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
Body Image and Human Appearance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,632
14,077
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
molecular spectroscopy
atmospheric science
astronomy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,879
16,311
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Environmental chemistry geochemistry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,582
11,528
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Experimental Nuclear and Particle Physics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,354
7,165
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Conservation Biology
Ichthyology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,076
13,104
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,708
6,857
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
experimental nuclear physics
fermi problems
estimation
physics teaching
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,819
7,760
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
organic geochemistry
marine and aquatic chemistry
environmental photochemistry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,234
7,236
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
computational physics and applied mathematics
lattice Boltzmann equation (LBE)
complex fluids
nonequilibrium flows
kinetic t
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,135
7,211
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
plasma science
plasma processing
plasma medicine
plasma diagnostics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,902
7,359
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Supply Chain Analytics
Healthcare Analytics
Data Analytics
IT
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,680
12,011
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
condensed matter physics
superconductivity
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,551
4,323
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
popular politics
satire
television studies
political culture
civic engagement
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,406
7,462
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
marine ecosystem modeling
marine food webs
descriptive physical oceanography
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,839
5,685
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
biomedical sciences
pharmacology
immunology
bioelectrics
biophysics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,849
4,067
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
wireless networks
vehicular clouds
parallel and distributed systems
graph theory
vehicular communications
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,405
3,746
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Computational Analysis and Modeling
Machine Learning
Medical Image Analysis
Human-machine Systems
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,865
11,905
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
nuclear physics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,612
2,911
0.186
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Marine Conservation
Aquatic Toxicology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,720
7,754
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,395
4,642
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
NMR Spectroscopy Biogeochemistry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,042
6,069
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Developmental Psychology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,939
4,551
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Finance
Financial Economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,769
3,643
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
biogeochemistry
chemical oceanography
marine geochemistry
organic geochemistry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,663
4,486
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
instructional design
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,217
3,030
0.270
Thomas F Cash
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,632
14,077
0.262
Peter F Bernath
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,879
16,311
0.327
molecular spectroscopy
atmospheric science
astronomy
Patrick Hatcher
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,582
11,528
0.284
Environmental chemistry geochemistry
Sebastian Kuhn
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,354
7,165
0.244
Kent Carpenter
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,076
13,104
0.451
Conservation Biology
Ichthyology
Karl Schoenbach
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,708
6,857
0.239
Lawrence Weinstein
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,819
7,760
0.289
experimental nuclear physics
fermi problems
estimation
physics teaching
Kenneth Mopper
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,234
7,236
0.287
organic geochemistry
marine and aquatic chemistry
environmental photochemistry
Li-Shi Luo (罗礼诗)
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,135
7,211
0.299
computational physics and applied mathematics
lattice Boltzmann equation (LBE)
complex fluids
nonequilibrium flows
kinetic t
Mounir Laroussi
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,902
7,359
0.370
plasma science
plasma processing
plasma medicine
plasma diagnostics
Ling Li
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,680
12,011
0.643
Supply Chain Analytics
Healthcare Analytics
Data Analytics
IT
Alex Gurevich
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,551
4,323
0.233
Jeffrey P Jones
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,406
7,462
0.405
popular politics
satire
television studies
political culture
civic engagement
Eileen Hofmann
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,839
5,685
0.319
marine ecosystem modeling
marine food webs
descriptive physical oceanography
Stephen J Beebe
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,849
4,067
0.241
biomedical sciences
pharmacology
immunology
bioelectrics
biophysics
Stephan Olariu
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,405
3,746
0.228
wireless networks
vehicular clouds
parallel and distributed systems
graph theory
vehicular communications
Khan Iftekharuddin
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,865
11,905
0.750
Computational Analysis and Modeling
Machine Learning
Medical Image Analysis
Human-machine Systems
Gail Dodge
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,612
2,911
0.186
Beth Polidoro
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,720
7,754
0.565
Marine Conservation
Aquatic Toxicology
Ivan Koralt
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,395
4,642
0.375
Jingdong Mao
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,042
6,069
0.504
NMR Spectroscopy Biogeochemistry
Michelle L Kelley
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,939
4,551
0.381
John Doukas
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,769
3,643
0.310
Finance
Financial Economics
David J Burdige
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,663
4,486
0.385
biogeochemistry
chemical oceanography
marine geochemistry
organic geochemistry
Gary Morrison
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,217
3,030
0.270