Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Physics Highly Cited Researchers 126 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
high energy physics
particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
466,286
135,266
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Particle Physics
Particle Astrophysics
High-energy Physics
Astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
239,027
49,631
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
228,481
96,021
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222,837
43,382
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
High Energy Particle Physics
Physics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161,835
68,717
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,263
22,229
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Nuclear Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,340
11,426
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
nuclear physics
nuclear theory
open quantum systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,132
12,848
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Nanotechnology
Nanoscience
Computational Materials Science
2D Materials
Computational Nanoscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,239
9,422
0.213
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
High Energy Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,729
9,577
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Physics
High Energy Physics
Parton Distributions
acoustics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,572
5,752
0.171
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Astronomy
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,526
27,392
0.817
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
elementary particle physics
neutrino physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,592
11,351
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Clusters of galaxies
Cosmology
Galaxy Evolution
Astronomy Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,616
8,240
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
nuclear physics
nuclear astrophysics
heavy ion collisions
equation of state
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,416
4,896
0.185
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Nuclear Physics
Isotopes
Nuclear Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,780
3,047
0.162
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
nuclear physics
many-body theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,091
4,474
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Computational Physics
Nuclear Physics
Many-body Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,865
4,348
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Nuclear physics
Astrophysics
Nuclear astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,322
4,038
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,311
3,620
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Particle Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,564
11,260
0.830
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Lattice Gauge Theory
Theoretical Nuclear and Particle Physics
Hadron Structure and Interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,474
6,687
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
nuclear physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,107
10,414
0.795
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
tests of fundamental symmetries
nuclear astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,025
7,565
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Spectroscopy
Rare Isotopes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,533
4,363
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39
22
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Joey Huston
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
466,286
135,266
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
561
219
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Kirsten Tollefson
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
239,027
49,631
0.208
Particle Physics
Particle Astrophysics
High-energy Physics
Astronomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
619
241
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Wade Cameron Fisher
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
228,481
96,021
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
658
259
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Carl Bromberg
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222,837
43,382
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,267
557
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Andrew Chegwidden
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161,835
68,717
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,905
1,850
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Gary D Westfall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,263
22,229
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,750
4,167
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
B Alex Brown
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,340
11,426
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,640
5,518
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Witold Nazarewicz|Witek Nazarewicz
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,132
12,848
0.279
nuclear physics
nuclear theory
open quantum systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,460
5,889
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
David Tomanek
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,239
9,422
0.213
Nanotechnology
Nanoscience
Computational Materials Science
2D Materials
Computational Nanoscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,186
6,236
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
C P Yuan
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,729
9,577
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,290
8,961
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
J Pumplin
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,572
5,752
0.171
Physics
High Energy Physics
Parton Distributions
acoustics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,321
8,969
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Wolfgang Kerzendorf
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,526
27,392
0.817
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,066
11,938
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Kendall Mahn
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,592
11,351
0.411
elementary particle physics
neutrino physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,568
12,588
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Megan Donahue
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,616
8,240
0.310
Clusters of galaxies
Cosmology
Galaxy Evolution
Astronomy Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,899
12,718
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
William G Lynch
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,416
4,896
0.185
nuclear physics
nuclear astrophysics
heavy ion collisions
equation of state
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,192
19,697
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Bradley M Sherrill
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,780
3,047
0.162
Nuclear Physics
Isotopes
Nuclear Astrophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,600
20,666
117
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Pawel Danielewicz
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,091
4,474
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,733
24,217
138
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Morten Hjorth Jensen
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,865
4,348
0.274
Computational Physics
Nuclear Physics
Many-body Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,948
27,292
159
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Hendrik Schatz
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,322
4,038
0.282
Nuclear physics
Astrophysics
Nuclear astrophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,013
27,320
161
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
G Mark Voit
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,311
3,620
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,669
29,008
176
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Mehr Un Nisa
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,564
11,260
0.830
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,273
29,222
180
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Huey Wen Lin
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,474
6,687
0.496
Lattice Gauge Theory
Theoretical Nuclear and Particle Physics
Hadron Structure and Interaction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,767
30,141
185
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ana Henriques
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,107
10,414
0.795
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,348
30,360
187
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jaideep Singh
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,025
7,565
0.581
tests of fundamental symmetries
nuclear astrophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,873
31,643
193
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Alexandra Gade
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,533
4,363
0.348
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Spectroscopy
Rare Isotopes