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
radiation detectors
x-ray fluorescence microscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,346
27,022
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Carbon Cycle
Carbon-Climate Feedbacks
Decarbonization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,002
66,115
0.575
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
polymer science
polymer synthesis
polymerization
polymerization kinetics
sustainable polymers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,062
12,788
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Electron Microscopy
Diagnotic Virology
Emerging Diseases
Wildlife Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,390
8,069
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Carbon and nitrogen cycling in soils and sediments
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,489
14,973
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,492
21,909
0.859
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,841
8,729
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,540
11,419
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,400
11,512
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Atmospheric composition
greenhouse gases
ozone depleting substances
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,205
13,649
0.644
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,427
5,965
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,248
4,760
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,905
8,245
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,428
12,387
0.754
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Soil physics
Irrigated systems
Groundwater systems
Agroecosystems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,947
5,030
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Bemisia tabaci
biosecurity
invasion biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,954
6,226
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE
CLIMATE
GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
AIR POLLUTION
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,785
3,244
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,924
5,527
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,738
8,443
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,676
8,447
0.618
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,612
10,023
0.736
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,528
5,484
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Atmospheric composition
climate
ice sheets
energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,480
4,495
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Radio Astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,234
8,356
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,225
2,660
0.201
Gareth F Moorhead
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,346
27,022
0.230
Pep Canadell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,002
66,115
0.575
Graeme Moad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,062
12,788
0.266
polymer science
polymer synthesis
polymerization
polymerization kinetics
sustainable polymers
Alex Hyatt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,390
8,069
0.249
Electron Microscopy
Diagnotic Virology
Emerging Diseases
Wildlife Health
Jeff Baldock
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,489
14,973
0.475
David Robinson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,492
21,909
0.859
David Peel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,841
8,729
0.366
John Kirkegaard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,540
11,419
0.485
Peter Dodds
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,400
11,512
0.492
Paul Krummel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,205
13,649
0.644
Atmospheric composition
greenhouse gases
ozone depleting substances
Chris Ryan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,427
5,965
0.292
Simon Robinson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,248
4,760
0.235
Paul W. Cleary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,905
8,245
0.436
Vanessa Haverd
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,428
12,387
0.754
Keith L. Bristow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,947
5,030
0.315
Soil physics
Irrigated systems
Groundwater systems
Agroecosystems
De Barro P
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,954
6,226
0.416
John A .Taylor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,785
3,244
0.219
COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE
CLIMATE
GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
AIR POLLUTION
Wolfgang Spielmeyer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,924
5,527
0.397
Adam Slipinski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,738
8,443
0.615
Ma Gibson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,676
8,447
0.618
Katharina Waha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,612
10,023
0.736
Andrew Whiteley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,528
5,484
0.405
David Etheridge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,480
4,495
0.333
Aidan Hotan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,234
8,356
0.631
John Chiefari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,225
2,660
0.201