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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 131 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
Pharmacogenomics
Clinical Pharmacolog
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,884
4,336
0.273
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Neurosciences
Neural Regeneratio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,042
7,018
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Stroke
Neurology
Outcom
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,215
5,370
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Immunology
Cell Biology
Molecular Biology
Cell Signalin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,923
2,175
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Immunology
Allerg
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,692
3,831
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
EEG
Functional network
PTSD
schizophrenia
Bipolar disorde
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,907
4,407
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
General Relativity and Cosmolog
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,724
1,882
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,679
1,851
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
eating disorders
personality disorde
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,030
3,883
0.772
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Healthcare management
Health IT
Healthcare informatic
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,003
1,938
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
HCI
AI
Software Engineering
BioMedical Informatic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,992
4,060
0.813
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Physiology
Mitochondria
Cardiovascular Diseas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,779
2,519
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
biopharmaceutics
nanomedicine
bio imaging
drug delivery
gene deliver
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,586
2,566
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Orthopaedic
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,432
2,208
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Puberty Growth Obesity Endocrine disrupto
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,225
1,992
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Cardiolog
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,963
1,488
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
근골격계 물리치료�
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,962
1,669
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Allergy
Pulmonology
Epigenetics
Tuberculosis
Pediatric
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,868
1,278
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Allergy
respiratory
pulmonology
child
viru
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,785
1,548
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
movement impairmen
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,741
1,906
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,658
1,375
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Clinical Microbiology
Molecular Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases
Immunologic Diagnosis of Infectious Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,529
1,944
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Obesity
Metabolic Syndrome
Nutritive Foo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,281
1,121
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
psychiatr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,142
1,265
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Gerontology-Dementia-Mild cognitive impairment-prediction model-Big Dat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,976
2,301
0.773
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,253
670
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jae Gook Shin
Inje University
Gimhae, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,884
4,336
0.273
Pharmacogenomics
Clinical Pharmacolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,703
839
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Yonggeun Hong
Inje University
Gimhae, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,042
7,018
0.500
Neurosciences
Neural Regeneratio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,727
1,194
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Keun-Sik Hong
Inje University
Gimhae, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,215
5,370
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,722
1,416
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Soo Woong Lee
Inje University
Gimhae, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,923
2,175
0.219
Immunology
Cell Biology
Molecular Biology
Cell Signalin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,846
1,710
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Il-Whan Choi
Inje University
Gimhae, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,692
3,831
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,372
1,969
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Seung-Hwan Lee
Inje University
Gimhae, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,907
4,407
0.557
EEG
Functional network
PTSD
schizophrenia
Bipolar disorde
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
161,898
2,472
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Yun Soo Myung
Inje University
Gimhae, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,724
1,882
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
191,976
3,022
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Nari Kim
Inje University
Gimhae, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,679
1,851
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
216,086
3,495
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Youl-Ri Kim
Inje University
Gimhae, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,030
3,883
0.772
eating disorders
personality disorde
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
217,186
3,513
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Seewon Ryu
Inje University
Gimhae, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,003
1,938
0.387
Healthcare management
Health IT
Healthcare informatic
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
217,602
3,516
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Hee Cheol Kim
Inje University
Gimhae, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,992
4,060
0.813
HCI
AI
Software Engineering
BioMedical Informatic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
226,761
3,704
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Hyoung Kyu Kim
Inje University
Gimhae, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,779
2,519
0.527
Physiology
Mitochondria
Cardiovascular Diseas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
235,660
3,881
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Sung Tae Kim
Inje University
Gimhae, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,586
2,566
0.560
biopharmaceutics
nanomedicine
bio imaging
drug delivery
gene deliver
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
243,043
4,019
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Kyung Wook Nha
Inje University
Gimhae, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,432
2,208
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
254,129
4,231
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mi Jung Park
Inje University
Gimhae, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,225
1,992
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
269,251
4,519
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jang Jae Sik
Inje University
Gimhae, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,963
1,488
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
269,315
4,522
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Yoo Won Gyu
Inje University
Gimhae, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,962
1,669
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
274,916
4,635
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Byoungju Kim
Inje University
Gimhae, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,868
1,278
0.330
Allergy
Pulmonology
Epigenetics
Tuberculosis
Pediatric
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
280,153
4,747
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Woo Kyung Kim
Inje University
Gimhae, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,785
1,548
0.409
Allergy
respiratory
pulmonology
child
viru
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
283,014
4,811
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jae Seop Oh
Inje University
Gimhae, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,741
1,906
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
288,513
4,919
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Saegwang Park
Inje University
Gimhae, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,658
1,375
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
297,516
5,110
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jeong Hwan Shin
Inje University
Gimhae, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,529
1,944
0.551
Clinical Microbiology
Molecular Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases
Immunologic Diagnosis of Infectious Disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
316,543
5,518
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Yeong Sook Yoon
Inje University
Gimhae, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,281
1,121
0.342
Obesity
Metabolic Syndrome
Nutritive Foo
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
328,027
5,751
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Won Kim
Inje University
Gimhae, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,142
1,265
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
342,776
6,031
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Haewon Byeon
Inje University
Gimhae, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,976
2,301
0.773
Gerontology-Dementia-Mild cognitive impairment-prediction model-Big Dat