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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 59 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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,328
7,068
0.461
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Particle and nuclear physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,523
4,347
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Nanotechnology
Semiconductors and devices
Renewable energy
Quantun Science and Materials
Materials Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,887
1,259
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
planetary scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,889
2,104
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Nanoscience
Materials chemistry
Catalysis
Renewable Energy
Electrochemistry and Nano-Forensic Chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,617
1,074
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Neuroscienc
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,402
2,934
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Theoretical particle and nuclear physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,800
924
0.193
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
non thermal plasma
cold plasma
chemistry
organic ion-exchanger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,478
1,053
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Mammary stem cells
mammary gland development
transgenics
animal science
medical imagin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,260
428
0.131
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
high energy
nuclear
particle physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,242
1,922
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
cardiovascular
zebrafish
developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,134
787
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Atmospheric Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,004
1,427
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Proton Therapy
Medical Physics
Experimental nuclear physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,282
1,087
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
biophysics
DEIB
Crystallography
biochemistry
protein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,199
795
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Neuro-oncology
Lung Cancer
Drug Development
Chemotherapy
Cell Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,994
995
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Fisheries
Ecophysiology
Conservation Biology
Behavio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,919
978
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,867
1,192
0.638
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Natural Language Processing
Information Retrieval
Data Mining
Secure Codin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,525
378
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Planetary Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,264
723
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Experimental Nuclear Physics Researc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,147
872
0.760
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Statistics
Research Methods
Criminolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,049
305
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
cance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
843
515
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
population genetics
marine mammal ecology
epigenetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
706
409
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Computational chemistry
catalysis
Computer Aided Drug and Material desig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
614
305
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Artificial Intelligence
Signal Processing
Machine/Deep Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
453
178
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,153
26,185
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Neelam Azad *
Hampton University
Hampton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,328
7,068
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
143,873
54,268
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Alberto Accardi
Hampton University
Hampton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,523
4,347
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
185,341
67,256
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Aswini Pradhan
Hampton University
Hampton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,887
1,259
0.214
Nanotechnology
Semiconductors and devices
Renewable energy
Quantun Science and Materials
Materials Physic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
185,253
67,230
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
William B Moore
Hampton University
Hampton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,889
2,104
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
194,016
69,891
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Peter N Njoki
Hampton University
Hampton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,617
1,074
0.191
Nanoscience
Materials chemistry
Catalysis
Renewable Energy
Electrochemistry and Nano-Forensic Chemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
201,593
72,136
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Diana L Castillo Carranza
Hampton University
Hampton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,402
2,934
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
225,864
79,281
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jose Goity
Hampton University
Hampton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,800
924
0.193
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
301,301
101,110
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Muhammad Arif Malik
Hampton University
Hampton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,478
1,053
0.303
non thermal plasma
cold plasma
chemistry
organic ion-exchanger
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
318,248
105,846
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Nicholas J Kenney
Hampton University
Hampton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,260
428
0.131
Mammary stem cells
mammary gland development
transgenics
animal science
medical imagin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
319,568
106,219
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ibrahim Albayrak
Hampton University
Hampton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,242
1,922
0.593
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
328,755
108,740
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
John Mably
Hampton University
Hampton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,134
787
0.251
cardiovascular
zebrafish
developmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
340,186
112,021
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
John Anderson
Hampton University
Hampton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,004
1,427
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
421,061
134,119
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Dasuni Adikaram
Hampton University
Hampton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,282
1,087
0.476
Proton Therapy
Medical Physics
Experimental nuclear physic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
432,579
137,297
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Oluwatoyin A Asojo
Hampton University
Hampton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,199
795
0.362
biophysics
DEIB
Crystallography
biochemistry
protein
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
463,837
145,730
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Juan Sebastian Yakisich
Hampton University
Hampton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,994
995
0.499
Neuro-oncology
Lung Cancer
Drug Development
Chemotherapy
Cell Biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
476,441
149,108
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Andrij Horodysky
Hampton University
Hampton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,919
978
0.510
Fisheries
Ecophysiology
Conservation Biology
Behavio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
485,513
151,463
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Eric Lewallen
Hampton University
Hampton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,867
1,192
0.638
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
554,371
169,489
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Chutima Boonthum Denecke
Hampton University
Hampton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,525
378
0.248
Natural Language Processing
Information Retrieval
Data Mining
Secure Codin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
620,157
186,347
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Kunio M Sayanagi
Hampton University
Hampton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,264
723
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
654,951
195,111
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Anusha Liyanage
Hampton University
Hampton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,147
872
0.760
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
687,443
203,041
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Zina Mcgee
Hampton University
Hampton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,049
305
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
765,822
221,428
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Luisel Ricks Santi
Hampton University
Hampton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
843
515
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
827,792
234,955
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Carolina Bonin
Hampton University
Hampton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
706
409
0.579
population genetics
marine mammal ecology
epigenetic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
876,609
245,141
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Vincent De Paul Nzuwah Nziko
Hampton University
Hampton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
614
305
0.497
Computational chemistry
catalysis
Computer Aided Drug and Material desig
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
998,513
266,939
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Janett Walters Williams
Hampton University
Hampton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
453
178
0.393
Artificial Intelligence
Signal Processing
Machine/Deep Learnin