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Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 21 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 Rankings

Rankings

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7,121
World Rank
Spain
138
Country Rank
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1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Medical and Health Sciences / Microbiology
microbiologia | enfermedades infecciosas | micosis | trasplante | infección nosocomia

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    65,045
  • Last 6 Years
    28,419
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.437
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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12,204
World Rank
Spain
208
Country Rank
Hospital Gregorio Marañón Logo
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Medical and Health Sciences / Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
psychiatry | child psychiatry | schizophrenia | psychosis | neurodevelopmental disorder

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    46,292
  • Last 6 Years
    29,756
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.643
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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88,510
World Rank
Spain
1,978
Country Rank
Hospital Gregorio Marañón Logo
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Medical and Health Sciences / Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
psychiatry | child psychiatry | schizophrenia | psychosi

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    11,596
  • Last 6 Years
    8,179
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.705
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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259,362
World Rank
Spain
7,556
Country Rank
Hospital Gregorio Marañón Logo
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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260,929
World Rank
Spain
7,601
Country Rank
Hospital Gregorio Marañón Logo
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
Cancer | immunology | cell biolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,122
  • Last 6 Years
    1,768
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.429
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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454,732
World Rank
Spain
14,113
Country Rank
Hospital Gregorio Marañón Logo
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Medical and Health Sciences / Cardiology
Biomedical Image | Bio-Óptica | Cardiology-Neurology | Optic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,059
  • Last 6 Years
    944
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.458
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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501,730
World Rank
Spain
15,704
Country Rank
Hospital Gregorio Marañón Logo
7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    1,786
  • Last 6 Years
    1,632
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.914
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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538,508
World Rank
Spain
16,932
Country Rank
Hospital Gregorio Marañón Logo
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    1,602
  • Last 6 Years
    817
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.510
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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736,296
World Rank
Spain
23,335
Country Rank
Hospital Gregorio Marañón Logo
9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Engineering & Technology / Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Molecular Imaging | Radiochemistry | Nanotechnology | Infectious Diseases | Extracellular vesicle

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    919
  • Last 6 Years
    626
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.681
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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772,778
World Rank
Spain
24,533
Country Rank
Hospital Gregorio Marañón Logo
10
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Others
Parental Brain | Neuroscience of Pregnancy | Women's healt

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    829
  • Last 6 Years
    812
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.979
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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844,192
World Rank
Spain
26,906
Country Rank
Hospital Gregorio Marañón Logo
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Others
Neuroimaging | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | MRI Processing | MRI Analysis | Diffusion-Weighted Imagin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    676
  • Last 6 Years
    472
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.698
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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879,676
World Rank
Spain
28,067
Country Rank
Hospital Gregorio Marañón Logo
12
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Social Sciences / Psychology
Psychobiology | Neuroscience | Brain | Neuroimagin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    611
  • Last 6 Years
    311
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.509
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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927,019
World Rank
Spain
29,764
Country Rank
Hospital Gregorio Marañón Logo
13
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Others
Biomedical imagin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    539
  • Last 6 Years
    466
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.865
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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983,594
World Rank
Spain
32,109
Country Rank
Hospital Gregorio Marañón Logo
14
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Others
Parental brai

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    471
  • Last 6 Years
    466
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.989
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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1,088,796
World Rank
Spain
36,286
Country Rank
Hospital Gregorio Marañón Logo
15
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Others
Neuroimagin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    366
  • Last 6 Years
    351
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.959
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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1,186,739
World Rank
Spain
39,966
Country Rank
Hospital Gregorio Marañón Logo
16
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Others
Inmunología | Genética | Neuroimagen preclínic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    292
  • Last 6 Years
    280
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.959
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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1,251,602
World Rank
Spain
42,144
Country Rank
Hospital Gregorio Marañón Logo
17
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
Biología molecular | microbiología | micología clínica | antifúngico

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    254
  • Last 6 Years
    254
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    1.000
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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1,387,366
World Rank
Spain
46,103
Country Rank
Hospital Gregorio Marañón Logo
18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Medical and Health Sciences / Neuroscience
Neuroscience | addiction | schizophreni

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    193
  • Last 6 Years
    193
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    1.000
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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1,412,342
World Rank
Spain
46,786
Country Rank
Hospital Gregorio Marañón Logo
19
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Others
Neurociencia | Neuroimagen | Psiquiatrí

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    184
  • Last 6 Years
    184
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    1.000
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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1,436,134
World Rank
Spain
47,432
Country Rank
Hospital Gregorio Marañón Logo
20
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Others
Radioquímica | Imagen médica | Óptica | Vesículas Extracelulare

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    176
  • Last 6 Years
    173
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.983
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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1,460,351
World Rank
Spain
48,050
Country Rank
Hospital Gregorio Marañón Logo
21
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Others
Neuroimagin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    168
  • Last 6 Years
    167
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.994
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