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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 74 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
Immunology
Intravital Microscopy
Immunological Tolerance
Regulatory T cell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,084
2,231
0.246
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Atherosclerosis
Hypertension
Gut Microbiota
Probiotic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,752
2,308
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Environmental Science
Aquaculture
Ecotoxicolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,415
1,979
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Food science
Natural products
Coffee scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,374
3,609
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
citometria
analise de imagens
machine learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,084
1,475
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Cancer chemopreventio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,538
3,122
0.688
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Chemical and Biological Control
Parasite Contro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,292
2,115
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,953
2,740
0.693
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Leaf Decomposition
Invertebrate Shredders
Tropical Stream
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,439
1,329
0.386
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ecology
Conservation
Mammal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,189
1,295
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Fisiologia
Farmacologia
Genética
Biologia Celula
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,115
1,468
0.694
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Pediatric Dentistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,018
749
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Probiotics
Pharmacology
Hypertension
Pharmaceutical car
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,748
953
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Biological Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,503
891
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Reprodução
Biologia Molecular
produção Anima
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,463
710
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ichthyology
Marine Ecology
Taxonomy
Systematics
Intertidal Fishe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,410
903
0.640
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Toxicology
Ecotoxicology
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Omic technologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,367
860
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Population Ecology
Biological Conservation
Behavioral Ecology
Ornitholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,265
685
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ortopedia
células tronco mesenquimais
terapia celular
PR
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
871
296
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Patologia Veterinári
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
642
434
0.676
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Reprodução e Sexualidade
Saúde da Mulher
Saúde Coletiv
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
513
166
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Doencas infecciosa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
502
336
0.669
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
karyotype
birds
ES cells
leishmania
photodynamic therap
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
484
210
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Large Animal Internal Medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
358
245
0.684
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Sustainaility
Supply Chain
Logistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247
0
0.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,272
1,774
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Carlos E Tadokoro
Universidade Vila Velha UVV
Vila Velha, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,084
2,231
0.246
Immunology
Intravital Microscopy
Immunological Tolerance
Regulatory T cell
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
190,054
3,816
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Elisardo C Vasquez|ELISARDO CORRAL VASQUEZ, Vasquez EC
Universidade Vila Velha UVV
Vila Velha, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,752
2,308
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
201,644
4,185
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Levy Carvalho Gomes
Universidade Vila Velha UVV
Vila Velha, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,415
1,979
0.365
Environmental Science
Aquaculture
Ecotoxicolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
203,106
4,233
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Rodrigo Scherer
Universidade Vila Velha UVV
Vila Velha, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,374
3,609
0.672
Food science
Natural products
Coffee scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
214,373
4,581
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Dominik Lenz
Universidade Vila Velha UVV
Vila Velha, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,084
1,475
0.290
citometria
analise de imagens
machine learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
238,538
5,378
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Denise Endringer
Universidade Vila Velha UVV
Vila Velha, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,538
3,122
0.688
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
251,159
5,804
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Fabio Ribeiro Braga
Universidade Vila Velha UVV
Vila Velha, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,292
2,115
0.493
Chemical and Biological Control
Parasite Contro
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
270,445
6,485
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Marcio Fronza
Universidade Vila Velha UVV
Vila Velha, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,953
2,740
0.693
Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
304,871
7,647
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Marcelo S Moretti
Universidade Vila Velha UVV
Vila Velha, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,439
1,329
0.386
Leaf Decomposition
Invertebrate Shredders
Tropical Stream
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
434,868
12,609
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ana Carolina Srbek De Araujo
Universidade Vila Velha UVV
Vila Velha, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,189
1,295
0.592
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
445,693
13,028
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Bianca Campagnaro
Universidade Vila Velha UVV
Vila Velha, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,115
1,468
0.694
Fisiologia
Farmacologia
Genética
Biologia Celula
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
460,960
13,617
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Fernanda Campos Rosetti Lessa
Universidade Vila Velha UVV
Vila Velha, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,018
749
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
508,829
15,499
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Tadeu Uggere De Andrade
Universidade Vila Velha UVV
Vila Velha, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,748
953
0.545
Probiotics
Pharmacology
Hypertension
Pharmaceutical car
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
560,344
17,584
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Alessandro Coutinho Ramos
Universidade Vila Velha UVV
Vila Velha, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,503
891
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
569,680
17,989
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mauricio Gomes Favoreto
Universidade Vila Velha UVV
Vila Velha, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,463
710
0.485
Reprodução
Biologia Molecular
produção Anima
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
582,452
18,531
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Raphael M Macieira
Universidade Vila Velha UVV
Vila Velha, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,410
903
0.640
Ichthyology
Marine Ecology
Taxonomy
Systematics
Intertidal Fishe
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
593,324
19,035
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Johara Boldrini França
Universidade Vila Velha UVV
Vila Velha, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,367
860
0.629
Toxicology
Ecotoxicology
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Omic technologie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
620,855
20,205
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Charles Duca
Universidade Vila Velha UVV
Vila Velha, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,265
685
0.542
Population Ecology
Biological Conservation
Behavioral Ecology
Ornitholog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
755,369
26,164
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Betania Souza Monteiro
Universidade Vila Velha UVV
Vila Velha, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
871
296
0.340
Ortopedia
células tronco mesenquimais
terapia celular
PR
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
861,867
30,761
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Tayse Domingues De Souza
Universidade Vila Velha UVV
Vila Velha, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
642
434
0.676
Patologia Veterinári
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
947,817
33,607
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Gustavo Enrico Cabral Ruschi
Universidade Vila Velha UVV
Vila Velha, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
513
166
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
956,555
33,844
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Fernando Tobias
Universidade Vila Velha UVV
Vila Velha, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
502
336
0.669
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
972,230
34,236
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Josane Mittmann
Universidade Vila Velha UVV
Vila Velha, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
484
210
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,097,868
37,062
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Thaís G Rocha
Universidade Vila Velha UVV
Vila Velha, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
358
245
0.684
Large Animal Internal Medicin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,265,577
40,636
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Juliana Kucht Campos
Universidade Vila Velha UVV
Vila Velha, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247
0
0.000