Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 11 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
Germany
Karsten Danzmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148,258
87,767
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Germany
Alessandra Buonanno
Gravitational Physics
Gravitational Waves
Cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,202
83,726
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Germany
Claudio Paganini
general relativity
black holes
black hole shadows
causal fermion systems
theoretical physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
692
654
0.945
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Germany
Federico León Carrasco
General Relativity
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
647
485
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Germany
Andrea Antonelli
General Relativity
Astrophysics
Gravitational Waves
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
599
586
0.978
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Germany
Banafsheh Beheshtipour
Adaptive Optics
Deep Learning
High Energy Astrophysics
Gravitational Wave
X-ray Polarimetry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
485
374
0.771
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Germany
Zahra Mirzaiyan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164
129
0.787
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Germany
Adrian G. Abac
Theoretical Physics
Astrophysics
Gravitational Physics
High-Energy Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
158
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Germany
Soham Bhattacharyya
General Relativity
Modified theories of gravity
Post Newtonian theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
75
0.728
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Germany
Mehregan Doroudiani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
97
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Germany
Sajad Aghapour
gravitational physics
mathematical physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
36
0.837
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,506
Germany
40
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Karsten Danzmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148,258
87,767
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,753
Germany
49
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Alessandra Buonanno
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,202
83,726
0.610
Gravitational Physics
Gravitational Waves
Cosmology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
817,713
Germany
27,551
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Claudio Paganini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
692
654
0.945
general relativity
black holes
black hole shadows
causal fermion systems
theoretical physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
840,365
Germany
28,266
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Federico León Carrasco
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
647
485
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
865,630
Germany
29,095
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Andrea Antonelli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
599
586
0.978
General Relativity
Astrophysics
Gravitational Waves
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
944,164
Germany
31,863
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Banafsheh Beheshtipour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
485
374
0.771
Adaptive Optics
Deep Learning
High Energy Astrophysics
Gravitational Wave
X-ray Polarimetry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,400,231
Germany
47,564
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Zahra Mirzaiyan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164
129
0.787
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,414,983
Germany
47,996
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Adrian G. Abac
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
158
1.000
Theoretical Physics
Astrophysics
Gravitational Physics
High-Energy Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,594,965
Germany
53,051
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Soham Bhattacharyya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
75
0.728
General Relativity
Modified theories of gravity
Post Newtonian theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,616,729
Germany
53,616
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mehregan Doroudiani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
97
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,896,096
Germany
59,914
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sajad Aghapour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
36
0.837
gravitational physics
mathematical physics