Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Physics Highly Cited Researchers 98 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
particle physics
collider physics
statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,060
62,303
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Condensed Matter Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,715
31,860
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Optics
Electrodynamics
Metamaterials
Nanophotonics
Plasmonic Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,442
17,323
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Condensed Matter Physics
Soft Matter
Optics
Biomedical Optics
Biophotonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,034
12,622
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Theoretical physical chemistry
computational materials design
ferroelectrics
photovoltaics
catalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,780
18,180
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
2D Materials
TMDs
MXenes
Energy storage
Electronics sensors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,448
22,467
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Physics
Particle Physics
Nuclear Physics
Neutrino Oscillations
Neutrinoless double-beta decay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,521
12,789
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
carbon nanotubes
graphene
two-dimensional materials
nanosensors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,836
7,998
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
High energy theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,062
5,168
0.184
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,730
11,689
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Soft Matter
Geometry
Soft Robotics
Wetting
Adhesion and Biomimetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,191
10,981
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Cosmology
Supernovae
Gravitational Waves
Planet 9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,382
19,185
0.787
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
condensed matter physics
biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,036
7,993
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
lattice gauge theory
quantum chromodynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,355
7,936
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Physics
Cosmology
Particle Physics
Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,407
5,817
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Soft matter
colloids
macromolecules
microfluidics
nano/biomanufacturing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,211
8,141
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
galaxy formation and evolution
cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,145
7,266
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
plasmonics
nanophotonics
phase change memory
spectroscopy
nanowires
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,003
5,705
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
stat & nonlin phys of soft matter
contrastive local learning networks (CLLNs)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,570
4,103
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Condensed Matter Physics
Quantum transport
Nanotechnology
Biophysics
Two Dimensional Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,369
5,072
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,623
9,999
0.792
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Cosmology
Bayesian Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,993
6,897
0.575
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
cosmology
geology
AMS
10Be
radiocarbon dating
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,423
1,702
0.149
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Plasmonics
Photonics
Metamaterials
Metatronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,678
1,886
0.177
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
astrophysics
solar physics
image reconstruction
radiation treatment planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,625
881
0.083
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,624
1,238
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Bijan Haney
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,060
62,303
0.561
particle physics
collider physics
statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,868
1,832
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Charles Kane
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,715
31,860
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,982
3,791
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Nader Engheta
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,442
17,323
0.296
Optics
Electrodynamics
Metamaterials
Nanophotonics
Plasmonic Optics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,660
4,584
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Arjun Yodh
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,034
12,622
0.243
Condensed Matter Physics
Soft Matter
Optics
Biomedical Optics
Biophotonics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,226
6,696
119
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Andrew M Rappe
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,780
18,180
0.446
Theoretical physical chemistry
computational materials design
ferroelectrics
photovoltaics
catalysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,522
8,628
147
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Meng Qiang Zhao
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,448
22,467
0.652
2D Materials
TMDs
MXenes
Energy storage
Electronics sensors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,282
9,850
171
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Nuno Barros *
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,521
12,789
0.406
Physics
Particle Physics
Nuclear Physics
Neutrino Oscillations
Neutrinoless double-beta decay
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,993
10,137
176
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
At Charlie Johnson
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,836
7,998
0.259
carbon nanotubes
graphene
two-dimensional materials
nanosensors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,407
11,667
212
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Mirjam Cvetic
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,062
5,168
0.184
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,392
12,513
229
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mark Joseph Devlin
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,730
11,689
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,935
13,579
248
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Shu Yang
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,191
10,981
0.436
Soft Matter
Geometry
Soft Robotics
Wetting
Adhesion and Biomimetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,395
14,188
257
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Dillon Brout
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,382
19,185
0.787
Cosmology
Supernovae
Gravitational Waves
Planet 9
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,011
15,275
273
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Andrea J Liu
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,036
7,993
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,852
16,864
303
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Andreas Kronfeld
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,355
7,936
0.372
lattice gauge theory
quantum chromodynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,183
18,939
339
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mark Trodden
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,407
5,817
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,167
20,504
359
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Daeyeon Lee
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,211
8,141
0.447
Soft matter
colloids
macromolecules
microfluidics
nano/biomanufacturing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,362
25,607
422
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
James Aguirre
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,145
7,266
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,117
25,889
427
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ritesh Agarwal
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,003
5,705
0.380
plasmonics
nanophotonics
phase change memory
spectroscopy
nanowires
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,640
28,999
468
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Douglas J Durian
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,570
4,103
0.302
stat & nonlin phys of soft matter
contrastive local learning networks (CLLNs)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,974
29,501
479
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Marija Drndić
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,369
5,072
0.379
Condensed Matter Physics
Quantum transport
Nanotechnology
Biophysics
Two Dimensional Materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,220
31,406
506
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Carles Sánchez
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,623
9,999
0.792
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,076
33,156
525
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Marisa March
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,993
6,897
0.575
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,037
34,947
547
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jeffrey Klein
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,423
1,702
0.149
cosmology
geology
AMS
10Be
radiocarbon dating
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,234
37,451
573
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Uday Chettiar
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,678
1,886
0.177
Plasmonics
Photonics
Metamaterials
Metatronics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,744
37,628
577
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Martin D Altschuler
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,625
881
0.083
astrophysics
solar physics
image reconstruction
radiation treatment planning