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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,663
48,731
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
astrophysics
cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,766
17,302
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
String Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,304
7,329
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,264
5,806
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Representation Theory
Algebraic Geometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,394
3,760
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Early-type galaxies
Gravitational Lensing
Bayesian inference
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,560
5,130
0.782
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
宇宙論、宇宙の構造形成
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,109
4,418
0.723
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
neutrino
dark matter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,316
3,203
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Observational cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,956
4,529
0.914
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,833
3,736
0.773
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Science communication
AI Ethics
STEM gender
Big Science
Ph.D in neutrino physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,750
819
0.172
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
high energy theory
string theory
mathematical physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,699
2,649
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
astrophysics
galaxy evolution
HST/ACS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,641
2,979
0.818
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,349
3,229
0.964
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Cosmology
Astrophysics
General Relativity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,615
2,385
0.912
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Cosmology
Black Holes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,524
2,038
0.807
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
supernova hydrodynamics and nucleosynthesis
dark matter astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,062
1,943
0.942
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,862
784
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,528
1,327
0.868
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Topological phases of Matter
Dynamics of Gauge Theories
Entanglement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,523
1,457
0.957
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Particle Physics Phenomenology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,157
872
0.754
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
low background
radiation
instrumentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,045
1,017
0.973
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Cosmology
CMB
Low Temperature Detectors
Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,016
1,006
0.990
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
900
724
0.804
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Cosmology
Galaxy Formation and Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
893
759
0.850
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,479
63
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Anne Ducout
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,663
48,731
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,342
150
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Naoki Yoshida
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,766
17,302
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,573
1,025
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Yuji Tachikawa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,304
7,329
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,250
1,306
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Tomotake Matsumura
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,264
5,806
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,772
1,927
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Hiraku Nakajima
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,394
3,760
0.400
Representation Theory
Algebraic Geometry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,526
3,062
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Alessandro Sonnenfeld
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,560
5,130
0.782
Early-type galaxies
Gravitational Lensing
Bayesian inference
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
168,391
3,303
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Hikage Chiaki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,109
4,418
0.723
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
192,974
3,843
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Benda Xu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,316
3,203
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
206,656
4,159
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ryoma Murata
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,956
4,529
0.914
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
211,772
4,276
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Chengcheng Han
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,833
3,736
0.773
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
215,313
4,357
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Hiromi M Yokoyama
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,750
819
0.172
Science communication
AI Ethics
STEM gender
Big Science
Ph.D in neutrino physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
217,451
4,402
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Masahito Yamazaki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,699
2,649
0.564
high energy theory
string theory
mathematical physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
273,944
5,558
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
David Stark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,641
2,979
0.818
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
294,470
6,027
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Youngsoo Park
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,349
3,229
0.964
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
360,566
7,349
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Shi Pi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,615
2,385
0.912
Cosmology
Astrophysics
General Relativity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
370,630
7,539
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jia Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,524
2,038
0.807
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
431,116
8,780
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Shing-Chi Leung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,062
1,943
0.942
supernova hydrodynamics and nucleosynthesis
dark matter astrophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
463,603
9,420
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Claire Lackner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,862
784
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
529,190
10,646
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Joshua Eby
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,528
1,327
0.868
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
530,266
10,673
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Yunqin Zheng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,523
1,457
0.957
Topological phases of Matter
Dynamics of Gauge Theories
Entanglement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
625,950
12,377
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ipsita Saha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,157
872
0.754
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
662,420
12,954
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Bui Tuan Khai|B.T.Khai, T.K.Bui
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,045
1,017
0.973
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
672,657
13,114
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Tommaso Ghigna
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,016
1,006
0.990
Cosmology
CMB
Low Temperature Detectors
Optics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
716,305
13,826
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Hyunbae Park
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
900
724
0.804
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
719,101
13,863
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jingjing Shi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
893
759
0.850