Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 137 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
Polymers
Dispersions
Miniemulsions
Composite Particles
Hybrids
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,115
25,698
0.407
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Benetzung und Super-Flüssigkeitsabweisung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,506
20,148
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
soft matter physics
computational modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,685
10,764
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Molecular Spectroscopy
Vibrational Spectroscopy
Microscopy
Water
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,891
19,348
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Chemistry macromolecular chemistry
dendrimers
dyes
proteins
peptides
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,616
7,994
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,004
11,170
0.744
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,460
6,613
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
computer simulations
organic semiconductors
soft matter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,993
6,192
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
food science
soft matter physics
food chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,894
2,829
0.238
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Fluorescence imaging
Photodynamic therapy
Nanomedicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,310
9,362
0.828
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,480
3,977
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Photocatalysis
porous materials
organocatalysis
polymer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,234
5,810
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,162
4,985
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
computational statistical physics
computational soft matter theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,994
1,427
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
liquid dynamics
hydrogen bonds
spectroscopy
electrolytes
catalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,284
2,882
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Optics
Ultrafast optoelectronics
Neutrinos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,995
3,164
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Organic ferroelectrics
piezoelectrics and multiferroics
Organic electronics and semiconductors
Magnetic nanoparticle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,086
3,313
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Nanotechnology
Photovoltaics
Photocatalysis
Hybrid materials
Charge carrier dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,500
2,553
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Organic chemistry
Polymer chemistry
Photophysics of nanoobjects
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,996
1,419
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Light Scattering
Thin Films and Nanotechnology
Materials Science
Structure and Dynamics of Soft Matter
X-Ray Scattering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,016
1,682
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,929
2,681
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,504
1,169
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Polymer Analysis
Biomolecular Corona
Nanomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,593
3,391
0.738
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ultrafast spectroscopy
Carrier dynamics
Low-dimensional materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,624
3,545
0.767
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
scanning probe microscopy
kelvin probe force microscopy
perovskite solar cells
ion migration
solid-liquid interfaces
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,136
2,608
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,214
289
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Katharina Landfester
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,115
25,698
0.407
Polymers
Dispersions
Miniemulsions
Composite Particles
Hybrids
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,599
341
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Hans-Jürgen Butt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,506
20,148
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,699
542
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Kurt Kremer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,685
10,764
0.246
soft matter physics
computational modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,783
688
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mischa Bonn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,891
19,348
0.497
Molecular Spectroscopy
Vibrational Spectroscopy
Microscopy
Water
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,569
2,389
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Tanja Weil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,616
7,994
0.481
Chemistry macromolecular chemistry
dendrimers
dyes
proteins
peptides
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,824
2,767
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Akimitsu Narita
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,004
11,170
0.744
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,306
2,885
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Kaloian Koynov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,460
6,613
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,020
3,301
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Denis Andrienko
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,993
6,192
0.477
computer simulations
organic semiconductors
soft matter
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,618
3,634
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Thomas A. Vilgis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,894
2,829
0.238
food science
soft matter physics
food chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,121
3,989
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Wen Sun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,310
9,362
0.828
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,383
5,485
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Gert-Jan Ah Wetzelaer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,480
3,977
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,445
5,489
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Kai Ai Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,234
5,810
0.706
Photocatalysis
porous materials
organocatalysis
polymer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
149,268
6,317
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Yuki Nagata
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,162
4,985
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
151,030
6,404
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Burkhard Duenweg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,994
1,427
0.204
computational statistical physics
computational soft matter theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
169,533
7,122
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Johannes Hunger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,284
2,882
0.459
liquid dynamics
hydrogen bonds
spectroscopy
electrolytes
catalysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
174,406
7,298
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Esther Del Pino Rosendo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,995
3,164
0.528
Optics
Ultrafast optoelectronics
Neutrinos
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
175,106
7,317
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Kamal Asadi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,086
3,313
0.544
Organic ferroelectrics
piezoelectrics and multiferroics
Organic electronics and semiconductors
Magnetic nanoparticle
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
193,899
8,006
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Enrique Cí¡novas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,500
2,553
0.464
Nanotechnology
Photovoltaics
Photocatalysis
Hybrid materials
Charge carrier dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
210,174
8,556
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Yuri Avlasevich
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,996
1,419
0.284
Organic chemistry
Polymer chemistry
Photophysics of nanoobjects
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
212,466
8,653
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Werner Steffen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,016
1,682
0.335
Light Scattering
Thin Films and Nanotechnology
Materials Science
Structure and Dynamics of Soft Matter
X-Ray Scattering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
212,574
8,663
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Katrin Amann-Winkel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,929
2,681
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
231,488
9,315
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Stanislav Baluschev
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,504
1,169
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
232,053
9,332
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Svenja Morsbach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,593
3,391
0.738
Polymer Analysis
Biomolecular Corona
Nanomaterials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
235,776
9,461
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Hai Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,624
3,545
0.767
Ultrafast spectroscopy
Carrier dynamics
Low-dimensional materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
255,239
10,137
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Stefan Al Weber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,136
2,608
0.631
scanning probe microscopy
kelvin probe force microscopy
perovskite solar cells
ion migration
solid-liquid interfaces
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