Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Others Highly Cited Researchers 37 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Programming Languages
System
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,420
37,265
0.770
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Natural Language Processin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,548
20,538
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
large language models
reasoning
fine-tuning
test-time computation
RLH
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,467
18,295
0.940
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,523
12,511
0.999
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,184
11,172
0.999
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,993
7,200
0.655
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,267
8,250
0.998
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,672
7,173
0.935
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,963
6,958
0.999
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,273
6,134
0.978
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,167
5,956
0.966
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Artificial Intelligence
Foundation Models
Computer Vision
Computer Graphic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,181
4,132
0.988
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Reinforcement Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,417
1,993
0.825
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,414
1,646
0.682
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Computational Neuroscience
Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,083
2,040
0.979
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Reinforcement Learning
Hierarchical Behavior
Bisimulation metrics
Spectral Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,331
2,252
0.966
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Cooperative AI
Human data
Social cognition
Participatory AI
Reinforcement learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,843
1,786
0.969
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,524
481
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Neural Networks
Tensor Decompositions
Signal Processin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
938
918
0.979
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
AI
Robotic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
924
883
0.956
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
921
914
0.992
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
887
835
0.941
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
572
501
0.876
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Robotics
Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
559
543
0.971
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Artificial Intelligence
Deep Learning
Reinforcement Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
509
505
0.992
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,310
992
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
George Van Den Driessche
DeepMind
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,420
37,265
0.770
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,839
3,642
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Elena Buchatskaya
DeepMind
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,548
20,538
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,006
3,934
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Michal Valko
DeepMind
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,467
18,295
0.940
large language models
reasoning
fine-tuning
test-time computation
RLH
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,129
6,837
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Katie Millican
DeepMind
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,523
12,511
0.999
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,962
7,722
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Amelia Glaese|Mia Glaese
DeepMind
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,184
11,172
0.999
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,891
7,866
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Matko Bošnjak
DeepMind
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,993
7,200
0.655
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,768
10,529
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
John Fj Mellor
DeepMind
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,267
8,250
0.998
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
140,843
11,289
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Edward Lockhart
DeepMind
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,672
7,173
0.935
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,067
12,331
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Maja Trębacz
DeepMind
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,963
6,958
0.999
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
173,698
13,491
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ruizhe Zhao
DeepMind
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,273
6,134
0.978
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
176,727
13,696
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Andrew Dudzik
DeepMind
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,167
5,956
0.966
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
256,479
18,991
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Yu Mao
DeepMind
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,181
4,132
0.988
Artificial Intelligence
Foundation Models
Computer Vision
Computer Graphic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
403,199
27,426
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Tom Zahavy|Tom Ben Zion Zahavy
DeepMind
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,417
1,993
0.825
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
403,627
27,452
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ben Coppin
DeepMind
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,414
1,646
0.682
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
449,391
29,826
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Christos Kaplanis
DeepMind
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,083
2,040
0.979
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
414,114
28,005
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Gheorghe Comanici
DeepMind
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,331
2,252
0.966
Reinforcement Learning
Hierarchical Behavior
Bisimulation metrics
Spectral Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
489,502
31,951
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Kevin R. Mckee
DeepMind
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,843
1,786
0.969
Cooperative AI
Human data
Social cognition
Participatory AI
Reinforcement learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
554,342
35,247
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Adrian Collister
DeepMind
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,524
481
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
727,385
43,042
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Larisa Markeeva
DeepMind
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
938
918
0.979
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
732,772
43,275
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jan Humplik
DeepMind
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
924
883
0.956
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
733,997
43,328
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jieru Hu
DeepMind
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
921
914
0.992
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
747,424
43,909
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Souradeep Basu
DeepMind
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
887
835
0.941
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
901,687
50,037
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Martina Zambelli
DeepMind
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
572
501
0.876
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
910,356
50,509
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Sarah Bechtle
DeepMind
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
559
543
0.971
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
948,511
52,445
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jennifer She
DeepMind
London, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
509
505
0.992