Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Norwegian University of Science 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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247,657
78,995
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Ecology
evolutionary biology
statistics
JEBED
CBD
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,740
46,649
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Immunology
inflammation
pattern recognition receptors
cellular imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,620
10,895
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Development of enabling technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,514
12,782
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,949
9,042
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Condensed Matter Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,707
10,903
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Host defense to infection
Immunology
Cell Biology
Global Health
Mycobacteria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,663
8,798
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Physics
Chemistry
Materials Science
Astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,630
10,046
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Plant and algae stress
defence
signalling
genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,399
7,234
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
DNA repair
genome maintenance
proteomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,018
4,093
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
bevaringsbiologi
evolusjon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,761
5,341
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Biology
toxicology
environmental health
microplastics
endocrine disrupting chemicals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,655
13,089
0.893
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Antiferromagnetic spintronics
molecular beam epitaxy
quantum transport
topological Insulators
HgTe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,270
6,170
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Marine ecology
aquaculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,094
4,434
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Behavioural Ecology
Evolutionary Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,632
4,951
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Multiple myeloma
innate immunity
inflammation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,251
3,032
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Niet evenwichts thermodynamica en statistische mechanica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,090
3,156
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Differential Equations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,566
3,531
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
flow in porous media
statistical physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,902
2,978
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
microbial ecology
aquaculture
plankton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,142
5,042
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Fysikk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,925
2,549
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Building physics
energy use in buildings
new building materials
zero energy buildings
zero emission buildings
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,388
5,528
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Community ecology
climate impacts
recruitment processes
invasibility
seeds
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,710
6,193
0.638
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Industrial ecology
resource management
urban development
transdisciplinarity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,701
5,141
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Computational physics
Materials modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,603
3,977
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
461
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Are Strandlie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247,657
78,995
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,270
18
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Bob O Hara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,740
46,649
0.624
Ecology
evolutionary biology
statistics
JEBED
CBD
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,854
42
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Terje Espevik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,620
10,895
0.229
Immunology
inflammation
pattern recognition receptors
cellular imaging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,516
56
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Martin Kuiper
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,514
12,782
0.308
Development of enabling technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,132
109
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Bernt Erik Sæther
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,949
9,042
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,214
142
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Arne Brataas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,707
10,903
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,444
181
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Trude Helen Flo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,663
8,798
0.406
Host defense to infection
Immunology
Cell Biology
Global Health
Mycobacteria
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,478
248
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Bjørn Petter Jelle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,630
10,046
0.570
Physics
Chemistry
Materials Science
Astronomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,359
274
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Atle Bones
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,399
7,234
0.441
Plant and algae stress
defence
signalling
genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,134
289
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Geir Slupphaug
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,018
4,093
0.256
DNA repair
genome maintenance
proteomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,303
297
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Eivin Røskaft
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,761
5,341
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,953
344
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Martin Wagner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,655
13,089
0.893
Biology
toxicology
environmental health
microplastics
endocrine disrupting chemicals
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,197
359
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Christoph Brüne
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,270
6,170
0.432
Antiferromagnetic spintronics
molecular beam epitaxy
quantum transport
topological Insulators
HgTe
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,238
372
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Yngvar Olsen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,094
4,434
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,157
402
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jonathan Wright
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,632
4,951
0.363
Behavioural Ecology
Evolutionary Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,675
415
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sundan A
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,251
3,032
0.229
Multiple myeloma
innate immunity
inflammation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,784
422
77
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Dick Bedeaux
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,090
3,156
0.241
Niet evenwichts thermodynamica en statistische mechanica
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,564
451
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Helge Holden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,566
3,531
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,655
483
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Alex Hansen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,902
2,978
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,367
531
91
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Olav Vadstein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,142
5,042
0.453
microbial ecology
aquaculture
plankton
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,434
547
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jens Oluf Andersen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,925
2,549
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,907
587
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Arild Gustavsen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,388
5,528
0.532
Building physics
energy use in buildings
new building materials
zero energy buildings
zero emission buildings
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
102,489
632
111
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Bente Jessen Graae
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,710
6,193
0.638
Community ecology
climate impacts
recruitment processes
invasibility
seeds
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
102,603
633
112
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Daniel B Müller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,701
5,141
0.530
Industrial ecology
resource management
urban development
transdisciplinarity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,785
644
116
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jaakko Akola
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,603
3,977
0.414