Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Physics Highly Cited Researchers 33 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
astroparticle physics
astrophysics
atmospheric physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,832
33,694
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Thermoelectrics
Photovoltaics
Energy Storage
Solid State Physics
Thermal and Electrical Transport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,575
15,226
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Nuclear physics and astroparticle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,022
10,622
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Complexity
Quantum Information
Condensed Matter Physics
AMO Physics
Mathematical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,284
5,361
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Multiphoton microscopy
femtosecond micromachining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,228
2,039
0.154
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
solid state physics
materials for renewable energy
photovoltaics
thermoelectrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,933
8,176
0.685
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ultrafast optics
nonlinear beam dynamics
laser physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,455
2,254
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Physics Education Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,692
3,095
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
wavefield analysis
tomography & inversion
elastic & electromagnetic
Earth & Planetary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,550
2,139
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nuclear Astrophysics
Radiation Detection and Measurement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,575
1,596
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ceramics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,337
2,782
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Quantum Information
Quantum Many-body Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,888
3,937
0.669
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Nuclear Physics
Neutrino Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,678
2,318
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Plasma processing
photovoltaics
atomic layer deposition
atomic layer etching
nanomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,606
1,773
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Topological Quantum Optics
Quantum Electrodynamics
Light-Matter Interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,469
950
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Quantum computing and simulation
quantum many-body physics
condensed matter theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,446
1,359
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ultrafast optics
Coherent diffractive imaging
Phase retrieval
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,997
970
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Experimental Nuclear
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,814
1,577
0.869
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Condensed Matter Physics
Quantum Information Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,361
906
0.666
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
space nuclear technologies
nuclear engineering
nuclear materials
additive manufacturing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,025
528
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Quantum many-body physics
tensor network methods
open quantum systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
902
726
0.805
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
optical diagnostics
electrochemistry
sprays
gasification
radiation heat transfer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
839
448
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Thermoelectrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
603
378
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
322
307
0.953
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Atomic Layer Deposition
Plasma Processing
Infrared Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
291
212
0.729
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,786
1,325
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Lawrence Wiencke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,832
33,694
0.312
astroparticle physics
astrophysics
atmospheric physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,210
9,364
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Eric Toberer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,575
15,226
0.467
Thermoelectrics
Photovoltaics
Energy Storage
Solid State Physics
Thermal and Electrical Transport
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,462
11,694
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Fred Sarazin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,022
10,622
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,557
19,078
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Lincoln D Carr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,284
5,361
0.278
Complexity
Quantum Information
Condensed Matter Physics
AMO Physics
Mathematical Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,941
29,863
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jeff Squier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,228
2,039
0.154
Multiphoton microscopy
femtosecond micromachining
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,608
33,344
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Vladan Stevanovic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,933
8,176
0.685
solid state physics
materials for renewable energy
photovoltaics
thermoelectrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,203
42,304
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Charles Durfee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,455
2,254
0.238
Ultrafast optics
nonlinear beam dynamics
laser physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,911
45,929
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Wendy K Adams
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,692
3,095
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
137,746
52,427
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Paul Sava
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,550
2,139
0.283
wavefield analysis
tomography & inversion
elastic & electromagnetic
Earth & Planetary
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
159,223
59,290
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Uwe Greife
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,575
1,596
0.243
Nuclear Astrophysics
Radiation Detection and Measurement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
165,412
61,225
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Brian P Gorman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,337
2,782
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
178,016
65,173
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Zhe Xuan Gong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,888
3,937
0.669
Quantum Information
Quantum Many-body Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
276,643
94,248
127
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Kyle G Leach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,678
2,318
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
281,469
95,642
131
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sumit Agarwal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,606
1,773
0.492
Plasma processing
photovoltaics
atomic layer deposition
atomic layer etching
nanomaterials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
290,963
98,353
134
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mark T Lusk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,469
950
0.274
Topological Quantum Optics
Quantum Electrodynamics
Light-Matter Interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
386,325
124,950
167
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Eliot Kapit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,446
1,359
0.556
Quantum computing and simulation
quantum many-body physics
condensed matter theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
448,414
141,862
187
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Daniel E Adams
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,997
970
0.486
Ultrafast optics
Coherent diffractive imaging
Phase retrieval
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
479,287
150,162
200
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jon Ringuette
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,814
1,577
0.869
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
576,925
175,784
220
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Meenakshi Singh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,361
906
0.666
Condensed Matter Physics
Quantum Information Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
677,976
201,260
250
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jeffrey Charles King
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,025
528
0.515
space nuclear technologies
nuclear engineering
nuclear materials
additive manufacturing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
723,658
212,232
262
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Daniel Jaschke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
902
726
0.805
Quantum many-body physics
tensor network methods
open quantum systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
749,473
218,261
269
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jason M Porter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
839
448
0.534
optical diagnostics
electrochemistry
sprays
gasification
radiation heat transfer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
861,680
242,776
295
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Robert Mckinney
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
603
378
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,108,210
284,425
347
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
George Filippatos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
322
307
0.953
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,150,889
290,600
360
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Rafaiel Ovanesyan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
291
212
0.729
Atomic Layer Deposition
Plasma Processing
Infrared Spectroscopy