Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Physics Highly Cited Researchers 41 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
Gravitational Waves
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,871
81,858
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Molecular electronics
quantum transport
mesoscopic physics
theoretical condensed matter physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,488
8,580
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,507
4,191
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
condensed matter physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,208
2,519
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Extragalactic Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Galaxy Formation and Evolution
Star-forming galaxies
Market and Counterparty risk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,018
6,766
0.563
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Quantum Monte Carlo
Condensed matter theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,041
4,302
0.428
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Physics
Condensed Matter Physics
Quantum Transport
Quantum Dynamics
Quantum Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,350
3,926
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Astrophysics
black holes
galaxy evolution
citizen science
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,719
4,628
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Astronomy Astrophysics Cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,133
3,151
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Quantum electronics
nanomechanics
carbon nanotubes
condensed matter physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,124
2,170
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Quantum optics
Cold atoms
Quantum physics
Nanophotonics
Topological defects
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,685
2,532
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Theoretical Physics
Strongly Correlated Electron Systems
Quantum Criticality
Luttinger Liquids
Thermoelectricity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,210
1,195
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ultralow temperature and condensed matter physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,031
895
0.178
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
cosmology
astroparticle physics
general relativity
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,404
1,383
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Nuclear instrumentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,373
1,284
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ionospheric Physics
Plasma Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,528
964
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Experimental Physical Volcanology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,111
841
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Condensed Matter Physics
Low Temperature Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,763
1,137
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Photonics
Metamaterials
Solid State Physics
Terahertz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,690
1,513
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Topological phases of matter
quantum many-body physics
quantum measurement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,531
1,362
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
semiconductor
MBE
nanotechnology
nanowire
quantum dot
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,003
671
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Quantum Mechanics
Spin Resonance
Nanoscience
Transport Measurements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,947
860
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
cryogenics
superfluidity
quantum turbulence
nanomechanical devices
low temperature physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,915
659
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Quantum Optics - Solid State Physics - Bose-Einstein Condensation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,851
874
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Low temperature physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,825
476
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,909
154
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Matthew Pitkin
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,871
81,858
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,183
3,508
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Colin J Lambert
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,488
8,580
0.419
Molecular electronics
quantum transport
mesoscopic physics
theoretical condensed matter physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,779
4,315
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
PVE McClintock
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,507
4,191
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,374
6,753
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Yuri Pashkin FInstP
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,208
2,519
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,880
6,863
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
David Sobral
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,018
6,766
0.563
Extragalactic Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Galaxy Formation and Evolution
Star-forming galaxies
Market and Counterparty risk
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,053
8,326
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Neil Drummond
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,041
4,302
0.428
Quantum Monte Carlo
Condensed matter theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,577
8,938
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Henning Schomerus
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,350
3,926
0.420
Physics
Condensed Matter Physics
Quantum Transport
Quantum Dynamics
Quantum Optics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,502
9,600
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Brooke Simmons
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,719
4,628
0.531
Astrophysics
black holes
galaxy evolution
citizen science
machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
146,286
11,645
116
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
John Stott
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,133
3,151
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
146,499
11,657
117
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Edward Laird
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,124
2,170
0.305
Quantum electronics
nanomechanics
carbon nanotubes
condensed matter physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,544
12,348
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Janne Ruostekoski
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,685
2,532
0.379
Quantum optics
Cold atoms
Quantum physics
Nanophotonics
Topological defects
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
200,691
15,372
156
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Andy Schofield
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,210
1,195
0.229
Theoretical Physics
Strongly Correlated Electron Systems
Quantum Criticality
Luttinger Liquids
Thermoelectricity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
207,720
15,840
161
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
George Pickett
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,031
895
0.178
Ultralow temperature and condensed matter physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
235,371
17,627
180
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Konstantinos Dimopoulos
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,404
1,383
0.314
cosmology
astroparticle physics
general relativity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
236,972
17,743
182
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Malcolm Joyce
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,373
1,284
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
286,765
20,812
220
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Farideh Honary
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,528
964
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
318,930
22,705
242
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Steve Lane
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,111
841
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
351,226
24,534
270
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jonathan Prance
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,763
1,137
0.412
Condensed Matter Physics
Low Temperature Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
358,819
24,949
274
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Riccardo Degl Innocenti|Riccardo DeglInnocenti
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,690
1,513
0.562
Photonics
Metamaterials
Solid State Physics
Terahertz
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
376,288
25,919
284
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Alessandro Romito
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,531
1,362
0.538
Topological phases of matter
quantum many-body physics
quantum measurement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
447,480
29,710
332
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Qiandong Zhuang
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,003
671
0.335
semiconductor
MBE
nanotechnology
nanowire
quantum dot
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
456,568
30,155
341
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Richard George
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,947
860
0.442
Quantum Mechanics
Spin Resonance
Nanoscience
Transport Measurements
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
461,955
30,399
344
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Viktor Tsepelin
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,915
659
0.344
cryogenics
superfluidity
quantum turbulence
nanomechanical devices
low temperature physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
472,775
30,974
348
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Emiliano Cancellieri
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,851
874
0.472
Quantum Optics - Solid State Physics - Bose-Einstein Condensation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
477,496
31,222
351
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Richard P Haley
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,825
476
0.261