Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

San José State University Highly Cited Researchers CitationNatural Sciences / Physics Rankings 2025

Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: Scientists Last 6 years Citation IndexUniversities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025

* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
United States
Aaron Romanowsky
dark matter
galaxy formation
star clusters
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,993
7,925
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
United States
Michael Kaufman
Astrophysics
Interstellar Medium
Astrochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,326
1,897
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
United States
Alejandro L Garcia
Fluid mechanics
Statistical Mechanics
Fluctuating Hydrodynamics
Rarefied Gases
Direct Simulation Monte Carlo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,865
1,486
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
United States
Ken Wharton
Quantum Foundations
Quantum Entanglement
Causality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,383
897
0.205
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
United States
Ehsan Khatami
Strongly-correlated electronic systems
Ultracold atoms in optical lattices
Numerical methods
Frustrated magnetism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,561
2,443
0.686
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
United States
Christopher L. Smallwood
Optical Spectroscopy
Materials Science
Quantum Information
Condensed Matter Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,442
725
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
United States
Curtis T Asplund
Theoretical physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
956
434
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
United States
Fernando F Rios-Pimentel
particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
United States
Thomas Edward Nelson
Atmospheric Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
13
0.813
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
United States
Demetrius Almada
condensed matter physics
nuclear physics
particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
10
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,991
United States
24,792
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Aaron Romanowsky
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,993
7,925
0.529
dark matter
galaxy formation
star clusters
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
135,659
United States
51,964
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Michael Kaufman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,326
1,897
0.259
Astrophysics
Interstellar Medium
Astrochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
145,377
United States
55,110
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Alejandro L Garcia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,865
1,486
0.216
Fluid mechanics
Statistical Mechanics
Fluctuating Hydrodynamics
Rarefied Gases
Direct Simulation Monte Carlo
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
226,035
United States
79,867
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ken Wharton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,383
897
0.205
Quantum Foundations
Quantum Entanglement
Causality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
272,387
United States
93,365
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ehsan Khatami
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,561
2,443
0.686
Strongly-correlated electronic systems
Ultracold atoms in optical lattices
Numerical methods
Frustrated magnetism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
537,642
United States
166,225
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Christopher L. Smallwood
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,442
725
0.503
Optical Spectroscopy
Materials Science
Quantum Information
Condensed Matter Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
682,484
United States
203,286
147
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Curtis T Asplund
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
956
434
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,096,451
United States
418,129
303
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Fernando F Rios-Pimentel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,105,149
United States
419,203
304
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Thomas Edward Nelson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
13
0.813
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,179,686
United States
427,746
316
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Demetrius Almada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
10
1.000
condensed matter physics
nuclear physics
particle physics