Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Physics Highly Cited Researchers 68 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
Particle physics
detector development
distributed computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
291,115
129,705
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
experimental high energy physics
particle physics
quantum computing
education & outreach
science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
248,596
107,906
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
astrophysics
cosmology
information theory
information field theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,629
51,436
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Cosmology
Structure Formation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,118
24,603
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Semiconductor Physics
Plasmonics
Solar Energy Conversion
Quantum Dots
Optical Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,353
13,815
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,365
6,937
0.150
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Cosmological surveys
weak gravitational lensing
clusters of galaxies
galaxies
artificial intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,249
32,337
0.748
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Theoretical Physics
Cosmology
Strings
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,064
8,786
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Theoretical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,702
10,679
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nanoscience
Quantum Dots
Quantum Transport
Spectroscopy
Nanomechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,143
2,224
0.100
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Biological Physics
Soft Matter
Nonequilibrium Dynamics
Statistical Physics
Quantitative Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,360
6,735
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
astrophysics
machine learning
cosmoslogy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,757
13,535
0.762
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
X-ray Physics
Nanophotonics
Plasmonics
Attosecond Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,415
3,376
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Astrophysics
Planet Formation
Circumstellar Disks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,198
9,132
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Nano-Optics
Ultrafast spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,945
3,373
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Origin of Life
RNA World
Protocells
Astrobiology
Molecular evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,586
4,939
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
nuclear and particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,835
986
0.083
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
lasers
ultrafast nonlinear optics
ultrafast molecular processes
primary chemical processes
ultrafast spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,806
2,206
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
Mesoscopic Physics
Strongly Correlated Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,507
3,370
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nanoscience
Quantum Dots
Nanochemistry
Perovskites
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,414
8,089
0.709
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
2D Quantum Materials
Moiré Systems
Quantum Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,811
8,284
0.766
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Physics Education Research
Multiple Representations
Multimedia Learning
Human-Centered AI
Eye Tracking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,367
8,138
0.785
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Theoretical Physics
many-body physics
large-scale computer simulations
Monte Carlo simulations
ultracold atoms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,009
3,068
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ultracold atoms
topology
quantum simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,980
5,705
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Physics
Physical Chemistry
Photocatalysis
Nanocrystals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,593
5,973
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
260
9
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Federica Legger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
291,115
129,705
0.446
Particle physics
detector development
distributed computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
483
16
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sascha Mehlhase
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
248,596
107,906
0.434
experimental high energy physics
particle physics
quantum computing
education & outreach
science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,190
100
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Torsten Ensslin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,629
51,436
0.511
astrophysics
cosmology
information theory
information field theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,544
421
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Joe Mohr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,118
24,603
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,812
446
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jochen Feldmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,353
13,815
0.286
Semiconductor Physics
Plasmonics
Solar Energy Conversion
Quantum Dots
Optical Spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,548
484
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Hermann E.Gaub
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,365
6,937
0.150
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,935
550
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Daniel Gruen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,249
32,337
0.748
Cosmological surveys
weak gravitational lensing
clusters of galaxies
galaxies
artificial intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,863
844
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
V. Mukhanov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,064
8,786
0.258
Theoretical Physics
Cosmology
Strings
Particle Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,436
1,192
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ulrich Schollwöck
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,702
10,679
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,953
1,565
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jörg P. Kotthaus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,143
2,224
0.100
Nanoscience
Quantum Dots
Quantum Transport
Spectroscopy
Nanomechanics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,842
1,638
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Erwin Frey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,360
6,735
0.315
Biological Physics
Soft Matter
Nonequilibrium Dynamics
Statistical Physics
Quantitative Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,793
2,114
108
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ben Hoyle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,757
13,535
0.762
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,970
2,570
127
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ulf Kleineberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,415
3,376
0.219
X-ray Physics
Nanophotonics
Plasmonics
Attosecond Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,105
2,626
130
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Til Birnstiel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,198
9,132
0.601
Astrophysics
Planet Formation
Circumstellar Disks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,250
2,964
147
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Achim Hartschuh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,945
3,373
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,537
3,054
152
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Dieter Braun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,586
4,939
0.364
Origin of Life
RNA World
Protocells
Astrobiology
Molecular evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,465
3,632
167
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
G. Graw
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,835
986
0.083
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,715
3,639
168
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Eberhard Riedle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,806
2,206
0.187
lasers
ultrafast nonlinear optics
ultrafast molecular processes
primary chemical processes
ultrafast spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,253
3,764
172
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jan Von Delft
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,507
3,370
0.293
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
Mesoscopic Physics
Strongly Correlated Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,104
3,791
175
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Quinten Adriaan Akkerman|Quinten Adriaan Akkerman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,414
8,089
0.709
Nanoscience
Quantum Dots
Nanochemistry
Perovskites
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,887
4,023
183
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Dmitri K. Efetov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,811
8,284
0.766
2D Quantum Materials
Moiré Systems
Quantum Sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,460
4,215
194
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jochen Kuhn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,367
8,138
0.785
Physics Education Research
Multiple Representations
Multimedia Learning
Human-Centered AI
Eye Tracking
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,435
4,381
202
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Lode Pollet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,009
3,068
0.307
Theoretical Physics
many-body physics
large-scale computer simulations
Monte Carlo simulations
ultracold atoms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,754
4,392
203
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Monika Aidelsburger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,980
5,705
0.572
Ultracold atoms
topology
quantum simulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,393
4,592
210
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jacek Stolarczyk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,593
5,973
0.623
Physics
Physical Chemistry
Photocatalysis
Nanocrystals