Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 388 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 Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Evolutionary Psychology
Animal Behavior
Comparative Psychology
Behavioral Ecology
Intimate Partner Violenc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,555
13,590
0.352
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
genomics
conservation genetics
evolutio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,450
15,444
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Magnetism
Spin wave
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,012
8,749
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,551
5,534
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Social-Personality Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,288
10,322
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Autophag
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,280
7,035
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
spintronics
nanomagnetism
magnetization dynamic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,149
6,017
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
bioelectricity
biomagnetism
magnetic stimulation
biological physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,047
1,901
0.146
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
DNA Radiation Chemistry
Free Radical Chemistry
Electron Spin Resonance
Quantum Chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,698
2,115
0.167
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Tobacco smoke and e-cigarettes cerebrovascular toxicity
Blood-brain barrier modeling
Neuroinflammatory disorders and Biomarke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,394
7,111
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,826
3,429
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
spin transport
magnetization dynamics
nanoimprint
spin-orbitronics
spin Hall effec
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,674
7,162
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,627
2,253
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,846
3,779
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Machine Learning
Pattern Recognition
Data Mining
Multimedia Information Retrieval
Computer Visio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,416
1,188
0.141
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Astrophysics
Astroparticle Physic
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,243
3,539
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Posttraumatic growth
Resilience
Clinical Psychology
Social-Personality Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,136
5,404
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Strategic Management
top management team
CE
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,969
3,162
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Partial Differential Equations
Variational methods
contact
friction
biomathematic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,500
1,718
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
MRI
microscopic imaging
Biomedical imaging
cartilage
osteoarthriti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,901
1,631
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
biochemistry
lens
cataract
oxidation
disulfid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,514
888
0.136
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
counselin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,579
2,128
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Interpersonal relationships
marriage/divorce
accounts or story-telling
gender and rac
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,447
1,422
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
amphibian population biology
amphibian larval ecolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,381
816
0.128
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Cognitive Psychology
Comparative Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,309
2,507
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,341
7,629
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Todd K Shackelford
Oakland University
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,555
13,590
0.352
Evolutionary Psychology
Animal Behavior
Comparative Psychology
Behavioral Ecology
Intimate Partner Violenc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,376
10,260
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Taras K Oleksyk
Oakland University
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,450
15,444
0.491
genomics
conservation genetics
evolutio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,530
14,999
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Andrei Slavin
Oakland University
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,012
8,749
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,595
16,288
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Gopalan Srinivasan
Oakland University
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,551
5,534
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,954
21,113
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Virgil Zeigler Hill
Oakland University
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,288
10,322
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,185
24,287
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Elizabeth Delorme Axford
Oakland University
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,280
7,035
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,496
31,031
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Vasyl Tyberkevych
Oakland University
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,149
6,017
0.458
spintronics
nanomagnetism
magnetization dynamic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,251
31,299
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Bradley J Roth
Oakland University
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,047
1,901
0.146
bioelectricity
biomagnetism
magnetic stimulation
biological physic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,753
32,169
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Michael D Sevilla
Oakland University
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,698
2,115
0.167
DNA Radiation Chemistry
Free Radical Chemistry
Electron Spin Resonance
Quantum Chemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,860
36,199
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Luca Cucullo
Oakland University
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,394
7,111
0.624
Tobacco smoke and e-cigarettes cerebrovascular toxicity
Blood-brain barrier modeling
Neuroinflammatory disorders and Biomarke
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95,402
38,103
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ken Elder
Oakland University
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,826
3,429
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,019
38,662
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Wei Zhang
Oakland University
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,674
7,162
0.671
spin transport
magnetization dynamics
nanoimprint
spin-orbitronics
spin Hall effec
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,518
38,820
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Kieran Mathieson
Oakland University
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,627
2,253
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120,220
46,546
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Vijayan Sugumaran
Oakland University
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,846
3,779
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
127,025
48,795
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ishwar K Sethi
Oakland University
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,416
1,188
0.141
Machine Learning
Pattern Recognition
Data Mining
Multimedia Information Retrieval
Computer Visio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,983
49,759
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ilias Cholis
Oakland University
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,243
3,539
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
131,875
50,373
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Kanako Taku
Oakland University
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,136
5,404
0.664
Posttraumatic growth
Resilience
Clinical Psychology
Social-Personality Psycholog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
134,936
51,359
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Yan Ling
Oakland University
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,969
3,162
0.397
Strategic Management
top management team
CE
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
144,031
54,317
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Meir Shillor
Oakland University
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,500
1,718
0.229
Partial Differential Equations
Variational methods
contact
friction
biomathematic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
157,274
58,493
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Yang Xia
Oakland University
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,901
1,631
0.236
MRI
microscopic imaging
Biomedical imaging
cartilage
osteoarthriti
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
166,912
61,524
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Frank Giblin
Oakland University
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,514
888
0.136
biochemistry
lens
cataract
oxidation
disulfid
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
165,232
61,017
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jane Goodman
Oakland University
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,579
2,128
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
168,719
62,083
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Terri Orbuch
Oakland University
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,447
1,422
0.221
Interpersonal relationships
marriage/divorce
accounts or story-telling
gender and rac
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
170,496
62,673
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Keith Berven
Oakland University
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,381
816
0.128
amphibian population biology
amphibian larval ecolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
172,380
63,233
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jennifer Vonk
Oakland University
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,309
2,507
0.397
Cognitive Psychology
Comparative Psycholog