Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
gravitational waves
supernovae
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,327
81,138
0.801
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
COVID19
Global Health
Health Literacy
psychometrics
intervention development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,790
46,096
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Astronomy
astrophysics
cosmology
astronomical instrumentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,855
27,116
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Astrophysics
Binary evolution
Gravitational-wave astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,912
67,933
0.810
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
cosmology
galaxy evolution
astronomical instrumentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,850
19,511
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Information Behaviour
User Experience
Societal Impact
Social Change
Qualitative Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,609
28,203
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Networked control systems
time-delay systems
multi-agent systems
smart grids
unmanned surface
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,753
38,320
0.675
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
graphene oxide
microwave photonics
Optical Communications
Quantum Optics
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,417
38,688
0.783
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Astrophysics
pulsars
FRBs
gravitational waves
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,920
29,195
0.597
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,249
22,244
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Healthy Ageing
Sexuality
Eating Disorders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,321
16,386
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Materials
Catalysis
Hydrogen
CCUS
Battery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,431
31,145
0.832
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,849
14,485
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Concrete
3D Printing of Concrete
Geopolymer Concrete
Fire Resistance of Concrete
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,051
26,463
0.734
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
sympathetic nervous system
stress
hypertension
depression
obesity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,083
9,736
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Nanophotonics
Nanomaterials
Solar energy
Nanotechnology
3D printing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,656
16,062
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Battery
Computational Chemistry
CO2
Ammonia Synthesis
Hydrogen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,736
15,979
0.598
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Cognitive ageing
intelligence
psychopharmacology
drugs and driving
emotional intelligence in schools
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,202
10,219
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Marketing and business modeling
branding
service science and management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,029
11,502
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Radio astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,198
17,939
0.712
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Cybersecurity
Network Security
System Security
Software Vulnerability Detection
Blockchain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,229
17,032
0.703
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,194
7,219
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Astrophysics
Radio Astronomy
Gravitational Waves
Fast Radio Bursts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,133
17,550
0.759
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Internet of Things
Process Management
Data Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,071
7,812
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
forests
fire
ecology
climate
environmental sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,758
8,176
0.359
Jade Powell
Swinburne University of Technology
Hawthorn, Australia
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,327
81,138
0.801
Richard Osborne
Swinburne University of Technology
Hawthorn, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,790
46,096
0.476
COVID19
Global Health
Health Literacy
psychometrics
intervention development
Karl Glazebrook
Swinburne University of Technology
Hawthorn, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,855
27,116
0.316
Astronomy
astrophysics
cosmology
astronomical instrumentation
Simon Stevenson
Swinburne University of Technology
Hawthorn, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,912
67,933
0.810
Astrophysics
Binary evolution
Gravitational-wave astronomy
Warrick Couch
Swinburne University of Technology
Hawthorn, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,850
19,511
0.254
cosmology
galaxy evolution
astronomical instrumentation
Lisa M. Given
Swinburne University of Technology
Hawthorn, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,609
28,203
0.490
Information Behaviour
User Experience
Societal Impact
Social Change
Qualitative Research
Qing-Long Han
Swinburne University of Technology
Hawthorn, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,753
38,320
0.675
Networked control systems
time-delay systems
multi-agent systems
smart grids
unmanned surface
David J. Moss
Swinburne University of Technology
Hawthorn, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,417
38,688
0.783
graphene oxide
microwave photonics
Optical Communications
Quantum Optics
Artificial Intelligence
Matthew Bailes
Swinburne University of Technology
Hawthorn, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,920
29,195
0.597
Astrophysics
pulsars
FRBs
gravitational waves
Ivo Labbe
Swinburne University of Technology
Hawthorn, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,249
22,244
0.461
Marita McCabe
Swinburne University of Technology
Hawthorn, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,321
16,386
0.346
Tianyi Ma (马天翼)
Swinburne University of Technology
Hawthorn, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,431
31,145
0.832
Materials
Catalysis
Hydrogen
CCUS
Battery
Darren Croton
Swinburne University of Technology
Hawthorn, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,849
14,485
0.393
Jay Sanjayan
Swinburne University of Technology
Hawthorn, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,051
26,463
0.734
Concrete
3D Printing of Concrete
Geopolymer Concrete
Fire Resistance of Concrete
Gavin Lambert
Swinburne University of Technology
Hawthorn, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,083
9,736
0.303
sympathetic nervous system
stress
hypertension
depression
obesity
Saulius Juodkazis
Swinburne University of Technology
Hawthorn, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,656
16,062
0.507
Nanophotonics
Nanomaterials
Solar energy
Nanotechnology
3D printing
Chenghua Sun
Swinburne University of Technology
Hawthorn, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,736
15,979
0.598
Battery
Computational Chemistry
CO2
Ammonia Synthesis
Hydrogen
Con Stough
Swinburne University of Technology
Hawthorn, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,202
10,219
0.390
Cognitive ageing
intelligence
psychopharmacology
drugs and driving
emotional intelligence in schools
Les Johnson
Swinburne University of Technology
Hawthorn, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,029
11,502
0.442
Marketing and business modeling
branding
service science and management
Adam Deller
Swinburne University of Technology
Hawthorn, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,198
17,939
0.712
Yang Xiang
Swinburne University of Technology
Hawthorn, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,229
17,032
0.703
Cybersecurity
Network Security
System Security
Software Vulnerability Detection
Blockchain
Duncan A. Forbes
Swinburne University of Technology
Hawthorn, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,194
7,219
0.298
Ryan Shannon
Swinburne University of Technology
Hawthorn, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,133
17,550
0.759
Astrophysics
Radio Astronomy
Gravitational Waves
Fast Radio Bursts
Dimitrios Georgakopoulos
Swinburne University of Technology
Hawthorn, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,071
7,812
0.339
Internet of Things
Process Management
Data Science
Mark A. Adams
Swinburne University of Technology
Hawthorn, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,758
8,176
0.359
forests
fire
ecology
climate
environmental sciences