Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 5.580 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 Rankings
Rankings
774
World Rank
5
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Natural Sciences / Physics
Data science | Particle physics | Artificial Intelligence | Numerical simulation
Data science | Particle physics | Artificial Intelligence | Numerical simulation
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Total213,485
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Last 6 Years97,752
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Last 6 Years / Total0.458
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
2,229
World Rank
9
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Citation Metrics
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Total124,749
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Last 6 Years30,226
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Last 6 Years / Total0.242
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
3,011
World Rank
10
Country Rank
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Citation Metrics
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Total107,254
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Last 6 Years43,155
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Last 6 Years / Total0.402
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
3,657
World Rank
14
Country Rank
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
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Total96,861
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Last 6 Years52,908
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Last 6 Years / Total0.546
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
3,782
World Rank
15
Country Rank
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Natural Sciences / Physics
Nuclear physics | nuclear instrumentation | cosmic rays | muon-imaging | liquid drop
Nuclear physics | nuclear instrumentation | cosmic rays | muon-imaging | liquid drop
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Total94,915
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Last 6 Years46,661
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Last 6 Years / Total0.492
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
4,918
World Rank
18
Country Rank
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Citation Metrics
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Total81,375
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Last 6 Years39,420
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Last 6 Years / Total0.484
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
6,340
World Rank
28
Country Rank
7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
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Total70,109
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Last 6 Years69,171
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Last 6 Years / Total0.987
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
6,862
World Rank
29
Country Rank
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Natural Sciences / Physics
Física nuclear | Astrofísica | Computación | Inteligencia artificial | Astronomí
Física nuclear | Astrofísica | Computación | Inteligencia artificial | Astronomí
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Total66,738
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Last 6 Years27,013
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Last 6 Years / Total0.405
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
10,668
World Rank
33
Country Rank
9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
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Total50,508
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Last 6 Years9,398
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Last 6 Years / Total0.186
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
14,275
World Rank
39
Country Rank
10
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
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Total42,145
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Last 6 Years7,968
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Last 6 Years / Total0.189
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
14,495
World Rank
40
Country Rank
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
Diabetes | Hypertension | Coronary Artery Disease | Heart Failure | COVID-1
Diabetes | Hypertension | Coronary Artery Disease | Heart Failure | COVID-1
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Total41,794
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Last 6 Years27,992
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Last 6 Years / Total0.670
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
14,949
World Rank
41
Country Rank
12
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
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Total41,004
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Last 6 Years18,033
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Last 6 Years / Total0.440
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
15,062
World Rank
42
Country Rank
13
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations
Political ecology | environmental sociology | ecological economics | environmental philosophy | environmental educatio
Political ecology | environmental sociology | ecological economics | environmental philosophy | environmental educatio
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Total40,825
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Last 6 Years13,608
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Last 6 Years / Total0.333
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
15,440
World Rank
43
Country Rank
14
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
biodiversity | ecosystem services | social-ecological systems | tropical dry forests | successional forest
biodiversity | ecosystem services | social-ecological systems | tropical dry forests | successional forest
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Total40,203
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Last 6 Years25,482
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Last 6 Years / Total0.634
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
15,469
World Rank
45
Country Rank
15
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
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Total40,154
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Last 6 Years19,765
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Last 6 Years / Total0.492
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
15,865
World Rank
46
Country Rank
16
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Natural Sciences / Physics
Large scale structure | Baryonic Acoustic Oscillations | dark energy | dark matter | cosmolog
Large scale structure | Baryonic Acoustic Oscillations | dark energy | dark matter | cosmolog
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Total39,508
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Last 6 Years25,677
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Last 6 Years / Total0.650
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
16,764
World Rank
48
Country Rank
17
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
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Total38,116
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Last 6 Years18,028
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Last 6 Years / Total0.473
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
18,926
World Rank
52
Country Rank
18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Education / Education (Other, All)
curriculo | diseño educativo | TIC en educación | formación docent
curriculo | diseño educativo | TIC en educación | formación docent
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Total35,254
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Last 6 Years13,140
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Last 6 Years / Total0.373
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
19,708
World Rank
55
Country Rank
19
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Transcriptional Regulation | Biological Databases | Gene Ontology | Text Mining | Molecular Biolog
Transcriptional Regulation | Biological Databases | Gene Ontology | Text Mining | Molecular Biolog
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Total34,339
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Last 6 Years18,339
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Last 6 Years / Total0.534
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
21,052
World Rank
58
Country Rank
20
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Medical and Health Sciences / Medical Physics
Radiation Physics | Medical Physics | Computational Physic
Radiation Physics | Medical Physics | Computational Physic
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Total32,880
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Last 6 Years9,499
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Last 6 Years / Total0.289
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
21,879
World Rank
61
Country Rank
21
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
microbial gene regulation | transcriptional regulation | regulatory networks | regulatory database
microbial gene regulation | transcriptional regulation | regulatory networks | regulatory database
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Total32,116
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Last 6 Years5,673
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Last 6 Years / Total0.177
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
22,944
World Rank
63
Country Rank
22
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Citation Metrics
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Total31,123
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Last 6 Years7,959
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Last 6 Years / Total0.256
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
23,527
World Rank
64
Country Rank
23
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Citation Metrics
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Total30,653
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Last 6 Years15,951
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Last 6 Years / Total0.520
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
24,034
World Rank
66
Country Rank
24
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Medical and Health Sciences / Thoracic Surgery
Lung cancer | mesothelioma | Thoracic Oncology | immunotherapy | brain metastase
Lung cancer | mesothelioma | Thoracic Oncology | immunotherapy | brain metastase
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Total30,236
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Last 6 Years16,439
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Last 6 Years / Total0.544
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
24,641
World Rank
67
Country Rank
25
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Citation Metrics
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Total29,735
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Last 6 Years5,237
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Last 6 Years / Total0.176
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