Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Physics Highly Cited Researchers 37 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
Nanotechnology
Scanning Probes
Self-assembly
Surface reactions
Nanomedicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,563
7,596
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
2D materials
nanooptics
quantum optics
ultrafast optics
plasmonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,699
7,325
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Biochemistry
matrix biology
suprastructure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,533
2,028
0.150
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Physics
Metrology
Photonics
Nonlinear Science
Nano- and Biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,155
5,691
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Solid State Physics
Semiconductor Optics
Nanostructure Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,433
2,864
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Complex Fluids and Soft & Active Matter
Dynamics of Phase Transitions
Pattern Formation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,734
2,855
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
2d semiconductors
nanostructures
optoelectronics
coherent control
quantum optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,712
4,708
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
transition metal dichalcogenides
excitons
ultrafast optics
quantum dots
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,264
4,027
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
quantum optics
nanophotonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,657
2,613
0.561
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Magnetooptics
semiconductor optics
2D semiconductors
excitons
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Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,390
2,819
0.642
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
solid state theory
semiconductor physics
light-matter interaction
quantum technologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,499
1,550
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Nonlinear Dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,976
1,041
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Physics
Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Information Theory
Neuroscience
Motion Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,966
432
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Nanophotonics
Integrated Optics
Superconducting Single Photon Detectors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,635
1,142
0.698
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Nonlinear Photonics
Nonlinear Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,276
443
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,138
390
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
supersymmetry/quantum groups
n-ary (semi)groups/representations
hamiltonian/singular theories
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
929
238
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
physics
physical chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
817
417
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Nano material
Surface science
UHV
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
754
573
0.760
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Statistical Physics
Soft Matter
Active Matter
Complex Systems
Philosophy of Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
701
697
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
STM/AFM on surface science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
633
386
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Hybrid acousto-optic devices
nano- and micro-fabrication
van der Waals materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
519
492
0.948
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
condensed matter physics
optical spectroscopy
2D materials
nanomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
503
364
0.724
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
489
215
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
physics
condensed matter
spintronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
404
192
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,232
898
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Harald Fuchs
Universität Münster
Münster, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,563
7,596
0.233
Nanotechnology
Scanning Probes
Self-assembly
Surface reactions
Nanomedicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,765
2,761
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Rudolf Bratschitsch
Universität Münster
Münster, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,699
7,325
0.498
2D materials
nanooptics
quantum optics
ultrafast optics
plasmonics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,904
3,068
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Peter Bruckner
Universität Münster
Münster, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,533
2,028
0.150
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,446
3,204
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Cornelia Denz
Universität Münster
Münster, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,155
5,691
0.433
Physics
Metrology
Photonics
Nonlinear Science
Nano- and Biophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95,777
4,184
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Tilmann Kuhn
Universität Münster
Münster, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,433
2,864
0.275
Solid State Physics
Semiconductor Optics
Nanostructure Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,714
4,519
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Uwe Thiele
Universität Münster
Münster, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,734
2,855
0.293
Complex Fluids and Soft & Active Matter
Dynamics of Phase Transitions
Pattern Formation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
134,587
5,718
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Steffen Michaelis de Vasconcellos
Universität Münster
Münster, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,712
4,708
0.610
2d semiconductors
nanostructures
optoelectronics
coherent control
quantum optics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
167,373
7,035
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Robert Schmidt
Universität Münster
Münster, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,264
4,027
0.643
transition metal dichalcogenides
excitons
ultrafast optics
quantum dots
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
223,525
9,037
119
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Carsten Schuck
Universität Münster
Münster, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,657
2,613
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
236,147
9,477
129
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ashish Arora
Universität Münster
Münster, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,390
2,819
0.642
Magnetooptics
semiconductor optics
2D semiconductors
excitons
0000-0001-7915-6523
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
380,098
14,313
181
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Doris Reiter
Universität Münster
Münster, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,499
1,550
0.620
solid state theory
semiconductor physics
light-matter interaction
quantum technologies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
451,930
16,559
214
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Svetlana V Gurevich
Universität Münster
Münster, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,976
1,041
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
453,609
16,613
216
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Kim Joris Boström
Universität Münster
Münster, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,966
432
0.220
Physics
Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Information Theory
Neuroscience
Motion Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
514,508
18,464
237
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Simone Ferrari
Universität Münster
Münster, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,635
1,142
0.698
Nanophotonics
Integrated Optics
Superconducting Single Photon Detectors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
599,859
20,996
260
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jörg Imbrock
Universität Münster
Münster, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,276
443
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
640,730
22,212
274
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Joerg Schmalzl
Universität Münster
Münster, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,138
390
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
713,560
24,426
289
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Steven Duplij Stepan Douplii
Universität Münster
Münster, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
929
238
0.256
supersymmetry/quantum groups
n-ary (semi)groups/representations
hamiltonian/singular theories
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
759,161
25,772
305
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
xiangzhi meng
Universität Münster
Münster, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
817
417
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
786,861
26,632
318
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jindong Ren
Universität Münster
Münster, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
754
573
0.760
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
811,715
27,368
331
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Michael Te Vrugt
Universität Münster
Münster, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
701
697
0.994
Statistical Physics
Soft Matter
Active Matter
Complex Systems
Philosophy of Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
846,084
28,464
344
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Lacheng Liu
Universität Münster
Münster, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
633
386
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
914,152
30,769
365
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Emeline DS Nysten
Universität Münster
Münster, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
519
492
0.948
Hybrid acousto-optic devices
nano- and micro-fabrication
van der Waals materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
927,241
31,235
373
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Nihit Saigal
Universität Münster
Münster, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
503
364
0.724
condensed matter physics
optical spectroscopy
2D materials
nanomaterials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
939,208
31,636
377
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Anton Daitche
Universität Münster
Münster, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
489
215
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,017,133
34,421
423
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Paul Wenk
Universität Münster
Münster, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
404
192
0.475