Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 191 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Graphene
2D Materials
Semiconductor Devices
Sensor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,948
2,257
0.456
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Nanotechnologie
Photonk
2D Materialien
Sensori
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,076
1,066
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Fisica teórica
sistemas dinâmicos caóticos
mecânica quântica no espaço de fase
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,761
591
0.157
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Nanopatterning
Electron Beam Lithography
Nanoimprint Lithography
Silicon Photonics
2D Material
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,162
1,025
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Química orgánic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,293
504
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Aplicações de detecção remota na gestão dos recursos naturais
Floresta e Agricultur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,915
1,019
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Lichenology
Mycology
Evolutionary Biology
Biogeograph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,483
491
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,282
1,117
0.871
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,238
284
0.229
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Land-Use Governance
Rural Landscapes
Spatial Plannin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,153
974
0.845
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,118
1,067
0.954
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,109
380
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,081
844
0.781
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Organização e Administração Educacional
Políticas Educativa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,044
622
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Marketin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,051
788
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Fluid mechanics
Heat and mass transfer
Energy
Renewable Energy
Solar Energ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
997
807
0.809
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
981
468
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Marketing
Behaviour Studies
Agribusiness & Sustainability
Food Value Chain
Food Safet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,012
556
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Estrutura de capitais
avaliação de empresa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
958
523
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Geologia.Sedimentologia.Estratigrafia.Análise de proveniência
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
939
522
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
978
792
0.810
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
927
497
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Psicologia
Educação
Ensino Superior
Aprendizagem
Cogniçã
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
924
479
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
material science
material characterisation
spectroscopy
chemistry applied to cultural heritag
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
897
447
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Photonics
Graphene
Optoelectronics
Simulatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
890
601
0.675
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
218,364
8,883
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Zhenxing Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,948
2,257
0.456
Graphene
2D Materials
Semiconductor Devices
Sensor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
261,476
10,394
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Thorsten Wahlbrink
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,076
1,066
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
280,413
11,035
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Alfredo Miguel Ozorio De Almeida
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,761
591
0.157
Fisica teórica
sistemas dinâmicos caóticos
mecânica quântica no espaço de fase
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
324,857
12,504
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jens Bolten
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,162
1,025
0.324
Nanopatterning
Electron Beam Lithography
Nanoimprint Lithography
Silicon Photonics
2D Material
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
417,817
15,520
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ana Maria Ochoa De Retana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,293
504
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
475,201
17,301
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Adélia Maria Oliveira De Sousa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,915
1,019
0.532
Aplicações de detecção remota na gestão dos recursos naturais
Floresta e Agricultur
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
561,924
19,935
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Guillermo Amo De Paz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,483
491
0.331
Lichenology
Mycology
Evolutionary Biology
Biogeograph
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
612,844
21,441
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Burkay Uzlu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,282
1,117
0.871
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
625,511
21,821
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ulrich Plachetka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,238
284
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
650,793
22,592
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
José Muñoz Rojas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,153
974
0.845
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
661,715
22,905
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sabina Valente
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,118
1,067
0.954
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
664,871
23,013
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Carlos Ribeiro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,109
380
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
673,983
23,287
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Carla Marisa Reis Varanda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,081
844
0.781
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
686,696
23,689
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
José Verdasca
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,044
622
0.596
Organização e Administração Educacional
Políticas Educativa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
684,159
23,613
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Leonor Vacas De Carvalho
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,051
788
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
703,102
24,168
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Paulo Canhoto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
997
807
0.809
Fluid mechanics
Heat and mass transfer
Energy
Renewable Energy
Solar Energ
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
709,035
24,347
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Madalena Melo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
981
468
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
697,884
24,013
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Maria Raquel Ventura Lucas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,012
556
0.549
Marketing
Behaviour Studies
Agribusiness & Sustainability
Food Value Chain
Food Safet
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
717,735
24,583
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jacinto Vidigal Da Silva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
958
523
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
724,956
24,785
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Cristina Gama
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
939
522
0.556
Geologia.Sedimentologia.Estratigrafia.Análise de proveniência
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
709,966
24,369
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jorge Ms Faria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
978
792
0.810
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
729,527
24,942
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Catarina Sofia Pereira Mateus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
927
497
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
730,738
24,980
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Elisa Chaleta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
924
479
0.518
Psicologia
Educação
Ensino Superior
Aprendizagem
Cogniçã
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
741,321
25,273
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Teresa Ferreira
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
897
447
0.498
material science
material characterisation
spectroscopy
chemistry applied to cultural heritag
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
744,021
25,368
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Stephan Suckow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
890
601
0.675
Photonics
Graphene
Optoelectronics
Simulatio