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
cancer evolution
phylogenomics
phylogeography
molecular evolution
bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,628
25,233
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Agro-environmental and food chemistry. Sustainable primary production. Food quality and safety
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,588
27,200
0.670
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Phytomedicine
Flavonoids
Polyphenols
Nutrition
Food Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,390
31,726
0.805
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Nanoplasmonics
Nanomaterials
Sensing
Nanocatalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,600
11,650
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,779
11,894
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Bioengineering
Chronobiology
Hypertension
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,719
5,570
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Enviromental Engineering
Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,189
7,623
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Earthworms
Vermicomposting
Soil Ecology
Evolutionary Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,116
7,883
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Football
Performance Analysis in Sport
Training
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,334
8,599
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Plasmonics
Perovskite nanocrystals
LEDs
catalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,746
9,570
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,936
13,165
0.881
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Moisture transport
Atmospheric Water Cycle
Climate Diagnosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,660
6,751
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Chemical Engineering
Chemical Technology
Food Science and Technology
Active packaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,098
4,390
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Quantitative Genetics
Population Genetics
Conservation Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,890
4,449
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Nanotechnology
nanosorbents
optical nanosensors
analytical spectroscopy
environmental applications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,633
3,067
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Green Extraction
Additives
Natural pigments
Dose-response
Response Surface Methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,149
9,857
0.884
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
chronobiology
ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,090
3,066
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Recommender systems
Semantic Web
Social Networks
Software Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,659
7,212
0.677
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Power Electronics
Electric Drives
Multiphase Machines
Digital Control
Power Conversion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,650
4,744
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Chemical engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,597
3,214
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,525
3,211
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Immunology
Molecular Biology
Nanotechnology
Cancer
Monoclonal antibodies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,468
4,461
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
plankton ecology
biological oceanography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,408
4,531
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Analytical Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,323
2,906
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Physical Organic Chemistry
Kinetics and Catalysis
Colloids and Surfaces
Supramolecular Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,309
4,496
0.436
David Posada
Universidade de Vigo
Pontevedra, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,628
25,233
0.241
cancer evolution
phylogenomics
phylogeography
molecular evolution
bioinformatics
Jesus Simal-Gandara
Universidade de Vigo
Pontevedra, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,588
27,200
0.670
Agro-environmental and food chemistry. Sustainable primary production. Food quality and safety
Jianbo Xiao
Universidade de Vigo
Pontevedra, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,390
31,726
0.805
Phytomedicine
Flavonoids
Polyphenols
Nutrition
Food Chemistry
Isabel Pastoriza-Santos
Universidade de Vigo
Pontevedra, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,600
11,650
0.369
Nanoplasmonics
Nanomaterials
Sensing
Nanocatalysis
Jorge Pérez Juste
Universidade de Vigo
Pontevedra, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,779
11,894
0.413
Ramon C. Hermida
Universidade de Vigo
Pontevedra, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,719
5,570
0.282
Bioengineering
Chronobiology
Hypertension
Angeles Sanroman
Universidade de Vigo
Pontevedra, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,189
7,623
0.397
Enviromental Engineering
Biotechnology
Jorge Domínguez
Universidade de Vigo
Pontevedra, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,116
7,883
0.435
Earthworms
Vermicomposting
Soil Ecology
Evolutionary Ecology
Carlos Lago Peñas
Universidade de Vigo
Pontevedra, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,334
8,599
0.526
Lakshminarayana Polavarapu
Universidade de Vigo
Pontevedra, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,746
9,570
0.608
Estela Sanchez
Universidade de Vigo
Pontevedra, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,936
13,165
0.881
Luis Gimeno
Universidade de Vigo
Pontevedra, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,660
6,751
0.533
Moisture transport
Atmospheric Water Cycle
Climate Diagnosis
José Manuel Cruz Freire
Universidade de Vigo
Pontevedra, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,098
4,390
0.363
Chemical Engineering
Chemical Technology
Food Science and Technology
Active packaging
Armando Caballero
Universidade de Vigo
Pontevedra, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,890
4,449
0.374
Quantitative Genetics
Population Genetics
Conservation Genetics
Carlos Bendicho
Universidade de Vigo
Pontevedra, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,633
3,067
0.264
Nanotechnology
nanosorbents
optical nanosensors
analytical spectroscopy
environmental applications
Miguel Ángel Prieto Lage
Universidade de Vigo
Pontevedra, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,149
9,857
0.884
Green Extraction
Additives
Natural pigments
Dose-response
Response Surface Methodology
JR Fernández
Universidade de Vigo
Pontevedra, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,090
3,066
0.276
chronobiology
ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
José J. Pazos Arias
Universidade de Vigo
Pontevedra, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,659
7,212
0.677
Recommender systems
Semantic Web
Social Networks
Software Engineering
Jesús Doval-Gandoy
Universidade de Vigo
Pontevedra, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,650
4,744
0.445
Power Electronics
Electric Drives
Multiphase Machines
Digital Control
Power Conversion
Gil Garrote
Universidade de Vigo
Pontevedra, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,597
3,214
0.303
Miguel A. Correa-Duarte
Universidade de Vigo
Pontevedra, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,525
3,211
0.305
África González Fernández
Universidade de Vigo
Pontevedra, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,468
4,461
0.426
Immunology
Molecular Biology
Nanotechnology
Cancer
Monoclonal antibodies
Emilio Marañón
Universidade de Vigo
Pontevedra, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,408
4,531
0.435
plankton ecology
biological oceanography
Isela Lavilla
Universidade de Vigo
Pontevedra, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,323
2,906
0.282
Juan C. Mejuto
Universidade de Vigo
Pontevedra, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,309
4,496
0.436
Physical Organic Chemistry
Kinetics and Catalysis
Colloids and Surfaces
Supramolecular Chemistry