Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: Scientists Last 6 years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025
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Ranking Based On Selection :1
Astrophyics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,653
32,981
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
high energy nuclear and particle physics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,516
13,323
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
astronomy
particle physics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,732
11,481
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Applied Mathematics · Mathematical Statistics: Statistics of stochastic processes
spatial statistics
statistics of non
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,924
12,454
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Soil Science
Ecology
Agriculture
Policy
Rangelands
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,901
8,565
0.410
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Ranking Based On Selection :6
Computer Networks
Security and Privacy
Wireless Sensor Networks (IoT/CPS/Smart Grid)
Big Data
Super Computing
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,592
7,904
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Culture
Reasoned Action
PPT
Significance Testing
Me.
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,844
5,481
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Astronomy
astrophysics
galaxies
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,113
5,044
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Nonlinear dynamical systems
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,653
9,306
0.735
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Membrane
Desalination
Produced water treatment
Water reuse
Photocatalysis
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,976
6,216
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
savanna ecology
drylands
pastoral systems
carbon cycle
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,176
4,306
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Synthetic Medicinal Organic Chemistry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,585
3,085
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Bioenergy
sustainable environmental technologies
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,259
4,544
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Astronomy
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Last 6 Years
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9,843
3,945
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Galaxy Evolution
Quasar Absorption Lines
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,763
2,547
0.261
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Ranking Based On Selection :16
wildlife ecology
disease ecology
conservation ecology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,209
4,007
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Artificial Intelligence
Logic Programming
Intelligent Agent
Planning
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,467
1,567
0.185
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,294
3,717
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Big Data and Collective Intelligence.
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,199
6,067
0.740
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
mechanical engineering
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,116
3,916
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Precision Livestock Management and Grazing Behavior
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,940
2,939
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Virology
Vaccines
Evolutionary Ecology
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,288
3,348
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Gangs
Police
Criminological Theory
Corrections
Juvenile Justice
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,864
1,784
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
marketing theory
ethics
advertising
philosophy of science
survey research
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,214
2,647
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
avian and mammalian systematics
phylogenomics
paleontology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,187
2,889
0.467
Kaike Pan
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,653
32,981
0.526
Stephen Ford Pate
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,516
13,323
0.232
Anatoly Klypin
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,732
11,481
0.282
Hung T Nguyen
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,924
12,454
0.378
Applied Mathematics · Mathematical Statistics: Statistics of stochastic processes
spatial statistics
statistics of non
Jeffrey Herrick
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,901
8,565
0.410
Soil Science
Ecology
Agriculture
Policy
Rangelands
Satyajayant Jay Misra
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,592
7,904
0.449
Computer Networks
Security and Privacy
Wireless Sensor Networks (IoT/CPS/Smart Grid)
Big Data
Super Computing
David Trafimow|S. Lothario Messerschmidt, Rodondo Cafeteria Mulchahey
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,844
5,481
0.369
Culture
Reasoned Action
PPT
Significance Testing
Me.
R Walterbos
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,113
5,044
0.385
Abdessattar Abdelkefi
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,653
9,306
0.735
Nonlinear dynamical systems
Pei Xu
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,976
6,216
0.519
Membrane
Desalination
Produced water treatment
Water reuse
Photocatalysis
Niall Hanan
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,176
4,306
0.385
savanna ecology
drylands
pastoral systems
carbon cycle
Jeffrey Arterburn
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,585
3,085
0.291
Synthetic Medicinal Organic Chemistry
Nirmal Khandan
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,259
4,544
0.443
Kristian Finlator
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, United States
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Last 6 Years
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9,843
3,945
0.401
Christopher W Churchill
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,763
2,547
0.261
Matthew Gompper
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,209
4,007
0.435
wildlife ecology
disease ecology
conservation ecology
Tran Cao Son
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,467
1,567
0.185
Artificial Intelligence
Logic Programming
Intelligent Agent
Planning
Sergei Smirnov
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,294
3,717
0.448
Thanh Nguyen Hai
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,199
6,067
0.740
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Big Data and Collective Intelligence.
Sevostianov I
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,116
3,916
0.483
mechanical engineering
Derek Bailey
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,940
2,939
0.370
Kathryn A Hanley
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,288
3,348
0.459
Virology
Vaccines
Evolutionary Ecology
Emerging Infectious Diseases
L Thomas Winfree JR
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,864
1,784
0.260
Gangs
Police
Criminological Theory
Corrections
Juvenile Justice
Michael R Hyman
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,214
2,647
0.426
marketing theory
ethics
advertising
philosophy of science
survey research
Peter Houde
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,187
2,889
0.467
avian and mammalian systematics
phylogenomics
paleontology