Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Microsoft Research Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155,281
60,365
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149,256
57,006
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Data Mining
Privacy
Web Search
Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143,704
22,499
0.157
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Machine intelligence
decision theory
decisions under uncertainty
information retrieval
bounded
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,231
38,096
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Machine Learning
Computational Biology
Genomics
Expert Systems
HIV
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,254
25,208
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Information Retrieval
Human-Computer Interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,195
23,416
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Algorithmic Accountability
Social Media
Internet Studies
Big Data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,172
38,763
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
natural language processing
information retrieval
machine learning
deep learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,133
76,926
0.835
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
theoretical computer science
cryptography
private data analysis
differential privacy
nonmalleability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,855
43,839
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
networking
data centers
data mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,551
16,285
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Machine learning
AI for Science
AI for Industry
Information retrieval
NLP
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,978
53,685
0.767
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Controlled Experiments
A/B testing
Machine Learning
Data Science
Personalization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,299
20,517
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Database systems
distributed systems
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,185
16,569
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Database systems
data mining
information extraction
ranking/recommendation
social networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,660
13,915
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Computer Vision
Computer Graphics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,177
14,228
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
computer vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,656
44,606
0.801
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Computer Graphics
Graphics
Virtual Reality
Geometric Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,138
36,329
0.725
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,948
29,654
0.594
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,424
25,776
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
computer vision
artificial intelligence
augmented reality
geometry
structure from motion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,100
47,246
0.962
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,721
27,828
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Computer Vision
Deep Learning
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,676
48,045
0.987
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Natural Language Processing
Foundation Models
General AI
Generative AI
Multimodal AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,485
41,655
0.877
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Database systems and transaction processin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,469
5,712
0.123
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,469
25,635
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,329
590
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Robert Schapire
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155,281
60,365
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,430
631
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Christopher M Bishop
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149,256
57,006
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,550
687
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Rakesh Agrawal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143,704
22,499
0.157
Data Mining
Privacy
Web Search
Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,886
1,382
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Eric Horvitz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,231
38,096
0.365
Machine intelligence
decision theory
decisions under uncertainty
information retrieval
bounded
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,365
1,609
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
David Heckerman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,254
25,208
0.262
Machine Learning
Computational Biology
Genomics
Expert Systems
HIV
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,432
1,640
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Susan Dumais
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,195
23,416
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,520
1,674
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Danah Boyd
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,172
38,763
0.412
Algorithmic Accountability
Social Media
Internet Studies
Big Data
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,649
1,729
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jianfeng Gao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,133
76,926
0.835
natural language processing
information retrieval
machine learning
deep learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,007
2,380
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Cynthia Dwork
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,855
43,839
0.570
theoretical computer science
cryptography
private data analysis
differential privacy
nonmalleability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,375
2,547
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
David A Maltz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,551
16,285
0.221
networking
data centers
data mining
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,811
2,752
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Tie-Yan Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,978
53,685
0.767
Machine learning
AI for Science
AI for Industry
Information retrieval
NLP
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,668
3,158
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ron Kohavi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,299
20,517
0.319
Controlled Experiments
A/B testing
Machine Learning
Data Science
Personalization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,620
3,618
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Johannes Gehrke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,185
16,569
0.280
Database systems
distributed systems
machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,732
3,678
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Raghu Ramakrishnan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,660
13,915
0.237
Database systems
data mining
information extraction
ranking/recommendation
social networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,301
3,967
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Heung-Yeung Shum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,177
14,228
0.253
Computer Vision
Computer Graphics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,440
4,020
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Stephen Lin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,656
44,606
0.801
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,979
4,754
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Baining Guo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,138
36,329
0.725
Computer Graphics
Graphics
Virtual Reality
Geometric Modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,038
4,784
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Rich Caruana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,948
29,654
0.594
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,194
4,850
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Matthias Troyer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,424
25,776
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,296
4,905
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Johannes L Schönberger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,100
47,246
0.962
computer vision
artificial intelligence
augmented reality
geometry
structure from motion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,414
4,966
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
John Winn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,721
27,828
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,428
4,971
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Han Hu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,676
48,045
0.987
Computer Vision
Deep Learning
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,856
5,147
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Furu Wei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,485
41,655
0.877
Natural Language Processing
Foundation Models
General AI
Generative AI
Multimodal AI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,196
5,307
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Philip A Bernstein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,469
5,712
0.123
Database systems and transaction processin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,599
5,511
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Miroslav Dudik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,469
25,635
0.564