Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
Experimental Physics
Particle Physics
High Energy Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
316,609
120,457
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
organic synthesis
materials science
carbon nanotubes
carbon dots
water splitting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,817
31,007
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
heterogeneous catalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,174
18,052
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
gravitational waves
stochastic processes
biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,675
15,806
0.668
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
cell biology
molecular oncology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,059
7,073
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
The innate immune system
the complement system
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,598
5,841
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,321
8,013
0.523
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Inorganic and Coordination Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,112
3,544
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,826
6,758
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Genetica Medica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,312
4,792
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Biodiversity Informatics
Biomonitoring
Botany
Lichenology
Systematic Botany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,156
3,075
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Oncologia molecolare
biologia molecolare
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,256
2,298
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Genetics
Transcriptomics
Invertebrate immunology
Comparative immunology
Marine biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,032
5,588
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Surface Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,801
2,759
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,616
9,374
0.975
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
crystallography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,487
1,780
0.188
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,713
2,287
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
condensed matter theory
strongly-correlated systems
quantum magnetism
superconductivity
quantum Monte Carlo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,170
3,813
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
chimica teorica e computazionale
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,167
2,499
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Partial Differential Equations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,908
1,887
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Cellular and Developmental Neurobiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,481
1,909
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Supramolecular Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,442
910
0.141
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
biocatalysis
bioeconomy
bio-based chemistry
sustainable chemistry
organich chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,749
2,408
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Botany
Lichenology
Biomonitoring
Ecophysiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,596
2,874
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Chemistry
Nanotechnology
Protein Chemistry
Molecular Medicine
Pharmacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,517
3,846
0.697
Giuseppe Della Ricca
Università degli Studi di Trieste
Trieste, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
316,609
120,457
0.380
Experimental Physics
Particle Physics
High Energy Physics
Maurizio Prato
Università degli Studi di Trieste
Trieste, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,817
31,007
0.308
organic synthesis
materials science
carbon nanotubes
carbon dots
water splitting
Paolo Fornasiero
Università degli Studi di Trieste
Trieste, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,174
18,052
0.461
Edoardo Milotti
Università degli Studi di Trieste
Trieste, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,675
15,806
0.668
gravitational waves
stochastic processes
biophysics
Giannino Del Sal
Università degli Studi di Trieste
Trieste, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,059
7,073
0.321
cell biology
molecular oncology
Francesco Tedesco
Università degli Studi di Trieste
Trieste, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,598
5,841
0.374
The innate immune system
the complement system
Tiziano Montini
Università degli Studi di Trieste
Trieste, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,321
8,013
0.523
Enzo Alessio
Università degli Studi di Trieste
Trieste, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,112
3,544
0.235
Inorganic and Coordination Chemistry
Maurilio Pannella
Università degli Studi di Trieste
Trieste, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,826
6,758
0.489
Pio D Adamo
Università degli Studi di Trieste
Trieste, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,312
4,792
0.424
Pier Luigi Nimis
Università degli Studi di Trieste
Trieste, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,156
3,075
0.276
Biodiversity Informatics
Biomonitoring
Botany
Lichenology
Systematic Botany
Guidalberto Manfioletti
Università degli Studi di Trieste
Trieste, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,256
2,298
0.224
Oncologia molecolare
biologia molecolare
Alberto Pallavicini
Università degli Studi di Trieste
Trieste, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,032
5,588
0.557
Genetics
Transcriptomics
Invertebrate immunology
Comparative immunology
Marine biotechnology
Alessandro Baraldi
Università degli Studi di Trieste
Trieste, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,801
2,759
0.282
Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Surface Science
Matteo Costanzi
Università degli Studi di Trieste
Trieste, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,616
9,374
0.975
Ennio Zangrando
Università degli Studi di Trieste
Trieste, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,487
1,780
0.188
Silvano Geremia
Università degli Studi di Trieste
Trieste, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,713
2,287
0.262
Federico Becca
Università degli Studi di Trieste
Trieste, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,170
3,813
0.467
condensed matter theory
strongly-correlated systems
quantum magnetism
superconductivity
quantum Monte Carlo
Mauro Stener
Università degli Studi di Trieste
Trieste, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,167
2,499
0.349
Enzo Mitidieri
Università degli Studi di Trieste
Trieste, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,908
1,887
0.273
Partial Differential Equations
Enrico Tongiorgi
Università degli Studi di Trieste
Trieste, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,481
1,909
0.295
Cellular and Developmental Neurobiology
Paolo Tecilla
Università degli Studi di Trieste
Trieste, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,442
910
0.141
Lucia Gardossi
Università degli Studi di Trieste
Trieste, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,749
2,408
0.419
biocatalysis
bioeconomy
bio-based chemistry
sustainable chemistry
organich chemistry
Mauro Tretiach
Università degli Studi di Trieste
Trieste, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,596
2,874
0.514
Botany
Lichenology
Biomonitoring
Ecophysiology
Silvia Marchesan
Università degli Studi di Trieste
Trieste, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,517
3,846
0.697
Chemistry
Nanotechnology
Protein Chemistry
Molecular Medicine
Pharmacy