Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Korea Institute for Advanced Study 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
physics
condensed matter physics
condensed matter theory
materials science
nanoscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,909
8,983
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
astrophysics
gravitational waves
EEG
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,404
10,905
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
String Theory
Quantum Field Theory
Theoretical Physics
High Energy Physics
Cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,899
2,870
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Drug Discovery
Machine Learning
Computational Chemistry
Computational Biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,433
3,320
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Theoretical High Energy Physics
AdS/CFT
String Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,815
1,526
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Protein Structure Modeling
Artificial Intelligence
Bioinformatics
Parallel Computing
Computational Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,761
2,067
0.550
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
galaxy
cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,378
973
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
statistical physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,253
1,083
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Statistical physics
Complex networks
Complex systems
Data science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,144
994
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
theoretical particle physics and cosmology
AI/ML applications to physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,895
2,015
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
quantum information
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,617
673
0.257
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
general relativity
string theory
black holes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,512
1,795
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Mathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,459
966
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Condensed Matter Physics (Ab initio Calculations)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,243
1,313
0.585
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Cosmology
Dark Matter & Dark Energy
Supermassive Black Holes
Galaxy Formation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,054
1,027
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Computational biology
Computational Methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,882
1,783
0.947
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Strongly correlated system
Magnetism
Excitation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,495
968
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Beyond the Standard Model
Dark Matter
QCD and Collider Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,389
1,111
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Condensed Matter Physics
Strongly Correlated Electron Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,343
1,245
0.927
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Condensed matter physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,050
795
0.757
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Quantum Computing
Density functional theory
Tight-binding approximation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
959
634
0.661
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
quantum thermodynamics
quantum metrology
quantum information theory
quantum error-correction
quantum simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
942
772
0.820
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
ML/AI
Computational Chemistry
Condensed Matter Physics
Porous Materials
Molecular Simulations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
913
795
0.871
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Geometric topology
hyperbolic geometry
geometric structures
rigidity of lattices
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
793
331
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Many-body physics
Quantum magnetism
Topological phases of matter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
785
634
0.808
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,836
266
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Young-Woo Son
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,909
8,983
0.361
physics
condensed matter physics
condensed matter theory
materials science
nanoscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,349
520
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Maurice Van Putten
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,404
10,905
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,287
1,321
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Kimyeong Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,899
2,870
0.290
String Theory
Quantum Field Theory
Theoretical Physics
High Energy Physics
Cosmology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
190,141
2,968
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Insuk Joung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,433
3,320
0.611
Drug Discovery
Machine Learning
Computational Chemistry
Computational Biophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
264,872
4,394
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ioannis Papadimitriou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,815
1,526
0.400
Theoretical High Energy Physics
AdS/CFT
String Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
268,161
4,460
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
주기형 (Joo, Keehyoung)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,761
2,067
0.550
Protein Structure Modeling
Artificial Intelligence
Bioinformatics
Parallel Computing
Computational Sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
294,158
4,980
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Yun-Young Choi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,378
973
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
303,746
5,164
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Hyunggyu Park
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,253
1,083
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
312,440
5,352
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Deok-Sun Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,144
994
0.316
Statistical physics
Complex networks
Complex systems
Data science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
334,322
5,794
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Thomas Flacke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,895
2,015
0.696
theoretical particle physics and cosmology
AI/ML applications to physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
362,701
6,312
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jaewan Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,617
673
0.257
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
374,339
6,547
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Run-Qiu Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,512
1,795
0.715
general relativity
string theory
black holes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
380,517
6,648
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Bumsig Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,459
966
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
407,664
7,135
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Seon Myeong Choi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,243
1,313
0.585
Condensed Matter Physics (Ab initio Calculations)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
435,102
7,623
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Juhan Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,054
1,027
0.500
Cosmology
Dark Matter & Dark Energy
Supermassive Black Holes
Galaxy Formation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
462,851
8,117
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Seonghoon Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,882
1,783
0.947
Computational biology
Computational Methodology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
539,973
9,474
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Beom Hyun Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,495
968
0.647
Strongly correlated system
Magnetism
Excitation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
565,281
9,893
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Adil Jueid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,389
1,111
0.800
Beyond the Standard Model
Dark Matter
QCD and Collider Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
576,961
10,095
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Bo Gyu Jang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,343
1,245
0.927
Condensed Matter Physics
Strongly Correlated Electron Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
664,936
11,641
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Minjae Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,050
795
0.757
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
697,774
12,239
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Hyun-Jung Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
959
634
0.661
Quantum Computing
Density functional theory
Tight-binding approximation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
704,060
12,345
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Hyukjoon Kwon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
942
772
0.820
quantum thermodynamics
quantum metrology
quantum information theory
quantum error-correction
quantum simulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
715,386
12,554
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Wooseok Jeong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
913
795
0.871
ML/AI
Computational Chemistry
Condensed Matter Physics
Porous Materials
Molecular Simulations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
766,244
13,366
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Inkang Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
793
331
0.417
Geometric topology
hyperbolic geometry
geometric structures
rigidity of lattices
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
769,544
13,432
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Kyusung Hwang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
785
634
0.808
Many-body physics
Quantum magnetism
Topological phases of matter