Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Physics Highly Cited Researchers 50 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
HEP
Detector
Electronics
FPGA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
174,066
72,814
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Kernphysik
Hadronenphysik
Teilchenphysik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,211
39,649
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Theoretical Particle and Astroparticle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,934
24,734
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Star Formation
Galaxy Evolution
Galaxy Clusters
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,576
11,354
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Cosmology
Large-Scale Structure of the Universe
Intergalactic Medium
Astrostatistics
Galaxy Formation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,605
6,184
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Quantum Optics
Laser Physics
Atomic Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,833
3,982
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Observational cosmology
weak gravitational lensing
galaxy clusters
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,486
7,623
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Cosmology
dark matter and dark energy
cosmic large-scale structure
data science and AI
statistical methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,476
9,831
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
astronomy
astrophysics
cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,421
6,393
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
quantum physics
atomic physics
ultracold gases
condensed matter physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,745
2,694
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Quantenoptik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,742
2,051
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Astronomy
Galaxy clusters
Cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,090
4,630
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Theoretical physics
Number Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,138
780
0.109
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Lattice Gauge Theories
Lattice QCD
Monte-Carlo Methods
Hadron Physics
High Energy Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,788
2,316
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Theoretical physics
Condensed matter theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,705
1,115
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Nuclear and Particle Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,544
1,672
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Few-body problem
scattering theory
ultracold systems
nuclear physics
molecular physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,196
304
0.072
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
astrophysical cosmology
galaxy clusters
mm/sub-mm instrumentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,924
1,774
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
atomic physics
quantum optics
coherent control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,900
1,083
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Quantum computing
Individual atoms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,788
1,388
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Physics
Biophysics
Laser
Medicine
Dentistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,273
703
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Quantum optics
Ultracold atomic gases
Bose-Einstein condensation
Open quantum systems
Photonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,065
986
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
high energy physics phenomenology
astroparticle physics
machine learning
software development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,044
752
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
High Energy Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,742
922
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Cosmology
Large Scale Structure of the Universe
Galaxy Formation & Evolution
N-body and hydrodynamical simulations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,733
752
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,096
29
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jens Janssen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
174,066
72,814
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,485
112
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ulf Meißner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,211
39,649
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,872
315
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Herbert Dreiner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,934
24,734
0.420
Theoretical Particle and Astroparticle Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,219
703
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Frank Bertoldi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,576
11,354
0.302
Star Formation
Galaxy Evolution
Galaxy Clusters
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,613
1,839
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Cristiano Porciani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,605
6,184
0.315
Cosmology
Large-Scale Structure of the Universe
Intergalactic Medium
Astrostatistics
Galaxy Formation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,008
1,946
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Dieter Meschede
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,833
3,982
0.211
Quantum Optics
Laser Physics
Atomic Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,850
2,165
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Tim Schrabback
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,486
7,623
0.436
Observational cosmology
weak gravitational lensing
galaxy clusters
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,986
2,816
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Benjamin Joachimi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,476
9,831
0.679
Cosmology
dark matter and dark energy
cosmic large-scale structure
data science and AI
statistical methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,316
2,839
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Thomas Reiprich
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,421
6,393
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,364
3,322
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Michael Koehl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,745
2,694
0.211
quantum physics
atomic physics
ultracold gases
condensed matter physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,575
4,518
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Martin Weitz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,742
2,051
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
127,647
5,463
122
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Florian Pacaud
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,090
4,630
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
146,178
6,201
139
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Hartmut Monien
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,138
780
0.109
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
154,086
6,499
147
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Carsten Urbach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,788
2,316
0.341
Lattice Gauge Theories
Lattice QCD
Monte-Carlo Methods
Hadron Physics
High Energy Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
221,366
8,968
192
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Johann Kroha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,705
1,115
0.237
Theoretical physics
Condensed matter theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
228,660
9,205
196
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Thomas Luu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,544
1,672
0.368
Nuclear and Particle Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
246,109
9,843
214
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Werner Sandhas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,196
304
0.072
Few-body problem
scattering theory
ultracold systems
nuclear physics
molecular physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
335,417
12,860
264
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Kaustuv Basu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,924
1,774
0.607
astrophysical cosmology
galaxy clusters
mm/sub-mm instrumentation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
337,662
12,931
266
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Frank Vewinger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,900
1,083
0.373
atomic physics
quantum optics
coherent control
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
348,638
13,298
272
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Andrea Alberti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,788
1,388
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
408,066
15,198
301
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jörg Meister
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,273
703
0.309
Physics
Biophysics
Laser
Medicine
Dentistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
437,803
16,123
313
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Julian Schmitt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,065
986
0.477
Quantum optics
Ultracold atomic gases
Bose-Einstein condensation
Open quantum systems
Photonics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
441,101
16,234
315
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jong Soo Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,044
752
0.368
high energy physics phenomenology
astroparticle physics
machine learning
software development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
492,956
17,813
345
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Lorenzo Ubaldi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,742
922
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
494,704
17,864
349
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Emilio Romano-Diaz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,733
752
0.434
Cosmology
Large Scale Structure of the Universe
Galaxy Formation & Evolution
N-body and hydrodynamical simulations