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
Internal Medicine
Cardiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,873
13,949
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Motivation
Group Dynamics
Leadership
Ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,661
11,594
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
plant systematics
phylogenetics
genomics
parasitic plants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,781
9,795
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Control Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,379
4,063
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Environmental Toxicology
Environmental Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,741
4,951
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Practical Organizations of Instruction
Ethnomethodology
Conversation Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,006
3,310
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Genetics and Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,607
6,164
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
International finance
money and macro
development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,601
6,350
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Soil formation
soil mapping
human impacts on soils
soils and human health
soil science history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,251
8,545
0.697
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Physical Chemistry
Catalysis
Energy Production and Conversion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,058
6,811
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Auditory Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,907
3,136
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Ecology
botany
restoration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,799
4,270
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
marketing
consumer behavior
psychometrics
technology acceptance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,739
3,905
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,110
2,812
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
impact
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,824
3,241
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
behavior analysis
autism
gambling
verbal behavior
impulsivity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,840
4,561
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
RNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,471
1,489
0.157
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Nonlinear dynamics
Nonlinear dynamical systems
Hamiltonian chaos
Discontinuous systems
Analytical solutions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,032
3,644
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Learning and Memory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,017
1,118
0.124
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Materials Physics
Nanomaterials
Energy Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,953
3,054
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
neurology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,925
3,364
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Biology
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,735
3,268
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
breast cancer
lymphangiogenesis
lymphatic system
metastasis
tumor vasculature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,444
2,682
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,380
2,017
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Plant physiology
plant ecophysiology
ecotoxicology
nanotoxicology
phytoremediation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,237
2,369
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,073
11,537
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Bishal Bhandari
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,873
13,949
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,332
11,660
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Steven J Karau
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,661
11,594
0.419
Motivation
Group Dynamics
Leadership
Ethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,961
16,121
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Daniel L Nickrent
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,781
9,795
0.450
plant systematics
phylogenetics
genomics
parasitic plants
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,819
24,674
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Keqin Gu
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Edwardsville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,379
4,063
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,121
25,933
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Michael Lydy
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,741
4,951
0.336
Environmental Toxicology
Environmental Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,393
27,558
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Timothy Koschmann
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,006
3,310
0.236
Practical Organizations of Instruction
Ethnomethodology
Conversation Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,890
28,445
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
David A Lightfoot
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,607
6,164
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,832
30,951
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ali M Kutan
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Edwardsville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,601
6,350
0.504
International finance
money and macro
development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,341
31,850
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Eric C Brevik
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,251
8,545
0.697
Soil formation
soil mapping
human impacts on soils
soils and human health
soil science history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,900
32,426
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Qingfeng Ge
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,058
6,811
0.565
Physical Chemistry
Catalysis
Energy Production and Conversion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,122
32,871
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Don Caspary
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,907
3,136
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,971
33,181
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Dj Gibson
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,799
4,270
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,468
33,366
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Gordon C Bruner II
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,739
3,905
0.333
marketing
consumer behavior
psychometrics
technology acceptance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,103
35,388
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Darren Sherkat
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,110
2,812
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,867
36,354
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Serge Abrate
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,824
3,241
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,334
40,005
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mark R Dixon
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,840
4,561
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,788
41,556
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ramesh Gupta
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,471
1,489
0.157
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,616
43,539
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Albert Cj Luo
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Edwardsville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,032
3,644
0.403
Nonlinear dynamics
Nonlinear dynamical systems
Hamiltonian chaos
Discontinuous systems
Analytical solutions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,824
43,605
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Gregory M Rose
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,017
1,118
0.124
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,706
43,917
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Saikat Talapatra
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,953
3,054
0.341
Materials Physics
Nanomaterials
Energy Research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,110
44,063
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
James Gilchrist
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,925
3,364
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,896
45,039
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Andrew J Wood
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,735
3,268
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,380
46,532
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Sophia Ran
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,444
2,682
0.318
breast cancer
lymphangiogenesis
lymphatic system
metastasis
tumor vasculature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120,401
46,875
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Larry F Hughes
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,380
2,017
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,673
47,588
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Stephen Ebbs
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,237
2,369
0.288
Plant physiology
plant ecophysiology
ecotoxicology
nanotoxicology
phytoremediation