Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Physics Highly Cited Researchers 39 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
computational
soft and biological matter
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,369
6,336
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Non-equilibrium statistical mechanics
soft matter
statistical inference
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,164
3,947
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
active galactic nuclei
black holes
galaxies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,922
3,584
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Physics of the early universe
computational astrophysics and cosmology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,898
3,599
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
physics
2D materials
organic electronics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,205
3,636
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
quantum many body problem
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,104
1,237
0.122
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Theoretical biophysics
Statistical physics
biological physics
quantitative biology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,356
3,075
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Theoretical Physics
Condensed Matter Physics
Many-Body Physics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,841
2,725
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Quantum Field Theory
Mathematical Physics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,948
1,127
0.189
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Quantum Many Body Systems and unconventional states of matter in and out-of-equilibrium
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,521
2,232
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ultrafast Dynamics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,302
2,653
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,241
907
0.173
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,085
3,593
0.707
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Exoplanet atmosphere
Ultra-hot Jupiter
High resolution spectroscopy
Lunar eclipse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,970
3,490
0.879
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,893
1,492
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Quantum Field Theory
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,566
638
0.179
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
ultrafast optics
magnetism
laser technology
Electron-light interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,557
2,088
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Eye Tracking
Physics Education Research
Smartphone Physics
Upper-Division Physics
Introductory Physics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,045
1,687
0.825
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Computational Astrophysics (Radiative Transfer
3D MHD Simulations and Chemical Composition of Cool Stellar Atmospheres)
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,583
470
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
physics
electron microscopy
ultrafast electron diffraction and microscopy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,206
308
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
831
488
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Soft Matter
Polymer Physics
Theory and Simulation
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
544
317
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Condensed Matter Physics
Thermoelectrics
Charge Transport
2D Materials
Organic Semiconductors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
485
467
0.963
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Particle Physics
Dark Matter
Neutrino mass
Collider Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
422
288
0.682
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Statistical Physics
Disordered systems
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
406
273
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,392
1,154
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Marcus Müller
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,369
6,336
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,352
3,198
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Peter Sollich
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,164
3,947
0.300
Non-equilibrium statistical mechanics
soft matter
statistical inference
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,793
3,977
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Wolfram Kollatschny
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,922
3,584
0.328
active galactic nuclei
black holes
galaxies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,033
3,985
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jens C Niemeyer
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,898
3,599
0.330
Physics of the early universe
computational astrophysics and cosmology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,229
4,288
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
R. Thomas Weitz
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,205
3,636
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,367
4,340
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Kurt Schönhammer
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,104
1,237
0.122
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
123,198
5,304
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Stefan Klumpp
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,356
3,075
0.368
Theoretical biophysics
Statistical physics
biological physics
quantitative biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
152,821
6,466
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Heidrich-Meisner Fabian
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,841
2,725
0.398
Theoretical Physics
Condensed Matter Physics
Many-Body Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
176,204
7,368
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Detlev Buchholz
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,948
1,127
0.189
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
189,614
7,857
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Salvatore R Manmana
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,521
2,232
0.404
Quantum Many Body Systems and unconventional states of matter in and out-of-equilibrium
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
197,292
8,120
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Stefan Mathias
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,302
2,653
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
199,534
8,195
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Gerhard Hegerfeldt
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,241
907
0.173
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
205,543
8,401
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Vincent Theeuwes
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,085
3,593
0.707
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
258,894
10,281
91
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Fei Yan|严飞
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,970
3,490
0.879
Exoplanet atmosphere
Ultra-hot Jupiter
High resolution spectroscopy
Lunar eclipse
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
263,320
10,428
93
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Petri Käpylä
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,893
1,492
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
284,192
11,161
106
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Karl Henning Rehren
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,566
638
0.179
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
284,756
11,175
107
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ofer Kfir
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,557
2,088
0.587
ultrafast optics
magnetism
laser technology
Electron-light interaction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
440,853
16,226
162
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Pascal Klein
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,045
1,687
0.825
Eye Tracking
Physics Education Research
Smartphone Physics
Upper-Division Physics
Introductory Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
525,175
18,785
189
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
D Fabbian
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,583
470
0.297
Computational Astrophysics (Radiative Transfer
3D MHD Simulations and Chemical Composition of Cool Stellar Atmospheres)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
619,638
21,585
213
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Sebastian Schramm
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,206
308
0.255
physics
electron microscopy
ultrafast electron diffraction and microscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
752,797
25,583
251
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sebastian Schmitt
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
831
488
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
896,315
30,184
284
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Qiyun Tang
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
544
317
0.583
Soft Matter
Polymer Physics
Theory and Simulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
941,720
31,826
307
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Martin Statz
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
485
467
0.963
Condensed Matter Physics
Thermoelectrics
Charge Transport
2D Materials
Organic Semiconductors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
998,887
33,990
340
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Sarif Khan
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
422
288
0.682
Particle Physics
Dark Matter
Neutrino mass
Collider Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,014,642
34,552
347
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Diego Tapias
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
406
273
0.672