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Highly Cited Researchers 589 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Intrinsic Motivation
Economic Psychology
Materialism
Happiness
Corruptio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,438
6,196
0.336
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ecology
Plant Ecology
Global Change Ecology
Ecological Modelin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,264
9,985
0.547
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Innate Immunity and Pathogenesis in Chronic Vrial Infection
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,740
7,846
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Graph Theory
Dominatio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,673
5,416
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Environmental Sociology
Animals and Society
Social Movements
Public Opinio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,233
4,485
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,366
4,409
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Suicide
Depression
Positive Psychology
Older Adults
Ruralit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,171
7,352
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Cognitive Neuroscience
P300
Brain-Computer Interface
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,917
3,573
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
heart
remodeling
signalin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,739
1,764
0.150
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Qunatum chemistr
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,016
5,868
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
biomembranes
secondary metabolites
isotopes
biochemistry
organic chemistr
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,433
2,171
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
computational chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,051
4,252
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
pediatric Pulmonology
autism
doublets
asthm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,055
2,509
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Social media/CMC
qualitative methods
research technologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,990
4,213
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Biomedical Sciences
Bioimaging
Retina
Angiogenesis
Agin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,948
2,121
0.213
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Technology Validation
Food&Bio-Engineering
Mathematical Modelling
Scale-up Engineerin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,079
4,305
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,463
1,901
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Control System
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,907
902
0.131
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Medical mycology
Cryptococcus neoformans
host-pathogen interactions
evolution of virulenc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,504
1,017
0.156
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
systems medicine
molecular biology
cancers
proteomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,262
1,774
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
carbon nanomaterials
electrochemical sensing
photoelectron spectroscop
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,043
2,284
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
viral immunolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,474
2,680
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Functionalized nanostructures for energy harvesting
conversion
transport and storage
and smar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,352
1,226
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Biomedical Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,289
1,262
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
protease
mast cell
neutrophil
proteinase inhibitor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,179
355
0.069
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,617
20,967
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Thomas Li Ping Tang
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,438
6,196
0.336
Intrinsic Motivation
Economic Psychology
Materialism
Happiness
Corruptio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,295
21,244
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Dafeng Hui
Tennessee State University
Nashville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,264
9,985
0.547
Ecology
Plant Ecology
Global Change Ecology
Ecological Modelin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,240
22,030
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Shunbin Ning
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,740
7,846
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,883
27,536
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Teresa Haynes
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,673
5,416
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,622
28,539
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Angela Mertig
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,233
4,485
0.315
Environmental Sociology
Animals and Society
Social Movements
Public Opinio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,613
33,206
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Chuanfu Li
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,366
4,409
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,289
33,819
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jameson Kenneth Hirsch
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,171
7,352
0.604
Suicide
Depression
Positive Psychology
Older Adults
Ruralit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,473
34,592
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Eric W Sellers
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,917
3,573
0.300
Cognitive Neuroscience
P300
Brain-Computer Interface
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,039
35,176
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Krishna Singh
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,739
1,764
0.150
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,896
37,583
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Fenglai Liu
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,016
5,868
0.533
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,983
39,659
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Robert Frank Standaert
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,433
2,171
0.208
biomembranes
secondary metabolites
isotopes
biochemistry
organic chemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,444
41,197
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jing Kong
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,051
4,252
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,404
41,179
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Barbara A Stewart
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,055
2,509
0.250
pediatric Pulmonology
autism
doublets
asthm
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,156
41,453
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Trena M Paulus
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,990
4,213
0.422
Social media/CMC
qualitative methods
research technologie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,635
41,609
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mark Kleinman
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,948
2,121
0.213
Biomedical Sciences
Bioimaging
Retina
Angiogenesis
Agin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,219
45,569
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ankit Patras
Tennessee State University
Nashville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,079
4,305
0.474
Technology Validation
Food&Bio-Engineering
Mathematical Modelling
Scale-up Engineerin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
145,438
54,746
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Mahmoud M Yasin
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,463
1,901
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
157,714
58,609
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
LH Keel
Tennessee State University
Nashville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,907
902
0.131
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
167,838
61,797
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Erin E Mcclelland
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,504
1,017
0.156
Medical mycology
Cryptococcus neoformans
host-pathogen interactions
evolution of virulenc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
174,424
63,838
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
William L Stone
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,262
1,774
0.283
systems medicine
molecular biology
cancers
proteomic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
180,855
65,807
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Charles C Chusuei
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,043
2,284
0.378
carbon nanomaterials
electrochemical sensing
photoelectron spectroscop
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
199,349
71,469
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jonathan Moorman
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,474
2,680
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
203,775
72,740
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Richard R Mu
Tennessee State University
Nashville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,352
1,226
0.229
Functionalized nanostructures for energy harvesting
conversion
transport and storage
and smar
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
206,074
73,421
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Yue Zou
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,289
1,262
0.239
Biomedical Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
210,373
74,730
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
David A Johnson|David Johnson
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,179
355
0.069