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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 36 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
Natural/biomedical science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,863
9,200
0.220
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
chemokines
integrins
Toll like receptors
inflammatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,687
2,839
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
AML
MDS
MPN
Drug Development
Cell Therap
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,120
4,046
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Economics
Health Policy
Healthcar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,836
1,779
0.181
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Neuroscience
Psychiatry
Autoimmune
GPC
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,042
2,760
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Pharmacokinetics
Clinical Pharmacology
Modeling and Simulation
Communicatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,604
2,060
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Induced Proximity
Cellular Imagin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,637
1,338
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Biostatistics
Oncology
Clinical Trial
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,570
1,375
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Immunology
Oncolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,230
650
0.154
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
gene
cell therap
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,898
639
0.164
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Therapeutics
Drug Discovery
Biotechnolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,374
993
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Protein Engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,238
1,344
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Cell Therapy
Analytical Development
Immunology
Single-cell Transcriptomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,192
1,437
0.656
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Neuroscienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,194
535
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,127
718
0.637
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Drug Development and Management
Toxicology
Pharmacolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
940
815
0.867
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
structure based drug design
fragment based drug design
chemoinformatics
machine learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
912
488
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Neuroscienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
812
386
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
760
522
0.687
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
755
268
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Regenerative Medicine
Neuroscience
Ophthalmolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
679
470
0.692
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Pain
Substance abuse
Neuroscienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
643
152
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Medical Affair
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
622
537
0.863
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
566
393
0.694
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Extracellular Vesicles
Molecular Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
551
239
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,375
174
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Robert Lanza
Astellas Pharma Inc
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,863
9,200
0.220
Natural/biomedical science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,498
1,530
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Shalley Gupta
Astellas Pharma Inc
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,687
2,839
0.243
chemokines
integrins
Toll like receptors
inflammatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,817
1,630
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ramon Tiu
Astellas Pharma Inc
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,120
4,046
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106,984
1,941
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Thomas Abbott
Astellas Pharma Inc
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,836
1,779
0.181
Economics
Health Policy
Healthcar
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,739
2,154
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Mitsuyuki Mickey" Matsumoto"
Astellas Pharma Inc
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,042
2,760
0.305
Neuroscience
Psychiatry
Autoimmune
GPC
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
165,217
3,186
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Peter Bonate
Astellas Pharma Inc
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,604
2,060
0.312
Pharmacokinetics
Clinical Pharmacology
Modeling and Simulation
Communicatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
233,615
4,684
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Daniel J Hoeppner
Astellas Pharma Inc
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,637
1,338
0.289
Induced Proximity
Cellular Imagin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
236,815
4,748
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Alan Rong
Astellas Pharma Inc
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,570
1,375
0.301
Biostatistics
Oncology
Clinical Trial
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
254,293
5,099
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Gary Starling
Astellas Pharma Inc
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,230
650
0.154
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
273,570
5,491
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Teruhiko Shimokawa
Astellas Pharma Inc
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,898
639
0.164
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
409,423
8,317
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Hikaru Saito
Astellas Pharma Inc
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,374
993
0.418
Therapeutics
Drug Discovery
Biotechnolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
427,636
8,666
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Matthew Ling-Hon Chu
Astellas Pharma Inc
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,238
1,344
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
434,123
8,780
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Richa Hanamsagar
Astellas Pharma Inc
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,192
1,437
0.656
Cell Therapy
Analytical Development
Immunology
Single-cell Transcriptomic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
641,498
12,600
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Katsunori Tajinda
Astellas Pharma Inc
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,194
535
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
661,947
12,908
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Tatsuya Kawase
Astellas Pharma Inc
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,127
718
0.637
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
727,438
13,969
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Yongik Lee
Astellas Pharma Inc
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
940
815
0.867
Drug Development and Management
Toxicology
Pharmacolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
738,489
14,168
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Kenichi Mori
Astellas Pharma Inc
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
912
488
0.535
structure based drug design
fragment based drug design
chemoinformatics
machine learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
779,631
14,868
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Karen L Smith Watts
Astellas Pharma Inc
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
812
386
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
802,788
15,236
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Kiyomitsu Katsumata
Astellas Pharma Inc
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
760
522
0.687
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
805,264
15,281
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Shinya Mimasu
Astellas Pharma Inc
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
755
268
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
842,040
15,880
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Dang Q Dao
Astellas Pharma Inc
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
679
470
0.692
Regenerative Medicine
Neuroscience
Ophthalmolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
861,314
16,188
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Tohru Ozawa
Astellas Pharma Inc
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
643
152
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
872,489
16,341
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Budiwan Sumarsono
Astellas Pharma Inc
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
622
537
0.863
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
906,969
16,877
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Pooja Manchandani
Astellas Pharma Inc
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
566
393
0.694
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
917,721
17,014
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Brittany Mihelich
Astellas Pharma Inc
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
551
239
0.434
Extracellular Vesicles
Molecular Biolog