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
Peripheral artery disease
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189,396
65,009
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Global cardiovascular health research
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,647
47,854
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
imaging
image processing
noise
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,594
49,485
0.585
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,993
24,185
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,858
48,224
0.700
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Complex systems
Statistical Physics
Quantitative Biology
Science of Science
Data Science
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,776
20,796
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
软件工程、软件安全性、移动云测试
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,557
36,342
0.719
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Digital Mental Health
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,847
22,915
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,660
17,594
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,545
8,516
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
lymphoma
Hodgkins
stem cell transplantation
CLL
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,698
12,154
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
aging
vascular biology
cardiovascular medicine
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,235
5,993
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,333
6,454
0.200
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,872
22,437
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Cancer pain
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,549
8,972
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
medical retina
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,451
7,721
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,435
3,941
0.168
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Aging
alveolar macrophages
pneumonia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,951
13,233
0.577
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
circadian
insulin
diabetes
obesity
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,945
8,964
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Noise reduction
speech enhancement
microphone arrays
source localization
time delay estimation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,973
12,248
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Magnetic resonance imaging
liver
pancreas
Gastrointestinal and genitourinary Imaging
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,636
7,745
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
singular optics
nondiffracting beam
tightly focusing
optical angular momentum
optical vortex
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,461
13,137
0.642
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
aging and cancer
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,817
6,581
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Chronic Sinusitis
Nasal Polyps
B-cells and antibodies
Type-2 Inflammation
Medical and Surgical outcomes
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,703
8,929
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
chronic kidney disease
genetic kidney diseases
inherited bone diseases
kidney stones
hyperoxaluria
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,198
5,799
0.319
Mary M Mcdermott
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189,396
65,009
0.343
Mark D Huffman
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,647
47,854
0.378
Xuelong Li
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,594
49,485
0.585
Surendra P Shah
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,993
24,185
0.351
Sanjiv J Shah
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,858
48,224
0.700
Luis A Nunes Amaral
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,776
20,796
0.307
Complex systems
Statistical Physics
Quantitative Biology
Science of Science
Data Science
张涛,Tao Zhang
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,557
36,342
0.719
David C Mohr
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,847
22,915
0.479
Marilyn Cornelis
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,660
17,594
0.403
Bernard Black
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,545
8,516
0.221
Leo I Gordon
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,698
12,154
0.340
Douglas Vaughan
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,235
5,993
0.175
John A Kessler
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,333
6,454
0.200
Qiuyu Zhang(张秋禹)
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,872
22,437
0.704
Judith Paice
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,549
8,972
0.365
Lee M Jampol
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,451
7,721
0.316
Stephen Davis
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,435
3,941
0.168
GR Scott Budinger
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,951
13,233
0.577
Joseph Bass
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,945
8,964
0.391
Jingdong Chen
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,973
12,248
0.557
Noise reduction
speech enhancement
microphone arrays
source localization
time delay estimation
Frank H Miller
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,636
7,745
0.358
Magnetic resonance imaging
liver
pancreas
Gastrointestinal and genitourinary Imaging
Sheng Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,461
13,137
0.642
singular optics
nondiffracting beam
tightly focusing
optical angular momentum
optical vortex
David Gius
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,817
6,581
0.332
Bruce K Tan Ms
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,703
8,929
0.453
Chronic Sinusitis
Nasal Polyps
B-cells and antibodies
Type-2 Inflammation
Medical and Surgical outcomes
Craig Langman
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,198
5,799
0.319
chronic kidney disease
genetic kidney diseases
inherited bone diseases
kidney stones
hyperoxaluria