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
Biophotonics
Upconversion
super resolution
point of care
cytometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,593
16,455
0.799
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Generative AI / Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,950
8,727
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Materials Physics
Nanofabrication
Nanophotonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,333
9,256
0.751
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Optics
Photonics
Computational Physics
Computational Mathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,145
1,560
0.128
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Quantum Information
Quantum Simulations
Quantum Optics
Circuit QED
UTS:QSI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,646
4,240
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Optics
optical tweezers
biophotonics
environmental optics
aerosols
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,437
3,457
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
applied physics energy optics nanostructures
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,231
2,387
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Bio-imaging
Optical Tweezers
nano-Photonics
condensed matter physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,782
5,015
0.739
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
opto-electronic semiconductors
light emitting nanostructures
nano-characterisation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,670
2,048
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Quantum Computation
UTS:QSI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,495
3,405
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
physics
electromagnetics
optics
metamaterials
biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,552
1,593
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Quantum Computing
Quantum Information
Computational Complexity
Quantum Computation
UTS:QSI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,262
2,780
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Quantum Information Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,888
1,956
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Quantum optic
Quantum sensing
Spintronics
2D materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,791
3,664
0.966
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Quantum Optics
Integrated Photonics
Nonlinear Optics
Nanophotonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,719
2,893
0.778
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Anderson Localization
Photonic Crystals
Topological Photonics
Metamaterials
Quantum Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,048
552
0.181
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Quantum computing
Quantum information
Quantum optics
Cryptography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,010
1,444
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
quantitative finance
space plasma physics
climate extreme study
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,914
1,556
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Optics and fabrication of nanostructures
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,852
1,232
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Quantum photonics
Nonlinear optics
Photonics devices
2D materials
Nanofabrication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,714
2,576
0.949
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Condensed Matter Physics
Defect physics
h-BN photonics. PL lineshape
Defects for Quantum Technologies. Single photon emission
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,472
2,252
0.911
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Quantum Information and Computation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,314
1,729
0.747
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Optical Physics
High Performance Computing
Computational Electromagnetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,679
439
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
computational complexity theory
quantum computation and information
UTS:QSI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,109
783
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Quantum Simulation
Quantum information
Condensed Matter Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,042
764
0.733
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,958
1,729
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Dayong Jin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,593
16,455
0.799
Biophotonics
Upconversion
super resolution
point of care
cytometry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,760
2,995
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Martin E Bell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,950
8,727
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,743
3,540
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Milos Toth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,333
9,256
0.751
Materials Physics
Nanofabrication
Nanophotonics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,189
3,591
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Lindsay C Botten
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,145
1,560
0.128
Optics
Photonics
Computational Physics
Computational Mathematics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,657
4,217
98
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Nathan K Langford
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,646
4,240
0.398
Quantum Information
Quantum Simulations
Quantum Optics
Circuit QED
UTS:QSI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,183
4,836
115
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
David Mcgloin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,437
3,457
0.366
Optics
optical tweezers
biophotonics
environmental optics
aerosols
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,784
5,600
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Geoff Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,231
2,387
0.290
applied physics energy optics nanostructures
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
151,183
6,950
175
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Fan Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,782
5,015
0.739
Bio-imaging
Optical Tweezers
nano-Photonics
condensed matter physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
153,793
7,064
180
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Matthew R Phillips
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,670
2,048
0.307
opto-electronic semiconductors
light emitting nanostructures
nano-characterisation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
186,858
8,529
230
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Simon Devitt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,495
3,405
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
223,948
10,121
272
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mikhail Lapine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,552
1,593
0.350
physics
electromagnetics
optics
metamaterials
biophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
238,054
10,701
292
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Michael Bremner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,262
2,780
0.652
Quantum Computing
Quantum Information
Computational Complexity
Quantum Computation
UTS:QSI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
258,889
11,563
310
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Runyao Duan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,888
1,956
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
264,621
11,799
315
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Mehran Kianinia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,791
3,664
0.966
Quantum optic
Quantum sensing
Spintronics
2D materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
268,965
11,984
318
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Alexander S. Solntsev
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,719
2,893
0.778
Quantum Optics
Integrated Photonics
Nonlinear Optics
Nanophotonics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
318,594
13,898
360
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ara Asatryan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,048
552
0.181
Anderson Localization
Photonic Crystals
Topological Photonics
Metamaterials
Quantum Optics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
321,828
14,042
369
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Peter P Rohde
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,010
1,444
0.480
Quantum computing
Quantum information
Quantum optics
Cryptography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
330,560
14,377
384
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Hongang Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,914
1,556
0.534
quantitative finance
space plasma physics
climate extreme study
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
336,315
14,581
386
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Matthew Arnold
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,852
1,232
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
349,992
15,106
401
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Tieshan Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,714
2,576
0.949
Quantum photonics
Nonlinear optics
Photonics devices
2D materials
Nanofabrication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
376,552
16,085
428
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sajid Ali
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,472
2,252
0.911
Condensed Matter Physics
Defect physics
h-BN photonics. PL lineshape
Defects for Quantum Technologies. Single photon emission
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
396,000
16,766
441
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Nengkun Yu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,314
1,729
0.747
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
497,552
20,291
537
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Kokou B Dossou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,679
439
0.261
Optical Physics
High Performance Computing
Computational Electromagnetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
641,293
24,934
652
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Youming Qiao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,109
783
0.706
computational complexity theory
quantum computation and information
UTS:QSI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
663,541
25,604
668
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ho N Phien
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,042
764
0.733
Quantum Simulation
Quantum information
Condensed Matter Physics