Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Natural Sciences / Physics Highly Cited Researchers 51 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
Australia
Andrew M Hopkins
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,193
14,797
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Australia
Richard Mcdermid
Galaxy Evolution
Stellar Populations
Stellar Dynamics
Supermassive Black Holes
Instrumentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,827
15,598
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Australia
Daniel Zucker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,159
9,975
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Australia
Angel R Lopez Sanchez
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Data Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,625
9,459
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Australia
Stuart Jackson
Optics
laser physics
photonics
lasers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,658
4,761
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Australia
Dominic Berry
Quantum Computing
Quantum Metrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,308
7,195
0.636
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Australia
Michael Withford
Lasers
Laser Processing
Integrated Photonics
Fibre Sensors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,790
3,990
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Australia
Michael J Steel
Quantum integrated photonics
Waveguide optics
Electromagnetic theory
Photonic crystals
Metamaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,144
3,064
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Australia
Alexei Gilchrist
Quantum information science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,199
2,793
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Australia
Mark Wardle
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Fluid Dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,126
1,852
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Australia
Orsola De Marco
Astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,063
2,928
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Australia
Judith M Dawes
Optics
Lasers
Photonics
Nanophotonics
Plasmonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,315
1,340
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Australia
Gavin Brennen
Quantum computing
quantum simulations
quantum sensing
coherent control of AMO systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,131
1,944
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Australia
Helen Pask
Raman lasers
Terahertz lasers
Raman spectroscopy
remote sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,746
1,501
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Australia
Richard Mildren
nonlinear optics
lasers
diamond
nano-structuring
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,700
2,773
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Australia
Lachlan Rogers
quantum information
quantum physics
diamond
silicon vacancy
nitrogen vacancy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,619
2,726
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Australia
David Spence
Lasers
nonlinear optics
and sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,183
2,205
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Australia
Simon Gross
Optics
Photonics
Laser Materials Processing
Astronomical Instrumentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,767
2,641
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Australia
Thomas Volz
Solid-state quantum optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,447
1,655
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Australia
Daniel Burgarth
Quantum Information
Applied Mathematics
Control Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,179
1,676
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Australia
Martin Ams
laser direct-write fabrication
sensors
photonics
waveguides
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,674
1,183
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Australia
Alexander Fuerbach
Ultrafast Lasers
Mid-infrared lasers
Fibre lasers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,547
1,468
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Australia
Robert Carman
Plasmas
lasers
spectroscopy
vacuum-ultraviolet sources
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,951
370
0.125
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Australia
Peter Dekker
Lasers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,744
516
0.188
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Australia
Toney Teddy Fernandez
Light matter interaction
Ultrafast lasers
Femtosecond laser micromachining
Novel materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,712
1,401
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,182
Australia
718
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Andrew M Hopkins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,193
14,797
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,972
Australia
851
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Richard Mcdermid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,827
15,598
0.475
Galaxy Evolution
Stellar Populations
Stellar Dynamics
Supermassive Black Holes
Instrumentation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,658
Australia
927
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Daniel Zucker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,159
9,975
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,728
Australia
2,054
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Angel R Lopez Sanchez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,625
9,459
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,083
Australia
3,165
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Stuart Jackson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,658
4,761
0.349
Optics
laser physics
photonics
lasers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,130
Australia
3,986
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Dominic Berry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,308
7,195
0.636
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,162
Australia
4,263
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Michael Withford
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,790
3,990
0.370
Lasers
Laser Processing
Integrated Photonics
Fibre Sensors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,949
Australia
4,575
115
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Michael J Steel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,144
3,064
0.302
Quantum integrated photonics
Waveguide optics
Electromagnetic theory
Photonic crystals
Metamaterials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
125,822
Australia
5,749
152
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Alexei Gilchrist
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,199
2,793
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
127,015
Australia
5,809
154
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mark Wardle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,126
1,852
0.228
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Fluid Dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,160
Australia
5,870
156
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Orsola De Marco
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,063
2,928
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
166,065
Australia
7,609
200
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Judith M Dawes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,315
1,340
0.212
Optics
Lasers
Photonics
Nanophotonics
Plasmonics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
170,987
Australia
7,811
203
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Gavin Brennen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,131
1,944
0.317
Quantum computing
quantum simulations
quantum sensing
coherent control of AMO systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
182,523
Australia
8,359
220
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Helen Pask
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,746
1,501
0.261
Raman lasers
Terahertz lasers
Raman spectroscopy
remote sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
183,935
Australia
8,421
223
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Richard Mildren
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,700
2,773
0.486
nonlinear optics
lasers
diamond
nano-structuring
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
186,478
Australia
8,524
230
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Lachlan Rogers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,619
2,726
0.485
quantum information
quantum physics
diamond
silicon vacancy
nitrogen vacancy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
201,824
Australia
9,183
248
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
David Spence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,183
2,205
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
218,746
Australia
9,931
275
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Simon Gross
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,767
2,641
0.554
Optics
Photonics
Laser Materials Processing
Astronomical Instrumentation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
233,391
Australia
10,511
295
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Thomas Volz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,447
1,655
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
247,176
Australia
11,064
310
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Daniel Burgarth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,179
1,676
0.401
Quantum Information
Applied Mathematics
Control Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
277,062
Australia
12,281
344
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Martin Ams
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,674
1,183
0.322
laser direct-write fabrication
sensors
photonics
waveguides
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
285,547
Australia
12,617
354
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Alexander Fuerbach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,547
1,468
0.414
Ultrafast Lasers
Mid-infrared lasers
Fibre lasers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
333,230
Australia
14,489
401
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Robert Carman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,951
370
0.125
Plasmas
lasers
spectroscopy
vacuum-ultraviolet sources
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
353,358
Australia
15,234
417
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Peter Dekker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,744
516
0.188
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
356,623
Australia
15,356
421
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Toney Teddy Fernandez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,712
1,401
0.517
Light matter interaction
Ultrafast lasers
Femtosecond laser micromachining
Novel materials
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