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 Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
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
Astrophysics
Interstellar Medium
Astrochemistry
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,326
1,897
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Fluid mechanics
Statistical Mechanics
Fluctuating Hydrodynamics
Rarefied Gases
Direct Simulation Monte Carlo
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,865
1,486
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Quantum Foundations
Quantum Entanglement
Causality
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,383
897
0.205
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Ranking Based On Selection :5
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
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
Theoretical physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
956
434
0.454
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Ranking Based On Selection :8
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
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
condensed matter physics
nuclear physics
particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
10
1.000
Aaron Romanowsky
San José State University
San José, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,993
7,925
0.529
Michael Kaufman
San José State University
San José, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,326
1,897
0.259
Astrophysics
Interstellar Medium
Astrochemistry
Alejandro L Garcia
San José State University
San José, United States
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
Ken Wharton
San José State University
San José, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,383
897
0.205
Quantum Foundations
Quantum Entanglement
Causality
Ehsan Khatami
San José State University
San José, United States
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
Christopher L. Smallwood
San José State University
San José, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,442
725
0.503
Optical Spectroscopy
Materials Science
Quantum Information
Condensed Matter Physics
Curtis T Asplund
San José State University
San José, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
956
434
0.454
Fernando F Rios-Pimentel
San José State University
San José, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
16
1.000
Thomas Edward Nelson
San José State University
San José, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
13
0.813
Demetrius Almada
San José State University
San José, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
10
1.000
condensed matter physics
nuclear physics
particle physics