Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Physics Highly Cited Researchers 50 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
Many-body physics
quantum information theory
quantum technologies
quantum simulation
tensor networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,054
20,596
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Photosynthesis
Artificial Photosynthesis
Chemical Physics
Water Oxidation
Operando Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,495
11,121
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
nanoscale condensed matter physics
2D_materials
graphene
TMDCs
MoS2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,610
8,681
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
nanoscience
plasmonics
carbon-based materials
light-matter coupling
Raman scattering & SERS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,585
9,034
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
condensed matter theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,756
4,538
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,892
5,976
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
quantum dynamics
quantum control
molecular physics
open quantum systems
quantum information sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,765
3,627
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ultrafast Dynamics
Surface Science
Magnetism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,487
1,350
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
membrane proteins
computational biophysics
computational chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,901
2,061
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
magnetism of thin films
surfaces
dilute systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,914
303
0.104
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
quantum computing
philosophy of science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,447
2,288
0.935
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Quantum thermodynamics
Quantum Information
Foundations of Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,415
1,150
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ultrafast Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,384
1,914
0.803
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Quantum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,953
1,426
0.730
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Theory and Applications of Engineered Quantum Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,866
1,211
0.649
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Quantum information
Quantum Cryptography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,844
1,186
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Optics and Spectroscopy
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
Carbon Nanotubes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,769
640
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Quantum Thermodynamics
Quantum information theory and cryptography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,760
1,041
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Quatum Thermodynamics
Open Quantum Systems
Statistical Mechanics
Quantum Information
Foundations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,753
1,600
0.913
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Directed Transport
Laser-Noise Matter Interaction
Nonclassicality
Chaos & Solitons
Quantum Fluxes in Molecules
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,722
644
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
quantum information
quantum thermodynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,436
970
0.675
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Nano Optics
Polaritons
Nonlinear Microscopy
2D Materials
IR
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,427
1,214
0.851
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Microbiology
Biochemistry
Genetics
Bioinorganic Chemistry
In vitro biosynthesis of complex Fe-S cofactors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,277
341
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
quantum computing
quantum algorithms
quantum simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,200
1,032
0.860
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Near-field optical microscopy
optical spectroscopy
Nanoimaging
Condensed Matter
Plasmonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,192
635
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,576
537
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jens Eisert
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,054
20,596
0.468
Many-body physics
quantum information theory
quantum technologies
quantum simulation
tensor networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,832
1,205
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Holger Dau
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,495
11,121
0.420
Photosynthesis
Artificial Photosynthesis
Chemical Physics
Water Oxidation
Operando Spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,229
1,265
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Kirill Bolotin
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,610
8,681
0.339
nanoscale condensed matter physics
2D_materials
graphene
TMDCs
MoS2
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,269
1,270
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Stephanie Reich
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,585
9,034
0.353
nanoscience
plasmonics
carbon-based materials
light-matter coupling
Raman scattering & SERS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,364
2,495
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Piet Brouwer
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,756
4,538
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,148
3,609
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Cecilia Clementi
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,892
5,976
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
154,943
6,520
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Christiane Koch
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,765
3,627
0.536
quantum dynamics
quantum control
molecular physics
open quantum systems
quantum information sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
161,790
6,821
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Martin Weinelt
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,487
1,350
0.208
Ultrafast Dynamics
Surface Science
Magnetism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
213,385
8,685
108
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ana Nicoleta Bondar
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,901
2,061
0.421
membrane proteins
computational biophysics
computational chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
337,075
12,902
161
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
William Brewer
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,914
303
0.104
magnetism of thin films
surfaces
dilute systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
386,941
14,500
179
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Dominik Hangleiter
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,447
2,288
0.935
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
390,931
14,645
182
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Rodrigo Gallego
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,415
1,150
0.476
Quantum thermodynamics
Quantum Information
Foundations of Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
394,650
14,753
184
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Till Stensitzki
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,384
1,914
0.803
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
456,381
16,673
209
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Riccardo Laurenza
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,953
1,426
0.730
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
471,053
17,117
213
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
A Metelmann
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,866
1,211
0.649
Theory and Applications of Engineered Quantum Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
474,933
17,251
216
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Nathan Walk
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,844
1,186
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
488,789
17,679
221
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Antonio Setaro
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,769
640
0.362
Optics and Spectroscopy
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
Carbon Nanotubes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
490,531
17,732
222
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Nelly NG
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,760
1,041
0.591
Quantum Thermodynamics
Quantum information theory and cryptography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
491,812
17,770
223
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Giacomo Guarnieri
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,753
1,600
0.913
Quatum Thermodynamics
Open Quantum Systems
Statistical Mechanics
Quantum Information
Foundations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
497,805
17,949
227
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Anatole Kenfack
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,722
644
0.374
Directed Transport
Laser-Noise Matter Interaction
Nonclassicality
Chaos & Solitons
Quantum Fluxes in Molecules
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
559,410
19,795
253
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Philippe Faist
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,436
970
0.675
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
561,544
19,863
255
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Niclas Sven Mueller
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,427
1,214
0.851
Nano Optics
Polaritons
Nonlinear Microscopy
2D Materials
IR
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
600,651
21,006
270
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Basem Soboh
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,277
341
0.267
Microbiology
Biochemistry
Genetics
Bioinorganic Chemistry
In vitro biosynthesis of complex Fe-S cofactors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
622,502
21,645
277
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Mark Steudtner
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,200
1,032
0.860
quantum computing
quantum algorithms
quantum simulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
625,021
21,716
278
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Patryk Kusch
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,192
635
0.533
Near-field optical microscopy
optical spectroscopy
Nanoimaging
Condensed Matter
Plasmonics