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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 575 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
Gravitational waves
fused silica
mechanical dissipation
nanophotonic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,220
50,578
0.537
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Phenomenology
Relatedness
Distress
Empathy
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,452
26,117
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Bioenerg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,842
14,003
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
International HR
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,191
15,401
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
AI
Data Science
Internet of Things (IoT)
Cybersecurity
information systems / managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,134
21,611
0.768
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
optometry
contact lenses
intraocular lenses
low vision
accommodatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,374
16,813
0.614
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Forensic Linguistic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,911
4,851
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Nonlinear science
solitons
optical communications
fiber lasers
nonlinear photonic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,674
9,332
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Photonics
Fibre Optics
Optical Fibre Gratings
Fibre Lasers
Fibre Sensor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,786
6,586
0.317
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Servitization
product service system
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,600
10,024
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Supply chain management
Project managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,298
10,521
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Botany
Plant ecology
Lichens
Lichenometry
Astrobiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,820
8,481
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Knowledge Management
Analytics
Artificial Intelligence
Decision Support
Business Processe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,522
14,917
0.805
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
apoptotic cell clearance
innate immunity
macrophages
extracellular vesicle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,336
13,634
0.786
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Renewable Energy Systems
Fuel cells and electrolyse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,670
15,913
0.955
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Data Envelopment Analysis
Performance Management
Health Services
Regulation
Efficiency Analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,218
3,963
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Optical Communications
Photonic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,513
3,165
0.218
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Optical sensing and device
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,023
2,931
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Small firms
employment relations
work
ethnic minority business
migrant
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,790
4,062
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
optical comm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,896
1,948
0.151
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Transglutaminase 2
fibrosis
cancer
biomaterial
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,764
2,281
0.179
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
linguistics
language contact
language documentation
dialectology
typolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,505
4,747
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Software engineering
requirements engineering
knowledge elicitation
self-adaptive systems
digital healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,225
1,835
0.163
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Optical communications
ad-hoc networks
nonlinear optic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,069
1,243
0.112
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Psychology
Behavioural Sciences
Neuropsycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,948
2,568
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,795
312
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
KV Tokmakov
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,220
50,578
0.537
Gravitational waves
fused silica
mechanical dissipation
nanophotonic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,302
990
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Michael Larkin
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,452
26,117
0.539
Phenomenology
Relatedness
Distress
Empathy
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,842
1,141
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
AV Bridgwater
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,842
14,003
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,720
2,011
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Pawan Budhwar
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,191
15,401
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,571
2,317
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Victor Chang
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,134
21,611
0.768
AI
Data Science
Internet of Things (IoT)
Cybersecurity
information systems / managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,716
2,419
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
James Wolffsohn
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,374
16,813
0.614
optometry
contact lenses
intraocular lenses
low vision
accommodatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,086
2,634
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Malcolm Coulthard
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,911
4,851
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,282
2,839
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sergei Turitsyn
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,674
9,332
0.378
Nonlinear science
solitons
optical communications
fiber lasers
nonlinear photonic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,224
3,591
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Lin Zhang
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,786
6,586
0.317
Photonics
Fibre Optics
Optical Fibre Gratings
Fibre Lasers
Fibre Sensor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,627
3,898
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Tim Baines
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,600
10,024
0.511
Servitization
product service system
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,554
3,972
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Prasanta Kumar Dey
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,298
10,521
0.545
Supply chain management
Project managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,182
4,117
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Richard A. Armstrong
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,820
8,481
0.451
Botany
Plant ecology
Lichens
Lichenometry
Astrobiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,234
4,205
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
John S. Edwards
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,522
14,917
0.805
Knowledge Management
Analytics
Artificial Intelligence
Decision Support
Business Processe
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,722
4,568
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Andrew Devitt
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,336
13,634
0.786
apoptotic cell clearance
innate immunity
macrophages
extracellular vesicle
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,608
4,797
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Tabbi Wilberforce Awotwe
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,670
15,913
0.955
Renewable Energy Systems
Fuel cells and electrolyse
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,593
4,955
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Emmanuel Thanassoulis
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,218
3,963
0.244
Data Envelopment Analysis
Performance Management
Health Services
Regulation
Efficiency Analysi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,768
5,741
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Andrew Ellis
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,513
3,165
0.218
Optical Communications
Photonic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,830
5,994
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
David Webb
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,023
2,931
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,299
6,113
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Monder Ram
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,790
4,062
0.295
Small firms
employment relations
work
ethnic minority business
migrant
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,468
6,628
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nick Doran
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,896
1,948
0.151
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,437
6,719
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Martin Griffin
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,764
2,281
0.179
Transglutaminase 2
fibrosis
cancer
biomaterial
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,320
6,853
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Yaron Matras
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,505
4,747
0.380
linguistics
language contact
language documentation
dialectology
typolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,629
7,696
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Pete Sawyer
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,225
1,835
0.163
Software engineering
requirements engineering
knowledge elicitation
self-adaptive systems
digital healt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,210
7,822
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Keith Blow
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,069
1,243
0.112
Optical communications
ad-hoc networks
nonlinear optic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,373
7,899
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Carl Senior
Aston University
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,948
2,568
0.235
Psychology
Behavioural Sciences
Neuropsycholog