Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University of Adelaide 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 Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
385,760
161,799
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Gravitational Wave Detection
Fibre Lasers
Solid State Lasers
Remote Sensing
Lidar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,702
80,618
0.709
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
optics
lasers
gravitational waves
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,123
78,632
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Gravitational waves
optics
quantum mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,505
76,191
0.790
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Experimental Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,833
49,334
0.900
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Pulsed laser
Nonlinear optics
High power lasers
Cryogenic lasers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,056
36,787
0.835
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
cosmic rays
astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,973
12,331
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Lasers
Optical Fibre
Single Frequency
Gravitational Waves
Adaptive Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,658
31,020
0.980
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
High energy cosmic rays
astroparticle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,806
11,157
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
semiconductor physics
quantum optics
nanophotonics
nonlinear optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,224
4,941
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Gravity waves
Tides
Planetary waves
radar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,169
2,620
0.173
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Theoretical Physics
particle physics
dark matter
physics beyond the Standard Model
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,017
3,271
0.218
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
quantum field theory
effective field theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,095
2,947
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Physics
Optics
Lasers
Measurement
Noise
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,534
1,939
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,114
2,103
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Ultrafast Spectroscopy
Conjugated Polymers
Renewable Energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,861
2,376
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Nuclear Receptors
Drug Design
Structural Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,717
2,571
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Nonlinear guided optics
Microstructured optical fibres
Fiber sensors
Nano-particle embeded fibers for sensing and nonlinear d
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,982
1,495
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Laser Diagnostics & Chemical Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,548
1,769
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Transmission Electron Microscopy
Scanning Probe Microscopy
Focused Ion Beam Microscopy
Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,168
2,686
0.848
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Laser diagnostics
Energy and Combustion
Multi-phase flow
AI for Turbulence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,119
2,133
0.684
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Particle Physics
Lattice QCD
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,704
1,160
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Optical Biosensors
Plasmonics
Optical Microcavities
Whispering Gallery Modes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,360
1,127
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
space plasma physics
plasma astrophysics
nonlinear dynamics
economic dynamics
biomedical engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,276
679
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Game theory
Quantum computing
Mathematical modelling
Reinforcement learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,263
678
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Paul Jackson
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
385,760
161,799
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,310
75
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
David Ottaway
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,702
80,618
0.709
Gravitational Wave Detection
Fibre Lasers
Solid State Lasers
Remote Sensing
Lidar
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,447
84
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jesper Munch
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,123
78,632
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,198
122
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Daniel Brown
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,505
76,191
0.790
Gravitational waves
optics
quantum mechanics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,330
325
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Harish Potti
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,833
49,334
0.900
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,767
468
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Miftar Ganija
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,056
36,787
0.835
Pulsed laser
Nonlinear optics
High power lasers
Cryogenic lasers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,584
820
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
BR Dawson
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,973
12,331
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,899
834
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sebastian WS Ng
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,658
31,020
0.980
Lasers
Optical Fibre
Single Frequency
Gravitational Waves
Adaptive Optics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,257
1,196
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jose Alfredo Bellido
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,806
11,157
0.432
High energy cosmic rays
astroparticle physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,638
1,992
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Glenn Solomon
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,224
4,941
0.271
semiconductor physics
quantum optics
nanophotonics
nonlinear optics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,118
2,575
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Robert Vincent
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,169
2,620
0.173
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,871
2,612
118
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Anthony G Williams
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,017
3,271
0.218
Theoretical Physics
particle physics
dark matter
physics beyond the Standard Model
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,825
2,826
127
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Derek Leinweber
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,095
2,947
0.209
quantum field theory
effective field theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
153,024
6,996
282
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Andre Luiten
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,534
1,939
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
163,748
7,506
298
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ross D Young
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,114
2,103
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
205,034
9,283
368
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Tak W Kee
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,861
2,376
0.489
Ultrafast Spectroscopy
Conjugated Polymers
Renewable Energy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
211,059
9,530
379
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
John B Bruning
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,717
2,571
0.545
Nuclear Receptors
Drug Design
Structural Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
247,062
11,040
439
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Shahraam Afshar Vahid
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,982
1,495
0.375
Nonlinear guided optics
Microstructured optical fibres
Fiber sensors
Nano-particle embeded fibers for sensing and nonlinear d
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
273,265
12,114
490
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Zeyad Alwahabi
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,548
1,769
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
300,863
13,189
526
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ashley D Slattery
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,168
2,686
0.848
Transmission Electron Microscopy
Scanning Probe Microscopy
Focused Ion Beam Microscopy
Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
304,792
13,338
534
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Zhiwei Sun
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,119
2,133
0.684
Laser diagnostics
Energy and Combustion
Multi-phase flow
AI for Turbulence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
342,633
14,809
594
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Waseem Kamleh
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,704
1,160
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
381,027
16,223
627
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Alexandre Francois
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,360
1,127
0.478
Optical Biosensors
Plasmonics
Optical Microcavities
Whispering Gallery Modes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
391,640
16,593
643
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Abraham Chian
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,276
679
0.298
space plasma physics
plasma astrophysics
nonlinear dynamics
economic dynamics
biomedical engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
393,295
16,655
646
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Azhar Iqbal
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,263
678
0.300
Game theory
Quantum computing
Mathematical modelling
Reinforcement learning