Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 418 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
global ecology
atmosphere-biosphere interactions
remote sensing
climate change impacts
ecometabolomics and biogenic VOCs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164,940
91,817
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Cosmology & Astroparticle Physics
Transdisciplinary research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,660
26,339
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Autophagy
cell death
cell biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,734
20,314
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Astrophysics
Astrochemistry
Molecular Astrophysics
Molecular Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,000
12,764
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Medicinal chemistry
Pharmacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,551
29,621
0.883
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Surface Hydrology
Hydroclimatology
Water Resources
Climate Hazards
Data Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,277
19,017
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
pathology
immunology
genomics
virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,069
11,743
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
foodomics
food analysis
metabolomics
functional foods
capillary electrophoresis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,521
13,634
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Green processes
Foodomics
compressed fluids
supercritical fluids
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,365
13,599
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Food Science
Cereals
Bakery Products
Food Ingredients
Food Quality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,106
11,207
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,604
7,539
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ageing Envejecimiento Latinoamerica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,570
11,926
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Evolution
Phylogenetics
Genomics
Speciation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,359
7,616
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Electrical characterization
Electrical Reliability
Radiation effects
Advanced CMOS devices
Semiconductor radiation detectors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,933
5,437
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Plant Nutrition & Stress Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,674
7,027
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Biomedicine
Immunology
Neuroscience
Cell Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,170
3,842
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Complex Systems
Networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,797
6,654
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Demography
Life histories
Population dynamics
Social behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,561
6,208
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Food analysis
Green extraction processes
Bioactivity
Natural compounds
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,507
7,704
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
ciencia de materiales
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,588
3,563
0.215
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Solar System exploration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,008
6,705
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,581
4,599
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Molecular Microbiology
Food Microbiology
Bioinformatics
Commensal Microbe-Human interactions
Artificial Inteligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,222
8,390
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Biotecnologia
Biocatalisis
Alimentos funcionales
Tecnologia enzimatica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,164
4,192
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Fisiología de la reproducción de peces
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,794
3,069
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,224
38
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Josep Penuelas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164,940
91,817
0.557
global ecology
atmosphere-biosphere interactions
remote sensing
climate change impacts
ecometabolomics and biogenic VOCs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,180
139
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Francisco Prada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,660
26,339
0.420
Cosmology & Astroparticle Physics
Transdisciplinary research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,291
230
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Patricia Boya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,734
20,314
0.499
Autophagy
cell death
cell biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,721
236
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jose Cernicharo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,000
12,764
0.319
Astrophysics
Astrochemistry
Molecular Astrophysics
Molecular Spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,363
334
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Angela Ribeiro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,551
29,621
0.883
Medicinal chemistry
Pharmacy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,584
337
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Santiago Beguería|Santiago Beguería-Portugués
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,277
19,017
0.571
Surface Hydrology
Hydroclimatology
Water Resources
Climate Hazards
Data Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,766
357
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Antonio Figueras
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,069
11,743
0.366
pathology
immunology
genomics
virology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,334
370
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Alejandro Cifuentes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,521
13,634
0.433
foodomics
food analysis
metabolomics
functional foods
capillary electrophoresis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,511
376
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Elena Ibanez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,365
13,599
0.434
Green processes
Foodomics
compressed fluids
supercritical fluids
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,408
453
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Cristina M. Rosell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,106
11,207
0.399
Food Science
Cereals
Bakery Products
Food Ingredients
Food Quality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,659
500
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Giulio Pellegrini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,604
7,539
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,712
503
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Red Envejecimiento Alap
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,570
11,926
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,552
670
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jose Castresana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,359
7,616
0.341
Evolution
Phylogenetics
Genomics
Speciation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,533
691
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Joan Marc Rafí
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,933
5,437
0.248
Electrical characterization
Electrical Reliability
Radiation effects
Advanced CMOS devices
Semiconductor radiation detectors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,764
763
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jose M. Pardo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,674
7,027
0.340
Plant Nutrition & Stress Physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,114
803
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mario Delgado
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,170
3,842
0.190
Biomedicine
Immunology
Neuroscience
Cell Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,754
970
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Victor M. Eguiluz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,797
6,654
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,674
993
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Daniel Oro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,561
6,208
0.354
Demography
Life histories
Population dynamics
Social behaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,885
1,000
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Miguel Herrero
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,507
7,704
0.440
Food analysis
Green extraction processes
Bioactivity
Natural compounds
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,578
1,085
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Hernán Ruy Míguez García
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,588
3,563
0.215
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,224
1,149
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Luisa M. Lara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,008
6,705
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,216
1,188
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jose Maria Soto-Crespo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,581
4,599
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,125
1,233
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Borja Sanchez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,222
8,390
0.551
Molecular Microbiology
Food Microbiology
Bioinformatics
Commensal Microbe-Human interactions
Artificial Inteligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,401
1,240
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Gloria Fernandez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,164
4,192
0.276
Biotecnologia
Biocatalisis
Alimentos funcionales
Tecnologia enzimatica
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,366
1,289
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Silvia Zanuy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,794
3,069
0.207