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
Drug discovery
Medicinal chemistry
Organic chemistry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,388
1,042
0.163
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Pharmacology Anti-tumor therapeutics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,151
1,714
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,048
1,822
0.598
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Pharmaceutics
Formulation
Drug Delivery
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,931
1,142
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,687
966
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
mRNA Therapeutics
Biomedical Engineering
Synthetic Biology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,635
2,231
0.847
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Computational Chemist
CADD
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,523
1,525
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Autoimmunity
Inflammation
Immunology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,435
1,452
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
hematology
cord blood
hemoglobinopathies
blood transfusion
myeloid biology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,370
429
0.181
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Drug Delivery
Molecular Imaging
Material Science
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,307
1,503
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Cancer Therapy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,237
996
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Clinical Pharmacology
Pharmacokinetics
Pharmacodynamics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,887
888
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Machine Learning
Regulatory
Clinical Pharmacology
Statisitics
Immunology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,809
1,430
0.790
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,625
353
0.217
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Clinical Development
Multistage Design
Treatment Switching
Biomarker Evaluation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,313
814
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Onco-Hematology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,178
696
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
DMPK
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
943
514
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Cancer Genomics
Mutational Signatures
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
901
828
0.919
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Oncology and hematology
clinical trials
Bayesian
biomarker
Pediatric trials
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
880
488
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Biomaterials
Pharmaceutics
Nanomedicine
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
858
509
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Pharmacology
Immuno-oncology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
823
804
0.977
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Clinical Pharmacology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
781
365
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
751
639
0.851
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
724
598
0.826
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Biopharmaceutical process development
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
547
291
0.532
Steven D. Young
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,388
1,042
0.163
Drug discovery
Medicinal chemistry
Organic chemistry
Xiaomin Song
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,151
1,714
0.544
Pharmacology Anti-tumor therapeutics
Nageshwar Budha
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,048
1,822
0.598
Deliang Zhou
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,931
1,142
0.390
Pharmaceutics
Formulation
Drug Delivery
Cynthia M. Shafer
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,687
966
0.360
Duo Ma
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,635
2,231
0.847
mRNA Therapeutics
Biomedical Engineering
Synthetic Biology
Kai Zhu
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,523
1,525
0.604
Zhenyuan Zhou
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,435
1,452
0.596
William F Reed
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,370
429
0.181
hematology
cord blood
hemoglobinopathies
blood transfusion
myeloid biology
Yiming Zhao
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,307
1,503
0.651
Ling Xue
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,237
996
0.445
Tian Yu
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,887
888
0.471
Clinical Pharmacology
Pharmacokinetics
Pharmacodynamics
Chao Liu
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,809
1,430
0.790
Machine Learning
Regulatory
Clinical Pharmacology
Statisitics
Immunology
Jing Song
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,625
353
0.217
Chengqing (Alan) Wu
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,313
814
0.620
Clinical Development
Multistage Design
Treatment Switching
Biomarker Evaluation
Pierre Fustier
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,178
696
0.591
Wang Fan
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
943
514
0.545
Mo Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
901
828
0.919
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Cancer Genomics
Mutational Signatures
Jingjing Ye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
880
488
0.555
Oncology and hematology
clinical trials
Bayesian
biomarker
Pediatric trials
Yusuf Kemal Demir
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
858
509
0.593
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Biomaterials
Pharmaceutics
Nanomedicine
Rui Liu
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
823
804
0.977
Pharmacology
Immuno-oncology
Ahsan Rizwan
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
781
365
0.467
Jianfeng Xu
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
751
639
0.851
Yiren Xiao
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
724
598
0.826
Biopharmaceutical process development