Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 89 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
Molecular Modeling
Protein Dynamics
NMR
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,663
21,547
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
gene transcription
structural biology
functional genomics
computational biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,944
22,773
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,760
7,666
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Fluorescence microscopy
Single-molecule biophysics
Super-resolution imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,298
7,846
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Solid State Physics
Ultrafast Transmission Electron Microscopy
Ultrafast Electron Diffraction
Nano-Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,593
7,416
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Physical Chemistry
Reaction Dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,914
3,446
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Quantum Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,588
3,752
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Regeneration
Planarians
Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,932
3,708
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,422
439
0.081
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
calcium-binding proteins
calcium signaling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,017
1,052
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Proteomics
Mass Spectrometry
Analytical Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,901
2,635
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Chemical Biology
Nucleic acids and proteins labeling
super-resolution microscopy.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,849
2,692
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
chemistry
biophysics
membrane proteins
NMR
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,310
2,795
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,218
2,066
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
RNA transcription
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,088
2,394
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Cell Biology
Light Microscopy
Lab automation
Regeneration
Tissue patterning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,322
2,205
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
biochemistry
structural biology
transcription
DNA repair
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,272
3,054
0.933
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Biochemistry
Structural Biology
Systems Biology
Genomics
Gene Regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,148
3,055
0.970
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Molecular Biology
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,541
2,159
0.850
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Quantitative and Systems Biology
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,522
1,394
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Cell Biology
Biochemistry
Structural Biology
Membrane Proteins
VHH Antibody Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,452
882
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
membrane trafficking
electron microscopy
subtomogram averaging
clathrin
retromer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,237
1,305
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,092
1,208
0.577
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Quantitative mass spectrometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,935
947
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Optical fiber sensors
NV center in diamond
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,917
622
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,046
461
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Colin A. Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,663
21,547
0.452
Molecular Modeling
Protein Dynamics
NMR
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,604
537
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Patrick Cramer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,944
22,773
0.518
gene transcription
structural biology
functional genomics
computational biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,920
1,256
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Marina Rodnina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,760
7,666
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,611
1,547
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mark Bates
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,298
7,846
0.352
Fluorescence microscopy
Single-molecule biophysics
Super-resolution imaging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,035
2,527
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Claus Ropers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,593
7,416
0.476
Solid State Physics
Ultrafast Transmission Electron Microscopy
Ultrafast Electron Diffraction
Nano-Optics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,152
3,261
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Alec Wodtke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,914
3,446
0.267
Physical Chemistry
Reaction Dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,115
4,111
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Gopalakrishnan Balasubramanian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,588
3,752
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
130,453
5,564
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jochen Rink
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,932
3,708
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
193,030
7,978
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Michael Stuke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,422
439
0.081
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
208,252
8,493
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Joachim Krebs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,017
1,052
0.210
calcium-binding proteins
calcium signaling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
212,936
8,677
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Christof Lenz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,901
2,635
0.538
Proteomics
Mass Spectrometry
Analytical Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
215,163
8,758
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Grazvydas Lukinavicius
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,849
2,692
0.555
Chemical Biology
Nucleic acids and proteins labeling
super-resolution microscopy.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
240,140
9,629
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Loren Andreas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,310
2,795
0.648
chemistry
biophysics
membrane proteins
NMR
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
244,916
9,800
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Martin Kollmar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,218
2,066
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
252,107
10,037
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Bjoern Schwalb
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,088
2,394
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
301,883
11,731
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Tobias Boothe, Née Albrecht
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,322
2,205
0.664
Cell Biology
Light Microscopy
Lab automation
Regeneration
Tissue patterning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
305,730
11,857
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Goran Kokic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,272
3,054
0.933
biochemistry
structural biology
transcription
DNA repair
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
315,720
12,184
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Hauke S. Hillen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,148
3,055
0.970
Biochemistry
Structural Biology
Systems Biology
Genomics
Gene Regulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
375,138
14,152
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
A. Marieke Oudelaar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,541
2,159
0.850
Molecular Biology
Genomics
Bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
377,340
14,228
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Juliane Liepe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,522
1,394
0.553
Quantitative and Systems Biology
Immunology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
385,637
14,469
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Thomas Gí¼ttler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,452
882
0.360
Cell Biology
Biochemistry
Structural Biology
Membrane Proteins
VHH Antibody Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
412,928
15,341
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Oleksiy Kovtun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,237
1,305
0.583
membrane trafficking
electron microscopy
subtomogram averaging
clathrin
retromer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
433,733
16,000
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Daniel C. Jans
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,092
1,208
0.577
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
458,513
16,742
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ingo Wohlgemuth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,935
947
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
461,599
16,835
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Dewen Duan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,917
622
0.324