Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 584 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
5,686
World Rank
2,678
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Engineering & Technology / Biomedical Engineering
Chemical Biology | Chromatin Biology | Cancer Biology | Targeted Protein Degradation | Drug Discover
Chemical Biology | Chromatin Biology | Cancer Biology | Targeted Protein Degradation | Drug Discover
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Total74,779
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Last 6 Years37,348
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Last 6 Years / Total0.499
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
10,447
World Rank
4,941
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Citation Metrics
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Total51,173
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Last 6 Years12,939
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Last 6 Years / Total0.253
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
17,355
World Rank
8,088
Country Rank
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
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Total37,275
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Last 6 Years9,930
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Last 6 Years / Total0.266
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
20,152
World Rank
9,280
Country Rank
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Citation Metrics
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Total33,806
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Last 6 Years17,522
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Last 6 Years / Total0.518
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
26,130
World Rank
11,910
Country Rank
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
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Total28,559
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Last 6 Years10,788
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Last 6 Years / Total0.378
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
32,101
World Rank
14,449
Country Rank
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Citation Metrics
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Total24,870
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Last 6 Years14,902
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Last 6 Years / Total0.599
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
33,818
World Rank
15,136
Country Rank
7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
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Total24,014
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Last 6 Years7,154
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Last 6 Years / Total0.298
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
36,637
World Rank
16,313
Country Rank
9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
molecular biology | microbiology | cell differentiation | systems biolog
molecular biology | microbiology | cell differentiation | systems biolog
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Total22,659
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Last 6 Years2,480
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Last 6 Years / Total0.109
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
36,466
World Rank
16,243
Country Rank
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
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Total22,731
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Last 6 Years7,929
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Last 6 Years / Total0.349
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
40,956
World Rank
18,016
Country Rank
10
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
Epigenetics | Gene regulation | Cancer Biology | Drug discovery | Cancer translational researc
Epigenetics | Gene regulation | Cancer Biology | Drug discovery | Cancer translational researc
Citation Metrics
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Total20,970
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Last 6 Years5,006
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Last 6 Years / Total0.239
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
42,040
World Rank
18,408
Country Rank
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences
Molecular modeling and computational chemistry applied to the design of drug candidates | medicinal chemistr
Molecular modeling and computational chemistry applied to the design of drug candidates | medicinal chemistr
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Total20,571
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Last 6 Years6,044
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Last 6 Years / Total0.294
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
47,073
World Rank
20,382
Country Rank
12
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
Epidemiology | Health Economics | Outcomes Research | Cardiology | Oncolog
Epidemiology | Health Economics | Outcomes Research | Cardiology | Oncolog
Citation Metrics
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Total18,929
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Last 6 Years13,091
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Last 6 Years / Total0.692
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
49,452
World Rank
21,329
Country Rank
13
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
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Total18,266
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Last 6 Years5,594
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Last 6 Years / Total0.306
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
56,184
World Rank
23,922
Country Rank
14
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacology
secondary pharmacology | neuroscience | pharmacology | cheminformatics | safet
secondary pharmacology | neuroscience | pharmacology | cheminformatics | safet
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Total16,606
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Last 6 Years3,058
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Last 6 Years / Total0.184
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
64,204
World Rank
26,935
Country Rank
15
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
Cancer biology | Next Generation Sequencing | Technology developmen
Cancer biology | Next Generation Sequencing | Technology developmen
Citation Metrics
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Total15,010
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Last 6 Years5,672
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Last 6 Years / Total0.378
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
65,452
World Rank
27,390
Country Rank
16
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
Computational Biology | Genomics | Proteomics | Chemical Biology | Oncolog
Computational Biology | Genomics | Proteomics | Chemical Biology | Oncolog
Citation Metrics
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Total14,788
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Last 6 Years9,105
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Last 6 Years / Total0.616
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
68,980
World Rank
28,705
Country Rank
17
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Pharmacometrics | Data Analysis | Statistics | Computational Chemistr
Pharmacometrics | Data Analysis | Statistics | Computational Chemistr
Citation Metrics
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Total14,212
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Last 6 Years4,804
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Last 6 Years / Total0.338
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
69,541
World Rank
28,918
Country Rank
18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
Computational Biology | Oncology | Evolution | Machine Learning | Statistic
Computational Biology | Oncology | Evolution | Machine Learning | Statistic
Citation Metrics
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Total14,124
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Last 6 Years5,736
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Last 6 Years / Total0.406
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
78,261
World Rank
32,008
Country Rank
19
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Citation Metrics
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Total12,840
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Last 6 Years6,943
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Last 6 Years / Total0.541
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
79,058
World Rank
32,310
Country Rank
20
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Citation Metrics
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Total12,733
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Last 6 Years3,027
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Last 6 Years / Total0.238
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
80,530
World Rank
32,850
Country Rank
21
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Citation Metrics
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Total12,542
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Last 6 Years9,648
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Last 6 Years / Total0.769
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
85,617
World Rank
34,689
Country Rank
23
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Citation Metrics
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Total11,937
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Last 6 Years4,396
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Last 6 Years / Total0.368
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
85,465
World Rank
34,636
Country Rank
22
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Citation Metrics
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Total11,953
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Last 6 Years7,960
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Last 6 Years / Total0.666
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
89,462
World Rank
36,096
Country Rank
24
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Citation Metrics
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Total11,513
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Last 6 Years7,099
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Last 6 Years / Total0.617
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
90,705
World Rank
36,541
Country Rank
25
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Engineering & Technology / Biomedical Engineering
drug discovery | target discovery | chemical biology | novel mechanisms | novel disease association
drug discovery | target discovery | chemical biology | novel mechanisms | novel disease association
Citation Metrics
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Total11,375
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Last 6 Years5,672
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Last 6 Years / Total0.499
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