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

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

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

Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,890
512
0.177
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4

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

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

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

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

Cardiologist
Electrophysiologist in trainin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164
159
0.970
Jozef Bartunek
Onze Lieve Vrouw Clinic
Aalst, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,840
12,316
0.354
Tom De Potter
Onze Lieve Vrouw Clinic
Aalst, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,072
6,534
0.720
Piet Vanhoenacker
Onze Lieve Vrouw Clinic
Aalst, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,890
512
0.177
Ward A. Heggermont
Onze Lieve Vrouw Clinic
Aalst, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,438
1,652
0.678
cardiology
heart failure
cardiac energy metabolism
microRNA biolog
Yvette Vermeulen
Onze Lieve Vrouw Clinic
Aalst, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,646
321
0.195
Jan Vynckier
Onze Lieve Vrouw Clinic
Aalst, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
635
617
0.972
Edward Lambert
Onze Lieve Vrouw Clinic
Aalst, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
364
318
0.874
Uro-oncology
Robotic surgery
Minimally invasive surger
Chiara Valeriano
Onze Lieve Vrouw Clinic
Aalst, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164
159
0.970
Cardiologist
Electrophysiologist in trainin