Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 921 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
David Posada
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
Spain
Jesus Simal-Gandara
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
Spain
Jianbo Xiao
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
Spain
Isabel Pastoriza-Santos
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
Spain
Jorge Pérez Juste
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
Spain
Ramon C. Hermida
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
Spain
Angeles Sanroman
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
Spain
Jorge Domínguez
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
Spain
Carlos Lago Peñas
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
Spain
Lakshminarayana Polavarapu
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
Spain
Estela Sanchez
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
Spain
Luis Gimeno
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
Spain
José Manuel Cruz Freire
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
Spain
Armando Caballero
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
Spain
Carlos Bendicho
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
Spain
Miguel Ángel Prieto Lage
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
Spain
JR Fernández
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
Spain
José J. Pazos Arias
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
Spain
Jesús Doval-Gandoy
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
Spain
Gil Garrote
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
Spain
Miguel A. Correa-Duarte
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
Spain
África González Fernández
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
Spain
Emilio Marañón
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
Spain
Isela Lavilla
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
Spain
Juan C. Mejuto
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,959
Spain
62
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
David Posada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,628
25,233
0.241
cancer evolution
phylogenomics
phylogeography
molecular evolution
bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,337
Spain
232
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jesus Simal-Gandara
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,044
Spain
240
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jianbo Xiao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,390
31,726
0.805
Phytomedicine
Flavonoids
Polyphenols
Nutrition
Food Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,204
Spain
369
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Isabel Pastoriza-Santos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,600
11,650
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,490
Spain
440
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jorge Pérez Juste
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,779
11,894
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,279
Spain
831
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ramon C. Hermida
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,719
5,570
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,853
Spain
867
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Angeles Sanroman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,189
7,623
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,514
Spain
946
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jorge Domínguez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,116
7,883
0.435
Earthworms
Vermicomposting
Soil Ecology
Evolutionary Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,613
Spain
1,112
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Carlos Lago Peñas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,334
8,599
0.526
Football
Performance Analysis in Sport
Training
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,276
Spain
1,174
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Lakshminarayana Polavarapu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,746
9,570
0.608
Plasmonics
Perovskite nanocrystals
LEDs
catalysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,477
Spain
1,269
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Estela Sanchez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,936
13,165
0.881
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,959
Spain
1,646
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Luis Gimeno
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,660
6,751
0.533
Moisture transport
Atmospheric Water Cycle
Climate Diagnosis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,241
Spain
1,775
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
José Manuel Cruz Freire
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,986
Spain
1,823
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Armando Caballero
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,890
4,449
0.374
Quantitative Genetics
Population Genetics
Conservation Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,201
Spain
1,884
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Carlos Bendicho
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,633
3,067
0.264
Nanotechnology
nanosorbents
optical nanosensors
analytical spectroscopy
environmental applications
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,594
Spain
2,004
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Miguel Ángel Prieto Lage
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,171
Spain
2,017
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
JR Fernández
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,090
3,066
0.276
chronobiology
ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,422
Spain
2,158
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
José J. Pazos Arias
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,659
7,212
0.677
Recommender systems
Semantic Web
Social Networks
Software Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,515
Spain
2,162
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jesús Doval-Gandoy
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,020
Spain
2,179
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Gil Garrote
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,597
3,214
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,781
Spain
2,201
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Miguel A. Correa-Duarte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,525
3,211
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95,364
Spain
2,223
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
África González Fernández
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,468
4,461
0.426
Immunology
Molecular Biology
Nanotechnology
Cancer
Monoclonal antibodies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,018
Spain
2,237
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Emilio Marañón
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,408
4,531
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,952
Spain
2,261
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Isela Lavilla
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,323
2,906
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,085
Spain
2,265
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Juan C. Mejuto
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
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