Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Natural Sciences / Physics Highly Cited Researchers 1.148 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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
251,352
61,573
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Gravitational physics
astrophysics
theoretical physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,711
76,548
0.645
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
gravitational physics
gravitational waves
astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,090
55,171
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
quantum physics
quantum information
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,215
46,765
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
black hole physics
accretion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,425
16,579
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,314
39,507
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Material Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,819
21,695
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,223
19,278
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Space weather
ionosphere
cosmic rays
solar physics
particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,705
22,866
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Magnetism
magnetic materials
materials
condensed mater physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,857
22,242
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
X-ray Imaging Scintillators
Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy
4D Electron Imaging
Photovoltaics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,198
31,353
0.726
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Experimental High Energy Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,910
20,285
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
quantum information
quantum optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,777
27,746
0.649
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Cosmology
General Relativity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,897
14,608
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
High entropy alloys
bulk metallic glasses
high-temperature alloys
Porous metals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,253
24,878
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
photonics
nanophotonics
biophotonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,045
15,904
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Quantum physics
Quantum information
Quantum computing
Quantum optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,744
23,111
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Superconductivity
topological materials
interface
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,763
10,401
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Condensed Matter Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,993
7,599
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Condensed Matter Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,064
9,560
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
physics
materials science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,502
11,181
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ultrafast laser spectroscopy
Photonic crystals fabrication and applications
Plasmonics
Nonlinear optical properties in semico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,584
11,976
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Quantum Physics
quantum information
quantum simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,415
12,948
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Quantum Information
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,862
15,882
0.695
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
3D and 2D multiferroics
ferroelectrics and ferromagnetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,232
7,448
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
466
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Are Strandlie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
251,352
61,573
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,298
1,077
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Marco Cavaglia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,711
76,548
0.645
Gravitational physics
astrophysics
theoretical physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,423
61
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Yan Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,090
55,171
0.568
gravitational physics
gravitational waves
astrophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,369
97
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jian Wei Pan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,215
46,765
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,935
162
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ding Xiong Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,425
16,579
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,387
18
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Tomasz Fiutowski
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,314
39,507
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,610
43
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
CT Chan
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,819
21,695
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,075
45
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Che Ting Chan
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,223
19,278
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,536
14
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ayman Mahrous
Egypt Japan University of Science & Technology
Alexandria, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,705
22,866
0.377
Space weather
ionosphere
cosmic rays
solar physics
particle physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,647
32
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Xixiang Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,857
22,242
0.455
Magnetism
magnetic materials
materials
condensed mater physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,991
38
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Omar F Mohammed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,198
31,353
0.726
X-ray Imaging Scintillators
Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy
4D Electron Imaging
Photovoltaics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,134
429
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Vindhyawasini Prasad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,910
20,285
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,190
435
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Qiang Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,777
27,746
0.649
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,781
181
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Shinji Tsujikawa
Tokyo University of Science
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,897
14,608
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,162
506
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
ZP LU
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,253
24,878
0.634
High entropy alloys
bulk metallic glasses
high-temperature alloys
Porous metals
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,283
510
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Min Gu
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,045
15,904
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,107
707
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Chao Yang Lu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,744
23,111
0.706
Quantum physics
Quantum information
Quantum computing
Quantum optics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,576
890
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
DL Feng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,763
10,401
0.362
Superconductivity
topological materials
interface
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,563
11,737
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Yew San Hor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,993
7,599
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,217
140
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Arne Brataas
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,064
9,560
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,258
1,151
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Xiaoguang Li
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,502
11,181
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,002
287
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Kam Sing Wong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,584
11,976
0.508
Ultrafast laser spectroscopy
Photonic crystals fabrication and applications
Plasmonics
Nonlinear optical properties in semico
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,317
1,240
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Yu Ao Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,415
12,948
0.553
Quantum Physics
quantum information
quantum simulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,441
1,296
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Cheng Zhi Peng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,862
15,882
0.695
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,843
1,364
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Junling Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,232
7,448
0.335
3D and 2D multiferroics
ferroelectrics and ferromagnetics