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
organic chemistry
nucleic acid chemistry
Antisense oligonucleotides
RNAi
siRNA
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,548
17,261
0.703
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Human Genetics
Genomics
Complex Trait Association
Cancer Genetics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,796
11,399
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,776
7,342
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Bioinformatics
computational biology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,320
8,875
0.666
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,971
9,195
0.768
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Machine Learning
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,883
4,166
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Computational Chemistry
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
Toxicology
Chemometrics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,545
2,938
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Clinical Biostatistics
Computational Biology
Personalized medicine
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,493
3,386
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Computational biology
Oncology
clinical trial
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,733
4,623
0.598
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
oncology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,717
3,134
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
drug discovery
pharmacology
human genetics
TRP channels
GPCRs
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,446
1,848
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Proteomics
genomics
microbiome
big data
mass spectrometry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,439
3,906
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,301
966
0.153
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Structure-Based Drug Design
Strategic Partnerships
External Innovation
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,280
2,069
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
toxicologic pathology
neuropathology
neuroscience
metabolism
pharmaceutical
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,182
1,508
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,087
4,587
0.754
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Biomarkers
Translation
Neuroscience
Metabolism
Immunology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,974
2,805
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
gene therapy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,844
927
0.159
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Systems Neuroscience
Electrophysiology
Precision Medicine
Drug Discovery
Sleep Medicine
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,822
2,076
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Clinical Biomarkers
Clinical pharmacology
Pharmaceutical drug development
neurology
gastroenterology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,798
1,802
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,665
627
0.111
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,006
1,714
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Dose
PK/PD
Clinical Pharmacology
Oncology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,776
2,983
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
computational biology
disease modeling and drug discovery
statistical modeling
signal processing
nonlinear dynamics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,675
1,953
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,628
760
0.164
Pawan Kumar
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,548
17,261
0.703
organic chemistry
nucleic acid chemistry
Antisense oligonucleotides
RNAi
siRNA
Erin N Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,796
11,399
0.479
Human Genetics
Genomics
Complex Trait Association
Cancer Genetics
Daniel Papinski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,776
7,342
0.497
Emily Hm Wong
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,320
8,875
0.666
Bioinformatics
computational biology
Robert D Latzman
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,971
9,195
0.768
Marcin Von Grotthuss
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,883
4,166
0.351
Zhenqiang Su
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,545
2,938
0.344
Computational Chemistry
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
Toxicology
Chemometrics
Savina Jaeger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,493
3,386
0.399
Clinical Biostatistics
Computational Biology
Personalized medicine
Zhou Du
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,733
4,623
0.598
Computational biology
Oncology
clinical trial
Walid Kamoun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,717
3,134
0.467
Narender R Gavva
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,446
1,848
0.287
drug discovery
pharmacology
human genetics
TRP channels
GPCRs
Lily Ting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,439
3,906
0.607
Proteomics
genomics
microbiome
big data
mass spectrometry
Joseph Horvath
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,301
966
0.153
Andrew Ferguson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,280
2,069
0.329
Structure-Based Drug Design
Strategic Partnerships
External Innovation
Elizabeth Galbreath
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,182
1,508
0.244
toxicologic pathology
neuropathology
neuroscience
metabolism
pharmaceutical
Henry Haiser
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,087
4,587
0.754
Carsten Merkwirth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,974
2,805
0.470
Biomarkers
Translation
Neuroscience
Metabolism
Immunology
Gabriele Proetzel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,844
927
0.159
Derek L Buhl
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,822
2,076
0.357
Systems Neuroscience
Electrophysiology
Precision Medicine
Drug Discovery
Sleep Medicine
Meena Subramanyam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,798
1,802
0.311
Clinical Biomarkers
Clinical pharmacology
Pharmaceutical drug development
neurology
gastroenterology
Jacqueline W Pierce
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,665
627
0.111
Skene R
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,006
1,714
0.342
Neeraj Gupta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,776
2,983
0.625
Dose
PK/PD
Clinical Pharmacology
Oncology
Dmitri Volfson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,675
1,953
0.418
computational biology
disease modeling and drug discovery
statistical modeling
signal processing
nonlinear dynamics
David Merberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,628
760
0.164
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology