Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Physics Highly Cited Researchers 24 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
Gravitational-Wave Astronomy
Modeling of Compact Binaries of Black Holes and Neutron Stars
Numerical Relativity
LIGO
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,063
72,979
0.613
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
General Relativity
Gravitational waves
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,514
74,674
0.670
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Gravitational Waves
Cosmology
Scientific Computing
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,198
41,076
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
String theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,194
7,493
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Quantum Field Theory
String Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,097
3,194
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
String Theory
High energy physics
Statistical Physics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,836
1,339
0.171
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Nonequilibrium statistical physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,688
3,302
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Theoretical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,856
3,351
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
String theory
Black hole physics and Quantum field theory with a focus on real time
finite temperature quantum field theory.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,304
1,644
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Field Theory
String Theory
High Energy Physics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,186
255
0.080
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Condensed Matter Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,013
1,599
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
non-equilibrium physics
statistical physics
condensed matter theory
mathematical physics
integrable models
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,324
1,505
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Condensed Matter Theory
Statistical Mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,454
1,272
0.875
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Biophysics
Soft-condensed matter
Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,253
850
0.678
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Astrophysical fluid dynamics
Plasma astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
591
310
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Quantum Field Theory
String Theory
Amplitudes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
520
446
0.858
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Statistical Physics
Long range interactions
Heat transport
Soft matter physics
Polyelectrolytes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
285
210
0.737
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Astrophysics
Plasma Physics
Magnetohydrodynamics
Turbulence
Dynamo Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
99
0.884
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Computer Vision
PINNs
Domain Adaptation
Theoretical High Energy Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
46
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Condensed Matter Physics
Statistical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
25
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Condensed Matter Physics
Statistical Mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
21
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Astrophysics
General Relativity
Gravitational Waves
Lensing
Cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
21
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Category Theory
Algebraic Topology
Theoretical Physics
Coding Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
6
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
quantum optics
quantum chaos
cavity QED
quantum transport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,288
33
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Prayush Kumar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,063
72,979
0.613
Gravitational-Wave Astronomy
Modeling of Compact Binaries of Black Holes and Neutron Stars
Numerical Relativity
LIGO
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,611
38
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Bala R Iyer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,514
74,674
0.670
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,024
120
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Aditya Vijaykumar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,198
41,076
0.997
Gravitational Waves
Cosmology
Scientific Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,205
126
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ashoke Sen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,194
7,493
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,782
1,300
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Rajesh Gopakumar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,097
3,194
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
132,674
1,935
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Spenta Rustom Wadia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,836
1,339
0.171
String Theory
High energy physics
Statistical Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
135,475
2,001
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Abhishek Dhar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,688
3,302
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
179,569
2,986
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Suvrat Raju
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,856
3,351
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
241,248
4,633
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Loganayagam R
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,304
1,644
0.382
String theory
Black hole physics and Quantum field theory with a focus on real time
finite temperature quantum field theory.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
313,598
6,920
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Avinash Dhar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,186
255
0.080
Field Theory
String Theory
High Energy Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
328,467
7,371
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Subhro Bhattacharjee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,013
1,599
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
402,700
9,983
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Manas Kulkarni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,324
1,505
0.648
non-equilibrium physics
statistical physics
condensed matter theory
mathematical physics
integrable models
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
555,681
15,861
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Sthitadhi Roy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,454
1,272
0.875
Condensed Matter Theory
Statistical Mechanics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
607,881
18,063
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
K Vijay Kumar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,253
850
0.678
Biophysics
Soft-condensed matter
Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
871,357
31,384
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Pallavi Bhat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
591
310
0.525
Astrophysical fluid dynamics
Plasma astrophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
916,266
33,737
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Chandramouli Chowdhury
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
520
446
0.858
Quantum Field Theory
String Theory
Amplitudes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,163,875
44,876
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Debarshee Bagchi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
285
210
0.737
Statistical Physics
Long range interactions
Heat transport
Soft matter physics
Polyelectrolytes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,562,292
64,151
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Tushar Mondal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
99
0.884
Astrophysics
Plasma Physics
Magnetohydrodynamics
Turbulence
Dynamo Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,637,987
68,593
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jaswin Kasi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
46
0.495
Computer Vision
PINNs
Domain Adaptation
Theoretical High Energy Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,036,580
98,045
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Animesh Nanda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
25
1.000
Condensed Matter Physics
Statistical Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,076,275
101,413
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sibaram Ruidas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
21
1.000
Condensed Matter Physics
Statistical Mechanics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,077,900
101,512
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Uddeepta Deka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
21
1.000
Astrophysics
General Relativity
Gravitational Waves
Lensing
Cosmology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,095,737
103,131
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Srikanth Pai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
6
0.300
Category Theory
Algebraic Topology
Theoretical Physics
Coding Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,306,794
121,678
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Tamoghna Ray
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
quantum optics
quantum chaos
cavity QED
quantum transport