Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
471,229
120,593
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,325
42,828
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
cell death
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,408
22,133
0.184
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Cell Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,596
40,945
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,304
13,475
0.166
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Bioinformatics
Sequence analysis
Molecular phylogenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,567
54,317
0.674
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Cell biology
Molecular biology
Microbiology
Autophagy
Dentistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,484
21,504
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Virology
Cell Biology
Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,344
11,500
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Systems Immunology
Structural bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,340
35,298
0.730
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Statistical Genetics
Genetics of Human Complex Diseases
Epigenetics
Drug Discovery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,056
36,461
0.759
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
reproductive biology
gene-manipulated animals
development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,748
10,261
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Biochemistry
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,933
12,815
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Single atom spectroscopy
Single molecular imaging
Low-dimensional materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,374
20,900
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
プラズマ物理
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,501
6,917
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,153
15,907
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Materials Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,711
16,163
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Quantum optics
quantum mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,231
12,071
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Fertilization
Spermatogenesis
Reproductive biology
Biotechnology
Genome engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,556
13,564
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
構造生物学、情報科学
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,857
9,419
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,799
14,207
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Immunology
Lymphocyte trafficking
Chemokines
Adhesion Molecules
Lysophospholipids
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,015
4,989
0.156
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,098
12,707
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,922
6,133
0.198
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Electronic systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,600
12,916
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Nuclear Medicine
Molecular Imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,400
3,537
0.120
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Shizuo Akira
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
471,229
120,593
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,736
18
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Shimon Sakaguchi
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,325
42,828
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,159
24
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Shigekazu Nagata
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,408
22,133
0.184
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,867
31
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Tamotsu Yoshimori
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,596
40,945
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,509
52
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Toshio Hirano
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,304
13,475
0.166
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,583
55
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Kazutaka Katoh
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,567
54,317
0.674
Bioinformatics
Sequence analysis
Molecular phylogenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,768
92
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Takeshi Noda
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,484
21,504
0.368
Cell biology
Molecular biology
Microbiology
Autophagy
Dentistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,544
122
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Yoshiharu Matsuura
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,344
11,500
0.238
Virology
Cell Biology
Biochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,546
123
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Daron M Standley
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,340
35,298
0.730
Systems Immunology
Structural bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,642
125
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Yukinori Okada
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,056
36,461
0.759
Statistical Genetics
Genetics of Human Complex Diseases
Epigenetics
Drug Discovery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,351
151
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Masaru Okabe
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,748
10,261
0.235
reproductive biology
gene-manipulated animals
development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,252
165
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Taroh Kinoshita
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,933
12,815
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,517
170
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Kazu Suenaga|Kazutomo Suenaga
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,374
20,900
0.505
Single atom spectroscopy
Single molecular imaging
Low-dimensional materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,578
178
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Akira Hasegawa
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,501
6,917
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,407
191
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Hiroshi Ishiguro
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,153
15,907
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,372
202
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Hiromi Yamashita
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,711
16,163
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,689
204
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Satoshi Tanaka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,231
12,071
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,989
218
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Masahito Ikawa
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,556
13,564
0.393
Fertilization
Spermatogenesis
Reproductive biology
Biotechnology
Genome engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,406
252
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Nakamura Haruki
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,857
9,419
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,455
253
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Takashi Nakagawa
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,799
14,207
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,250
265
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Masayuki Miyasaka
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,015
4,989
0.156
Immunology
Lymphocyte trafficking
Chemokines
Adhesion Molecules
Lysophospholipids
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,193
275
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Atsuo Amano
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,098
12,707
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,360
278
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Toru Nakano
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,922
6,133
0.198
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,682
282
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Tsuyoshi Sekitani
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,600
12,916
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,166
303
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Yoshiharu Yonekura
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,400
3,537
0.120
Nuclear Medicine
Molecular Imaging