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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 253 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Interprofessional education
interprofessional collaboratio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,832
17,010
0.407
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Marketing
Nonprofit organisations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,520
4,311
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Genetics
Telomeres
Epigenetics
Genomic Imprintin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,406
3,476
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Emergency cardiovascular care
prehospital care
resuscitatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,065
4,863
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
image and video analysis
artificial intelligence
machine learning
pattern recognitio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,968
4,937
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Entrepreneurshi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,660
2,921
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
campylobacter
microbial pathogenesis
bacteriology
microbial genetics
antimicrobial
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,163
2,097
0.188
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sedimentology
Stratigraphy
Geochemistry
Palaeoceanograph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,819
3,322
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Image processing
Ophthalmic imagin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,213
4,520
0.443
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Developmental Psychopatholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,363
4,665
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
doping
prevalence
anti-doping education
values-based education
integrit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,180
3,696
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Environmental Geochemistry
Land Use and Water Quality
Trace Elements
Water Contaminatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,144
3,829
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Word of mout
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,121
2,586
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Inflammation
Infection
Nutrition
Food Safety
Drug Developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,949
2,979
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,553
2,644
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
philosophy
crititical theory
ar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,466
2,181
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ophthalmic Drug Delivery
Veterinary Pharmaceuticals
Lipid and Surfactant Based Drug Delivery Systems
Delivery of Antisense O
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,718
3,935
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Radiative transfer
Heat transfer
Disperse system
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,643
2,691
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Geolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,485
1,650
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Computer Visio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,231
765
0.123
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Health service research
older adults
primary care
workforce
nursin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,888
3,275
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Information Technolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,402
1,870
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
carers stroke dementia minority groups peer suppor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,335
3,010
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
CMCs
Aerospace
Nuclear
Energy
Surface Coating
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,286
2,634
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,154
3,097
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,410
1,261
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Scott Reeves
Kingston University London
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,832
17,010
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,351
5,274
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Roger Bennett
Kingston University London
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,520
4,311
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,369
6,912
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jessica Buxton
Kingston University London
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,406
3,476
0.280
Genetics
Telomeres
Epigenetics
Genomic Imprintin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,271
7,143
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Tom Quinn
Kingston University London
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,065
4,863
0.403
Emergency cardiovascular care
prehospital care
resuscitatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,101
7,211
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Paolo Remagnino
Kingston University London
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,968
4,937
0.413
image and video analysis
artificial intelligence
machine learning
pattern recognitio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,841
7,413
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Elizabeth Chell
Kingston University London
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,660
2,921
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,478
7,760
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Andrey V Karlyshev
Kingston University London
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,163
2,097
0.188
campylobacter
microbial pathogenesis
bacteriology
microbial genetics
antimicrobial
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95,953
8,025
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ian Jarvis
Kingston University London
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,819
3,322
0.307
Sedimentology
Stratigraphy
Geochemistry
Palaeoceanograph
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
102,612
8,535
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Sarah Barman
Kingston University London
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,213
4,520
0.443
Image processing
Ophthalmic imagin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
113,292
9,258
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Muthanna Samara
Kingston University London
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,363
4,665
0.498
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,888
9,451
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Andrea Petroczi
Kingston University London
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,180
3,696
0.403
doping
prevalence
anti-doping education
values-based education
integrit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
116,410
9,500
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Peter S Hooda
Kingston University London
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,144
3,829
0.419
Environmental Geochemistry
Land Use and Water Quality
Trace Elements
Water Contaminatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
116,760
9,531
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Robert East
Kingston University London
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,121
2,586
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,227
9,734
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Declan Naughton
Kingston University London
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,949
2,979
0.333
Inflammation
Infection
Nutrition
Food Safety
Drug Developmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
143,670
11,483
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Adrian Coyle
Kingston University London
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,553
2,644
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
145,497
11,613
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Peter Osborne
Kingston University London
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,466
2,181
0.292
philosophy
crititical theory
ar
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
162,474
12,753
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Raid Alany
Kingston University London
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,718
3,935
0.586
Ophthalmic Drug Delivery
Veterinary Pharmaceuticals
Lipid and Surfactant Based Drug Delivery Systems
Delivery of Antisense O
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
164,364
12,869
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Leonid Dombrovsky
Kingston University London
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,643
2,691
0.405
Radiative transfer
Heat transfer
Disperse system
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
168,545
13,150
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Peter J Treloar
Kingston University London
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,485
1,650
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
175,522
13,612
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
TJ Ellis
Kingston University London
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,231
765
0.123
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
185,767
14,330
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Vari M Drennan
Kingston University London
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,888
3,275
0.556
Health service research
older adults
primary care
workforce
nursin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
202,122
15,450
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Mohammed abdullah
Kingston University London
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,402
1,870
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
204,564
15,635
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Nan Greenwood
Kingston University London
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,335
3,010
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
206,354
15,774
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
DD Jayaseelan
Kingston University London
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,286
2,634
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
211,502
16,111
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ana V Nikčević
Kingston University London
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,154
3,097
0.601