Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 1.767 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
Biochemistry
Oxidative Stress
Redox Biology
Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162,470
57,970
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,491
23,866
0.218
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Welding and Joining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,001
32,520
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Carbon Nanotubes
Graphene
Nano Carbon
Raman spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,481
15,495
0.203
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
pathology endocrinology breast cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,618
21,262
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Genome biology
Plant-microbe interactions
Comparative genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,377
15,188
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Cell biology
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,706
14,599
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,369
5,645
0.143
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
lipid biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,356
13,314
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Seismology
Geophysics
Geoscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,400
12,072
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
nanomaterials
secondary battery
functional materials
renewable energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,759
6,814
0.202
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
gene expression
hematopoiesis
cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,728
10,287
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Transcriptional regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,647
15,536
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Wireless networking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,273
19,048
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Biomaterials
Structural and functional materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,396
11,901
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Computer Architecture
High Performance Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,275
10,066
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
organic semiconductor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,036
8,968
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Biological wastewater treatment
Biofilm
Anaerobic digestion
Anammox
MBR
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,440
18,293
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Materials Science
Hydrogen
Hydrides
Energy Materials
Battery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,028
8,666
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Plant ecology
Plant ecophysiology
Plant physiological ecology
Evolution
Global Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,919
11,011
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,093
12,260
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
tsunami engineering
natural disaster science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,051
8,771
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Wireless
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,382
6,605
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Cancer Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,908
3,034
0.127
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Cell biology
Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,710
4,115
0.174
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,258
13
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Masayuki Yamamoto
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162,470
57,970
0.357
Biochemistry
Oxidative Stress
Redox Biology
Molecular Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,701
28
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Hideo Ohno
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,491
23,866
0.218
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,777
42
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Yutaka Sato
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,001
32,520
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,179
60
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Riichiro Saito
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,481
15,495
0.203
Carbon Nanotubes
Graphene
Nano Carbon
Raman spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,632
65
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Hironobu Sasano
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,618
21,262
0.293
pathology endocrinology breast cancer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,523
76
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Shusei Sato
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,377
15,188
0.229
Genome biology
Plant-microbe interactions
Comparative genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,758
157
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mitsunori Fukuda
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,706
14,599
0.334
Cell biology
Neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,096
183
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Masashi Kaneta
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,369
5,645
0.143
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,101
184
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Junken Aoki
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,356
13,314
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,616
232
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Dapeng Zhao
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,400
12,072
0.351
Seismology
Geophysics
Geoscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,163
245
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Itaru Honma
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,759
6,814
0.202
nanomaterials
secondary battery
functional materials
renewable energy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,196
247
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Kazuhiko Igarashi
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,728
10,287
0.305
gene expression
hematopoiesis
cancer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,274
248
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Motohashi Hozumi
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,647
15,536
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,589
252
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Nei Katoieee
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,273
19,048
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,477
277
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mitsuo Niinomi
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,396
11,901
0.379
Biomaterials
Structural and functional materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,734
297
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Hiroaki Kobayashi
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,275
10,066
0.332
Computer Architecture
High Performance Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,046
303
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Kazuo Takimiya
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,036
8,968
0.299
organic semiconductor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,781
317
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
李玉友|李 玉友, Gyokuyu RI
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,440
18,293
0.621
Biological wastewater treatment
Biofilm
Anaerobic digestion
Anammox
MBR
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,976
374
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Orimo Shin Ichi
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,028
8,666
0.321
Materials Science
Hydrogen
Hydrides
Energy Materials
Battery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,154
379
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Kouki Hikosaka
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,919
11,011
0.409
Plant ecology
Plant ecophysiology
Plant physiological ecology
Evolution
Global Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,165
424
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Michiaki Unno
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,093
12,260
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,248
427
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Fumihiko Imamura
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,051
8,771
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,470
441
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Fumiyuki Adachi
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,382
6,605
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,372
454
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Akira Horii
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,908
3,034
0.127
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,737
462
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Kensaku Mizuno
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,710
4,115
0.174
Cell biology
Biochemistry