Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 1.604 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
Sweden
Gunnar Von Heijne
Membrane protiens
bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148,609
37,031
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sweden
Jan Conrad
Astroparticle Physics
High Energy Physics
Statistical Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,177
30,876
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Sweden
Ariel Goobar
astrofysik
kosmologi
astropartikelfysik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,993
23,962
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sweden
Cynthia A De Wit
organohalogen compounds
flame retardants
environmental chemistry
Arctic
human exposure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,545
28,104
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Sweden
Christian Farnier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,300
14,665
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Sweden
Osamu Terasaki
diffraction
scattering
Electron Microscopy
nanoporous materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,655
13,241
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sweden
Torsten Persson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,196
11,601
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sweden
Uno Svedin
Sustainability
Resilience
International affairs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,816
19,170
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Sweden
Bengt Mannervik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,286
5,789
0.122
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sweden
Thomas Elmqvist
urbanization natural resurscentrum management
resilience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,802
19,837
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sweden
Belinda Reyers
Social-ecological systems
ecosystem services
biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,600
28,387
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Sweden
Sarah E Cornell
Sustainability science
global biogeochemical cycles
integrated analysis
transdisciplinarity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,455
33,667
0.741
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Sweden
Garry D Peterson
resilience
regime shifts
social-ecological systems
scenario planning
biodiversity finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,670
19,259
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sweden
Anders Nilsson
Chemical Physics
Physical Chemistry
Catalysis
Surface Science
Water
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,077
15,708
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Sweden
Jan Nedergaard
Interests: brown adipose tissue
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,022
11,677
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sweden
Ulo Langel
pepitde delivery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,969
13,212
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sweden
Reinette Oonsie Biggs
Regime Shifts
Social-Ecological Systems
Resilience
Ecosystem Services
Scenario Planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,534
23,377
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Sweden
Patrick Crill
trace gas biogeochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,515
12,265
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sweden
Ian Cousins
Environmental chemistry
Contaminant fate modelling
Exposure modelling
Property measurement and estimation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,491
18,294
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Sweden
Lars Gm Pettersson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,913
8,489
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sweden
Line Gordon
food systems
ecosystem services
hydrology
resililience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,373
21,351
0.703
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Sweden
Beatrice Crona
Sustainability Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,658
19,675
0.663
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Sweden
Kåre Bremer
Botanik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,352
6,479
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Sweden
Leonard Barrie
climate and atmospheric science
Arctic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,638
3,983
0.139
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Sweden
Jonathan W Martin
Exposome
nontarget mass-spectrometry
environmental chemistry
toxicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,106
9,799
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,494
Sweden
20
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Gunnar Von Heijne
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148,609
37,031
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,915
Sweden
38
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jan Conrad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,177
30,876
0.342
Astroparticle Physics
High Energy Physics
Statistical Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,122
Sweden
53
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ariel Goobar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,993
23,962
0.311
astrofysik
kosmologi
astropartikelfysik
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,550
Sweden
74
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Cynthia A De Wit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,545
28,104
0.464
organohalogen compounds
flame retardants
environmental chemistry
Arctic
human exposure
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,277
Sweden
86
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Christian Farnier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,300
14,665
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,771
Sweden
100
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Osamu Terasaki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,655
13,241
0.256
diffraction
scattering
Electron Microscopy
nanoporous materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,912
Sweden
105
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Torsten Persson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,196
11,601
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,998
Sweden
115
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Uno Svedin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,816
19,170
0.401
Sustainability
Resilience
International affairs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,182
Sweden
117
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Bengt Mannervik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,286
5,789
0.122
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,360
Sweden
120
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Thomas Elmqvist
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,802
19,837
0.424
urbanization natural resurscentrum management
resilience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,453
Sweden
121
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Belinda Reyers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,600
28,387
0.609
Social-ecological systems
ecosystem services
biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,910
Sweden
127
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Sarah E Cornell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,455
33,667
0.741
Sustainability science
global biogeochemical cycles
integrated analysis
transdisciplinarity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,253
Sweden
133
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Garry D Peterson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,670
19,259
0.431
resilience
regime shifts
social-ecological systems
scenario planning
biodiversity finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,537
Sweden
139
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Anders Nilsson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,077
15,708
0.356
Chemical Physics
Physical Chemistry
Catalysis
Surface Science
Water
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,040
Sweden
150
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jan Nedergaard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,022
11,677
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,567
Sweden
159
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ulo Langel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,969
13,212
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,951
Sweden
180
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Reinette Oonsie Biggs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,534
23,377
0.591
Regime Shifts
Social-Ecological Systems
Resilience
Ecosystem Services
Scenario Planning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,330
Sweden
241
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Patrick Crill
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,515
12,265
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,322
Sweden
266
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ian Cousins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,491
18,294
0.581
Environmental chemistry
Contaminant fate modelling
Exposure modelling
Property measurement and estimation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,921
Sweden
271
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Lars Gm Pettersson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,913
8,489
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,560
Sweden
280
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Line Gordon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,373
21,351
0.703
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,451
Sweden
295
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Beatrice Crona
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,658
19,675
0.663
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,835
Sweden
300
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Kåre Bremer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,352
6,479
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,684
Sweden
309
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Leonard Barrie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,638
3,983
0.139
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,369
Sweden
349
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jonathan W Martin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,106
9,799
0.375
Exposome
nontarget mass-spectrometry
environmental chemistry
toxicology