Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 1.414 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
heavy-ion physics
high-energy nuclear physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
295,206
111,357
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Quantum Chemistry
Electronic Structure
Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
257,157
82,635
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Chemistry
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
228,149
85,448
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
environmental engineering
membrane separations
environmental nanotechnology
desalination
water
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159,289
68,375
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
organizational psychology
team training
safety culture
human factors
teamwork
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142,606
41,763
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
travel industry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,555
39,799
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Nanotechnology
Plasmonics
Nanophotonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131,647
37,608
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,029
15,022
0.137
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Biomaterials
Drug Delivery
Nanotechnology
Regenerative Medicine
Tissue Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,795
25,166
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
data science
visualisation
statistics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,336
82,564
0.762
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Plasmonics
Nanoscience
Electronic Structure
Transport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,851
33,178
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Signal Processing
Image Processing
Machine Learning
Open Education
Learning Technologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,107
22,077
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
materials
modeling
physics
computations
chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,076
31,810
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
corporate strategy
international strategy
corporate governance
innovation
stakeholder theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,663
17,738
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Physical Chemistry
Biophysics
Protein Folding
Condensed Matter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,622
12,047
0.184
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
environmental engineering
environmental nanotechnology
water treatment
biodegradation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,646
27,420
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Logic and Computation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,381
13,006
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
ecology
evolution
environmental DNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,544
40,633
0.660
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Nanomechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,778
32,235
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
physics of living systems
biological physics
physics
chemistry
biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,859
14,453
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
sequence stratigraphy
geology
exploration seismology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,917
6,886
0.130
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,361
6,197
0.131
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
american politics
elections
political science
representation
voting behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,586
6,682
0.147
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
plant biology
Arabidopsis
peroxisomes
auxin
microRNAs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,742
12,117
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
plasmonics
nanophotonics
single particle spectroscopy
nanomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,151
12,008
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
249
108
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Frank Geurts
Rice University
Houston, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
295,206
111,357
0.377
heavy-ion physics
high-energy nuclear physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
425
177
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Gustavo E Scuseria
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
257,157
82,635
0.321
Quantum Chemistry
Electronic Structure
Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
622
244
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ajayan PM
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
228,149
85,448
0.375
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Chemistry
Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,309
578
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Menachem Elimelech
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159,289
68,375
0.429
environmental engineering
membrane separations
environmental nanotechnology
desalination
water
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,617
719
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Eduardo Salas
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142,606
41,763
0.293
organizational psychology
team training
safety culture
human factors
teamwork
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,813
811
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
James M Tour
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,555
39,799
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,889
851
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
NJ Halas
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131,647
37,608
0.286
Nanotechnology
Plasmonics
Nanophotonics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,673
1,270
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Kyriacos Nicolaou
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,029
15,022
0.137
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,742
1,298
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Antonios G Mikos
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,795
25,166
0.231
Biomaterials
Drug Delivery
Nanotechnology
Regenerative Medicine
Tissue Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,764
1,311
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Hadley Wickham
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,336
82,564
0.762
data science
visualisation
statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,230
1,536
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Peter Nordlander
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,851
33,178
0.332
Plasmonics
Nanoscience
Electronic Structure
Transport
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,573
2,171
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Richard Baraniuk
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,107
22,077
0.269
Signal Processing
Image Processing
Machine Learning
Open Education
Learning Technologies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,972
2,829
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Boris Yakobson
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,076
31,810
0.454
materials
modeling
physics
computations
chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,020
2,855
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Robert E Hoskisson
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,663
17,738
0.255
corporate strategy
international strategy
corporate governance
innovation
stakeholder theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,628
3,119
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Peter G Wolynes
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,622
12,047
0.184
Physical Chemistry
Biophysics
Protein Folding
Condensed Matter
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,169
3,385
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Pedro Jj Alvarez
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,646
27,420
0.438
environmental engineering
environmental nanotechnology
water treatment
biodegradation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,212
3,410
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Moshe Y Vardi
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,381
13,006
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,352
3,481
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jennifer Drummond
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,544
40,633
0.660
ecology
evolution
environmental DNA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,910
3,756
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jun Lou
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,778
32,235
0.548
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Nanomechanics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,129
4,353
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jose Onuchic
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,859
14,453
0.268
physics of living systems
biological physics
physics
chemistry
biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,400
4,470
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Peter Vail
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,917
6,886
0.130
sequence stratigraphy
geology
exploration seismology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,149
5,268
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Robert Curl
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,361
6,197
0.131
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,862
5,621
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Warren E Miller
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,586
6,682
0.147
american politics
elections
political science
representation
voting behavior
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,230
5,785
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Bonnie Bartel
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,742
12,117
0.271
plant biology
Arabidopsis
peroxisomes
auxin
microRNAs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,978
6,140
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Stephan Link
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,151
12,008
0.278
plasmonics
nanophotonics
single particle spectroscopy
nanomaterials