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
Optical manipulation
biophotonics
StBSRC
StAWT4YPhD
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,154
16,091
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,105
14,492
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Biophotonics
Organic Electronics
Polaritons
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,246
7,531
0.569
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Condensed Matter Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,282
6,066
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Bose-Einstein Condensation
Exciton-Polaritons
Open Quantum Systems
Multimode Cavity QED
Non-Markovian methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,876
6,300
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Optics and Photonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,128
3,627
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Open quantum systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,030
2,592
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Plasma Proteins
Metal Homeostasis
Haemostasis
Cell Signalling
Zinc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,971
3,849
0.645
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Ultrafast Lasers
Biophotonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,830
1,661
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Condensed Matter Physics
strongly correlated electron systems
scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,318
1,780
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
quantum information
quantum optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,297
817
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Astrophysics
Astrobiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,134
2,057
0.656
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Gravitational Waves
Black Holes
Statistics
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,962
1,516
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Light-matter interaction
Microcavities
Polaritons
Excitons
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,957
2,060
0.697
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Star and Planet Formation
Molecular clouds
Statistics and Machine Learning
History of Astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,956
1,577
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Optical manipulation
Levitated optomechanics
Chiral optomechanics
Biophotonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,382
1,695
0.712
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,316
862
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Centre of Biophotonics St Andrews
single-molecule biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,180
721
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Opthalmic imaging
Optical Coherence Tomography
biophotonics
microfluidics
Raman spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,059
973
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Holographical display
Biophotonics imaging
Raman Spectroscopy
OCT
Optical Tweezers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,031
1,643
0.809
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Biophotonics
Mechanobiology
Computational Imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,956
1,607
0.822
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
star formation
MHD
computational astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,770
1,335
0.754
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Speckle Metrology
Raman Spectroscopy
Wavefront Shaping
Levitated Optomechanics
Cold Atoms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,587
1,144
0.721
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Biophotonics
Organic electronics
Wearable sensors
Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,560
821
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Optics
Photonics
Lasers
Spectroscopy
Material science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,402
1,261
0.899
Kishan Dholakia
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,154
16,091
0.373
Optical manipulation
biophotonics
StBSRC
StAWT4YPhD
Vivienne Wild
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,105
14,492
0.627
Malte C Gather
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,246
7,531
0.569
Biophotonics
Organic Electronics
Polaritons
Phil DC King
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,282
6,066
0.494
Jonathan Keeling
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,876
6,300
0.530
Bose-Einstein Condensation
Exciton-Polaritons
Open Quantum Systems
Multimode Cavity QED
Non-Markovian methods
Michael Mazilu
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,128
3,627
0.397
Brendon Lovett
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,030
2,592
0.430
Alan J Stewart
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,971
3,849
0.645
Plasma Proteins
Metal Homeostasis
Haemostasis
Cell Signalling
Zinc
CTA Brown
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,830
1,661
0.285
Peter Wahl
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,318
1,780
0.412
Condensed Matter Physics
strongly correlated electron systems
scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy
Natalia Korolkova
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,297
817
0.248
Duncan Forgan
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,134
2,057
0.656
Steve Drasco
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,962
1,516
0.512
Gravitational Waves
Black Holes
Statistics
Machine Learning
Hamid Ohadi
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,957
2,060
0.697
Light-matter interaction
Microcavities
Polaritons
Excitons
Paula Stella Teixeira
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,956
1,577
0.533
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Star and Planet Formation
Molecular clouds
Statistics and Machine Learning
History of Astronomy
Yoshihiko Arita
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,382
1,695
0.712
Optical manipulation
Levitated optomechanics
Chiral optomechanics
Biophotonics
Bernd Braunecker
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,316
862
0.372
Carlos Penedo
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,180
721
0.331
Centre of Biophotonics St Andrews
single-molecule biophysics
Praveen Cheriyan Ashok
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,059
973
0.473
Opthalmic imaging
Optical Coherence Tomography
biophotonics
microfluidics
Raman spectroscopy
Mingzhou Chen
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,031
1,643
0.809
Holographical display
Biophotonics imaging
Raman Spectroscopy
OCT
Optical Tweezers
Philip Wijesinghe
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,956
1,607
0.822
Biophotonics
Mechanobiology
Computational Imaging
James Wurster
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,770
1,335
0.754
star formation
MHD
computational astrophysics
Graham D Bruce
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,587
1,144
0.721
Speckle Metrology
Raman Spectroscopy
Wavefront Shaping
Levitated Optomechanics
Cold Atoms
Ashu Bansal
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,560
821
0.526
Biophotonics
Organic electronics
Wearable sensors
Spectroscopy
Angel Bravo
University of Saint Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,402
1,261
0.899
Optics
Photonics
Lasers
Spectroscopy
Material science