0.675
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Condensed Matter Theory
Light-Matter interaction
Novel 2D Materials
Quantum Entanglement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,311
583
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Condensed Matter Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,302
1,039
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Photonics
Plasmonics
Hyperbolic Metamaterials
Quantum Dots
Lithography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,976
1,144
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Physics
Semiconductor Nanostructures
Optical Spectroscopy
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Materials Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,918
471
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Brain
New Optical Devices
Cancer Research
Biophotonics
Quantum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,832
1,061
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
astronautics
extrasolar planets
Earth defense
atmospheric science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,594
435
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Physics
Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,480
688
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Optical Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,034
131
0.127
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Condensed Matter Physics
Photonics
Cavity QED
2D Materials
Twistronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
297
297
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Optical pumping
NMR
Faraday rotation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
288
93
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Diamond
Spin Physics
Condensed Matter
2D Materials
Nanofabrication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278
174
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,178
4,831
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Robert R Alfano
City College of New York CUNY
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,436
9,365
0.186
Supercontinuum
ultrafast spectroscopy
biophotonics
Singular Optics
fiber optics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,277
21,336
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Alexander Khanikaev
City College of New York CUNY
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,681
9,623
0.544
topological photonics
quantum optics
polaritonics
metamaterials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,662
43,486
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Vp Nair
City College of New York CUNY
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,221
1,430
0.155
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
116,267
45,433
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Vinod Menon
City College of New York CUNY
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,826
5,362
0.608
Photonics
Cavity QED
2D Materials
Molecular Polaritons
Metamaterials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
132,272
50,684
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Joel Gersten
City College of New York CUNY
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,858
790
0.101
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
135,714
51,808
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Cheng Hui Liu
City College of New York CUNY
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,676
2,887
0.376
Raman Spectra of cancer detection
near infrared (NIR) imaging and spectral analysis of early cancer
nonlinear Optics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,249
56,484
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Alexios Polychronakos
City College of New York CUNY
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,974
899
0.129
Elementary Particle and Field Theory
Statistical and Mathematical Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
170,784
62,968
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sebastian Franco
City College of New York CUNY
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,156
1,464
0.238
String Theory
Particle Physics
Mathematical Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
216,664
76,814
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Mark D Shattuck
City College of New York CUNY
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,830
1,718
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
263,333
90,487
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Frederick W Smith
City College of New York CUNY
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,908
205
0.052
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
291,187
98,497
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Swapan K Gayen
City College of New York CUNY
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,479
376
0.108
Optical biomedical imaging
tunable solid state lasers
nanoscience
nonlinear optics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
300,045
101,062
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Wb Wang
City College of New York CUNY
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,360
603
0.179
picosecond and femtosecond time-resolved spectroscopy and lasers
semiconductors
quantum well and dots
spectral and imaging
biomedical opticas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
361,179
118,161
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Gc Tang
City College of New York CUNY
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,679
272
0.102
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
383,975
124,425
108
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sriram Ganeshan
City College of New York CUNY
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,475
1,670
0.675
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
404,366
129,948
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Oleg Berman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,311
583
0.252
Condensed Matter Theory
Light-Matter interaction
Novel 2D Materials
Quantum Entanglement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
405,542
130,287
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Pouyan Ghaemi
City College of New York CUNY
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,302
1,039
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
453,166
143,262
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Tal Galfsky
City College of New York CUNY
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,976
1,144
0.579
Photonics
Plasmonics
Hyperbolic Metamaterials
Quantum Dots
Lithography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
462,884
145,845
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Vitaliy Dorogan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,918
471
0.246
Physics
Semiconductor Nanostructures
Optical Spectroscopy
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Materials Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
477,656
149,834
127
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Laura A Sordillo
City College of New York CUNY
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,832
1,061
0.579
Brain
New Optical Devices
Cancer Research
Biophotonics
Quantum
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
524,540
162,141
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Gregory L Matloff
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,594
435
0.273
astronautics
extrasolar planets
Earth defense
atmospheric science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
549,777
168,754
147
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Zav Shotan
City College of New York CUNY
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,480
688
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
677,084
201,250
163
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jiufeng Tu
City College of New York CUNY
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,034
131
0.127
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,145,566
290,155
209
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Pratap Chandra Adak
City College of New York CUNY
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
297
297
1.000
Condensed Matter Physics
Photonics
Cavity QED
2D Materials
Twistronics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,160,045
292,183
211
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Li Yunpu
City College of New York CUNY
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
288
93
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,174,723
294,304
213
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Raman Kumar|R Kumar
City College of New York CUNY
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278
174
0.626
Diamond
Spin Physics
Condensed Matter
2D Materials
Nanofabrication