Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Natural Sciences / Physics Highly Cited Researchers 13 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
Belgium
Nicola Labanca
Energy
Energy Policy
Elementary Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,357
1,822
0.136
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Belgium
Vladan Arsenijevic
astrophysics
cosmology
bioinformatics
data science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,957
5,535
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Belgium
Lars-Goran Eriksson
Plasma Physics
Fusion Energy Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,549
2,400
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Belgium
Carlos Paradela
Nuclear Physcis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,904
2,089
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Belgium
Odeta Limaj
Plasmonics
biosensing
mid-infrared
spectroscopy
condensed matter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,315
1,790
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Belgium
Marcin L. Sadowski
solid state physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,242
378
0.117
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Belgium
Isabella Cerutti
optical networks
wireless networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,106
299
0.142
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Belgium
Fabiana Da Pieve
Many-body physics - correlations - space missions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,077
1,302
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Belgium
Ino Agrafioti
Science Policy
Public Policy
Systems Biology
Bioinformatics
Astroparticle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,682
406
0.241

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Belgium
Stefano Vaccaro
Nuclear Physics
Environmental Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,576
568
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Belgium
Wieland Staessens
String Theory and String Phenomenology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,401
320
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Belgium
Alessandro Zani
LLMs
Robust time-series forecast
Knowledge Graphs
Trustworthy AI
Laser-driven ion acceleration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
836
362
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Belgium
Fabrizio Larcher
Quantum Physics
Ultracold Atoms simulations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
190
117
0.616
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,090
Belgium
684
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Nicola Labanca
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,357
1,822
0.136
Energy
Energy Policy
Elementary Particle Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,440
Belgium
786
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Vladan Arsenijevic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,957
5,535
0.463
astrophysics
cosmology
bioinformatics
data science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,919
Belgium
818
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Lars-Goran Eriksson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,549
2,400
0.208
Plasma Physics
Fusion Energy Research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
177,603
Belgium
1,625
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Carlos Paradela
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,904
2,089
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
302,530
Belgium
2,619
168
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Odeta Limaj
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,315
1,790
0.540
Plasmonics
biosensing
mid-infrared
spectroscopy
condensed matter
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
308,258
Belgium
2,664
171
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Marcin L. Sadowski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,242
378
0.117
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
431,862
Belgium
3,516
250
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Isabella Cerutti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,106
299
0.142
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
436,168
Belgium
3,546
259
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Fabiana Da Pieve
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,077
1,302
0.627
Many-body physics - correlations - space missions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
504,954
Belgium
4,032
292
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ino Agrafioti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,682
406
0.241
Science Policy
Public Policy
Systems Biology
Bioinformatics
Astroparticle Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
526,852
Belgium
4,188
305
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Stefano Vaccaro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,576
568
0.360
Nuclear Physics
Environmental Science

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
567,156
Belgium
4,483
330
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Wieland Staessens
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,401
320
0.228
String Theory and String Phenomenology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
751,023
Belgium
5,670
457
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Alessandro Zani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
836
362
0.433
LLMs
Robust time-series forecast
Knowledge Graphs
Trustworthy AI
Laser-driven ion acceleration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,335,290
Belgium
9,836
692
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Fabrizio Larcher
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
190
117
0.616
Quantum Physics
Ultracold Atoms simulations
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