Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Physics Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
General relativity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,874
3,225
0.116
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Space Plasma Physics
Magnetosphere
Ionosphere
Space Weather
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,833
4,078
0.597
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
wetting
fluid dynamics
physics of soft condensed matter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,975
2,672
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Solar Physics
Space plasma physics
MHD
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,457
3,336
0.748
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Solar Physics
Space Weather
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,788
2,142
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Magnetism
Magnetization dynamics
Spintronics
Nonlinear dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,344
2,083
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Solar Physics
Magnetohydrodynamics
Waves and oscillations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,280
2,320
0.707
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Space Weather
Plasma Physics
Numerical Simulation
Radiation Belts
Substorms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,004
1,819
0.606
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
space physics
solar wind
sun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,990
2,025
0.677
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Physics
Photovoltaics
Sustainability
Innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,660
854
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Solar Physics
MagnetoHydroDynamics
Space Weather
Data Intensive Science
Data Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,961
1,269
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Plasma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,419
1,125
0.793
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Semiclassical physics
quantum mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
844
421
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
physics-based machine learning
NDT
Eddy current
Thermography
CFRP
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
447
443
0.991
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Physics
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
302
257
0.851
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Physics
Material science
Photovoltaics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
276
249
0.902
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Nonlinear Waves
Space Plasma Physics
Pattern Formation
soft matter physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
273
219
0.802
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Space Plasma Physics
Space Weather
Magnetospheric dynamics
Ionospheric physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
272
243
0.893
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Atomic Force Microscopy
Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
36
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Space plasma physics
Solar physics
Solar wind turbulence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
27
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Solar Physics
Solar Flares
Magnetohydrodynamics
Solar flare ribbons
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
22
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,072
2,183
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Righty Castaneda
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,874
3,225
0.116
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,046
11,903
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Iain Jonathan Rae
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,833
4,078
0.597
Space Plasma Physics
Magnetosphere
Ionosphere
Space Weather
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
172,102
13,378
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Martin Brinkmann
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,975
2,672
0.447
wetting
fluid dynamics
physics of soft condensed matter
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
228,500
17,192
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Patrick Antolin
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,457
3,336
0.748
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
264,847
19,475
116
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
David Shaun Bloomfield
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,788
2,142
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
294,837
21,252
131
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ezio Iacocca
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,344
2,083
0.623
Magnetism
Magnetization dynamics
Spintronics
Nonlinear dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
299,677
21,550
134
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
RJ Morton
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,280
2,320
0.707
Solar Physics
Magnetohydrodynamics
Waves and oscillations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
322,351
22,893
146
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Clare Watt
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,004
1,819
0.606
Space Weather
Plasma Physics
Numerical Simulation
Radiation Belts
Substorms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
323,635
22,963
147
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Robert T Wicks
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,990
2,025
0.677
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
355,738
24,789
163
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Neil S Beattie
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,660
854
0.321
Physics
Photovoltaics
Sustainability
Innovation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
446,890
29,678
211
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
James Alexander McLaughlin
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,961
1,269
0.647
Solar Physics
MagnetoHydroDynamics
Space Weather
Data Intensive Science
Data Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
554,376
35,173
261
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Qian Xia
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,419
1,125
0.793
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
739,493
43,590
345
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Remy Dubertrand
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
844
421
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
963,232
52,948
426
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Qiuji Yi
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
447
443
0.991
physics-based machine learning
NDT
Eddy current
Thermography
CFRP
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,121,589
61,078
500
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Lucas Gabriel Souza França
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
302
257
0.851
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,158,909
62,819
516
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Prabeesh Punathil
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
276
249
0.902
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,163,715
63,049
522
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Daniel Ratliff
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
273
219
0.802
Nonlinear Waves
Space Plasma Physics
Pattern Formation
soft matter physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,165,084
63,125
523
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Suman Chakraborty
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
272
243
0.893
Space Plasma Physics
Space Weather
Magnetospheric dynamics
Ionospheric physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,924,937
88,059
792
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Christopher Markwell
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
36
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,003,271
89,767
808
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Utsav Panchal
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
27
1.000
Space plasma physics
Solar physics
Solar wind turbulence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,049,162
90,735
817
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Vishal Singh
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
22
1.000
Solar Physics
Solar Flares
Magnetohydrodynamics
Solar flare ribbons