Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Physics Highly Cited Researchers 64 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
Teilchen- und Astroteilchenphysik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
256,185
78,142
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Particle Physics
Quantum Gravity
Extra Dimension
Generalised Searches
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,290
63,122
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Experimental High Energy Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,421
43,434
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Solid State Physics
Materials Science
Solid State Chemistry
Quantum Materials
Phase Change Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,954
18,493
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Theoretical particle physics
Strong interactions
Electroweak interactions
Top quark physics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,051
12,183
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Astroparticle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,847
12,327
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Cosmology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,416
22,600
0.926
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Particle Physics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,295
7,647
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
High-energy astrophysics with neutrinos
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,183
15,111
0.749
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Experimental Physics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,460
7,706
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Astroparticle Physics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,526
5,951
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Neutrinos
T2K
JUNO
TPC
OSIRIS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,204
6,444
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Decision intelligence
Bayesian methods
Cosmic rays
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,299
6,624
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,749
6,275
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Physische Geographie
Geomorphologie
Geoökologie
Geoarchäologie
Quartärforschung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,799
5,283
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Theoretical Particle Physics
High Energy Physics
Top Quark
Higgs boson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,675
3,103
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Strongly correlated quantum systems
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,098
2,854
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Festkörperphysik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,819
1,006
0.114
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Theoretical Physics
Solid State Theory
Correlated Electrons
Renormalization Group
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,497
2,625
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Theoretical Quantum Physics
Quantum Information Science
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,428
4,785
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Condensed Matter Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,066
1,167
0.145
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Festkörperphysik
Thermophysik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,533
2,133
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
strongly correlated electrons
statistical mechanics
superconductivity
twistronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,966
6,051
0.869
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,769
1,913
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Critical phenomena
phase transitions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,684
235
0.064
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
432
15
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Stefan Schael
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
256,185
78,142
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,207
102
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Tobias Pook
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,290
63,122
0.629
Particle Physics
Quantum Gravity
Extra Dimension
Generalised Searches
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,215
238
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Wael Haj Ahmad|Vael HAJAHMAD
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,421
43,434
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,127
510
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Matthias Wuttig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,954
18,493
0.411
Solid State Physics
Materials Science
Solid State Chemistry
Quantum Materials
Phase Change Materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,558
724
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Michal Czakon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,051
12,183
0.329
Theoretical particle physics
Strong interactions
Electroweak interactions
Top quark physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,944
890
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Thomas Bretz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,847
12,327
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,333
1,357
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sebastien Clesse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,416
22,600
0.926
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,538
1,367
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Robert Harlander
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,295
7,647
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,976
1,766
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Lisa Johanna Schumacher
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,183
15,111
0.749
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,018
1,854
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Christoph Stampfer
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,460
7,706
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,714
2,809
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Tobias Winchen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,526
5,951
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,658
2,902
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jochen Steinmann
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,204
6,444
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,440
3,145
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
David Walz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,299
6,624
0.498
Decision intelligence
Bayesian methods
Cosmic rays
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,236
3,668
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Tim Niggemann
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,749
6,275
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,022
4,030
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Frank Lehmkuhl
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,799
5,283
0.489
Physische Geographie
Geomorphologie
Geoökologie
Geoarchäologie
Quartärforschung
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,261
4,077
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Malgorzata Worek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,675
3,103
0.291
Theoretical Particle Physics
High Energy Physics
Top Quark
Higgs boson
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,970
4,854
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Stefan Wessel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,098
2,854
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,998
5,021
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ulrich Rüdiger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,819
1,006
0.114
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120,978
5,213
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Carsten Honerkamp
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,497
2,625
0.309
Theoretical Physics
Solid State Theory
Correlated Electrons
Renormalization Group
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,061
5,262
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Markus Müller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,428
4,785
0.568
Theoretical Quantum Physics
Quantum Information Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,069
5,478
107
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Herbert Schoeller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,066
1,167
0.145
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
138,056
5,867
114
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ivan Egry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,533
2,133
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
149,901
6,350
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Dante M Kennes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,966
6,051
0.869
strongly correlated electrons
statistical mechanics
superconductivity
twistronics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
218,591
8,873
174
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jens Wienkenhöver
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,769
1,913
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
276,262
10,873
211
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Volker Dohm
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,684
235
0.064