Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 96 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
Crustal evolution
geochronology
microanalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,321
18,804
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Phylogenetics
Systematics
Bayesian statistics
MCMC
Model selection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,541
4,736
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Botany
phylogeny
evolution
biogeography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,460
6,502
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Systematics
taxonomy
biodiversity
evolution
Fungi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,868
6,244
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,250
3,267
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
ornithology
phylogeny
biogeography
paleontology
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,771
3,404
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
bryologi
systematik
fylogeografi
artbildning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,531
3,587
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
ecotoxicology
statistics
monitoring
biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,456
3,393
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,508
3,009
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
systematics
phylogeny
taxonomy
lichenology
fungi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,236
3,397
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Paleobotany
Palaeobotany
Paleontology
Palaeontology
Palynology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,694
3,483
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Palaeontology
Palynology
Geobiology
astrobiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,965
3,965
0.569
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Operational Analysis
Isotope Geochemistry
Marine Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,949
1,863
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Biodiversity informatics
Taxonomy
Systematic Botany
Conservation Biology
Speleology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,903
1,573
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Biologi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,238
1,710
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Systematics
Phylogenetics
Evolution
Taxonomy
Entomology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,788
2,123
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,649
2,263
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,448
1,294
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Crustal evolution
geochronology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,439
990
0.182
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Palaeobotany
Cenozoic
macro fossils
palynology
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,283
2,676
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Phylogeny
taxonomy
evolutionary biology
zoology
Acoela
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,954
1,527
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
paleontology
paleobiology
deep-sea
evolution
chemosymbiosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,816
2,033
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Echinodermata
Ophiuroidea
taxonomy
systematics
morphology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,586
1,990
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Invertebrate Palaeontology
Cambrian Explosion
Small Shelly Fossils
Brachiopoda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,556
2,243
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
ornithology
phylogeny
biogeography
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,989
930
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,430
156
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Martin John Whitehouse
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,321
18,804
0.444
Crustal evolution
geochronology
microanalysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,884
577
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Johan AA Nylander
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,541
4,736
0.242
Phylogenetics
Systematics
Bayesian statistics
MCMC
Model selection
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,117
579
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Arne Anderberg
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,460
6,502
0.334
Botany
phylogeny
evolution
biogeography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,953
836
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Karen Hansen
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,868
6,244
0.420
Systematics
taxonomy
biodiversity
evolution
Fungi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,183
1,120
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Stefan Bengtson
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,250
3,267
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,218
1,174
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Per GP Ericson
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,771
3,404
0.289
ornithology
phylogeny
biogeography
paleontology
evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,919
1,358
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Lars Hedenäs
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,531
3,587
0.341
bryologi
systematik
fylogeografi
artbildning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95,719
1,372
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Anders Bignert
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,456
3,393
0.325
ecotoxicology
statistics
monitoring
biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106,742
1,546
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Lars Werdelin
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,508
3,009
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,296
1,604
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mats Wedin
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,236
3,397
0.368
systematics
phylogeny
taxonomy
lichenology
fungi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,136
1,733
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Stephen McLoughlin
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,694
3,483
0.401
Paleobotany
Palaeobotany
Paleontology
Palaeontology
Palynology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,255
2,238
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Vivi Vajda
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,965
3,965
0.569
Palaeontology
Palynology
Geobiology
astrobiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,634
2,247
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Per S Andersson
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,949
1,863
0.268
Operational Analysis
Isotope Geochemistry
Marine Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
151,691
2,261
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Johannes Lundberg
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,903
1,573
0.228
Biodiversity informatics
Taxonomy
Systematic Botany
Conservation Biology
Speleology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
168,410
2,513
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Tero Härkönen
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,238
1,710
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
181,540
2,736
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Johannes Bergsten
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,788
2,123
0.367
Systematics
Phylogenetics
Evolution
Taxonomy
Entomology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
185,884
2,821
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Martin Irestedt
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,649
2,263
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
192,507
2,913
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Thord Fransson
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,448
1,294
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
192,817
2,920
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Stefan Claesson
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,439
990
0.182
Crustal evolution
geochronology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
198,380
3,012
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Thomas Denk
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,283
2,676
0.507
Palaeobotany
Cenozoic
macro fossils
palynology
evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
211,203
3,195
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ulf Jondelius
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,954
1,527
0.308
Phylogeny
taxonomy
evolutionary biology
zoology
Acoela
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
217,020
3,290
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Steffen Kiel
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,816
2,033
0.422
paleontology
paleobiology
deep-sea
evolution
chemosymbiosis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
227,104
3,432
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Sabine Stöhr
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,586
1,990
0.434
Echinodermata
Ophiuroidea
taxonomy
systematics
morphology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
228,538
3,461
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Christian Skovsted
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,556
2,243
0.492
Invertebrate Palaeontology
Cambrian Explosion
Small Shelly Fossils
Brachiopoda
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
258,398
3,914
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ulf Johansson
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stockholm, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,989
930
0.233
ornithology
phylogeny
biogeography
evolution