Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Australian National University Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
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
Ecological Economics
Landscape Ecology
Ecosystem Services
Environmental Science
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165,701
62,474
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
nonlinear waves
photonics
metamaterials
nonlinear optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,189
57,734
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Physics
Optics
Interferometry
Space Debris
Gravitational Waves
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,306
87,487
0.721
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,852
81,091
0.694
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
general relativity
gravitational waves
cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,647
82,206
0.711
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
plant biology
global and climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,960
28,225
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
opto-mechanics
gravity
optical metrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,265
81,458
0.726
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Conservation Biology
Ecology
Forest Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,987
40,738
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
optics
gravitational waves
LISA
LIGO
GRACE
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,506
68,928
0.729
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Gravitational wave detection
quantum optics
atomic physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,983
71,127
0.808
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
control systems
signal processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,515
17,072
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Quantum Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,673
68,635
0.840
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Space Instrumentation
Physics
Gravitational Wave Detection
LIGO
Quantum Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,097
54,410
0.697
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Computer Vision
optimization
forensic imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,660
19,798
0.265
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Optics
Precision Instruments
Sensing
Volumetric imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,613
52,064
0.698
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Astronomy
physics
cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,790
21,087
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
molecular evolution
population genetics
bioinformatics
comparative genomics
evolutionary genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,800
43,310
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Evolutionary biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,185
18,938
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
galaxies
Milky Way
globular clusters
dark matter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,764
17,055
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,330
35,970
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,207
48,897
0.774
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
climate
change
variability
agriculture
biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,467
34,213
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
criminology
restorative justice
peace
regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,749
15,435
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Bioinformatics
Molecular Evolution
Phylogenetics
Phylogenomics
High Performance Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,542
53,955
0.938
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Linguistics
Semantics
Anthropology
Cognitive Science
Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,930
15,247
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,119
28
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Robert Costanza
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165,701
62,474
0.377
Ecological Economics
Landscape Ecology
Ecosystem Services
Environmental Science
Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,959
56
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Yuri S Kivshar
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,189
57,734
0.465
nonlinear waves
photonics
metamaterials
nonlinear optics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,027
60
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Robert L Ward
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,306
87,487
0.721
Physics
Optics
Interferometry
Space Debris
Gravitational Waves
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,185
70
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
David E McClelland
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,852
81,091
0.694
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,236
73
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Susan M Scott
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,647
82,206
0.711
general relativity
gravitational waves
cosmology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,334
78
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
GD Farquhar
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,960
28,225
0.250
plant biology
global and climate change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,362
80
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Bram JJ Slagmolen
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,265
81,458
0.726
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,095
113
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
David Lindenmayer
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,987
40,738
0.416
Conservation Biology
Ecology
Forest Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,343
128
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Daniel Shaddock
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,506
68,928
0.729
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,807
145
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Paul Altin
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,983
71,127
0.808
Gravitational wave detection
quantum optics
atomic physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,220
163
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Brian Anderson
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,515
17,072
0.207
control systems
signal processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,300
168
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Terry Mcrae
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,673
68,635
0.840
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,655
185
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Andrew Wade
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,097
54,410
0.697
Space Instrumentation
Physics
Gravitational Wave Detection
LIGO
Quantum Optics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,056
203
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Richard Hartley
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,660
19,798
0.265
Computer Vision
optimization
forensic imaging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,062
204
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jong H Chow
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,613
52,064
0.698
Optics
Precision Instruments
Sensing
Volumetric imaging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,759
227
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Brian Schmidt
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,790
21,087
0.307
Astronomy
physics
cosmology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,045
233
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Gavin Huttley
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,800
43,310
0.648
molecular evolution
population genetics
bioinformatics
comparative genomics
evolutionary genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,135
239
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Craig Moritz
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,185
18,938
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,196
242
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
KC Freeman
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,764
17,055
0.259
galaxies
Milky Way
globular clusters
dark matter
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,263
246
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Bianca Calabria
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,330
35,970
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,601
256
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Min Jet Yap
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,207
48,897
0.774
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,743
260
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Stuart Mark Howden
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,467
34,213
0.548
climate
change
variability
agriculture
biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,878
265
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
John Braithwaite
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,749
15,435
0.250
criminology
restorative justice
peace
regulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,670
285
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Bui Quang Minh
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,542
53,955
0.938
Bioinformatics
Molecular Evolution
Phylogenetics
Phylogenomics
High Performance Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,800
295
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Anna Wierzbicka
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,930
15,247
0.268
Linguistics
Semantics
Anthropology
Cognitive Science
Psychology