Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 690 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
Spain
Lluis Serra-Majem
nutrición y salud pública
alimentación saludable y sostenible
dieta mediterránea
prevención de la obesidad.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179,492
77,561
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Spain
Jose A Calbet
Exercise Physiology
Sport Sciences
Sports Sciences
Sport Science
Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,660
12,440
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Spain
Marisol Izquierdo
Nutrition
Physiology
Health and Quality of fish and shellfish
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,612
9,144
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Spain
Javier Aranceta
Community Nutrition . Public Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,274
7,959
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Spain
David Morales-Alamo
Skeletal Muscle
Free Radicals
Metabolism
Signaling
Mitochondria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,807
7,499
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Spain
Antonio Fernandez
Veterinary
Animal Health
Veterinary Pathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,043
6,154
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Spain
Javier Arístegui
Biological Oceanography
Climate Change
Biogeochemistry
Plankton Metabolism
Upwelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,924
5,864
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Spain
Daniel Montero
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,657
4,870
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Spain
Santiago Hernández-León
Biological Oceanography
Zooplankton physiology and ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,976
5,559
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Spain
Fernando Tuya
marine community ecology
marine biology
seagrass ecosystems
surfing
love metal rock
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,800
4,889
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Spain
Juan Carlos Carracedo
Volcanology
Canary Islands
Palaeomagnetism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,788
2,691
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Spain
Sergio Ruiz-Santana
Critical Care
clinical nutrition
intensive care medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,156
2,031
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Spain
Luis Alvarez
Mathematics
Computer Vision
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,174
1,249
0.153
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Spain
Maria Jose Caballero Cansino
aquaculture
nutrition
animal health
histology
pathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,085
3,146
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Spain
Jose Miguel Doña Rodríguez
Catalysis
photocatalysis
nanomaterials
detoxification of aqueous and air effluents
water photosplitting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,964
2,249
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Spain
José Juan Santana Rodríguez
Environmental Analytical Chemistry
Marine Pollution
Emerging Contaminants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,688
2,981
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Spain
Felipe Rodríguez De Castro
Medicine
Infectious diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,611
1,697
0.223
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Spain
Miguel Angel Ferrer
Biometrics
Pattern Recognition
Digital Signal Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,438
3,219
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Spain
Carlos M. Travieso-González
Artificial Intelligence
Pattern Recognition
Biometrics
Handwriting recognition
Signal Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,215
3,428
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Spain
Theodore T Packard
Marine Ecophysiology
Biochemical oceanography
Electron transport system
nitrate reductase
ocean upwelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,098
1,120
0.158
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Spain
Melchor González-Dávila
Carbonate system in ocean time series & repeated sections
Atmosphere-ocean CO2 exchange
Kinetic of redox processes in seawater
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,020
2,443
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Spain
H Fernandez-Palacios
AcuiculturaPrimera área de interés
segunda área de interés
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,019
2,073
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,036
Spain
32
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Lluis Serra-Majem
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179,492
77,561
0.432
nutrición y salud pública
alimentación saludable y sostenible
dieta mediterránea
prevención de la obesidad.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,370
Spain
306
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jose A Calbet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,660
12,440
0.359
Exercise Physiology
Sport Sciences
Sports Sciences
Sport Science
Physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,153
Spain
538
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Marisol Izquierdo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,612
9,144
0.357
Nutrition
Physiology
Health and Quality of fish and shellfish
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,576
Spain
590
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Javier Aranceta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,274
7,959
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,485
Spain
1,051
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
David Morales-Alamo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,807
7,499
0.446
Skeletal Muscle
Free Radicals
Metabolism
Signaling
Mitochondria
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,669
Spain
1,404
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Antonio Fernandez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,043
6,154
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,385
Spain
1,423
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Javier Arístegui
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,924
5,864
0.421
Biological Oceanography
Climate Change
Biogeochemistry
Plankton Metabolism
Upwelling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,987
Spain
1,647
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Daniel Montero
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,657
4,870
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,842
Spain
1,730
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Asunción Beerli Palacio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,272
4,346
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,231
Spain
1,774
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Josefa D. Martín-Santana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,100
4,979
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,256
Spain
1,803
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Santiago Hernández-León
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,976
5,559
0.464
Biological Oceanography
Zooplankton physiology and ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
102,894
Spain
2,441
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Fernando Tuya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,800
4,889
0.499
marine community ecology
marine biology
seagrass ecosystems
surfing
love metal rock
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,056
Spain
2,447
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Juan Carlos Carracedo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,788
2,691
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,172
Spain
2,663
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sergio Ruiz-Santana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,156
2,031
0.222
Critical Care
clinical nutrition
intensive care medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
126,211
Spain
3,131
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Luis Alvarez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,174
1,249
0.153
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
127,730
Spain
3,188
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Maria Jose Caballero Cansino
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,085
3,146
0.389
aquaculture
nutrition
animal health
histology
pathology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,906
Spain
3,258
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jose Miguel Doña Rodríguez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,964
2,249
0.282
Catalysis
photocatalysis
nanomaterials
detoxification of aqueous and air effluents
water photosplitting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
135,037
Spain
3,416
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
José Juan Santana Rodríguez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,688
2,981
0.388
Environmental Analytical Chemistry
Marine Pollution
Emerging Contaminants
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,555
Spain
3,464
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Felipe Rodríguez De Castro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,611
1,697
0.223
Medicine
Infectious diseases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
139,937
Spain
3,573
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Miguel Angel Ferrer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,438
3,219
0.433
Biometrics
Pattern Recognition
Digital Signal Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
140,109
Spain
3,581
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jesús María González Martín
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,429
3,933
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
144,531
Spain
3,755
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Carlos M. Travieso-González
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,215
3,428
0.475
Artificial Intelligence
Pattern Recognition
Biometrics
Handwriting recognition
Signal Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
147,059
Spain
3,835
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Theodore T Packard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,098
1,120
0.158
Marine Ecophysiology
Biochemical oceanography
Electron transport system
nitrate reductase
ocean upwelling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
148,734
Spain
3,880
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Melchor González-Dávila
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,020
2,443
0.348
Carbonate system in ocean time series & repeated sections
Atmosphere-ocean CO2 exchange
Kinetic of redox processes in seawater
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
148,755
Spain
3,882
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
H Fernandez-Palacios
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,019
2,073
0.295
AcuiculturaPrimera área de interés
segunda área de interés