The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
Experimental high energy nuclear physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,541
14,068
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Nanoplasmonics
Ultrafast nanooptics
Strong-field condensed matter optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,248
8,684
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,389
6,974
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,038
4,578
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,049
6,579
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
atomic physics
atomic theory
atomic collisions
molecular physics
photoionization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,150
1,835
0.151
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
High energy nuclear physics / RHIC-STAR and RHIC-PHENIX
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,817
4,645
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
2D materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,808
6,299
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Semiconductor Optoelectronics
Infrared Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,560
1,269
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,821
2,647
0.938
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Condensed Matter Physics
Group III-V thin film growth
Materials diagnostics
Optical material characterization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,757
558
0.202
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Magnetically Active Stars
Interferometric Imaging
Optical/Near Infrared Long Baseline Interferometry
Time-series analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,589
1,055
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,360
802
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Physics Education
Semiconductor Surface Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,283
207
0.161
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Interferometry
Circumstellar Disks
Big Data Management
Risk Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,108
440
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
condensed matter physics
topological insulators
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,071
389
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Solar Cells and Solar Energy Materials
Group III/V semiconductors
Raman and FTIR Spectroscopy
2D Materials
SIMS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,014
242
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Stellar Hydrodynamics
Stellar Convection
MHD Turbulence
Turbulent Dispersion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
895
672
0.751
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
318
201
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Condensed matter physics
thin film coating
Med-tech
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247
55
0.223
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Astrophysics
Spiral Galaxy structures and evaluation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
106
0.869
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
Physics Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
20
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Condensed matter physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
68
0.919
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Solar physics
astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
17
0.739
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
10
0.714
Xiaochun He
Georgia State University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,541
14,068
0.236
Stockman Mi
Georgia State University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,248
8,684
0.307
Nanoplasmonics
Ultrafast nanooptics
Strong-field condensed matter optics
Sebastien Lepine
Georgia State University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,389
6,974
0.342
Dm Crenshaw
Georgia State University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,038
4,578
0.285
Misty Bentz
Georgia State University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,049
6,579
0.504
Steven T Manson
Georgia State University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,150
1,835
0.151
atomic physics
atomic theory
atomic collisions
molecular physics
photoionization
Liang Xue
Georgia State University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,817
4,645
0.429
High energy nuclear physics / RHIC-STAR and RHIC-PHENIX
Sidong Lei
Georgia State University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,808
6,299
0.583
AG Unil Perera
Georgia State University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,560
1,269
0.228
Semiconductor Optoelectronics
Infrared Sensing
Cheuk Ping Wong
Georgia State University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,821
2,647
0.938
Dietz Nikolaus
Georgia State University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,757
558
0.202
Condensed Matter Physics
Group III-V thin film growth
Materials diagnostics
Optical material characterization
J Robert Parks
Georgia State University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,589
1,055
0.664
Magnetically Active Stars
Interferometric Imaging
Optical/Near Infrared Long Baseline Interferometry
Time-series analysis
Brian Kloppenborg
Georgia State University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,360
802
0.590
Brian Thoms
Georgia State University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,283
207
0.161
Physics Education
Semiconductor Surface Science
Yamina Touhami
Georgia State University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,108
440
0.397
Interferometry
Circumstellar Disks
Big Data Management
Risk Management
David O Brien
Georgia State University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,071
389
0.363
condensed matter physics
topological insulators
MK Indika Senevirathna
Georgia State University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,014
242
0.239
Solar Cells and Solar Energy Materials
Group III/V semiconductors
Raman and FTIR Spectroscopy
2D Materials
SIMS
J Pratt
Georgia State University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
895
672
0.751
Stellar Hydrodynamics
Stellar Convection
MHD Turbulence
Turbulent Dispersion
Annika Kriisa
Georgia State University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
318
201
0.632
Tianyu Ye
Georgia State University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247
55
0.223
Condensed matter physics
thin film coating
Med-tech
Mohamed Shameer Abdeen
Georgia State University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
106
0.869
Astrophysics
Spiral Galaxy structures and evaluation
Dgsp Doluweera
Georgia State University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
20
0.260
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
Physics Education
U Kushan Wijewardena
Georgia College & State University
Milledgeville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
68
0.919
V Aparna
Georgia State University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
17
0.739
David Yenerall
Georgia State University
Atlanta, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
10
0.714