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
Marine Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162,969
86,813
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Communication Theory
Wireless Communications
Optical Communications
6G
Global Connectivity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,712
56,716
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
mathematics
computer science
image processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,349
22,371
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Soluble Semiconductors
Plastic Electronics
Molecular Electronic Materials & Devices
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,764
14,847
0.149
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Porous Materials
Reticular Chemistry
Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs)
Carbon Capture
Gas separation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,898
40,185
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
solar energy
organic electronics
polymer semiconductors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,178
38,239
0.537
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Genome Biology
Plant Genetics
Evolutionary Biology
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,984
21,713
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Nanomaterials
Energy Storage
Nanoelectronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,156
47,015
0.744
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,722
24,757
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Plant science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,857
28,874
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Nanomaterials
Electron Microscopy
Catalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,037
39,077
0.710
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Nanoclusters
Quantum Dots
Perovskites
Optoelectronics
Solar Cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,755
42,061
0.797
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
soil-plant-microbe interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,934
19,646
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
machine learning
artificial intelligence
statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,605
26,269
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Control Systems
Operations Research
Computer Science
Aerospace Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,322
11,849
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Magnetism
magnetic materials
materials
condensed mater physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,915
24,265
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,220
26,199
0.567
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Catalysis
separation
MOFs
zeolites
POPs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,606
31,345
0.687
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
X-ray Imaging Scintillators
Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy
4D Electron Imaging
Photovoltaics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,752
33,784
0.809
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
nanomaterials
nanotechnology
soft electronics & sensors
solar energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,341
24,848
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
photoredox and electro catalysis
homogeous and heterogeneous catalysis
organocatalysis Bronsted acid
nickel catalysis
mangan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,383
19,536
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Macromolecular Engineering
Block copolymers
Polymer Chemistry
Polymers
Polymer Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,985
9,526
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Genomics
Pathogen Biology
Host-Pathogen Interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,152
12,525
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
photovoltaics
solar cells
semiconductors
materials science
interfaces
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,071
22,704
0.708
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
computer vision
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,550
26,683
0.846
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,209
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Carlos M Duarte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162,969
86,813
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,007
4
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mohamed Slim Alouini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,712
56,716
0.558
Communication Theory
Wireless Communications
Optical Communications
6G
Global Connectivity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,036
5
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Tf Chan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,349
22,371
0.221
mathematics
computer science
image processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,126
6
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Donal Bradley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,764
14,847
0.149
Soluble Semiconductors
Plastic Electronics
Molecular Electronic Materials & Devices
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,249
8
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Mohamed Eddaoudi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,898
40,185
0.410
Porous Materials
Reticular Chemistry
Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs)
Carbon Capture
Gas separation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,649
11
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Iain Mcculloch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,178
38,239
0.537
solar energy
organic electronics
polymer semiconductors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,554
14
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Rod A Wing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,984
21,713
0.334
Genome Biology
Plant Genetics
Evolutionary Biology
Bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,869
15
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Husam N Alshareef
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,156
47,015
0.744
Nanomaterials
Energy Storage
Nanoelectronics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,147
17
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Pierre Magistretti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,722
24,757
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,695
19
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mark Tester
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,857
28,874
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,604
24
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Yu Han
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,037
39,077
0.710
Nanomaterials
Electron Microscopy
Catalysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,183
26
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Osman Bakr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,755
42,061
0.797
Nanoclusters
Quantum Dots
Perovskites
Optoelectronics
Solar Cells
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,725
27
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Heribert Hirt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,934
19,646
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,447
29
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Lawrence Carin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,605
26,269
0.540
machine learning
artificial intelligence
statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,549
30
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Eric Feron
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,322
11,849
0.245
Control Systems
Operations Research
Computer Science
Aerospace Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,689
32
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Xixiang Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,915
24,265
0.506
Magnetism
magnetic materials
materials
condensed mater physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,291
33
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Luigi Cavallo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,220
26,199
0.567
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,530
34
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jorge Gascon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,606
31,345
0.687
Catalysis
separation
MOFs
zeolites
POPs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,345
37
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Omar F Mohammed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,752
33,784
0.809
X-ray Imaging Scintillators
Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy
4D Electron Imaging
Photovoltaics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,530
39
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Thomas Anthopoulos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,341
24,848
0.601
nanomaterials
nanotechnology
soft electronics & sensors
solar energy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,063
41
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Magnus Rueping
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,383
19,536
0.484
photoredox and electro catalysis
homogeous and heterogeneous catalysis
organocatalysis Bronsted acid
nickel catalysis
mangan
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,893
44
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Nikos Hadjichristidis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,985
9,526
0.244
Macromolecular Engineering
Block copolymers
Polymer Chemistry
Polymers
Polymer Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,107
52
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Arnab Pain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,152
12,525
0.390
Genomics
Pathogen Biology
Host-Pathogen Interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,193
53
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Stefaan De Wolf
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,071
22,704
0.708
photovoltaics
solar cells
semiconductors
materials science
interfaces
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,736
54
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Bernard Ghanem
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,550
26,683
0.846
computer vision
machine learning