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
Astrophysics
plasma physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,455
16,552
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Condensed Matter Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,584
3,086
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,117
2,356
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Condensed matter
Nonlinear spectroscopy
TeraHertz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
846
471
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Spintronics
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
438
96
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
123
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
large deviations
statistical physics
path integrals
stochastic processes
optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
92
0.968
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
High energy cosmic rays
Multimessenger astrophysics
Astrophysical neutrinos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
53
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Cosmology
Cosmic Microwave Background radiation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
51
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Atomic layer deposition
Molecular layer deposition
Precursor chemistry
MOCVD
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
32
1.000
Reinhard Schlickeiser
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,455
16,552
0.283
Konstantin Efetov
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,584
3,086
0.176
Anna E Böhmer
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,117
2,356
0.460
Fabio Novelli
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
846
471
0.557
Condensed matter
Nonlinear spectroscopy
TeraHertz
Henning Höpfner
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
438
96
0.219
David Steuer
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
123
1.000
Timo Schorlepp
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
92
0.968
large deviations
statistical physics
path integrals
stochastic processes
optimization
Silvia Salvatore
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
53
1.000
High energy cosmic rays
Multimessenger astrophysics
Astrophysical neutrinos
Koustav Konar
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
51
1.000
Cosmology
Cosmic Microwave Background radiation
Parmish Kaur
Ruhr Universität Bochum
Bochum, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
32
1.000
Atomic layer deposition
Molecular layer deposition
Precursor chemistry
MOCVD