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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 312 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
Particle Physic
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
284,622
110,005
0.386
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,377
19,482
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Neocortex
electrophysiology
gene expresssio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,666
10,102
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
medical sociolog
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,676
7,795
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Computational Linguistics
Artificial Intelligence
Linguistics
Semantics
Lexico
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,383
7,479
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,235
12,677
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Neuroscienc
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,167
9,165
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Solid-state NMR of Organic Materials
Semicrystalline Polymers
Chemical Energy
Thermodynamics
Simulation of Scattering Curve
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,060
7,263
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
pattern formation
chemical dynamic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,818
5,158
0.185
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
agent-based economics
financial time series
asset pricin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,534
5,661
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Psychoneuroimmunology
Health Psychology
Psychoneuroendocrinology
Stress
Biological Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,018
9,129
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Perception
memory
neuro imaging
attentio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,312
2,839
0.140
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Life
Robotics
Evolution
Machine Learnin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,151
2,193
0.115
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Solid-State NMR
Reactive Force Fields
Macromolecular Crowding
Active Learning in Chemistry
Responsible Determinis
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,151
2,642
0.154
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
biophysic
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,017
1,896
0.111
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Antibacterial drug discovery
microbial genetic
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,351
8,766
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
coordination
relational coordination
organizational performance
organizational chang
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,218
6,613
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
sexual coercive behavior
psychopathy
bullying
antisocial personality disorder
sadis
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,212
3,113
0.205
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Mechanisms of macromolecular machines
Single-molecule biophysics and biochemistr
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,434
3,096
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
computational linguistics
natural language processing
Chinese language processin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,530
4,702
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,073
4,252
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,988
3,428
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Labor economics
workplace regulation
employment relationships
fissured workplac
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,583
3,559
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
labor economic
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,329
1,265
0.122
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
statistical mechanics
simulations
self-assembly
virus assembl
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,021
4,917
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
307
128
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Gabriella Sciolla
Brandeis University
Waltham, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
284,622
110,005
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,660
6,852
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Shahab Khatibzadeh
Brandeis University
Waltham, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,377
19,482
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,005
7,937
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Sacha Nelson
Brandeis University
Waltham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,666
10,102
0.268
Neocortex
electrophysiology
gene expresssio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,184
9,719
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Peter Conrad
Brandeis University
Waltham, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,676
7,795
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,506
9,862
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
James Pustejovsky
Brandeis University
Waltham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,383
7,479
0.231
Computational Linguistics
Artificial Intelligence
Linguistics
Semantics
Lexico
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,668
9,940
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Margie Lachman
Brandeis University
Waltham, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,235
12,677
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,749
9,971
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Gina Turrigiano
Brandeis University
Waltham, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,167
9,165
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,743
12,169
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Klaus Schmidt Rohr
Brandeis University
Waltham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,060
7,263
0.259
Solid-state NMR of Organic Materials
Semicrystalline Polymers
Chemical Energy
Thermodynamics
Simulation of Scattering Curve
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,092
12,327
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Irving R Epstein
Brandeis University
Waltham, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,818
5,158
0.185
pattern formation
chemical dynamic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,538
12,512
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Blake Lebaron
Brandeis University
Waltham, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,534
5,661
0.206
agent-based economics
financial time series
asset pricin
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,703
15,910
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Nicolas Rohleder
Brandeis University
Waltham, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,018
9,129
0.397
Psychoneuroimmunology
Health Psychology
Psychoneuroendocrinology
Stress
Biological Psycholog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,623
18,619
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Robert Sekuler
Brandeis University
Waltham, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,312
2,839
0.140
Perception
memory
neuro imaging
attentio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,134
19,990
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jordan Pollack
Brandeis University
Waltham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,151
2,193
0.115
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Life
Robotics
Evolution
Machine Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,575
22,894
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Judith Herzfeld
Brandeis University
Waltham, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,151
2,642
0.154
Solid-State NMR
Reactive Force Fields
Macromolecular Crowding
Active Learning in Chemistry
Responsible Determinis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,125
23,099
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
David Derosier
Brandeis University
Waltham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,017
1,896
0.111
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,131
24,263
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Lynn L Silver
Brandeis University
Waltham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,351
8,766
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,705
24,485
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jody Hoffer Gittell
Brandeis University
Waltham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,218
6,613
0.408
coordination
relational coordination
organizational performance
organizational chang
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,891
26,451
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Raymond Knight
Brandeis University
Waltham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,212
3,113
0.205
sexual coercive behavior
psychopathy
bullying
antisocial personality disorder
sadis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,800
30,425
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jeff Gelles
Brandeis University
Waltham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,434
3,096
0.230
Mechanisms of macromolecular machines
Single-molecule biophysics and biochemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,985
35,896
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nianwen Xue
Brandeis University
Waltham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,530
4,702
0.408
computational linguistics
natural language processing
Chinese language processin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,351
37,381
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Dolores Acevedo Garcia
Brandeis University
Waltham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,073
4,252
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,172
37,673
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Seth Fraden
Brandeis University
Waltham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,988
3,428
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,360
39,098
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
David Weil
Brandeis University
Waltham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,583
3,559
0.336
Labor economics
workplace regulation
employment relationships
fissured workplac
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
101,127
40,037
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Lisa M Lynch
Brandeis University
Waltham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,329
1,265
0.122
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,774
41,332
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Michael Hagan
Brandeis University
Waltham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,021
4,917
0.491
statistical mechanics
simulations
self-assembly
virus assembl