Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
Gravitational-wave astronomy
modeling of gravitational-wave sources
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,327
88,517
0.712
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Gravitational-Wave Astronomy
Modeling of Compact Binaries of Black Holes and Neutron Stars
Numerical Relativity
LIGO
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,330
81,896
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
General Relativity
Gravitational waves
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,386
82,665
0.763
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
String theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,882
8,381
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Gravitational Waves
Cosmology
Scientific Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,681
38,629
0.999
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Quantum Field Theory
String Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,957
3,537
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
String Theory
High energy physics
Statistical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,805
1,614
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Nonequilibrium statistical physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,571
3,682
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Theoretical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,693
3,527
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
String theory
Black hole physics and Quantum field theory with a focus on real time
finite temperature quantum field theory.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,242
1,868
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Field Theory
String Theory
High Energy Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,179
304
0.096
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
particulate flows
droplets
instability
stratification
vortex dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,077
1,777
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Condensed Matter Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,957
1,812
0.613
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Equilibrium and non-equilibrium systems
stochastic processes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,475
2,027
0.819
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
non-equilibrium physics
statistical physics
condensed matter theory
mathematical physics
integrable models
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,250
1,597
0.710
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Turbulence
Particles in Turbulence
Non Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,647
1,096
0.665
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Condensed Matter Theory
Statistical Mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,398
1,292
0.924
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Biophysics
Soft-condensed matter
Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,204
920
0.764
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Probability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
969
797
0.822
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Partial Differential Equations
Applied Mathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
570
348
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Astrophysical fluid dynamics
Plasma astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
560
355
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
483
481
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Random graphs and matrices
Large deviations
Statistical physics
High dimensional probability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
441
329
0.746
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Quantum Field Theory
String Theory
Amplitudes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
417
416
0.998
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Statistical Physics
Long range interactions
Heat transport
Soft matter physics
Polyelectrolytes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
277
230
0.830
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,033
31
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Parameswaran Ajith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,327
88,517
0.712
Gravitational-wave astronomy
modeling of gravitational-wave sources
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,310
33
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Prayush Kumar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,330
81,896
0.704
Gravitational-Wave Astronomy
Modeling of Compact Binaries of Black Holes and Neutron Stars
Numerical Relativity
LIGO
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,663
40
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Bala R Iyer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,386
82,665
0.763
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,951
123
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ashoke Sen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,882
8,381
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,064
125
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Aditya Vijaykumar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,681
38,629
0.999
Gravitational Waves
Cosmology
Scientific Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,973
1,277
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Rajesh Gopakumar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,957
3,537
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
130,183
1,879
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Spenta Rustom Wadia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,805
1,614
0.207
String Theory
High energy physics
Statistical Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
134,551
1,979
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Abhishek Dhar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,571
3,682
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
180,582
2,990
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Suvrat Raju
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,693
3,527
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
239,155
4,522
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Loganayagam R
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,242
1,868
0.440
String theory
Black hole physics and Quantum field theory with a focus on real time
finite temperature quantum field theory.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
307,649
6,672
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Avinash Dhar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,179
304
0.096
Field Theory
String Theory
High Energy Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
316,077
6,944
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Rama Govindarajan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,077
1,777
0.578
particulate flows
droplets
instability
stratification
vortex dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
326,629
7,243
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Subhro Bhattacharjee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,957
1,812
0.613
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
376,213
8,942
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Anupam Kundu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,475
2,027
0.819
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
404,178
9,945
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Manas Kulkarni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,250
1,597
0.710
non-equilibrium physics
statistical physics
condensed matter theory
mathematical physics
integrable models
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
503,889
13,665
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Samriddhi Sankar Ray
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,647
1,096
0.665
Turbulence
Particles in Turbulence
Non Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
559,437
15,931
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sthitadhi Roy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,398
1,292
0.924
Condensed Matter Theory
Statistical Mechanics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
611,792
18,100
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
K Vijay Kumar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,204
920
0.764
Biophysics
Soft-condensed matter
Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
689,688
21,488
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Riddhipratim Basu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
969
797
0.822
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
872,184
31,354
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Vishal Vasan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
570
348
0.611
Partial Differential Equations
Applied Mathematics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
877,888
31,698
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Pallavi Bhat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
560
355
0.634
Astrophysical fluid dynamics
Plasma astrophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
931,753
34,436
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Victor Godet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
483
481
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
969,097
36,038
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Anirban Basak
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
441
329
0.746
Random graphs and matrices
Large deviations
Statistical physics
High dimensional probability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
991,286
37,014
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Chandramouli Chowdhury
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
417
416
0.998
Quantum Field Theory
String Theory
Amplitudes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,157,619
44,626
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Debarshee Bagchi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
277
230
0.830
Statistical Physics
Long range interactions
Heat transport
Soft matter physics
Polyelectrolytes