Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Others 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
Nanoscale Science
Surface Science
Scanning Probe Microscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,246
16,560
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,310
8,373
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
proton conductors
solid state electrochemistry
solid state ionics
membrane science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,524
8,667
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,555
12,267
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,890
12,425
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Pulverdiffraktometrie
Materialforschung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,625
8,836
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Solid State NMR
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,753
6,129
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Transmission electron microscopy
EELS
EDXS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,587
2,813
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
unconventional superconductivity
low dimensional systems
organic conductors and superconductors
cuprates
ultrafast phenomena
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,451
4,397
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
2D Semiconductors
Thin-film Devices
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,250
7,093
0.860
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,792
1,200
0.154
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,878
2,225
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ab initio density functional theory
Nanostructures
optical Properties
configuration interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,813
2,065
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Electrochemistry
Sodium-ion battery
Lithium-ion battery
3D printed battery
commercial battery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,343
4,495
0.709
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,397
2,296
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Anderson localization
Graphene
Topological insulators
Weyl semimetals
Proximity effect
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,759
1,024
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,392
1,235
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Attosecond Science
Nanoscale Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,373
1,796
0.757
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Solar Cells
Energy Storage
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,252
1,858
0.825
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Energy devices
electrochemistry
batteries
think tank of Samsung
industrial research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,194
1,798
0.820
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Strongly Correlated Electron Systems
Quantum Many-Body Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,132
1,761
0.826
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
electrochemical energy conversion and storage
transmission electron microscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,934
1,530
0.791
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Epitaxy
Metal nitrides
Thin film devices
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,559
1,050
0.674
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Magnetic atoms
magnetic molecules
electron spin resonance
scanning probe microscopy
NV-centers in diamond
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,516
1,088
0.718
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
X-ray crystallography
electron crystallography
metal–organic frameworks
total scattering
defects
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,444
1,436
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,922
228
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Klaus Kern
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,246
16,560
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,383
757
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jochen Mannhart
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,310
8,373
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,762
928
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Klaus-Dieter Kreuer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,524
8,667
0.275
proton conductors
solid state electrochemistry
solid state ionics
membrane science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,574
1,242
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Aron Cohen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,555
12,267
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,571
1,366
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Peter A. Van Aken
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,890
12,425
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,066
2,267
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Robert Dinnebier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,625
8,836
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,044
2,666
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Igor Moudrakovski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,753
6,129
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,101
5,052
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Wilfried Sigle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,587
2,813
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,250
5,137
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Stefan Kaiser
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,451
4,397
0.520
unconventional superconductivity
low dimensional systems
organic conductors and superconductors
cuprates
ultrafast phenomena
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,469
5,274
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sheng Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,250
7,093
0.860
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
130,431
5,561
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Oleg Dolgov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,792
1,200
0.154
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
148,975
6,304
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
J. Christian Schön
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,878
2,225
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,489
6,378
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Gabriel Bester
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,813
2,065
0.303
Ab initio density functional theory
Nanostructures
optical Properties
configuration interaction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
161,981
6,840
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Yan Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,343
4,495
0.709
Electrochemistry
Sodium-ion battery
Lithium-ion battery
3D printed battery
commercial battery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
231,350
9,289
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jürgen Nuss
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,397
2,296
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
345,475
13,204
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Pavel Ostrovsky
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,759
1,024
0.371
Anderson localization
Graphene
Topological insulators
Weyl semimetals
Proximity effect
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
386,191
14,481
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Eva Benckiser
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,392
1,235
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
388,543
14,558
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Manish Garg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,373
1,796
0.757
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
403,877
15,064
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Davide Moia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,252
1,858
0.825
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
411,807
15,308
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Kyungmi Lim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,194
1,798
0.820
Energy devices
electrochemistry
batteries
think tank of Samsung
industrial research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
420,583
15,596
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Thomas Schäfer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,132
1,761
0.826
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
451,325
16,521
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Xu Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,934
1,530
0.791
electrochemical energy conversion and storage
transmission electron microscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
522,470
18,676
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Dong Yeong Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,559
1,050
0.674
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
531,904
18,949
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Aparajita Singha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,516
1,088
0.718
Magnetic atoms
magnetic molecules
electron spin resonance
scanning probe microscopy
NV-centers in diamond
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
548,289
19,462
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Stefano Canossa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,444
1,436
0.994
X-ray crystallography
electron crystallography
metal–organic frameworks
total scattering
defects