Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 2.898 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
Jesse A Berlin
Meta-analysis
epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222,430
94,995
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
United States
Dirk Gevers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,547
48,424
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
United States
Guang Chen (陈光)
Neuropsychopharmacology
Neuroscience
Psychiatry
Translational Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,270
46,069
0.685
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
United States
Daniel J Cua
Immunology Discovery
Immuno-oncology Discovery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,249
15,697
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
United States
Manji H
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,345
10,737
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
United States
Jeff Headd
Data Science
Artificial Intelligence
Patient Journey
X-Ray Crystallography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,647
23,379
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
United States
Barbara Weir
Cancer genomics
Computational Biology
Functional genetic screens
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,012
22,647
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
United States
Hartmuth C Kolb
Molecular Imaging
Alzheimer's Disease imaging
neuroscience biomarkers
click chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,147
12,977
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
United States
Jeffrey R Infante
Oncology Early Drug Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,323
18,217
0.463

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
United States
Kiran Patel
oncology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,343
20,707
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
United States
Amy J Johnson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,106
10,019
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
United States
Matthew Breyer
medicine
kidney
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,672
4,155
0.168
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
United States
Srihari Gopal
Schizophrenia
Neuroscience
Cardiovascular Disease
Pulmonary Disease
Rare Diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,462
15,569
0.636
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
United States
Mark Curran
Immunology
neuroscience
diagnostics
personalized medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,776
2,907
0.164
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
United States
Raymond Evers
Drug transporters
Drug-Drug Interactions
Enzyme Induction
Drug-Induced Liver Injury
ADME
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,305
3,818
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
United States
Iqbal S Grewal
Immunology
Oncology
Autoimmunity
Cancer Immunology
Costimulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,915
2,413
0.143
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
United States
Xiang Li
Statistics
Computing
Clinical Trial
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,098
11,356
0.705
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
United States
Mathai Mammen
Research and Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,684
2,015
0.147
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
United States
Elizabeth Rampe
mars mineralogy
mars alteration
phyllosilicates
allophane
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,813
7,455
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
United States
Lloyd S Miller
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,343
6,312
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
United States
Pablo Garcia Kilroy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,126
9,796
0.808
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
United States
William J Martin
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,797
2,377
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
United States
Dermot F Reilly
Genetics
Cardiometabolic
Retinal Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,724
7,717
0.658
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
United States
Paul B Niles
Mars
Planetary Science
Geochemistry
Carbonate
Stable Isotopes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,883
4,741
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
United States
Avijit Ghosh
Computational Chemistry
Computational Biology
Systems Biology
Pharmacokinetics
Pharmacodynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,725
6,479
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
645
United States
257
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jesse A Berlin
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222,430
94,995
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,998
United States
1,893
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Dirk Gevers
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,547
48,424
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,477
United States
3,055
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Guang Chen (陈光)
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,270
46,069
0.685
Neuropsychopharmacology
Neuroscience
Psychiatry
Translational Medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,144
United States
3,381
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Daniel J Cua
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,249
15,697
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,628
United States
4,093
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Manji H
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,345
10,737
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,924
United States
4,695
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jeff Headd
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,647
23,379
0.453
Data Science
Artificial Intelligence
Patient Journey
X-Ray Crystallography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,117
United States
4,803
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Barbara Weir
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,012
22,647
0.444
Cancer genomics
Computational Biology
Functional genetic screens
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,412
United States
5,394
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Hartmuth C Kolb
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,147
12,977
0.275
Molecular Imaging
Alzheimer's Disease imaging
neuroscience biomarkers
click chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,324
United States
7,199
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jeffrey R Infante
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,323
18,217
0.463
Oncology Early Drug Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,789
United States
9,162
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Kiran Patel
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,343
20,707
0.621

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,238
United States
12,440
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Amy J Johnson
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,106
10,019
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,326
United States
14,154
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Matthew Breyer
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,672
4,155
0.168
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,706
United States
14,325
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Srihari Gopal
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,462
15,569
0.636
Schizophrenia
Neuroscience
Cardiovascular Disease
Pulmonary Disease
Rare Diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,432
United States
21,383
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Mark Curran
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,776
2,907
0.164
Immunology
neuroscience
diagnostics
personalized medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,278
United States
22,114
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Raymond Evers
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,305
3,818
0.221
Drug transporters
Drug-Drug Interactions
Enzyme Induction
Drug-Induced Liver Injury
ADME
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,861
United States
22,687
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Iqbal S Grewal
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,915
2,413
0.143
Immunology
Oncology
Autoimmunity
Cancer Immunology
Costimulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,488
United States
24,084
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Xiang Li
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,098
11,356
0.705
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,974
United States
29,106
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Mathai Mammen
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,684
2,015
0.147
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,915
United States
31,271
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Elizabeth Rampe
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,813
7,455
0.582
mars mineralogy
mars alteration
phyllosilicates
allophane
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,373
United States
32,487
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Lloyd S Miller
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,343
6,312
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,131
United States
33,134
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Pablo Garcia Kilroy
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,126
9,796
0.808
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,951
United States
34,156
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
William J Martin
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,797
2,377
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,565
United States
34,379
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Dermot F Reilly
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,724
7,717
0.658
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,451
United States
37,170
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Paul B Niles
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,883
4,741
0.436
Mars
Planetary Science
Geochemistry
Carbonate
Stable Isotopes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,059
United States
37,724
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Avijit Ghosh
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,725
6,479
0.604
Computational Chemistry
Computational Biology
Systems Biology
Pharmacokinetics
Pharmacodynamics