Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Physics Highly Cited Researchers 181 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
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
212,924
84,990
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
High Energy Physics
Dark Matter
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,219
44,827
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
astrophysics
cosmology
statistical methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,124
47,519
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
neutrino physics
high energy physics
particle physics
experimental physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,760
27,266
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,947
8,509
0.170
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
quantum field theory
string theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,783
7,703
0.161
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,867
8,778
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
AI
High Energy Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,892
18,134
0.674
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Quantum Gravity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,272
3,824
0.151
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Plasma Physics
Laser-Plasma Interactions
Controlled Fusion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,454
3,250
0.139
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
String theory
supersymmetry
gravity
quantum theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,012
3,398
0.148
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Plastic Electronics
Organic Electronics
Molecular Semiconductors
Conjugated Polymers
Raman Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,278
6,966
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Laser Plasma Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,584
5,762
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
General Relativity
Supergravity
Quantum Field Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,202
3,272
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
biophotonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,690
4,043
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
String theory
black holes
quantum field theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,149
3,518
0.205
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,590
4,233
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Quantum Anything
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,518
6,527
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Plasmonics
photonics
nonlinear optics
lasers
semiconductors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,322
5,940
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nonlinear systems and control
Stability
Chemical Reaction Networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,231
3,863
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
High Energy Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,203
5,795
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Laser-plasma accelerators
x-ray generation
laser-plasma interactions
plasma physics
accelerator physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,072
4,575
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Cosmology
Bayesian methods
Dark Matter/Energy
Machine Learning
AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,985
5,386
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Space plasma physics
Space weather
Heliophysics
Satellite instrumentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,656
7,268
0.574
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Theoretical Astrophysics
Cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,434
2,348
0.189
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
726
53
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
David L Clements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
212,924
84,990
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,588
126
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Brais Lopez Paredes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,219
44,827
0.311
High Energy Physics
Dark Matter
Particle Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,047
241
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Andrew Jaffe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,124
47,519
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,920
776
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Morgan Wascko
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,760
27,266
0.498
neutrino physics
high energy physics
particle physics
experimental physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,308
894
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Peter Knight
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,947
8,509
0.170
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,036
961
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Arkady Tseytlin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,783
7,703
0.161
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,971
1,873
126
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Paolo Franchini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,867
8,778
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,186
2,361
157
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Mikael Mieskolainen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,892
18,134
0.674
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,851
2,590
173
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Michael Duff
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,272
3,824
0.151
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,258
2,915
194
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
AE Dangor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,454
3,250
0.139
Plasma Physics
Laser-Plasma Interactions
Controlled Fusion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,134
2,995
198
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Christopher Hull
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,012
3,398
0.148
String theory
supersymmetry
gravity
quantum theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,742
3,125
206
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ji Seon Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,278
6,966
0.313
Plastic Electronics
Organic Electronics
Molecular Semiconductors
Conjugated Polymers
Raman Spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,758
3,720
243
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Zulfikar Najmudin
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,584
5,762
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,307
4,106
261
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Kellogg Stelle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,202
3,272
0.180
General Relativity
Supergravity
Quantum Field Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,183
4,256
270
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Paul French
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,690
4,043
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,230
4,433
281
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jerome Gauntlett
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,149
3,518
0.205
String theory
black holes
quantum field theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,568
4,611
299
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Stephen J Warren
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,590
4,233
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,535
5,029
318
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Terry Rudolph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,518
6,527
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,600
5,111
324
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Rupert Oulton
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,322
5,940
0.388
Plasmonics
photonics
nonlinear optics
lasers
semiconductors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,077
6,142
387
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
David Angeli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,231
3,863
0.292
Nonlinear systems and control
Stability
Chemical Reaction Networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,263
6,161
389
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Mark Scott
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,203
5,795
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,173
6,236
395
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Stuart Pd Mangles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,072
4,575
0.350
Laser-plasma accelerators
x-ray generation
laser-plasma interactions
plasma physics
accelerator physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,793
6,289
397
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Roberto Trotta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,985
5,386
0.415
Cosmology
Bayesian methods
Dark Matter/Energy
Machine Learning
AI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,162
6,481
409
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jonathan P. Eastwood
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,656
7,268
0.574
Space plasma physics
Space weather
Heliophysics
Satellite instrumentation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,783
6,635
417
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Carlo Contaldi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,434
2,348
0.189