Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 736 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
Brazil
Julio Croda
tuberculosis
arboviroses
COVID-19
vaccines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,841
9,388
0.793
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Brazil
Reinaldo Farias Paiva De Lucena
Etnobiologia
Etnobotânica
Etnozoologia
Semiárido
Conservação
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,870
3,507
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Brazil
Fernando Z Vaz De Mello
taxonomia dos grupos recentes
biogeografia
Coleoptera Scarabaeoidea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,828
4,501
0.575
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Brazil
Denise Brentan Da Silva
quimica organica
produtos naturais
espectrometria de massas
farmacognosia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,196
5,299
0.736
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Brazil
Cor J Fontes
Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,948
3,716
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Brazil
Ana Rita Coimbra Motta-Castro
Virologia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,915
4,352
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Brazil
Nalvo F Almeida Jr
Bioinformatics
Computer Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,663
1,536
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Brazil
Paulo Eduardo Teodoro
Biometria e Melhoramento de Plantas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,395
5,354
0.837
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Brazil
Valerio De Oliveira Mazzuoli
Public International Law
Private International Law
Constitutional Law
Human Rights Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,334
2,063
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Brazil
Paulo Tarso S Oliveira
Hydrology
Catchment Hydrology
Soil erosion
Ecohydrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,250
4,657
0.745
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Brazil
Maria Ligia Rodrigues Macedo
MICROBIOLOGY
PEPTIDES
BIOFILM
PROTEIN
INSECTS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,905
2,100
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Brazil
Carlos Ramos
Medicina Veterinária Preventiva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,901
3,872
0.656
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Brazil
Daniel Boullosa
Sport and Exercise Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,556
3,972
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Brazil
Alessandra Gutierrez De Oliveira
entomologia médica
parasitologia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,208
2,527
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Brazil
Richard De Campos Pacheco
Ixodologia
Doenças transmitidas por carrapatos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,159
2,071
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Brazil
Milena Soriano Marcolino
Evidence based Medicine
Sports Medicine
Cardiology
Emergency Medicine
Telemedicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,140
3,801
0.739
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Brazil
Jean Pierre Oses
Neuroscience
Neurochemistry
Biological Markers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,043
2,733
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Brazil
Wesley Nunes Gonçalves
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,984
4,224
0.848
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Brazil
Marcato Junior José
Remote Sensing
Sensoriamento Remoto
Deep Learning
Photogrammetry
Fotogrametria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,765
4,507
0.946
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Brazil
Daniel Moura De Aguiar
Doenças Infecciosas dos Animais
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,578
1,863
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Brazil
Christine Strussmann
Taxonomia e Ecologia de Anfíbios e Répteis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,478
2,236
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Brazil
Maria Aparecida Munhoz Gaiva
Enfermagem neonatal e pediátrica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,245
1,823
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Brazil
Danilo Bandini Ribeiro
Ecologia
Restauração Ecológica
Indicadores ecológicos
Fragmentação Florestal
Degradação Florestal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,840
2,744
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Brazil
Edgar Julian Paredes Gamero
Biologia celular
molecular
farmacologia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,829
1,914
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,410
Brazil
1,054
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Julio Croda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,841
9,388
0.793
tuberculosis
arboviroses
COVID-19
vaccines
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
131,615
Brazil
2,163
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Reinaldo Farias Paiva De Lucena
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,870
3,507
0.446
Etnobiologia
Etnobotânica
Etnozoologia
Semiárido
Conservação
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
132,380
Brazil
2,187
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Fernando Z Vaz De Mello
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,828
4,501
0.575
taxonomia dos grupos recentes
biogeografia
Coleoptera Scarabaeoidea
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
144,925
Brazil
2,506
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Denise Brentan Da Silva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,196
5,299
0.736
quimica organica
produtos naturais
espectrometria de massas
farmacognosia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,327
Brazil
2,644
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Cor J Fontes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,948
3,716
0.535
Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
151,061
Brazil
2,669
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ana Rita Coimbra Motta-Castro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,915
4,352
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
153,005
Brazil
2,739
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Luiz Gustavo Rodrigues Oliveira-Santos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,833
4,917
0.720
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
157,061
Brazil
2,859
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Nalvo F Almeida Jr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,663
1,536
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
163,851
Brazil
3,064
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Paulo Eduardo Teodoro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,395
5,354
0.837
Biometria e Melhoramento de Plantas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
165,506
Brazil
3,110
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Valerio De Oliveira Mazzuoli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,334
2,063
0.326
Public International Law
Private International Law
Constitutional Law
Human Rights Law
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
167,688
Brazil
3,183
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Paulo Tarso S Oliveira
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,250
4,657
0.745
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
177,492
Brazil
3,468
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Maria Ligia Rodrigues Macedo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,905
2,100
0.356
MICROBIOLOGY
PEPTIDES
BIOFILM
PROTEIN
INSECTS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
177,598
Brazil
3,472
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Carlos Ramos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,901
3,872
0.656
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
188,430
Brazil
3,824
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Daniel Boullosa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,556
3,972
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
200,744
Brazil
4,213
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Alessandra Gutierrez De Oliveira
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,208
2,527
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
202,606
Brazil
4,276
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Richard De Campos Pacheco
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,159
2,071
0.401
Ixodologia
Doenças transmitidas por carrapatos
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
203,331
Brazil
4,290
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Milena Soriano Marcolino
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,140
3,801
0.739
Evidence based Medicine
Sports Medicine
Cardiology
Emergency Medicine
Telemedicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
207,196
Brazil
4,418
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jean Pierre Oses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,043
2,733
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
209,559
Brazil
4,500
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Wesley Nunes Gonçalves
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,984
4,224
0.848
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
218,749
Brazil
4,793
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Marcato Junior José
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,765
4,507
0.946
Remote Sensing
Sensoriamento Remoto
Deep Learning
Photogrammetry
Fotogrametria
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
227,005
Brazil
5,087
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Daniel Moura De Aguiar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,578
1,863
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
231,813
Brazil
5,233
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Christine Strussmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,478
2,236
0.499
Taxonomia e Ecologia de Anfíbios e Répteis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
243,486
Brazil
5,634
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Maria Aparecida Munhoz Gaiva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,245
1,823
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
266,506
Brazil
6,434
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Danilo Bandini Ribeiro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,840
2,744
0.715
Ecologia
Restauração Ecológica
Indicadores ecológicos
Fragmentação Florestal
Degradação Florestal
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
267,199
Brazil
6,459
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Edgar Julian Paredes Gamero
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,829
1,914
0.500