Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
Sylvicolture
Forest Resources
Ecosystem services
Conservation Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,928
11,349
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Software engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,733
10,343
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,080
5,638
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
climate
disturbance
ecophysiology
forest
resilience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,514
6,550
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,982
7,049
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Dpt of Neurosciences
Reproductive and Dentistry Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,738
6,631
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,003
5,015
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,225
6,090
0.740
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Radiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,135
5,623
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Food science and technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,107
3,064
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Software Security
Software Engineering
Software Testing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,970
6,171
0.885
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Ingegneria strutturale
ingegneria sismica
monitoraggio strutturale
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,662
3,315
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Analytical Chemistry
Chromatography
Food Sciences
Environmental Science
Atmospheric Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,747
3,211
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Molecular Biology
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,714
650
0.114
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Ecology
Conservation Biology
Biodiversity
Landscape
Ecosystem types: forests coastal dunes and high mountains
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,697
3,245
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Multi-criteria
Intuitionistic Fuzzy set
Machine Learning
Sustainability
Circular Economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,992
3,874
0.776
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
conservation biology
ecology
behavioural ecology
morphometrics
subterranean mammals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,530
2,048
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
natural products chemistry
isolation
NMR
Synthesis
metabolomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,361
1,265
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
tecnologie alimentari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,278
1,659
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Colloid Science
Assembly
Physical Chemistry
NMR
Micelles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,236
1,182
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Genetics
Molecular Biology
Molecular Microbiology
Molecular Cardiology
Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,219
1,426
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
microbiologia alimenti
attività antimicrobiche
probiotici
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,124
2,027
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
agronomy - Specroradiometry - UAV
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,968
1,491
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Soil Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,938
1,993
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
entomologia
IPM
Tortricidae
Stored product protection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,888
1,511
0.389
Marco Marchetti
Università degli Studi del Molise
Termoli, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,928
11,349
0.570
Sylvicolture
Forest Resources
Ecosystem services
Conservation Biology
Rocco Oliveto
Università degli Studi del Molise
Termoli, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,733
10,343
0.583
Giovanni Scapagnini
Università degli Studi del Molise
Termoli, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,080
5,638
0.400
Roberto Tognetti
Università degli Studi del Molise
Termoli, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,514
6,550
0.485
climate
disturbance
ecophysiology
forest
resilience
Raffaele Coppola
Università degli Studi del Molise
Termoli, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,982
7,049
0.588
Costagliola Ciro
Università degli Studi del Molise
Termoli, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,738
6,631
0.565
Dpt of Neurosciences
Reproductive and Dentistry Sciences
Andrea Bianco
Università degli Studi del Molise
Termoli, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,003
5,015
0.557
Gianluca Testa
Università degli Studi del Molise
Termoli, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,225
6,090
0.740
Luca Brunese
Università degli Studi del Molise
Termoli, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,135
5,623
0.691
Emanuele Marconi
Università degli Studi del Molise
Termoli, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,107
3,064
0.431
Food science and technology
Francesco Mercaldo
Università degli Studi del Molise
Termoli, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,970
6,171
0.885
Software Security
Software Engineering
Software Testing
Giovanni Fabbrocino
Università degli Studi del Molise
Termoli, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,662
3,315
0.498
Ingegneria strutturale
ingegneria sismica
monitoraggio strutturale
Pasquale Avino
Università degli Studi del Molise
Termoli, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,747
3,211
0.559
Analytical Chemistry
Chromatography
Food Sciences
Environmental Science
Atmospheric Chemistry
Franco Felici
Università degli Studi del Molise
Termoli, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,714
650
0.114
Molecular Biology
Genetics
Maria Laura Carranza
Università degli Studi del Molise
Termoli, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,697
3,245
0.570
Ecology
Conservation Biology
Biodiversity
Landscape
Ecosystem types: forests coastal dunes and high mountains
Fausto Cavallaro
Università degli Studi del Molise
Termoli, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,992
3,874
0.776
Multi-criteria
Intuitionistic Fuzzy set
Machine Learning
Sustainability
Circular Economy
Anna Loy
Università degli Studi del Molise
Termoli, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,530
2,048
0.452
conservation biology
ecology
behavioural ecology
morphometrics
subterranean mammals
Maria Iorizzi
Università degli Studi del Molise
Termoli, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,361
1,265
0.290
natural products chemistry
isolation
NMR
Synthesis
metabolomics
Panfili Gianfranco
Università degli Studi del Molise
Termoli, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,278
1,659
0.388
Andrea Ceglie
Università degli Studi del Molise
Termoli, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,236
1,182
0.279
Colloid Science
Assembly
Physical Chemistry
NMR
Micelles
Nicola Marziliano
Università degli Studi del Molise
Termoli, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,219
1,426
0.338
Genetics
Molecular Biology
Molecular Microbiology
Molecular Cardiology
Evolution
Elena Sorrentino
Università degli Studi del Molise
Termoli, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,124
2,027
0.492
microbiologia alimenti
attività antimicrobiche
probiotici
Arturo Alvino
Università degli Studi del Molise
Termoli, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,968
1,491
0.376
agronomy - Specroradiometry - UAV
Claudio Colombo
Università degli Studi del Molise
Termoli, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,938
1,993
0.506
Pasquale Trematerra
Università degli Studi del Molise
Termoli, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,888
1,511
0.389
entomologia
IPM
Tortricidae
Stored product protection