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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 81 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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,776
4,543
0.356
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
DNA chemistry
metabolism
mitochondrial DNA
diabetes
mechanisms of diseas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,812
983
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Product innovation
international HRM
classroom team
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,307
762
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Media Effects
Developmental Psychology
Horror Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,996
539
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,909
1,485
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Planetary Science
Geomorphology
Stratigraphy/Sedimentolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,805
1,963
0.700
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Cognitive Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,354
1,397
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
astronomy and astrophysic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,046
1,074
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,973
508
0.257
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Group Testing
Biomolecular Computing
Combinatoric
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,506
211
0.140
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,361
291
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Physical Chemistry
Nanoscienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,278
216
0.169
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
cognitive
affective
developmental neuroscienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,225
709
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Genome Evolution
Selfish Genetic Elements
Novel Gene
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,145
382
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
women magazines
women and advertising
history of home economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,123
108
0.096
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Chinese history
Yijing
I Ching
modern Chin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,039
414
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Cancer cell biology
Vulvar cance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,023
99
0.097
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
economics
work life balance
work family
property right
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
987
210
0.213
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
cannabis use
alcohol use
emotion regulation
ambulatory assessment
interpersonal problem
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
977
661
0.677
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Environmental Sociology
Organizational Sociology
Sociology of Science and Technology
Sociological Theory
Social Movement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
945
261
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sociolinguistics
Linguistic Anthropology
Missionary and Colonial Linguistic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
945
258
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
cytochromes c biogenesis
bioenergetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
939
244
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Early childhood education
teacher education
self-study of teacher education
disability studie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
900
242
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
sociology
political economy
peer production
health
forest
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
866
534
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Deep-sea biology
physiology
ecology
fishe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
849
600
0.707
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,605
32,114
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jennifer Katz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,776
4,543
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
279,375
94,809
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Wendy Pogozelski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,812
983
0.258
DNA chemistry
metabolism
mitochondrial DNA
diabetes
mechanisms of diseas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
315,419
105,081
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Avan Jassawalla
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,307
762
0.230
Product innovation
international HRM
classroom team
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
342,046
112,560
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Steven J Kirsh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,996
539
0.180
Media Effects
Developmental Psychology
Horror Psycholog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
350,330
114,804
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Christine Merrilees
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,909
1,485
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
360,637
117,654
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Nicholas Warner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,805
1,963
0.700
Planetary Science
Geomorphology
Stratigraphy/Sedimentolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
412,600
131,824
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jason Ozubko
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,354
1,397
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
456,736
143,885
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Anne Pellerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,046
1,074
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
468,637
147,046
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jeffrey Koch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,973
508
0.257
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
560,080
171,018
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Anthony Macula
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,506
211
0.140
Group Testing
Biomolecular Computing
Combinatoric
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
595,370
180,008
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Kazushige Yokoyama
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,361
291
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
617,695
185,756
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jeffrey Peterson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,278
216
0.169
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
632,874
189,627
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Bradley Taber Thomas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,225
709
0.579
cognitive
affective
developmental neuroscienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
657,081
195,688
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Josephine A Reinhardt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,145
382
0.334
Genome Evolution
Selfish Genetic Elements
Novel Gene
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
664,096
197,408
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mary Ellen Zuckerman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,123
108
0.096
women magazines
women and advertising
history of home economic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
692,097
204,180
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Tze Ki Hon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,039
414
0.398
Chinese history
Yijing
I Ching
modern Chin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
697,887
205,578
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jani E Lewis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,023
99
0.097
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
710,708
208,683
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Joel Kincaid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
987
210
0.213
economics
work life balance
work family
property right
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
714,267
209,542
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Whitney C Brown
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
977
661
0.677
cannabis use
alcohol use
emotion regulation
ambulatory assessment
interpersonal problem
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
726,452
212,430
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Paul Mclaughlin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
945
261
0.276
Environmental Sociology
Organizational Sociology
Sociology of Science and Technology
Sociological Theory
Social Movement
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
726,454
212,431
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Susana Castillo Rodríguez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
945
258
0.273
Sociolinguistics
Linguistic Anthropology
Missionary and Colonial Linguistic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
728,768
212,968
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Robert Feissner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
939
244
0.260
cytochromes c biogenesis
bioenergetic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
744,045
216,469
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Leigh O Brien
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
900
242
0.269
Early childhood education
teacher education
self-study of teacher education
disability studie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
757,540
219,623
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Michael Restivo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
866
534
0.617
sociology
political economy
peer production
health
forest
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
764,428
221,149
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mackenzie Gerringer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
849
600
0.707
Deep-sea biology
physiology
ecology
fishe