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
microbial diversity
microbiome
environmental microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
435,997
280,613
0.644
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
drug delivery
tissue engineering
biomaterials
nanotechnology
chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
435,403
140,127
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
cancer
bioengineering
proteomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
256,747
115,139
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
biomaterials
tissue engineering
silk
regenerative medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199,706
87,513
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
bioengineering & cell biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,768
50,643
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Biomaterials
Drug Delivery
Nanotechnology
Regenerative Medicine
Tissue Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,052
28,790
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Freshwater Ecology
Restoration
Lakes
Global Change Ecology
Arctic Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,855
42,680
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
biomaterials
gene delivery
nanomedicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,686
53,501
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Bioengineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,456
24,052
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Photonics
Nanobioengineering
Nanoscience
Nanochemistry
Biophotonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,865
24,099
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
bioengineering
cell and molecular biology
stem cell engineering
drug delivery systems
mechanotransduction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,268
30,646
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
human-computer interaction
collaboration
human-robot interaction
social computing
online communities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,666
17,872
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Human-computer interaction
social computing
human-centered AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,362
61,791
0.769
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Drug Delivery
Bioengineering
Pharmaceutics
immunoengineering
biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,019
37,371
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Modeling and control of physiological systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,959
25,746
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Human-Computer Interaction
Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,633
12,422
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
bioengineering
systems biology
computational biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,939
14,754
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
neurotechnology
bioengineering
neuroscience
expansion microscopy
optogenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,240
39,208
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Muscle
Rehabilitation
Biomechanics
Bioengineering
Locomotion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,403
29,118
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Tissue engineering
Regenerative medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,865
19,369
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Biomaterials
Tissue Engineering
Bioengineering
Hydrogels
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,961
34,916
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
bioengineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,910
10,706
0.182
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
biomaterials
tissue engineering
biosurface science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,563
13,283
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Biomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,738
17,940
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
drug and gene delivery -nanomedicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,207
10,109
0.186
Rob Knight
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
435,997
280,613
0.644
microbial diversity
microbiome
environmental microbiology
Robert Langer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
435,403
140,127
0.322
drug delivery
tissue engineering
biomaterials
nanotechnology
chemistry
Lance Liotta
George Mason University
Fairfax, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
256,747
115,139
0.448
cancer
bioengineering
proteomics
David L Kaplan
Tufts University
Medford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199,706
87,513
0.438
biomaterials
tissue engineering
silk
regenerative medicine
Donald Ingber
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,768
50,643
0.329
bioengineering & cell biology
Antonios G Mikos
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,052
28,790
0.274
Biomaterials
Drug Delivery
Nanotechnology
Regenerative Medicine
Tissue Engineering
Erik Jeppesen
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,855
42,680
0.432
Freshwater Ecology
Restoration
Lakes
Global Change Ecology
Arctic Ecology
Daniel G Anderson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,686
53,501
0.571
biomaterials
gene delivery
nanomedicine
Jeffrey Hubbell
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,456
24,052
0.263
Paras N Prasad
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,865
24,099
0.271
Photonics
Nanobioengineering
Nanoscience
Nanochemistry
Biophotonics
Dennis Discher
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,268
30,646
0.359
bioengineering
cell and molecular biology
stem cell engineering
drug delivery systems
mechanotransduction
Sara Kiesler
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,666
17,872
0.216
human-computer interaction
collaboration
human-robot interaction
social computing
online communities
Michael S Bernstein
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,362
61,791
0.769
Human-computer interaction
social computing
human-centered AI
Samir Mitragotri
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,019
37,371
0.526
Drug Delivery
Bioengineering
Pharmaceutics
immunoengineering
biotechnology
Claudio Cobelli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,959
25,746
0.379
Modeling and control of physiological systems
Gregory D Abowd
Northeastern University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,633
12,422
0.192
Human-Computer Interaction
Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing
Douglas Lauffenburger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,939
14,754
0.231
bioengineering
systems biology
computational biology
Ed Boyden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,240
39,208
0.630
neurotechnology
bioengineering
neuroscience
expansion microscopy
optogenetics
Scott Delp
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,403
29,118
0.482
Muscle
Rehabilitation
Biomechanics
Bioengineering
Locomotion
Clemens A Van Blitterswijk
Maastricht University
Maastricht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,865
19,369
0.324
Tissue engineering
Regenerative medicine
Jason A Burdick
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,961
34,916
0.592
Biomaterials
Tissue Engineering
Bioengineering
Hydrogels
Van C Mow
Columbia University New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,910
10,706
0.182
Buddy Ratner
University of Washington
Seattle, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,563
13,283
0.231
biomaterials
tissue engineering
biosurface science
Michael Swain
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,738
17,940
0.322
Francis Szoka
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,207
10,109
0.186
drug and gene delivery -nanomedicine