Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Iowa State University 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
Survey Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,038
26,431
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Photonic Crystals
Metamaterials
Plasmonics
Random Lasers
Electron and Light Localization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,448
17,382
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Aggression
Violence
Social Psychology
Media Psychology
Media Effects
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,271
23,036
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Social support and loneliness
quantitative research methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,692
22,617
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
evolutionary genomics
plant evolution
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,375
15,129
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Software Engineering
Software Product Lines
Software Measurement
Software Architecture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,055
20,195
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,017
12,806
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Soil chemistry
soil biochemistry
plant nutrition
environmental issues related to agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,421
11,427
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
biomass
biofuels
biorenewables
thermochemical processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,802
18,667
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
soil physics
soil
water
vadose zone hydrology
soil science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,876
13,296
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Physical Activity
Health Promotion
Assessment
Youth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,775
11,539
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Media Effects
Gaming Disorder
Video Games
Media Psychology
Aggression
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,231
15,629
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
psychology
law
social cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,461
7,921
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Plant Genetics
Plant genomics
Plant Breeding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,650
12,170
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Plant Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,799
15,056
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,578
8,912
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Veterinary
ISU-VDPAM
Pathology
Swine Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,339
6,501
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
agriculture
soil science
clay mineralogy
biochar
renewable energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,113
12,401
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
animal genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,492
6,828
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Neurodegeneration
Parkinson's disease
Neurotoxicology
Neuroprotection
Diapocynin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,098
12,219
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
intelligent compaction
pavement foundations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,002
8,768
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,838
7,457
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Quantitative Genetics
Plant Breeding
Genetics
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,708
13,311
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
self-control
biosocial criminology
homicide
psychopathy
temperament
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,122
11,834
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
IPIC
heat stress
ISU-Animal Science
lactation
nutritional physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,917
13,175
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,240
1,553
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Wayne A Fuller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,038
26,431
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,386
2,554
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Costas M Soukoulis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,448
17,382
0.237
Photonic Crystals
Metamaterials
Plasmonics
Random Lasers
Electron and Light Localization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,767
2,731
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Craig A Anderson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,271
23,036
0.328
Aggression
Violence
Social Psychology
Media Psychology
Media Effects
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,443
3,044
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Daniel W Russell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,692
22,617
0.344
Social support and loneliness
quantitative research methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,758
4,183
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jonathan Wendel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,375
15,129
0.278
evolutionary genomics
plant evolution
evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,213
5,801
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
David Weiss
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,055
20,195
0.458
Software Engineering
Software Product Lines
Software Measurement
Software Architecture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,196
6,270
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Carolyn E Cutrona
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,017
12,806
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,040
6,635
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
M Ali Tabatabai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,421
11,427
0.283
Soil chemistry
soil biochemistry
plant nutrition
environmental issues related to agriculture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,603
7,357
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Robert Brown
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,802
18,667
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,949
7,966
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Robert Horton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,876
13,296
0.371
soil physics
soil
water
vadose zone hydrology
soil science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,608
8,705
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Greg Welk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,775
11,539
0.342
Physical Activity
Health Promotion
Assessment
Youth
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,066
8,906
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Douglas A Gentile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,231
15,629
0.470
Media Effects
Gaming Disorder
Video Games
Media Psychology
Aggression
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,785
9,204
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Gary L Wells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,461
7,921
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,632
9,577
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Patrick Schnable
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,650
12,170
0.385
Plant Genetics
Plant genomics
Plant Breeding
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,165
11,575
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Yanhai Yin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,799
15,056
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,444
11,708
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jack Dekkers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,578
8,912
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,776
11,853
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Patrick G Halbur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,339
6,501
0.238
Veterinary
ISU-VDPAM
Pathology
Swine Disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,125
11,999
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
David A Laird
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,113
12,401
0.457
agriculture
soil science
clay mineralogy
biochar
renewable energy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,048
12,388
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Max Rothschild
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,492
6,828
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,701
12,671
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Vellareddy Anantharam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,098
12,219
0.468
Neurodegeneration
Parkinson's disease
Neurotoxicology
Neuroprotection
Diapocynin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,840
12,724
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
David J White
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,002
8,768
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,100
12,831
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
David Jiles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,838
7,457
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,315
12,910
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jianming Yu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,708
13,311
0.518
Quantitative Genetics
Plant Breeding
Genetics
Genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,287
13,333
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Matt Delisi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,122
11,834
0.471
self-control
biosocial criminology
homicide
psychopathy
temperament
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,641
13,497
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Lance H Baumgard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,917
13,175
0.529
IPIC
heat stress
ISU-Animal Science
lactation
nutritional physiology