Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Cardiff 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
physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,295
84,498
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Medicine
genetics
neuroscience
biochemistry
psychiatry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,858
63,104
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Gravitational waves and cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,688
86,655
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Physik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,887
83,772
0.676
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Gravitational Physics
Gravitational Waves
Black Holes
Neutron Stars
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,073
80,522
0.694
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Human molecular genetics and genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,325
43,509
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Soft Condensed Matter
Density Functional Theory
Gravitational Waves
LIGO
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,747
59,486
0.765
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Geology
geochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,659
24,464
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,038
26,402
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Organisational Change and Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,876
30,589
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
genetics
bipolar disorder
psychosis
psychiatry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,698
24,886
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Postpartum Psychosis
Perinatal Psychiatry
Bipolar Disorder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,167
23,851
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Psychiatry
Schizophrenia
Cognition
Genetics
Pharmacogenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,120
34,070
0.739
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,312
10,904
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
MRI
Tissue Microstructure
Diffusion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,080
16,551
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Quality of life
Dermatology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,378
14,418
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Science studies
science and technology studies
expertise
sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,654
10,300
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
medical genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,020
12,988
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Conservation Biology
Molecular Ecology
Genomics
Genetics
Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,018
14,646
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,992
9,402
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
cancer
metastasis
invasion
angiogenesis
surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,173
11,969
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Wounds
wound healing
wound infection
clinical innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,458
11,149
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
THz technology
astronomy Instrumentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,401
16,306
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,889
5,502
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Astrophysics
Cosmology
Terahertz technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,831
5,473
0.197
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,543
123
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Patrick Sutton
Cardiff University
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,295
84,498
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,574
128
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Michael O'Donovan
Cardiff University
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,858
63,104
0.454
Medicine
genetics
neuroscience
biochemistry
psychiatry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,859
149
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Bangalore Sathyaprakash
Cardiff University
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,688
86,655
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,966
159
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Hartmut Grote
Cardiff University
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,887
83,772
0.676
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,212
177
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Stephen Fairhurst
Cardiff University
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,073
80,522
0.694
Gravitational Physics
Gravitational Waves
Black Holes
Neutron Stars
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,402
187
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
David N. Cooper
Cardiff University
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,325
43,509
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,691
382
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Paul Hopkins
Cardiff University
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,747
59,486
0.765
Soft Condensed Matter
Density Functional Theory
Gravitational Waves
LIGO
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,831
399
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Julian A. Pearce
Cardiff University
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,659
24,464
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,356
443
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Graham J. Hutchings
Cardiff University
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,038
26,402
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,896
497
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Alma Harris
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,876
30,589
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,355
544
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Nick Craddock
Cardiff University
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,698
24,886
0.385
genetics
bipolar disorder
psychosis
psychiatry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,510
743
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ian Jones
Cardiff University
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,167
23,851
0.440
Postpartum Psychosis
Perinatal Psychiatry
Bipolar Disorder
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,936
957
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
James Walters
Cardiff University
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,120
34,070
0.739
Psychiatry
Schizophrenia
Cognition
Genetics
Pharmacogenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,668
1,019
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jp Aggleton
Cardiff University
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,312
10,904
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,758
1,027
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Derek K Jones
Cardiff University
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,080
16,551
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,558
1,099
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Andrew Finlay
Cardiff University
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,378
14,418
0.340
Quality of life
Dermatology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,557
1,271
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Collins Harry
Cardiff University
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,654
10,300
0.266
Science studies
science and technology studies
expertise
sociology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,965
1,307
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Julian Sampson
Cardiff University
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,020
12,988
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,966
1,308
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Michael W Bruford
Cardiff University
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,018
14,646
0.385
Conservation Biology
Molecular Ecology
Genomics
Genetics
Evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,985
1,309
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Robert E Mansel
Cardiff University
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,992
9,402
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,175
1,411
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Wen G Jiang
Cardiff University
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,173
11,969
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,079
1,781
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Keith Harding
Cardiff University
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,458
11,149
0.354
Wounds
wound healing
wound infection
clinical innovation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,176
1,880
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Carole Tucker
Cardiff University
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,401
16,306
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,011
2,026
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Alan R Clarke
Cardiff University
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,889
5,502
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,364
2,136
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
WK Gear
Cardiff University
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,831
5,473
0.197
Astrophysics
Cosmology
Terahertz technology