Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World 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
Biology
Genomics
Genetics
Bioinformatics
Mathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
721,349
278,478
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
high energy physics
astro-particle physics
scintillator
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
594,662
192,850
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Cancer
Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
512,802
109,304
0.213
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
508,755
169,290
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
487,284
288,763
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
physics
particle physics
nuclear physics
cosmology
computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
479,142
220,968
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
475,806
218,632
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Physics
Particle Physics
Statistical Data Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
466,307
164,821
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
high energy physics
particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
460,013
160,312
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
459,052
223,332
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
fundamental constituents
field theories
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
456,702
216,748
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
452,894
196,982
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
452,095
193,757
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
High Energy Physics
Particle Physics
Nuclear Instruments and Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
440,118
223,319
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Genetics
Genomics
Epidemiology
Cardiovascular Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
436,590
146,031
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Elementary Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
434,432
154,719
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
density functional theory
materials theory
quantum chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
424,049
178,969
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Evolution
Evolutionary biology
Molecular evolution
Population genetics
Phylogenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
423,629
85,955
0.203
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Particle Physics
Statistical Data Analysis
High Energy physics
Data Science
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
421,602
169,366
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Physics
Particle Physics
High Energy Physics
Instrumentation
Elementary Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
414,273
153,553
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
density functional theory
first principles calculations
many body theory
condensed matter physics
materials science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
413,820
204,845
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Statistics
Economics
Psychology
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
412,497
141,664
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
aging
cancer
immunology
medicine
metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
410,959
187,928
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
condensed matter physics
materials science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
410,938
221,629
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
High Energy Physics
Particle Physics
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
407,316
167,447
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Eric Lander
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
721,349
278,478
0.386
Biology
Genomics
Genetics
Bioinformatics
Mathematics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
HJ Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
594,662
192,850
0.324
high energy physics
astro-particle physics
scintillator
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22
14
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Bert Vogelstein
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
512,802
109,304
0.213
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
SB Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
508,755
169,290
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30
18
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Fuquan Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
487,284
288,763
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Fairouz Malek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
479,142
220,968
0.461
physics
particle physics
nuclear physics
cosmology
computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Joao Seixas
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
475,806
218,632
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Glen Cowan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
466,307
164,821
0.353
Physics
Particle Physics
Statistical Data Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37
20
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Joey Huston
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
460,013
160,312
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38
21
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
James Brau
University of Oregon
Eugene, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
459,052
223,332
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Schoeffel Laurent
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
456,702
216,748
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42
23
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Mark Daly
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
452,894
196,982
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43
24
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Stephane Willocq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
452,095
193,757
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Haijun Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
440,118
223,319
0.507
High Energy Physics
Particle Physics
Nuclear Instruments and Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49
26
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Daniel Levy
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
436,590
146,031
0.334
Genetics
Genomics
Epidemiology
Cardiovascular Disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52
5
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Pekka Sinervo
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
434,432
154,719
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54
30
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
John P Perdew
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
424,049
178,969
0.422
density functional theory
materials theory
quantum chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55
31
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Masatoshi Nei
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
423,629
85,955
0.203
Evolution
Evolutionary biology
Molecular evolution
Population genetics
Phylogenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Francisco Matorras
Universidad de Cantabria
Santander, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
421,602
169,366
0.402
Particle Physics
Statistical Data Analysis
High Energy physics
Data Science
Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Andreas Warburton
McGill University
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
414,273
153,553
0.371
Physics
Particle Physics
High Energy Physics
Instrumentation
Elementary Particle Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Georg Kresse
Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
413,820
204,845
0.495
density functional theory
first principles calculations
many body theory
condensed matter physics
materials science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60
32
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Donald B Rubin
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
412,497
141,664
0.343
Statistics
Economics
Psychology
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Guido Kroemer
Université Paris Cité
Paris, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
410,959
187,928
0.457
aging
cancer
immunology
medicine
metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jun-Ming Liu
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
410,938
221,629
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64
33
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Eric Torrence
University of Oregon
Eugene, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
407,316
167,447
0.411
High Energy Physics
Particle Physics
Physics