Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 50 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
Mara Salvato
AGN
their hosts and their environment. Photometric redshift and SED fitting for AGN and normal galaxies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,447
32,053
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Germany
Linda Tacconi
Galaxy formation and evolution
submillimeter astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,135
23,357
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Germany
Ralf Bender
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,234
14,315
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Germany
Ariel Sanchez
Cosmology
large-scale structure of the Universe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,790
21,450
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Germany
Hüsne Dereli Bégué
High-energy astrophysics
gamma-ray bursts
GRBs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,048
21,287
0.575
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Germany
Andrea Merloni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,127
18,918
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Germany
Roland Diehl
nuclear astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,896
12,423
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Germany
Jason Dexter
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,252
21,875
0.833
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Germany
Berndt Klecker
Magnetospheric Physics and Heliospheric Physics and Solar Energetic Particles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,902
3,469
0.166

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Germany
Jeremy S. Sanders
Astrophysics
X-ray astronomy
galaxy clusters
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,113
7,119
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Germany
Gerhard Haerendel
Ionosphäre
Magnetopshäre
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,576
1,951
0.118
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Germany
Alexei Ivlev
soft matter
astrophysics
dusty plasmas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,548
4,932
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Germany
Javier Graciá Carpio
extragalactic astronomy
molecular gas
star formation
AGN
cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,783
6,845
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Germany
Julia L. Zimmermann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,649
4,485
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Germany
Jaime E Pineda
Astronomy - Astrophysics - Molecular clouds - Star Formation - ISM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,540
6,517
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Germany
J. Michael Burgess
High Energy Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,845
5,647
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Germany
Sedona Price|Sedona H. Price
Galaxy evolution
galaxy kinematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,202
7,704
0.755
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Germany
Esra Bulbul
High energy astrophysics
cosmology
large scale structure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,374
6,540
0.698
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Germany
Salvador Salazar-Albornoz
Cosmology
Large-Scale Structure of the Universe
Statistics
Extragalactic Astrophysics
Data Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,093
6,449
0.709
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Germany
Hendrik Van Eerten
high energy astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,050
5,785
0.639
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Germany
Daizhong Liu
Astrophysics
Galaxy Evolution
Interstellar Medium
Star Formation
Strong Lensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,323
7,488
0.900
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Germany
Dave Wilman
Astrophysics
Astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,780
2,959
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Germany
Senol Yazici
Astrophysics
Instrumentation
Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,801
4,748
0.818
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Germany
Maryam Habibi
Infrared astronomy
Galacti center
starburst clusters
stellar spectroscopy
blackhole environment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,767
4,878
0.846
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Germany
Thomas Taro Shimizu
Active Galactic Nuclei
galaxy evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,949
4,467
0.903
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,212
Germany
237
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Mara Salvato
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,447
32,053
0.468
AGN
their hosts and their environment. Photometric redshift and SED fitting for AGN and normal galaxies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,072
Germany
281
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Linda Tacconi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,135
23,357
0.370
Galaxy formation and evolution
submillimeter astronomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,812
Germany
310
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ralf Bender
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,234
14,315
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,069
Germany
694
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ariel Sanchez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,790
21,450
0.568
Cosmology
large-scale structure of the Universe
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,563
Germany
726
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Hüsne Dereli Bégué
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,048
21,287
0.575
High-energy astrophysics
gamma-ray bursts
GRBs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,689
Germany
879
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Andrea Merloni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,127
18,918
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,897
Germany
933
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Roland Diehl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,896
12,423
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,126
Germany
1,219
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jason Dexter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,252
21,875
0.833
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,056
Germany
1,690
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Berndt Klecker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,902
3,469
0.166
Magnetospheric Physics and Heliospheric Physics and Solar Energetic Particles
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,274
Germany
2,227
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jeremy S. Sanders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,113
7,119
0.416
Astrophysics
X-ray astronomy
galaxy clusters

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,529
Germany
2,341
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Gerhard Haerendel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,576
1,951
0.118
Ionosphäre
Magnetopshäre
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,670
Germany
2,351
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Alexei Ivlev
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,548
4,932
0.298
soft matter
astrophysics
dusty plasmas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,133
Germany
2,487
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Javier Graciá Carpio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,783
6,845
0.434
extragalactic astronomy
molecular gas
star formation
AGN
cosmology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,116
Germany
3,705
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Julia L. Zimmermann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,649
4,485
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,983
Germany
3,747
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jaime E Pineda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,540
6,517
0.565
Astronomy - Astrophysics - Molecular clouds - Star Formation - ISM
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,562
Germany
4,007
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
J. Michael Burgess
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,845
5,647
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,288
Germany
4,288
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sedona Price|Sedona H. Price
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,202
7,704
0.755
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,292
Germany
4,713
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Esra Bulbul
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,374
6,540
0.698
High energy astrophysics
cosmology
large scale structure
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,065
Germany
4,854
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Salvador Salazar-Albornoz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,093
6,449
0.709
Cosmology
Large-Scale Structure of the Universe
Statistics
Extragalactic Astrophysics
Data Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,689
Germany
4,882
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Hendrik Van Eerten
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,050
5,785
0.639
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
123,769
Germany
5,315
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Daizhong Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,323
7,488
0.900
Astrophysics
Galaxy Evolution
Interstellar Medium
Star Formation
Strong Lensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
154,318
Germany
6,501
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Dave Wilman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,780
2,959
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
180,802
Germany
7,538
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Senol Yazici
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,801
4,748
0.818
Astrophysics
Instrumentation
Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
181,877
Germany
7,587
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Maryam Habibi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,767
4,878
0.846
Infrared astronomy
Galacti center
starburst clusters
stellar spectroscopy
blackhole environment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
211,054
Germany
8,592
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Thomas Taro Shimizu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,949
4,467
0.903
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