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Highly Cited Researchers

Natural Sciences / Physics Highly Cited Researchers 13 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025

Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.

* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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660
World Rank
New Zealand
4
Country Rank
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1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Natural Sciences / Physics
Mathematical physics | medical physics | high energy physics | physics educatio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    230,048
  • Last 6 Years
    96,007
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.417
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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154,428
World Rank
New Zealand
771
Country Rank
University of Canterbury Logo
54
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Natural Sciences / Physics
Spectroscopy | Lanthanide ions | Rare earth ions | Condensed matter

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    7,069
  • Last 6 Years
    1,260
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.178
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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156,664
World Rank
New Zealand
787
Country Rank
University of Canterbury Logo
55
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Natural Sciences / Physics
Cosmology | General Relativity | Quantum Gravit

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    6,973
  • Last 6 Years
    2,300
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.330
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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193,856
World Rank
New Zealand
994
Country Rank
University of Canterbury Logo
77
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Natural Sciences / Physics
physical volcanology | lava domes | explosive eruptions | ballistics | New Zealand volcanoe

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    5,648
  • Last 6 Years
    3,528
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.625
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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253,045
World Rank
New Zealand
1,373
Country Rank
University of Canterbury Logo
106
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Natural Sciences / Physics
Astroparticle Physics and Cosmolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,267
  • Last 6 Years
    1,201
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.281
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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263,449
World Rank
New Zealand
1,445
Country Rank
University of Canterbury Logo
112
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Natural Sciences / Physics
Large Ring Laser Gyroscopes | Laser Spectroscop

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,083
  • Last 6 Years
    1,326
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.325
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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279,012
World Rank
New Zealand
1,521
Country Rank
University of Canterbury Logo
116
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Natural Sciences / Physics
chemistry-climate modeling | airborne microplastics | stratospheric ozone | marine aeroso

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    3,822
  • Last 6 Years
    3,046
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.797
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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303,310
World Rank
New Zealand
1,677
Country Rank
University of Canterbury Logo
128
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Natural Sciences / Physics
Atmospheric and Climate Scienc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    3,468
  • Last 6 Years
    1,873
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.540
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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393,085
World Rank
New Zealand
2,152
Country Rank
University of Canterbury Logo
169
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Natural Sciences / Physics
X-ray physics | phase retrieval | phase contrast | computed tomography | coherent diffraction imagin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,516
  • Last 6 Years
    814
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.324
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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631,964
World Rank
New Zealand
3,368
Country Rank
University of Canterbury Logo
249
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Natural Sciences / Physics
Adaptive optics | Phase retrieval | Ptychograph

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    1,230
  • Last 6 Years
    470
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.382
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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1,934,249
World Rank
New Zealand
6,240
Country Rank
University of Canterbury Logo
550
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Natural Sciences / Physics
Quantum Optics | lanthanide spectroscop

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    63
  • Last 6 Years
    62
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.984
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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1,939,379
World Rank
New Zealand
6,248
Country Rank
University of Canterbury Logo
552
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Natural Sciences / Physics
atmospheric science | boundary layer meteorolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    62
  • Last 6 Years
    62
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    1.000
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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2,207,481
World Rank
New Zealand
6,635
Country Rank
University of Canterbury Logo
590
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Natural Sciences / Physics
Condensed Matter Physics | 2D Materials | Quantum Technologies | Photovoltaics | Topological Material

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    29
  • Last 6 Years
    27
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.931
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