Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 179 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
Cosmic Ray Physic
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,043
9,489
0.202
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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
17,959
4,854
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Medical AI
Medical Image Evaluation
Analysis
Processing & Recognitio
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,828
6,521
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
physics
materials scienc
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,724
5,958
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Urology
UTI
ST
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,661
2,883
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Microbiology
Fermented food
Radiation biology
Environmental biology
Nanotechnolog
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,237
3,041
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Diabetes
Obesity
Metabolism
Nutrition
Endocrinolog
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,152
4,814
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Solar cells
Photovoltaics
Ellipsometry
Optical characterizatio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,088
4,209
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,070
3,246
0.269
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Medical Imagin
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,920
4,559
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
cell biolog
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,748
2,013
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Medicinal chemistry
Organic chemistry
Chemical biolog
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,669
3,288
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,523
3,699
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
plant physiolog
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,605
3,442
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,340
4,889
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Cell Membrane Biology
Single Molecule Imagin
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,319
2,656
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,290
3,205
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Biotechnology
Plant Physiology
Plant Nutritio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,733
3,385
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Vitreoretinal surgery
Retinal diseas
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,341
2,142
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Supramolecular NanoBio Material
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,815
1,730
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
skin science
medical chemistry
beauty & health scienc
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,461
1,932
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Plant Genomics
Transcriptional Regulation
Chloroplast
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,179
2,213
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Biochemistry
Biology
Analytical chemistr
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,069
2,558
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Structural Biolog
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,055
1,397
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Biochemistry
Enzymology
Structural Biolog
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,963
883
0.148
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,819
138
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Shigeki Tasaka
Gifu University
Gifu, Japan
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,043
9,489
0.202
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,166
784
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Hideaki Hara
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,959
4,854
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,409
950
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Hiroshi Fujita
Gifu University
Gifu, Japan
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,828
6,521
0.412
Medical AI
Medical Image Evaluation
Analysis
Processing & Recognitio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,309
1,060
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Masato Aoki
Gifu University
Gifu, Japan
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,724
5,958
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,030
1,338
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Takashi Deguchi
Gifu University
Gifu, Japan
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,661
2,883
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,356
1,425
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Hitoshi Iwahashi
Gifu University
Gifu, Japan
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,237
3,041
0.249
Microbiology
Fermented food
Radiation biology
Environmental biology
Nanotechnolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,104
1,439
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Daisuke Yabe
Gifu University
Gifu, Japan
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,152
4,814
0.396
Diabetes
Obesity
Metabolism
Nutrition
Endocrinolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,609
1,445
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Hiroyuki Fujiwara
Gifu University
Gifu, Japan
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,088
4,209
0.348
Solar cells
Photovoltaics
Ellipsometry
Optical characterizatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,777
1,451
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Toshihiro Suzuki
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,070
3,246
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,086
1,483
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Takeshi Hara
Gifu University
Gifu, Japan
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,920
4,559
0.382
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,236
1,708
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Osamu Kozawa
Gifu University
Gifu, Japan
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,748
2,013
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,692
1,974
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Hideko Nagasawa
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,669
3,288
0.340
Medicinal chemistry
Organic chemistry
Chemical biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,631
2,013
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mamoru Koketsu
Gifu University
Gifu, Japan
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,523
3,699
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
123,947
2,304
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Yuriko Kobayashi
Gifu University
Gifu, Japan
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,605
3,442
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,342
2,409
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Kazutaka Ohi
Gifu University
Gifu, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,340
4,889
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,712
2,416
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Kenichi Gn Suzuki
Gifu University
Gifu, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,319
2,656
0.319
Cell Membrane Biology
Single Molecule Imagin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,206
2,426
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Takayoshi Shimohata
Gifu University
Gifu, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,290
3,205
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
139,416
2,666
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Hiroyuki Koyama
Gifu University
Gifu, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,733
3,385
0.438
Biotechnology
Plant Physiology
Plant Nutritio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
147,400
2,824
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Hirokazu Sakaguchi|坂口裕和
Gifu University
Gifu, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,341
2,142
0.292
Vitreoretinal surgery
Retinal diseas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
159,242
3,081
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Masato Ikeda
Gifu University
Gifu, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,815
1,730
0.254
Supramolecular NanoBio Material
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
168,346
3,267
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Shintaro Inoue
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,461
1,932
0.299
skin science
medical chemistry
beauty & health scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
176,107
3,448
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Yoshiharu Y Yamamoto
Gifu University
Gifu, Japan
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,179
2,213
0.358
Plant Genomics
Transcriptional Regulation
Chloroplast
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
179,314
3,518
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Yuki Ogasawara|Ogasawara Y
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,069
2,558
0.421
Biochemistry
Biology
Analytical chemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
179,785
3,537
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Tomoko Kubori
Gifu University
Gifu, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,055
1,397
0.231
Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Structural Biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
182,574
3,601
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Fumiaki Suzuki
Gifu University
Gifu, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,963
883
0.148
Biochemistry
Enzymology
Structural Biolog