Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Physics Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
astronomy
astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,566
26,961
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Quasars
Galaxies
Space Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,588
33,880
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Cosmology
Gravitation
Bayesian Methods
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,939
40,455
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Observational Astrophysics
Galaxy Evolution
Quasars
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,431
37,975
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Charge transport physics
Thermoelectric physics
Organic semiconductors
Soft functional materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,291
22,283
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Stellar Dynamics
Galaxies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,265
32,323
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Computational Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics
High Pressure
NMR
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,830
31,465
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Astronomy
star clusters
satellite dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,387
35,055
0.669
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,534
25,692
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Galactic Astronomy
Astro-informatics
Medical Imaging
Supernova Cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,141
10,429
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,270
11,673
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
cosmology
astrophysics
inflation
Bayesian statistics
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,185
32,086
0.863
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Condensed Matter Physics
Theory and Simulation
Computational Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,574
9,739
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
BSM Physics
theoretical particle physics beyond the Standard Model
High energy phenomenology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,543
18,648
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Galaxy formation
Intergalactic Medium
Reionization
Cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,966
12,597
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,351
9,341
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
High energy physics
cosmology
string theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,670
5,885
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Astrophysical fluid dynamics
helioseismology
asteroseismology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,213
3,048
0.144
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Semiconductor Physics
Terahertz
Photonics
Low Dimensional Transport
Material Epitaxy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,865
5,845
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,222
14,576
0.758
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Exoplanets
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,924
11,418
0.637
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,547
9,934
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Biological Physics
Single Molecules
Membrane Transport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,639
9,311
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Cosmology
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,104
10,771
0.669
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,414
5,623
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,267
262
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Robert Kennicutt
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,566
26,961
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,559
293
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Richard McMahon
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,588
33,880
0.362
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Quasars
Galaxies
Space Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,966
322
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Michael Hobson
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,939
40,455
0.460
Cosmology
Gravitation
Bayesian Methods
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,499
459
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Roberto Maiolino
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,431
37,975
0.524
Observational Astrophysics
Galaxy Evolution
Quasars
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,635
472
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Henning Sirringhaus
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,291
22,283
0.313
Charge transport physics
Thermoelectric physics
Organic semiconductors
Soft functional materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,641
475
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
N Wyn Evans
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,265
32,323
0.454
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Stellar Dynamics
Galaxies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,579
565
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Chris J Pickard
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,830
31,465
0.485
Computational Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics
High Pressure
NMR
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,289
813
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Floor van Leeuwen
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,387
35,055
0.669
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,160
887
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Vasily Belokurov
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,534
25,692
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,134
1,153
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nicholas Walton
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,141
10,429
0.247
Galactic Astronomy
Astro-informatics
Medical Imaging
Supernova Cosmology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,567
1,195
105
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Neil Greenham
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,270
11,673
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,046
1,395
117
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Will Handley
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,185
32,086
0.863
cosmology
astrophysics
inflation
Bayesian statistics
machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,457
1,438
119
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Emilio Artacho
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,574
9,739
0.266
Condensed Matter Physics
Theory and Simulation
Computational Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,742
1,852
146
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ben Allanach
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,543
18,648
0.591
BSM Physics
theoretical particle physics beyond the Standard Model
High energy phenomenology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,958
2,178
166
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Martin G Haehnelt
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,966
12,597
0.450
Galaxy formation
Intergalactic Medium
Reionization
Cosmology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,706
2,686
198
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Eugene Terentjev
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,351
9,341
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,000
2,798
205
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Fernando Quevedo
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,670
5,885
0.249
High energy physics
cosmology
string theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,336
3,267
227
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
DO Gough
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,213
3,048
0.144
Astrophysical fluid dynamics
helioseismology
asteroseismology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,948
3,566
248
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Harvey Beere
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,865
5,845
0.294
Semiconductor Physics
Terahertz
Photonics
Low Dimensional Transport
Material Epitaxy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,773
3,740
256
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Manda Banerji
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,222
14,576
0.758
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,084
4,099
277
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Nikku Madhusudhan
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,924
11,418
0.637
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,491
4,208
282
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Joerg Wunderlich
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,547
9,934
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,008
4,495
295
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ulrich F Keyser
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,639
9,311
0.560
Biological Physics
Single Molecules
Membrane Transport
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,405
4,684
307
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Daniel Baumann
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,104
10,771
0.669
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,100
5,902
368
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Eduardo Gonzalez Solares
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,414
5,623
0.419