Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Norwegian University of Science Highly Cited Researchers CitationNatural Sciences / Physics 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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247,657
78,995
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Condensed Matter Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,707
10,903
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Physics
Chemistry
Materials Science
Astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,630
10,046
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Antiferromagnetic spintronics
molecular beam epitaxy
quantum transport
topological Insulators
HgTe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,270
6,170
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
flow in porous media
statistical physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,902
2,978
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Fysikk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,925
2,549
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Building physics
energy use in buildings
new building materials
zero energy buildings
zero emission buildings
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,388
5,528
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Computational physics
Materials modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,603
3,977
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Materials physics
Transmission Electron Microscopy
Aluminium alloys
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,850
4,924
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
rock physics
rock mechanics
geophysics
geomechanics
solid state physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,921
3,205
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,062
1,938
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
physics
X-ray scattering and imaging
soft/porous/functional materials
microsystems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,519
2,185
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Photonics: solid-state lasers
ultrafast science
nonlinear-optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,219
1,699
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,060
551
0.109
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,732
2,436
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
UG instruction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,965
418
0.105
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Optics
Scattering theory
Complex Systems
Computational Physics
Interdisiplinary Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,770
955
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Biomedical optics
hyperspectral imaging
tissue optics
optical modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,759
1,184
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Nanotechnology
microscopy
FIB
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,663
1,715
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Surface science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,212
1,133
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,091
1,572
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Biophysics
biomacromolecules
colloid science
modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,039
791
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Quantum Cryptography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,914
1,264
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Optics
Photonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,643
258
0.098
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Condensed Matter Theory
Spintronics
Quantum Magnetism
Topological Matter
Superconductivity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,368
1,978
0.835
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
461
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Are Strandlie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247,657
78,995
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,214
142
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Arne Brataas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,707
10,903
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,478
248
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Bjørn Petter Jelle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,630
10,046
0.570
Physics
Chemistry
Materials Science
Astronomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,197
359
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Christoph Brüne
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,270
6,170
0.432
Antiferromagnetic spintronics
molecular beam epitaxy
quantum transport
topological Insulators
HgTe
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,655
483
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Alex Hansen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,902
2,978
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,434
547
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jens Oluf Andersen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,925
2,549
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,907
587
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Arild Gustavsen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,388
5,528
0.532
Building physics
energy use in buildings
new building materials
zero energy buildings
zero emission buildings
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,785
644
116
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jaakko Akola
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,603
3,977
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
113,886
703
131
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Holmestad Randi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,850
4,924
0.556
Materials physics
Transmission Electron Microscopy
Aluminium alloys
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,947
807
148
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Rune M Holt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,921
3,205
0.405
rock physics
rock mechanics
geophysics
geomechanics
solid state physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
145,906
944
168
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mikael Lindgren
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,062
1,938
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
158,556
1,034
185
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Dag Werner Breiby
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,519
2,185
0.335
physics
X-ray scattering and imaging
soft/porous/functional materials
microsystems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
166,502
1,089
194
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Irina Sorokina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,219
1,699
0.273
Photonics: solid-state lasers
ultrafast science
nonlinear-optics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
203,799
1,364
248
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Eivind Hauge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,060
551
0.109
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
217,453
1,451
271
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ragnvald H Mathiesen
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,732
2,436
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
256,054
1,745
317
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ulf Österberg
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,965
418
0.105
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
267,656
1,835
331
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ingve Simonsen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,770
955
0.253
Optics
Scattering theory
Complex Systems
Computational Physics
Interdisiplinary Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
268,330
1,840
332
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Lise Lyngsnes Randeberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,759
1,184
0.315
Biomedical optics
hyperspectral imaging
tissue optics
optical modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
274,357
1,893
339
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
ATJ Van Helvoort
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,663
1,715
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
306,987
2,132
392
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Steinar Raaen
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,212
1,133
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
316,917
2,202
412
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Justin W. Wells
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,091
1,572
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
321,388
2,229
414
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Rita S Dias
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,039
791
0.260
Biophysics
biomacromolecules
colloid science
modelling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
332,686
2,315
431
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Lars Lydersen
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,914
1,264
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
359,832
2,515
458
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Kjell Bløtekjær
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,643
258
0.098
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
391,572
2,734
501
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Alireza Qaiumzadeh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,368
1,978
0.835
Condensed Matter Theory
Spintronics
Quantum Magnetism
Topological Matter
Superconductivity