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
Evolution
Evolutionary biology
Molecular evolution
Population genetics
Phylogenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
420,534
83,451
0.198
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
density functional theory
materials theory
quantum chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
415,434
170,853
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Statistics
Economics
Psychology
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
406,140
136,011
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Genomics
Phylogenetics
Bioinformatics
Medicine
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
296,189
127,339
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
physical chemistry
self-assembly
membranes
channels
molecular simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,962
37,527
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
heart
heart failure
genetics
molecular biology
clinical trials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,688
37,997
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
child and adolescent clinical psychology
treatment of anxiety disorders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,481
23,525
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
anxiety
anxiety disorders
cognitive behavior therapy
social anxiety
dental anxiety
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,249
25,410
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,336
21,608
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
High-Energy Collider QCD physics / Micro-pattern detector development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,830
21,833
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
nanoscience and nanotechnology
in-situ synchrotron x-ray science
plasmonics
photocatalysis
energy storage and conversion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,833
18,392
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Cell Cycle
Cancer
pRB2/p130
CDK9
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,470
24,587
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
depression
bipolar disorder
stress
cognition
reward
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,419
17,566
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Translational Medicine
Pharmacology
Surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,946
15,270
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Networks
Distributed Computing
Parallel Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,223
17,432
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Materials
nanotechnology
graphene
nanocomposites
microscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,203
15,650
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
brain health
neurobiology of aging
neurodegenerative diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,390
15,834
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Aging
Neurodegeneration and Alzheimer's disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,480
16,128
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
child psychology
language development
play
early education
literacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,068
19,938
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
computational biology
bioinformatics
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,908
21,193
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Evolution
Biodiversity
Biogeography
Conservation
Systematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,659
12,979
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
translation theory
translation history
translation practice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,065
14,547
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Viral evolution
phylogenetics
evolutionary modeling
algorithms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,488
22,599
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
cancer
organ and tissue donation
decision making
health communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,342
21,428
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Data Mining
Biomedical Informatics
Social Network Analysis
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,842
10,285
0.304
Masatoshi Nei
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
420,534
83,451
0.198
Evolution
Evolutionary biology
Molecular evolution
Population genetics
Phylogenetics
John P Perdew
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
415,434
170,853
0.411
density functional theory
materials theory
quantum chemistry
Donald B Rubin
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
406,140
136,011
0.335
Statistics
Economics
Psychology
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Sudhir Kumar
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
296,189
127,339
0.430
Genomics
Phylogenetics
Bioinformatics
Medicine
Ecology
Michael L Klein
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,962
37,527
0.305
physical chemistry
self-assembly
membranes
channels
molecular simulation
Arthur M Feldman
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,688
37,997
0.385
heart
heart failure
genetics
molecular biology
clinical trials
Philip C Kendall
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,481
23,525
0.263
child and adolescent clinical psychology
treatment of anxiety disorders
Richard G Heimberg
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,249
25,410
0.333
anxiety
anxiety disorders
cognitive behavior therapy
social anxiety
dental anxiety
Rajiv Banker
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,336
21,608
0.299
Bernd Surrow
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,830
21,833
0.308
High-Energy Collider QCD physics / Micro-pattern detector development
Yugang Sun
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,833
18,392
0.267
nanoscience and nanotechnology
in-situ synchrotron x-ray science
plasmonics
photocatalysis
energy storage and conversion
Antonio Giordano
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,470
24,587
0.364
Cell Cycle
Cancer
pRB2/p130
CDK9
Genetics
Lauren B Alloy
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,419
17,566
0.311
Walter J Koch
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,946
15,270
0.278
Translational Medicine
Pharmacology
Surgery
Jie Wu
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,223
17,432
0.328
Networks
Distributed Computing
Parallel Processing
Dmitriy A Dikin
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,203
15,650
0.294
Materials
nanotechnology
graphene
nanocomposites
microscopy
Domenico Pratico
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,390
15,834
0.314
Salvatore Oddo
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,480
16,128
0.380
Kathy Hirsh Pasek
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,068
19,938
0.474
child psychology
language development
play
early education
literacy
Xinghua (Mindy) Shi
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,908
21,193
0.518
computational biology
bioinformatics
machine learning
S Blair Hedges
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,659
12,979
0.319
Evolution
Biodiversity
Biogeography
Conservation
Systematics
Lawrence Venuti
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,065
14,547
0.363
translation theory
translation history
translation practice
Sergei L Kosakovsky Pond
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,488
22,599
0.572
Viral evolution
phylogenetics
evolutionary modeling
algorithms
Laura A Siminoff
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,342
21,428
0.559
cancer
organ and tissue donation
decision making
health communication
Zoran Obradovic
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,842
10,285
0.304
Data Mining
Biomedical Informatics
Social Network Analysis
Machine Learning