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Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 407 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
Mexico
Oxana Dobrovinskaya
leukemogenesis
acute lymphoblastic leukemia
molecular drug targets
drug repurposin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,156
6,754
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mexico
Ma Alejandra Rocha Silva
tecnología educativa
migración
educació
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,176
10,601
0.748
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mexico
Liliana Torres López
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,849
5,864
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mexico
Jorge Gonzalez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,738
3,471
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Mexico
Osval Antonio Montesinos López
My areas of interest include the development of novel genomic prediction models for plant breedin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,412
6,620
0.893
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Mexico
Igor Pottosin
ion transpor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,385
3,408
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mexico
Ivan Delgado Enciso
Oncology
Molecular Medicine
Experimental Therap
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,157
6,161
0.861
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Mexico
Jose Manuel Palma Garcia
silvopastoril
rumiantes
alimentaciòn
nutriciò
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,791
1,825
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Mexico
Oscar Gonzalez Perez
Neurobiologia de celulas troncales y biopsicologia. Neural stem cells
Glia
Neural regereneration
Neurodegenerative disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,524
2,160
0.331

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mexico
Alfredo Aranda
High energy physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,712
3,799
0.665
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mexico
Ernesto Manuel Conde Pérez
turism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,499
1,586
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Mexico
Nick Varley
volcanolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,735
1,460
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mexico
Juan Contreras Castillo
tecnologí
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,554
2,669
0.751
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Mexico
Felix Rogelio Flores
Mercadotecnia
Agronegocios
Administració
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,451
624
0.181
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mexico
Juan Antonio Guerrero Ibáñez
network management
sensor networks
Vane
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,316
2,636
0.795
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mexico
Jose A Sanchez Chapula
Cardiac Pharmacolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,301
696
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Mexico
ME Tejeda Yeomans
Particle Physics
High Energy Physics
Nuclear Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,751
816
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Mexico
Godinez Gómez Ruben
ENFERMERIA Y SALU
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,660
1,673
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Mexico
Francisco Augusto Laca Arocena
Análisis del conflicto
bienestar subjetivo
psicología organizaciona
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,524
1,288
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Mexico
Benjamin Trujillo Hernandez
Epidemiología Clínica y Molecular de las enfermedades crónico degenerativa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,498
828
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Mexico
Jaime Molina Ochoa
entomología
control biológico
resistencia vegetal
nematodos entomoptógenos
plantas transgénica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,487
1,205
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Mexico
J Isaac Uribe Alvarado
Juventudes
Psicología Social
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,390
1,220
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Mexico
Vanessa Aidée Ramírez Vázquez
comunicación
medios digitales
CMC
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,331
536
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Mexico
Maria Gallegos
Tecnologías y desarroll
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,307
316
0.137
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mexico
Muniz J
Biology
Medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,084
896
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,011
Mexico
158
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Oxana Dobrovinskaya
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,156
6,754
0.418
leukemogenesis
acute lymphoblastic leukemia
molecular drug targets
drug repurposin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,954
Mexico
186
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ma Alejandra Rocha Silva
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,176
10,601
0.748
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,035
Mexico
245
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Liliana Torres López
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,849
5,864
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
139,861
Mexico
507
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jorge Gonzalez
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,738
3,471
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
146,434
Mexico
549
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Osval Antonio Montesinos López
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,412
6,620
0.893
My areas of interest include the development of novel genomic prediction models for plant breedin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
147,029
Mexico
552
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Igor Pottosin
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,385
3,408
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
151,907
Mexico
593
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ivan Delgado Enciso
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,157
6,161
0.861
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
160,469
Mexico
639
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jose Manuel Palma Garcia
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,791
1,825
0.269
silvopastoril
rumiantes
alimentaciòn
nutriciò
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
167,300
Mexico
683
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Oscar Gonzalez Perez
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,524
2,160
0.331
Neurobiologia de celulas troncales y biopsicologia. Neural stem cells
Glia
Neural regereneration
Neurodegenerative disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
191,183
Mexico
841
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Alfredo Aranda
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,712
3,799
0.665

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
240,200
Mexico
1,163
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ernesto Manuel Conde Pérez
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,499
1,586
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
283,884
Mexico
1,505
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Nick Varley
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,735
1,460
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
296,146
Mexico
1,599
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Juan Contreras Castillo
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,554
2,669
0.751
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
303,323
Mexico
1,665
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Felix Rogelio Flores
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,451
624
0.181
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
314,149
Mexico
1,739
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Juan Antonio Guerrero Ibáñez
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,316
2,636
0.795
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
315,420
Mexico
1,750
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jose A Sanchez Chapula
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,301
696
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
365,836
Mexico
2,196
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
ME Tejeda Yeomans
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,751
816
0.297
Particle Physics
High Energy Physics
Nuclear Physic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
375,565
Mexico
2,285
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Godinez Gómez Ruben
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,660
1,673
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
391,177
Mexico
2,412
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Francisco Augusto Laca Arocena
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,524
1,288
0.510
Análisis del conflicto
bienestar subjetivo
psicología organizaciona
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
394,189
Mexico
2,437
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Benjamin Trujillo Hernandez
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,498
828
0.331
Epidemiología Clínica y Molecular de las enfermedades crónico degenerativa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
395,423
Mexico
2,446
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jaime Molina Ochoa
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,487
1,205
0.485
entomología
control biológico
resistencia vegetal
nematodos entomoptógenos
plantas transgénica
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
407,399
Mexico
2,550
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
J Isaac Uribe Alvarado
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,390
1,220
0.510
Juventudes
Psicología Social
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
414,470
Mexico
2,625
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Vanessa Aidée Ramírez Vázquez
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,331
536
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
418,285
Mexico
2,663
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Maria Gallegos
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,307
316
0.137
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
450,262
Mexico
2,993
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Muniz J
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,084
896
0.430