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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 445 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
Hydrological Modelling
Climate analysis
Statistics
Programming
Oceanograph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,609
19,773
0.216
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Molecular and cellular biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,311
12,833
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
nanotechnology
physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,990
10,776
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
regional climate
extreme events
synoptic climatology
climate dynamic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,010
10,266
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Theory of Shells Plates Arches & Beams
Generalized Differential Quadrature
FEM SFEM WFEM IGA SFIGA WFIG
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,310
9,348
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Biologia Cellular
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,987
9,274
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,659
8,623
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Composite materials
polymer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,795
5,956
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
colloidal nanocrystals
materials science
photocatalysis
photovoltaics
optoelectronic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,354
2,698
0.202
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,632
6,348
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
ObGy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,182
4,942
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Marine Zoology
Marine Biodiversity
Marine Ecology
Evolution
Systematic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,516
6,254
0.595
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Analog IC Desig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,897
5,351
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Material Physics
Nanomedicine
Nanotechnologies
Nanoscienz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,817
2,963
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Zoology
marine biology
marine ecology
taxonomy
biodiversit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,868
3,737
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Open Innovation
Digital Transformation
Academic Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial competenc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,448
7,810
0.827
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
marketing
consumer behavio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,274
5,093
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Metallurgy
Engineering
Materials Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,194
5,066
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Chemistry
Chimic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,359
3,659
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Inorganic
bioinorganic and coordination chemistry
pharmaceutical chemistry
NMR spectroscopy
metabolomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,228
3,651
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Marine biology
Ecology
Benthos
Cnidarians
Zoolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,965
4,093
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Analytical Chemistry
Biosensors
Biomimetic sensors
Molecularly imprinted polymers
XP
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,452
2,899
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Agricultural Microbiology
Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria
Wine Microbiology
Plant Microbiology
Endophyte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,406
4,154
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
General Relativity and Its Tests
Gravitational Physics
Space Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,156
1,443
0.202
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Multivariate modeling
Extremes
Environmental data
Geophysics
Copula
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,025
2,895
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,013
226
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Letizia Lusito
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,609
19,773
0.216
Hydrological Modelling
Climate analysis
Statistics
Programming
Oceanograph
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,864
931
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Cecilia Bucci
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,311
12,833
0.423
Molecular and cellular biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,800
1,229
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Giuseppe Gigli
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,990
10,776
0.431
nanotechnology
physic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,508
1,686
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Piero Lionello
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,010
10,266
0.513
regional climate
extreme events
synoptic climatology
climate dynamic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,145
1,890
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Francesco Tornabene
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,310
9,348
0.511
Theory of Shells Plates Arches & Beams
Generalized Differential Quadrature
FEM SFEM WFEM IGA SFIGA WFIG
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,936
2,237
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Flora Guerra
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,987
9,274
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,620
2,291
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Elisa Panzarini *
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,659
8,623
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,453
2,761
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Alfonso Maffezzoli
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,795
5,956
0.432
Composite materials
polymer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,417
2,869
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
P Davide Cozzoli
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,354
2,698
0.202
colloidal nanocrystals
materials science
photocatalysis
photovoltaics
optoelectronic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,096
3,452
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Francesco Strafella
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,632
6,348
0.546
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,307
3,641
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Andrea Tinelli
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,182
4,942
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,181
3,936
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Stefano Piraino
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,516
6,254
0.595
Marine Zoology
Marine Biodiversity
Marine Ecology
Evolution
Systematic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106,337
4,249
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Stefano D Amico
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,897
5,351
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,318
4,301
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ross Rinaldi|Rosaria Rinaldi
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,817
2,963
0.302
Material Physics
Nanomedicine
Nanotechnologies
Nanoscienz
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106,682
4,269
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Adriana Giangrande
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,868
3,737
0.379
Zoology
marine biology
marine ecology
taxonomy
biodiversit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,139
4,533
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Giustina Secund
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,448
7,810
0.827
Open Innovation
Digital Transformation
Academic Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial competenc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,539
4,650
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Gianluigi Guido
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,274
5,093
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,668
4,712
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Pasquale Cavaliere
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,194
5,066
0.551
Metallurgy
Engineering
Materials Scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,661
5,323
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Giuseppe Mele
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,359
3,659
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
130,862
5,421
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Francesco Paolo Fanizzi
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,228
3,651
0.444
Inorganic
bioinorganic and coordination chemistry
pharmaceutical chemistry
NMR spectroscopy
metabolomic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
135,678
5,664
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sergio Rossi
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,965
4,093
0.514
Marine biology
Ecology
Benthos
Cnidarians
Zoolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
145,779
6,114
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Cosimino Malitesta
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,452
2,899
0.389
Analytical Chemistry
Biosensors
Biomimetic sensors
Molecularly imprinted polymers
XP
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
146,739
6,163
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Massimiliano Cardinale
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,406
4,154
0.561
Agricultural Microbiology
Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria
Wine Microbiology
Plant Microbiology
Endophyte
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
152,127
6,437
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
İgnazio Ciufolini
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,156
1,443
0.202
General Relativity and Its Tests
Gravitational Physics
Space Physic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
155,115
6,573
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Gianfausto Salvadori
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,025
2,895
0.412
Multivariate modeling
Extremes
Environmental data
Geophysics
Copula