Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 80 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the 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
129,693
50,654
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Particle physics
Instrumentation
detectors
trigger board
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,939
69,005
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
phyiscs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,018
5,050
0.144
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Radiation biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,853
11,658
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,812
2,210
0.149
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,604
4,153
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,096
2,950
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Astrophysik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,189
3,415
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,303
1,386
0.167
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Heavy ion-track technology
nanoscience
nanowires
electrodeposition
thermoelectrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,777
3,167
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Neutron Star Mergers
Supernovae
Radiative Transfer
Cosmology
Stellar Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,539
5,384
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Optics and Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,081
2,360
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Lasers
Laser Plasma Physics
Laser Acceleration
Laser Nuclear Physics
Ultra-High Fields
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,971
1,227
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Quantum Many-Body Systems
Nuclear Theory
Statistical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,365
864
0.136
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Radiative transfer
scientific computing
supernovae
kilonovae
stellar evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,130
4,227
0.690
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Track-etched polymer membranes
conical nanopores
nanofluidic ion channels
(bio)molecular sensors
Surface functionalisation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,120
2,439
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Quantum Chemistry
Theoretical Chemistry
f-Elements
Light-Matter Interaction
Quantum Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,076
3,782
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,288
2,314
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,838
2,066
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Experimental nuclear and atomic physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,399
688
0.156
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Physik - Inertialfusion - Teilchenbeschleuniger - Laser-Beschleunigung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,186
761
0.182
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,648
2,346
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
theoretical atomic physics
quantum electrodynamics
nuclear and electronic dynamics
multi-photon and non-linear processes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,596
1,627
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
neutron star mergers
gamma-ray bursts
r-process nucleosynthesis
core-collapse supernovae
neutrino transport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,228
2,308
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Nuclear Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,875
634
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,948
54
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Yuri B. Ivanov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,693
50,654
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,684
81
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Elena Rocco
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,939
69,005
0.628
Particle physics
Instrumentation
detectors
trigger board
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,124
794
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Gottfried Münzenberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,018
5,050
0.144
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,612
1,325
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Marco Durante
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,853
11,658
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,271
2,734
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Christophor Kozhuharov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,812
2,210
0.149
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,515
3,372
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Elena Bratkovskaya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,604
4,153
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,441
3,534
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Yvonne Leifels
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,096
2,950
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,416
3,873
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
M. Heil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,189
3,415
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
124,332
5,336
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
L Chulkov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,303
1,386
0.167
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
133,629
5,690
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Maria Eugenia Toimil-Molares
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,777
3,167
0.407
Heavy ion-track technology
nanoscience
nanowires
electrodeposition
thermoelectrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
138,206
5,866
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Andreas Flörs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,539
5,384
0.714
Neutron Star Mergers
Supernovae
Radiative Transfer
Cosmology
Stellar Evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
147,726
6,267
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jan Rothhardt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,081
2,360
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,124
6,352
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Thomas Kuehl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,971
1,227
0.176
Lasers
Laser Plasma Physics
Laser Acceleration
Laser Nuclear Physics
Ultra-High Fields
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
165,030
6,945
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Hans Feldmeier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,365
864
0.136
Quantum Many-Body Systems
Nuclear Theory
Statistical Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
171,295
7,185
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Luke J Shingles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,130
4,227
0.690
Radiative transfer
scientific computing
supernovae
kilonovae
stellar evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
171,600
7,195
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mubarak Ali
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,120
2,439
0.399
Track-etched polymer membranes
conical nanopores
nanofluidic ion channels
(bio)molecular sensors
Surface functionalisation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
172,863
7,243
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Stefan Knecht
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,076
3,782
0.622
Quantum Chemistry
Theoretical Chemistry
f-Elements
Light-Matter Interaction
Quantum Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
198,198
8,146
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Khuyagbaatar Jadambaa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,288
2,314
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
216,074
8,785
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Vincent Bagnoud
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,838
2,066
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
236,121
9,471
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Alexander Herlert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,399
688
0.156
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
247,217
9,875
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ingo Hofmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,186
761
0.182
Physik - Inertialfusion - Teilchenbeschleuniger - Laser-Beschleunigung
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
279,229
10,963
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Daniel Seipt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,648
2,346
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
282,723
11,093
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Andrey V. Volotka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,596
1,627
0.452
theoretical atomic physics
quantum electrodynamics
nuclear and electronic dynamics
multi-photon and non-linear processes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
309,752
11,982
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Oliver Just
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,228
2,308
0.715
neutron star mergers
gamma-ray bursts
r-process nucleosynthesis
core-collapse supernovae
neutrino transport
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
340,794
13,021
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
M. Valentina Ricciardi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,875
634
0.221