Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 1.316 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
High Energy Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207,059
65,542
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Physics
astrophysics
cosmology
data analysis
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,569
119,615
0.612
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
HEP
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,018
45,471
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Endocrinology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,802
41,372
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,816
37,784
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Physics
High Energy Physics
Quantum Chromodynamics
High Energy Nuclear Collisions
Quark-Gluon Plasma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,798
23,108
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
fisica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,064
21,332
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Genetics
Legal Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,228
27,555
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Obesity
endocrinology
neosciencesur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,960
14,402
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
CP violation
B mesons
kaons
beyond the Standard Model
phenomenology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,646
34,704
0.685
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
drug delivery
vaccines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,371
10,546
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Environmental Biotechnology
Anaerobic treatment
Wastewater treatment
Environmental Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,729
11,258
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mathematical Analysis
Differential Equations
Nonlinear Analysis
Biomedical Applications
Digital Twins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,486
13,206
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Pharmacology
Toxicology
marine toxins
drugs from marine sources
Food Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,464
11,932
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Docencia universitaria
curriculum
formación de profesores
educación infantil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,231
8,237
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Omic sciences
bionformatics
human population genetics
multifactorial diseases
forensic genetics and molecular anthropology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,594
8,598
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
obesity
metabolism
food intake
liver
adipose tissue
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,467
10,476
0.428
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
stimuli-responsive hydrogels
molecular imprinting
polymeric micelles
regenerative medicine
drug delivery systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,242
11,301
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Life Cycle Assessment
Circular Economy
Carbon Footprint
Ecodesign
Biochemical Reactors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,433
9,845
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Obesity
Metabolism
Hypothalamus
AMPK
Brown adipose tissue
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,200
9,061
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
work psychology
human resource
personnel selection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,373
5,932
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
drug delivery systems
stimuli-responsive materials
regenerative medicine
pharmaceutical technology
polymeric micelles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,198
8,371
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Cancer Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,667
10,911
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Magnetism
Magnetic Particles
Biomedical Applications
Nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,367
5,453
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
vaccines - meningococcal disease - sars-cov-2 - rotavirus - enterovirus - bronchiolitis - RSV
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,882
11,065
0.619
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
775
25
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Cibran Santamarina Rios
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207,059
65,542
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
881
28
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Thomas Dent
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,569
119,615
0.612
Physics
astrophysics
cosmology
data analysis
machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,425
72
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Xabier Cid Vidal
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,018
45,471
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,441
73
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Felipe F Casanueva
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,802
41,372
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,510
77
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Juan J. Saborido Silva
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,816
37,784
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,602
125
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Nestor Armesto
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,798
23,108
0.351
Physics
High Energy Physics
Quantum Chromodynamics
High Energy Nuclear Collisions
Quark-Gluon Plasma
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,740
127
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Carlos A. Salgado
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,064
21,332
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,876
134
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Angel Carracedo
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,228
27,555
0.429
Genetics
Legal Medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,268
141
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Carlos Dieguez
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,960
14,402
0.232
Obesity
endocrinology
neosciencesur
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,091
178
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Veronika Chobanova
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,646
34,704
0.685
CP violation
B mesons
kaons
beyond the Standard Model
phenomenology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,882
223
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Maria Jose Alonso
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,371
10,546
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,144
325
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Juan M. Lema|Juan M Lema Rodicio
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,729
11,258
0.334
Environmental Biotechnology
Anaerobic treatment
Wastewater treatment
Environmental Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,300
349
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Juan J. Nieto
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,486
13,206
0.407
Mathematical Analysis
Differential Equations
Nonlinear Analysis
Biomedical Applications
Digital Twins
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,359
374
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Luis M Botana
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,464
11,932
0.379
Pharmacology
Toxicology
marine toxins
drugs from marine sources
Food Security
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,729
396
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Miguel Zabalza
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,231
8,237
0.272
Docencia universitaria
curriculum
formación de profesores
educación infantil
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,016
577
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Antonio Salas
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,594
8,598
0.350
Omic sciences
bionformatics
human population genetics
multifactorial diseases
forensic genetics and molecular anthropology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,244
583
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ruben Nogueiras
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,467
10,476
0.428
obesity
metabolism
food intake
liver
adipose tissue
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,630
592
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,242
11,301
0.466
stimuli-responsive hydrogels
molecular imprinting
polymeric micelles
regenerative medicine
drug delivery systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,216
631
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Gumersindo Feijoo Costa
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,433
9,845
0.420
Life Cycle Assessment
Circular Economy
Carbon Footprint
Ecodesign
Biochemical Reactors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,257
731
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Miguel López
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,200
9,061
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,451
786
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jesús F. Salgado
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,373
5,932
0.291
work psychology
human resource
personnel selection
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,943
801
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Angel Concheiro Nine
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,198
8,371
0.414
drug delivery systems
stimuli-responsive materials
regenerative medicine
pharmaceutical technology
polymeric micelles
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,440
833
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jose Mc Tubio
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,667
10,911
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,300
852
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
José Rivas
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,367
5,453
0.282
Magnetism
Magnetic Particles
Biomedical Applications
Nanotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,340
961
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Federico Martinon-Torres
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,882
11,065
0.619
vaccines - meningococcal disease - sars-cov-2 - rotavirus - enterovirus - bronchiolitis - RSV