Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 598 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
heparin
glycosaminoglycans
proteoglycans
glycobiology
carbohydrate chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,816
28,762
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
semiconductors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,730
16,212
0.203
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Semantic web
artificial intelligence
web science
ontology
knowledge graph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,742
9,832
0.128
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Semantic Web
Ontologies
Knowledge Graphs
Explainable AI
Web Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,010
8,703
0.155
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
geochemistry
petrology
astrobiology
high-P experimentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,438
14,981
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Condensed Matter Physics
Crystallography
Nanoscience
2-D Materials
Graphene
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,123
14,480
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Semiconductors
semiconductor devices
materials
processing
LEDs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,524
8,523
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Condensed Matter Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,599
12,818
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Medical Imaging
CT
Deep Learning
AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,779
20,288
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,128
9,280
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
nanomaterials
batteries
energy storage
nanocomposites
wetting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,050
16,983
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Data Mining
Machine Learning
Graph Mining
Personal Health
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,105
8,196
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
biocatalysis
polymers
peptides
surfactants
polyesters
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,909
8,246
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Polymer Composites
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,771
7,664
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Interfacial heat flow
molecular dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,437
8,663
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
computational physics
Condensed Matter Physics
Quantum Transport
Energy Storage
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,231
13,094
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Structural Biology
NMR Spectroscopy
Protein NMR Spectroscopy
Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,437
6,947
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Graphical Models
HCI
Robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,890
8,881
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Metamorphic petrology
phase equilibrium
thermodynamic modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,638
4,829
0.188
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
thin films and nanostructures
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,083
5,929
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Aquatic ecology
evolution
toxicology
behavior
environmental science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,939
7,835
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
community_detection
social networking
social informatics
communication networks
network science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,707
5,981
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,663
8,097
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Batteries
Materials
Electrochemistry
Neutron Techniques
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,518
17,045
0.792
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Biochemcial engineering
Separations
Membranes
Surface and Interfacial Science
Surface Chemistry and Modification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,529
3,451
0.168
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,149
1,960
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Robert Linhardt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,816
28,762
0.331
heparin
glycosaminoglycans
proteoglycans
glycobiology
carbohydrate chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,824
2,288
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Michael Shur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,730
16,212
0.203
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,147
2,429
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jim Hendler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,742
9,832
0.128
Semantic web
artificial intelligence
web science
ontology
knowledge graph
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,587
4,087
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Deborah L Mcguinness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,010
8,703
0.155
Semantic Web
Ontologies
Knowledge Graphs
Explainable AI
Web Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,842
4,671
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
EB Watson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,438
14,981
0.291
geochemistry
petrology
astrobiology
high-P experimentation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,887
5,148
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Humberto Terrones
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,123
14,480
0.301
Condensed Matter Physics
Crystallography
Nanoscience
2-D Materials
Graphene
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,325
5,827
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
E Fred Schubert Wellfleet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,524
8,523
0.191
Semiconductors
semiconductor devices
materials
processing
LEDs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,774
6,038
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
SB Zhang Shengbai Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,599
12,818
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,156
6,225
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ge Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,779
20,288
0.474
Medical Imaging
CT
Deep Learning
AI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,610
6,887
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jonathan Dordick
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,128
9,280
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,899
7,457
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Nikhil Koratkar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,050
16,983
0.446
nanomaterials
batteries
energy storage
nanocomposites
wetting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,251
8,084
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Mohammed J Zaki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,105
8,196
0.227
Data Mining
Machine Learning
Graph Mining
Personal Health
Bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,983
8,828
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Richard Gross
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,909
8,246
0.243
biocatalysis
polymers
peptides
surfactants
polyesters
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,101
8,883
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Linda S Schadler|Linda Schadler, L S Schadler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,771
7,664
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,346
9,412
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Pawel Keblinski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,437
8,663
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,574
9,960
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Vincent Meunier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,231
13,094
0.419
computational physics
Condensed Matter Physics
Quantum Transport
Energy Storage
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,941
11,455
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Gaetano T Montelione
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,437
6,947
0.244
Structural Biology
NMR Spectroscopy
Protein NMR Spectroscopy
Biochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,711
13,036
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Qiang Ji
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,890
8,881
0.343
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Graphical Models
HCI
Robotics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,118
13,227
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Frank Spear
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,638
4,829
0.188
Metamorphic petrology
phase equilibrium
thermodynamic modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,111
13,652
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Toh Ming Lu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,083
5,929
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,224
14,524
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Rick Relyea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,939
7,835
0.327
Aquatic ecology
evolution
toxicology
behavior
environmental science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,668
14,710
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Boleslaw Szymanski|"szymanski boleslaw k", "szymanski bk", "Szymanski B" ARL
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,707
5,981
0.252
community_detection
social networking
social informatics
communication networks
network science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,091
16,556
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jie Lian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,663
8,097
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,450
16,703
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Fudong Han
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,518
17,045
0.792
Batteries
Materials
Electrochemistry
Neutron Techniques
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,079
17,716
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Georges Belfort
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,529
3,451
0.168
Biochemcial engineering
Separations
Membranes
Surface and Interfacial Science
Surface Chemistry and Modification