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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 999 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
Memory
brain
ageing
plasticit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,642
22,294
0.380
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
global healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,076
25,968
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
behavioural changes
communication and interaction
qualitative research method
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,897
22,954
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,879
20,456
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Miljöfaktorers hälsoeffekte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,039
24,378
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Neuroscienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,514
8,540
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,065
8,302
0.213
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,543
7,743
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Planetary Health
One Health
Environmental Epidemiology
Modelling
Data Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,325
28,756
0.792
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,600
12,248
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Infection biology
immunolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,030
11,053
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Plant biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,683
7,551
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Advanced data analytics combined with large-scale high-throughput ('omics) data to understand
prevent and tre
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,763
8,962
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Environmental Chemistry Climate Change Circular Econom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,517
8,419
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
virolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,579
3,674
0.144
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
plant development
phase change
flowering
RNA splicing
genomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,562
7,975
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
ecolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,577
4,612
0.188
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Air pollution asthma COP
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,456
6,798
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Left atrial function
Heart failure
Coronary artery disease
Dyslipidemi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,093
22,862
0.990
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
tumor markers
surgical oncology
matrix biology
tumor strom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,031
12,761
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Cell Biology
Autophag
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,380
7,506
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Non- invasive cardiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,688
7,360
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Approximate reasoning
data privacy
aggregation operators
statistical disclosure control
artificial intelligenc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,416
7,007
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Oncolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,386
7,408
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Lipid metabolis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,838
3,954
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,376
77
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Lars Nyberg
Umea University
Umeå, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,642
22,294
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,815
100
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Peter Byass
Umea University
Umeå, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,076
25,968
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,904
127
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ulla Hällgren Graneheim
Umea University
Umeå, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,897
22,954
0.489
behavioural changes
communication and interaction
qualitative research method
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,912
128
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Rolf Adolfsson
Umea University
Umeå, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,879
20,456
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,267
140
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Bertil Forsberg
Umea University
Umeå, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,039
24,378
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,014
150
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Stefan Marklund
Umea University
Umeå, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,514
8,540
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,039
194
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Roland S Johansson
Umea University
Umeå, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,065
8,302
0.213
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,386
203
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Göran Sandberg
Umea University
Umeå, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,543
7,743
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,975
225
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Joacim Rocklöv
Umea University
Umeå, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,325
28,756
0.792
Planetary Health
One Health
Environmental Epidemiology
Modelling
Data Scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,342
239
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Christer Nilsson
Umea University
Umeå, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,600
12,248
0.354
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Rankings
24,136
305
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Anders Johansson
Umea University
Umeå, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,030
11,053
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,759
322
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Stefan Jansson
Umea University
Umeå, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,683
7,551
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,100
333
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Johan Trygg
Umea University
Umeå, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,763
8,962
0.323
Advanced data analytics combined with large-scale high-throughput ('omics) data to understand
prevent and tre
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,499
341
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Mats Tysklind
Umea University
Umeå, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,517
8,419
0.306
Environmental Chemistry Climate Change Circular Econom
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,672
378
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Göran Wadell
Umea University
Umeå, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,579
3,674
0.144
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,703
381
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Markus Schmid
Umea University
Umeå, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,562
7,975
0.312
plant development
phase change
flowering
RNA splicing
genomic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,475
412
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Lennart Persson
Umea University
Umeå, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,577
4,612
0.188
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,726
421
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Thomas Sandström
Umea University
Umeå, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,456
6,798
0.278
Air pollution asthma COP
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,468
460
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ibadete Bytyci
Umea University
Umeå, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,093
22,862
0.990
Left atrial function
Heart failure
Coronary artery disease
Dyslipidemi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,552
544
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Malin Sund
Umea University
Umeå, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,031
12,761
0.607
tumor markers
surgical oncology
matrix biology
tumor strom
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,325
565
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sven R Carlsson
Umea University
Umeå, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,380
7,506
0.368
Cell Biology
Autophag
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,360
592
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
M Henein
Umea University
Umeå, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,688
7,360
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,168
602
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Vicenç Torra
Umea University
Umeå, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,416
7,007
0.361
Approximate reasoning
data privacy
aggregation operators
statistical disclosure control
artificial intelligenc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,271
603
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Beatrice Melin
Umea University
Umeå, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,386
7,408
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,130
624
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Gunilla Olivecrona
Umea University
Umeå, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,838
3,954
0.210