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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 62 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
Gravitation
Black Holes
Gravitational Wave
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,391
16,102
0.753
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
CuInSe2 and the related photovoltatic materials and device
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,251
2,064
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Oxide semiconductor
sensor
MEMS
TFT
defect
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,016
2,219
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Functional material
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,146
2,399
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,753
1,770
0.181
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Environmental DNA
Biological Conservation
Human Environment Disease Linkag
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,902
6,560
0.737
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Pattern Recognition
Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,273
1,289
0.205
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Microbiol
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,446
1,739
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Data Mining
Social Networks
Web Minin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,268
1,188
0.278
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Plant pathology
Plant immunity
Plant-microbe interactions
Microbiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,910
1,758
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
生態学、昆虫―植物相互作�
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,851
1,428
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
microwav
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,744
486
0.130
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,594
1,370
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,138
265
0.084
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Microbial Ecology
Mathematical Biology
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,011
1,690
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Plant scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,682
901
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Physical Anthropolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,162
753
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Plant Physiology
Environmental Adaptatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,137
673
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sports nutrition
Exercise physiology
Energy expenditure
Cyclin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,878
466
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Water Quality Systems Engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,865
918
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
fish ecology
isotope ecology
environmental DNA
histor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,721
952
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Cellular Automata
Ultradiscrete System
Integrable Syste
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,621
237
0.146
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Human computer interaction
wearable computer
remote collaboration
Augmented Reality
Mobile Projectio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,618
612
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Environmental Impact Assessmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,623
992
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
theory of condensed matter physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,394
101
0.072
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,539
575
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Hiroyuki Nakano
Ryukoku University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,391
16,102
0.753
Gravitation
Black Holes
Gravitational Wave
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,394
1,609
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
和田 隆博
Ryukoku University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,251
2,064
0.183
CuInSe2 and the related photovoltatic materials and device
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,724
1,657
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Tokiyoshi Matsuda
Ryukoku University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,016
2,219
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,159
1,860
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Kingo Uchida
Ryukoku University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,146
2,399
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,848
1,963
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
木村睦
Ryukoku University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,753
1,770
0.181
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,618
2,197
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Hiroki Yamanaka
Ryukoku University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,902
6,560
0.737
Environmental DNA
Biological Conservation
Human Environment Disease Linkag
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
173,817
3,392
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Takashi Takahashi 高橋隆史
Ryukoku University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,273
1,289
0.205
Pattern Recognition
Machine Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
200,052
3,954
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jun Shima
Ryukoku University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,446
1,739
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
251,793
5,059
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Masahiro Kimura
Ryukoku University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,268
1,188
0.278
Data Mining
Social Networks
Web Minin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
272,419
5,476
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Betsuyaku Shigeyuki
Ryukoku University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,910
1,758
0.450
Plant pathology
Plant immunity
Plant-microbe interactions
Microbiolog
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
276,013
5,552
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Kaori Shiojiri
Ryukoku University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,851
1,428
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
282,830
5,700
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Toshio Ishizaki
Ryukoku University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,744
486
0.130
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
292,865
5,924
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Tetsuji Okuda
Ryukoku University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,594
1,370
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
328,424
6,665
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Yukio Doi
Ryukoku University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,138
265
0.084
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
339,499
6,876
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Takeshi Miki
Ryukoku University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,011
1,690
0.561
Microbial Ecology
Mathematical Biology
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
372,591
7,513
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Kei Ichiro Mishiba|三柴 啓一郎
Ryukoku University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,682
901
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
437,884
8,858
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Yutaka Kunimatsu
Ryukoku University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,162
753
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
441,612
8,929
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Tsuyoshi Furumoto
Ryukoku University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,137
673
0.315
Plant Physiology
Environmental Adaptatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
483,642
9,729
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Kengo Ishihara
Ryukoku University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,878
466
0.248
Sports nutrition
Exercise physiology
Energy expenditure
Cyclin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
485,918
9,772
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Naoyuki Kishimoto
Ryukoku University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,865
918
0.492
Water Quality Systems Engineerin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
513,057
10,291
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Maruyama Atsushi
Ryukoku University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,721
952
0.553
fish ecology
isotope ecology
environmental DNA
histor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
533,333
10,672
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Junta Matsukidaira
Ryukoku University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,621
237
0.146
Cellular Automata
Ultradiscrete System
Integrable Syste
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
533,918
10,682
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Nobuchika Sakata
Ryukoku University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,618
612
0.378
Human computer interaction
wearable computer
remote collaboration
Augmented Reality
Mobile Projectio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
532,786
10,663
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Takashi Fujimori
Ryukoku University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,623
992
0.611
Environmental Impact Assessmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
585,675
11,634
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Iida Shinji
Ryukoku University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,394
101
0.072