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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 4.581 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
Genomics
Molecular Biology
Genetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
412,370
158,442
0.384
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Cancer
Genetics
Leukemia
microRN
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
296,427
51,043
0.172
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Cosmology
Instrumentation
Particle Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207,136
64,189
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
social psychology
attitudes
persuasion
social cognition
judgment and decision makin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192,899
53,035
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Corporate Finance
Financial Institutions
Risk Managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,242
33,728
0.265
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Astroparticle physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,564
52,197
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
High Energy Experimental Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,016
59,775
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Biomimetics
nanotribology
nanomaterials
bio/nanotechnology
magnetic storage device
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,801
31,943
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
supersymmetry
grand unification
beyond the standard mode
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,979
6,593
0.067
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,278
21,697
0.223
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Biophysics & Biomechanics
Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Research
Orthopedic Surgery
PM&R
Physiology & Biomedical Engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,936
36,007
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Psychometrics
Multivariate Statistics
Latent variable model
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,257
26,446
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ecology
Evolution
Ethnobotan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,132
49,270
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
psychololg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,864
35,904
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Educational psychology in teacher education
teacher efficacy
teacher belief
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,038
25,595
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Aggression and violenc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,235
24,133
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Social Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,694
11,770
0.174
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
social psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,077
14,529
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,915
18,390
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
structural engineering
transportation engineering
civil engineering
neural networks
biomedical signal processin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,528
27,523
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Corporate Finance and Governanc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,821
15,339
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
International relations
quantum theory
and philosophy of social scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,794
13,703
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,097
10,484
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
contro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,741
11,380
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Natural Products
Pharmacognos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,652
12,944
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73
38
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Richard K Wilson
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
412,370
158,442
0.384
Genomics
Molecular Biology
Genetic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
267
116
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Carlo Croce
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
296,427
51,043
0.172
Cancer
Genetics
Leukemia
microRN
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
830
329
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Klaus Honscheid
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207,136
64,189
0.310
Cosmology
Instrumentation
Particle Physic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
954
388
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Richard E Petty
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192,899
53,035
0.275
social psychology
attitudes
persuasion
social cognition
judgment and decision makin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,123
976
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
René Stulz
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,242
33,728
0.265
Corporate Finance
Financial Institutions
Risk Managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,214
1,022
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
James J Beatty
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,564
52,197
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,348
1,083
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Bin Gui
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,016
59,775
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,666
1,247
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Bharat Bhushan
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,801
31,943
0.281
Biomimetics
nanotribology
nanomaterials
bio/nanotechnology
magnetic storage device
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,559
1,662
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Stuart Raby
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,979
6,593
0.067
supersymmetry
grand unification
beyond the standard mode
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,604
1,684
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Marilynn Brewer
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,278
21,697
0.223
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,974
1,868
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Timothy E Hewett
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,936
36,007
0.392
Biophysics & Biomechanics
Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Research
Orthopedic Surgery
PM&R
Physiology & Biomedical Engineerin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,252
2,005
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Michael W Browne
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,257
26,446
0.300
Psychometrics
Multivariate Statistics
Latent variable model
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,812
2,275
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mhh Stevens|Hank Stevens
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,132
49,270
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,153
2,433
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Julian Thayer
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,864
35,904
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,365
2,532
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Anita Woolfolk Hoy
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,038
25,595
0.332
Educational psychology in teacher education
teacher efficacy
teacher belief
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,849
2,747
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Brad J Bushman
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,235
24,133
0.330
Aggression and violenc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,668
3,136
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Russell H Fazio
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,694
11,770
0.174
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,852
3,709
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jennifer Crocker
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,077
14,529
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,877
3,723
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Roger Ratcliff
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,915
18,390
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,634
4,088
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Hojjat Adeli
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,528
27,523
0.478
structural engineering
transportation engineering
civil engineering
neural networks
biomedical signal processin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,076
4,300
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Michael Weisbach
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,821
15,339
0.275
Corporate Finance and Governanc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,080
4,301
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Alexander Wendt
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,794
13,703
0.246
International relations
quantum theory
and philosophy of social scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,264
4,382
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Yiying Wu
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,097
10,484
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,647
4,546
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Vadim Utkin
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,741
11,380
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,671
4,560
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
A Douglas Kinghorn
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,652
12,944
0.241