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Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 8 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
Belgium
Jozef Bartunek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,840
12,316
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Belgium
Tom De Potter
Electrophysiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,072
6,534
0.720
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Belgium
Piet Vanhoenacker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,890
512
0.177
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Belgium
Ward A. Heggermont
cardiology
heart failure
cardiac energy metabolism
microRNA biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,438
1,652
0.678
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Belgium
Yvette Vermeulen
Cardiac surger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,646
321
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Belgium
Jan Vynckier
Acute stroke
small vessel diseas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
635
617
0.972
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Belgium
Edward Lambert
Uro-oncology
Robotic surgery
Minimally invasive surger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
364
318
0.874
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Belgium
Chiara Valeriano
Cardiologist
Electrophysiologist in trainin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164
159
0.970
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,218
Belgium
156
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jozef Bartunek
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,840
12,316
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,406
Belgium
1,126
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Tom De Potter
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,072
6,534
0.720
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
351,989
Belgium
2,982
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Piet Vanhoenacker
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,890
512
0.177
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
401,716
Belgium
3,307
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ward A. Heggermont
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,438
1,652
0.678
cardiology
heart failure
cardiac energy metabolism
microRNA biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
529,214
Belgium
4,225
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Yvette Vermeulen
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,646
321
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
865,483
Belgium
6,321
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jan Vynckier
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
635
617
0.972
Acute stroke
small vessel diseas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,090,640
Belgium
7,984
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Edward Lambert
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
364
318
0.874
Uro-oncology
Robotic surgery
Minimally invasive surger
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,472,131
Belgium
10,611
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Chiara Valeriano
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164
159
0.970