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
Condensed Matter Physics
Crystallography
Nanoscience
2-D Materials
Graphene
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,626
17,295
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Condensed Matter Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,060
14,717
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
computational physics
Condensed Matter Physics
Quantum Transport
Energy Storage
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,854
15,432
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Astronomy
Astrobiology
Astrochemistry
Music
Sibelius
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,895
3,043
0.170
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Dark matter
neutrinoless double beta decay
xenon detectors
XENON100
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,964
9,814
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Biophotonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,827
3,150
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
nuclear engineering
industrial engineering
neural networks
computational intelligence
data mining - big data - genetic algor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,825
1,909
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Neutron Scattering
X-ray Scattering
Light Scattering
Molecular Dynamics simulation
Nanomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,285
1,171
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Machine Learning
Statistics
Particle Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,161
4,111
0.988
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Statistical Physics
Network Science
Complex Networks
Mathematical Biology
Theoretical Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,842
1,086
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
light-matter interactions
plasmonics
super-resolution microscopy
condensed matter physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,546
1,710
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
astrodynamics
spacecraft
navigation
computer vision
astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,005
1,382
0.689
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Thin Films
Nanostructures
Vapor Phase Epitaxy
Nanoscale Characterizations
Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,855
1,459
0.787
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Molecular dynamics simulations
Density functional theory calculations
carbon nanomaterials
nanoporous carbon
graphene
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,792
775
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Theoretical and computational astrophysics
plasma physics
magnetohydrodynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,782
228
0.128
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Optics
lasers
instrumentation
image processing/reconstruction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,149
469
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
X-ray physics at synchrotrons & XFELs
Neutron Scattering
Topology in Ferroics
Electronic/Structural Dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,081
715
0.661
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Computational Physics
Condensed Matter Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
987
893
0.905
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Nuclear structural materials
Small-scale mechanical testing
SEM-DIC
FIB/SEM
TEM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
823
595
0.723
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Optics
Wavefront Shaping
Computational Optics
Quantum Entanglement
Biomedical Imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
640
293
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Physics Lighting Light Emitting Diode GaN Lighting Semiconductor III-nitride
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
449
82
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
100
0.741
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Physics
Biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
55
0.982
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Material Physics
Computational Condensed Matter Physics
Machine Learning
2D magnets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
33
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Quantum Optics
Nonlinear Optics
Wavefront Shaping
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,804
5,133
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Humberto Terrones
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,626
17,295
0.363
Condensed Matter Physics
Crystallography
Nanoscience
2-D Materials
Graphene
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,693
6,024
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
SB Zhang Shengbai Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,060
14,717
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,424
9,926
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Vincent Meunier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,854
15,432
0.500
computational physics
Condensed Matter Physics
Quantum Transport
Energy Storage
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,215
20,564
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Douglas Whittet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,895
3,043
0.170
Astronomy
Astrobiology
Astrochemistry
Music
Sibelius
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,715
21,950
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ethan Brown
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,964
9,814
0.579
Dark matter
neutrinoless double beta decay
xenon detectors
XENON100
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,176
56,548
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Intes Xavier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,827
3,150
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,238
56,570
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mark Embrechts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,825
1,909
0.280
nuclear engineering
industrial engineering
neural networks
computational intelligence
data mining - big data - genetic algor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
236,917
82,912
132
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Li Emily Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,285
1,171
0.273
Neutron Scattering
X-ray Scattering
Light Scattering
Molecular Dynamics simulation
Nanomaterials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
243,434
84,815
136
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Kelly Odgers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,161
4,111
0.988
Machine Learning
Statistics
Particle Astrophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
261,612
90,084
143
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Gyorgy Korniss
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,842
1,086
0.283
Statistical Physics
Network Science
Complex Networks
Mathematical Biology
Theoretical Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
280,329
95,530
149
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Esther A Wertz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,546
1,710
0.482
light-matter interactions
plasmonics
super-resolution microscopy
condensed matter physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
439,875
139,826
209
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
John Christian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,005
1,382
0.689
astrodynamics
spacecraft
navigation
computer vision
astronomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
464,661
146,524
220
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Xin Sun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,855
1,459
0.787
Thin Films
Nanostructures
Vapor Phase Epitaxy
Nanoscale Characterizations
Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
475,813
149,546
224
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Xi Mi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,792
775
0.432
Molecular dynamics simulations
Density functional theory calculations
carbon nanomaterials
nanoporous carbon
graphene
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
477,659
149,991
226
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Glenn Ciolek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,782
228
0.128
Theoretical and computational astrophysics
plasma physics
magnetohydrodynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
628,692
189,421
272
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Lingling Zhao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,149
469
0.408
Optics
lasers
instrumentation
image processing/reconstruction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
650,507
194,932
278
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Edwin Fohtung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,081
715
0.661
X-ray physics at synchrotrons & XFELs
Neutron Scattering
Topology in Ferroics
Electronic/Structural Dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
683,082
202,995
286
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Colin Daniels
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
987
893
0.905
Computational Physics
Condensed Matter Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
748,363
218,586
304
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Yachun Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
823
595
0.723
Nuclear structural materials
Small-scale mechanical testing
SEM-DIC
FIB/SEM
TEM
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
834,800
237,770
326
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Moussa N Gom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
640
293
0.458
Optics
Wavefront Shaping
Computational Optics
Quantum Entanglement
Biomedical Imaging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
962,266
262,188
349
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Yong Xia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
449
82
0.183
Physics Lighting Light Emitting Diode GaN Lighting Semiconductor III-nitride
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,463,685
333,840
381
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Julian Georg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
100
0.741
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,794,765
378,759
466
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Pascal Bassene
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
55
0.982
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,949,755
399,215
502
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Peter Minch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
33
1.000
Material Physics
Computational Condensed Matter Physics
Machine Learning
2D magnets
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,114,224
419,603
540
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Finn Buldt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
Quantum Optics
Nonlinear Optics
Wavefront Shaping