Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 1.786 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
United States
David Audretsch
Entrepreneurship
Economics
Innovation
Economic Development
Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,120
45,446
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
United States
Susan J Pressler *
heart failure
quality of life
cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,786
47,707
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
United States
Evan Mayo Wilson
Epidemiology
Harms
Systematic reviews
Clinical trials
Open science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,922
99,957
0.935
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
United States
Andrew Saykin
Neuroscience
Neuroimaging
Genetics
Cognition
Alzheimer's disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,998
45,447
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
United States
Douglas K Rex
Colonoscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,221
22,941
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
United States
Naga Chalasani
liver disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,351
36,268
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
United States
Yan Liu
cardiovascular
aging
women's health
obesity
epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,628
21,730
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
United States
Howard Edenberg
Genetics and Genomics of common disorders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,581
20,111
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
United States
Lynda Bonewald
bone
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,861
16,102
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
United States
Gregory Zimet
HPV Vaccination
Vaccination
HIV/STI Prevention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,537
20,502
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
United States
Rajiv Agarwal
Hypertension
hemodialysis
CKD
Anemia
Clinical Trials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,342
25,335
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
United States
Victoria Champion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,756
14,446
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
United States
Robert Considine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,008
5,173
0.129
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
United States
Sashwati Roy
Diabetic wounds
Inflammation and infection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,396
13,023
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
United States
Gd Roodman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,181
6,608
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
United States
Simon Conway
birth defects
congenital heart defects
cardiopulmonary defects
transgenic mouse models
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,262
11,759
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
United States
Jeffrey A Kline
thrombosis
fibrinolysis
diagnosis
medical malpractice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,756
12,073
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
United States
Patrick Loehrer
Medical Oncology and Global Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,152
5,243
0.158
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
United States
Jeffrey F Peipert
Public Health
Women's Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,264
8,404
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
United States
Steven Gottlieb
Elementary particle theory
lattice QCD
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,523
9,071
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
United States
Sharon M Moe
Nephrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,472
8,692
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
United States
Linda A Dimeglio
Endocrinology
Pediatrics
Diabetes
Metabolic Bone Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,636
16,118
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
United States
Stephen C Jacobson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,900
3,139
0.131
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
United States
Clair Francomano
Clinical and Molecular genetics of hereditary disorders of connective tissue
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,327
5,918
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
United States
Liana Apostolova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,277
14,456
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,655
United States
741
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
David Audretsch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,120
45,446
0.322
Entrepreneurship
Economics
Innovation
Economic Development
Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,912
United States
863
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Susan J Pressler *
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,786
47,707
0.365
heart failure
quality of life
cognition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,836
United States
1,346
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Evan Mayo Wilson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,922
99,957
0.935
Epidemiology
Harms
Systematic reviews
Clinical trials
Open science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,855
United States
1,828
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Andrew Saykin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,998
45,447
0.499
Neuroscience
Neuroimaging
Genetics
Cognition
Alzheimer's disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,205
United States
2,452
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Douglas K Rex
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,221
22,941
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,530
United States
2,621
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Naga Chalasani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,351
36,268
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,804
United States
3,211
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Yan Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,628
21,730
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,448
United States
4,021
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Howard Edenberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,581
20,111
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,319
United States
4,901
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Lynda Bonewald
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,861
16,102
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,874
United States
5,627
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Gregory Zimet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,537
20,502
0.450
HPV Vaccination
Vaccination
HIV/STI Prevention
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,955
United States
5,668
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Rajiv Agarwal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,342
25,335
0.559
Hypertension
hemodialysis
CKD
Anemia
Clinical Trials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,701
United States
6,006
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Victoria Champion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,756
14,446
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,680
United States
6,916
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Robert Considine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,008
5,173
0.129
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,659
United States
7,357
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sashwati Roy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,396
13,023
0.339
Diabetic wounds
Inflammation and infection
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,190
United States
8,054
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Gd Roodman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,181
6,608
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,897
United States
8,355
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Simon Conway
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,262
11,759
0.333
birth defects
congenital heart defects
cardiopulmonary defects
transgenic mouse models
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,286
United States
8,525
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jeffrey A Kline
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,756
12,073
0.347
thrombosis
fibrinolysis
diagnosis
medical malpractice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,661
United States
9,128
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Patrick Loehrer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,152
5,243
0.158
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,693
United States
10,455
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jeffrey F Peipert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,264
8,404
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,169
United States
11,977
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Steven Gottlieb
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,523
9,071
0.330
Elementary particle theory
lattice QCD
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,806
United States
12,682
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sharon M Moe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,472
8,692
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,120
United States
13,228
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Linda A Dimeglio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,636
16,118
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,317
United States
14,562
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Stephen C Jacobson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,900
3,139
0.131
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,421
United States
15,012
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Clair Francomano
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,327
5,918
0.254
Clinical and Molecular genetics of hereditary disorders of connective tissue
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,510
United States
15,051
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Liana Apostolova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,277
14,456
0.621