Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 34 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
United States
Elizabeth Harper
Watershed Management
Conservation Biology
Population Dynamics
Ecological Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,594
455
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
United States
Frances Rucker
myopia
color vision
emmetropization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,337
654
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
United States
James Newcomb
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,326
547
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
United States
Fuensanta Vera Diaz
Myopia
Refractive Error
Binocular Vision
Visual Function
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
994
575
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
United States
Gavin Henning
Assessment
socially just assessment
higher education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
938
585
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
United States
Sarah D Gunnery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
883
537
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
United States
Christopher Patrick Taylor|Christopher P. Taylor, Chris Taylor
vision
emmetropization
aging
noise
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
786
385
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
United States
Athanasios Panorgias
vision science
electrophysiology
color vision
psychophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
593
246
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
United States
Xia Wang
Visual regulation
Ocular growth
Myopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
482
239
0.496

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
United States
Sangeetha Metlapally
vision science
optics
binocular vision
optometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
416
158
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
United States
Nicole Ross
low vision rehabilitation
ocular disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
364
291
0.799
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
United States
Moonjung Choi, Boptom
Corneal Endothelial Dystrophies
Dry Eye
Mitochondria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
339
219
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
United States
Carlton Fitzgerald
education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
292
178
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
United States
Yang Jing
Ophthalmology&Optometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231
62
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
United States
Ziwei Wu
Contact lens
Cornea
Dry eye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193
63
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
United States
Jennifer Reilly|Jennifer Williams
Optometric education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
78
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
United States
Chenyi Liu
ocular disease
neuro-optometric rehabilitation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
127
0.992
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
United States
Amrit Pokharel
Clinical practice and research on myopia and glaucoma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
76
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
United States
James M Murtha
Education
Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
5
0.051
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
United States
Hilary Gaiser
Amblyopia
Binocular vision
vision screening
optometric education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
50
0.806
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
United States
Megan Osterbur
LGBTQIA Politics
Feminist Theory
Marginalized Populations
Network Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
36
0.818
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
United States
Jaya Venkatesh R
Thermal Engineering
Solar Energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
31
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
United States
Gowtham Balu
chemical and biological treatment of waste water
waste management
Lignocellulosic biomass
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
25
0.962
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
United States
Kj Prasanna Venkatesan
Wireless Communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
12
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
United States
Kwame Antwi-Boasiako
glaucoma
OCT
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
19
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
523,059
United States
161,638
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Elizabeth Harper
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,594
455
0.285
Watershed Management
Conservation Biology
Population Dynamics
Ecological Modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
583,431
United States
177,424
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Frances Rucker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,337
654
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
586,359
United States
178,146
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
James Newcomb
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,326
547
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
689,087
United States
203,975
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Fuensanta Vera Diaz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
994
575
0.578
Myopia
Refractive Error
Binocular Vision
Visual Function
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
709,817
United States
208,914
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Gavin Henning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
938
585
0.624
Assessment
socially just assessment
higher education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
731,590
United States
214,135
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Sarah D Gunnery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
883
537
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
772,605
United States
223,507
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Christopher Patrick Taylor|Christopher P. Taylor, Chris Taylor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
786
385
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
867,701
United States
244,050
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Athanasios Panorgias
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
593
246
0.415
vision science
electrophysiology
color vision
psychophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
945,020
United States
258,357
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Xia Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
482
239
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,005,379
United States
268,531
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sangeetha Metlapally
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
416
158
0.380
vision science
optics
binocular vision
optometry

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,058,684
United States
276,970
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Nicole Ross
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
364
291
0.799
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,087,822
United States
281,406
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Moonjung Choi, Boptom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
339
219
0.646
Corneal Endothelial Dystrophies
Dry Eye
Mitochondria
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,149,997
United States
290,564
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Carlton Fitzgerald
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
292
178
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,250,843
United States
304,842
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Yang Jing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231
62
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,328,821
United States
315,791
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ziwei Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193
63
0.326
Contact lens
Cornea
Dry eye
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,430,473
United States
329,395
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jennifer Reilly|Jennifer Williams
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
78
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,511,119
United States
339,922
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Chenyi Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
127
0.992
ocular disease
neuro-optometric rehabilitation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,534,083
United States
342,854
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Amrit Pokharel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
76
0.623
Clinical practice and research on myopia and glaucoma
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,629,278
United States
355,162
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
James M Murtha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
5
0.051
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,806,470
United States
377,877
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Hilary Gaiser
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
50
0.806
Amblyopia
Binocular vision
vision screening
optometric education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,921,798
United States
392,495
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Megan Osterbur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
36
0.818
LGBTQIA Politics
Feminist Theory
Marginalized Populations
Network Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,017,391
United States
404,416
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jaya Venkatesh R
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
31
1.000
Thermal Engineering
Solar Energy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,065,941
United States
410,455
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Gowtham Balu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
25
0.962
chemical and biological treatment of waste water
waste management
Lignocellulosic biomass
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,109,673
United States
415,633
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Kj Prasanna Venkatesan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
12
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,135,577
United States
418,657
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Kwame Antwi-Boasiako
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
19
1.000
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