Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 1.361 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
Epidemiology
Clinical researc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,850
67,344
0.608
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ecology
Biogeography
Environment
Species distribution modellin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,551
41,438
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Computational Biology
Cancer Genomics
Cancer Epigenetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,315
51,149
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Cancer Immunotherap
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,902
46,949
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
human genetics
Clinical bioinformatic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,190
20,933
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
human genomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,037
27,026
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,426
13,418
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,016
55,681
0.773
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Statistical Genetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,870
40,710
0.566
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Surgery
Cancer
Enhanced Recovery
ERA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,957
35,484
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
bioinformatics computational biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,063
25,283
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Computational Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,248
38,485
0.650
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
population genetics
evolutionary biology
quantitative genetics
statistical genetics
genomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,248
16,972
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
information systems
design
business mode
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,738
26,316
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
brain tumors
epigenetics
predicitive factors
translational researc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,274
24,446
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Immunology and Infectious disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,579
12,773
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
TNF family ligand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,468
10,932
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Computational Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,256
20,003
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
physiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,024
12,890
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Inflammation
Apoptosis
ER-stress
IL-1
proteostasi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,471
13,546
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Pathology
oncology
digestive trac
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,192
11,476
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,154
25,135
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Evolution
genetics
social life
animal behavior
behavioral ecolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,275
10,565
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Addictive Behaviors
Impulsivity
Experimental Psychopathology
Transdiagnostic processes
Behavioral Addiction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,520
27,368
0.729
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Bayesian analysis
Immunology
Immunotherapy
Infectious Diseases
Single-cell analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,877
28,157
0.785
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,805
36
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Pedro Marques-Vidal
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,850
67,344
0.608
Epidemiology
Clinical researc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,599
49
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Antoine Guisan
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,551
41,438
0.425
Ecology
Biogeography
Environment
Species distribution modellin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,798
54
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Giovanni Ciriello
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,315
51,149
0.542
Computational Biology
Cancer Genomics
Cancer Epigenetic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,994
62
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
George Coukos
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,902
46,949
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,197
68
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jacques S Beckmann
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,190
20,933
0.235
human genetics
Clinical bioinformatic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,155
81
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Alexandre Reymond
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,037
27,026
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,842
93
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Walter Wahli
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,426
13,418
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,047
96
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Solange Peters
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,016
55,681
0.773
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,067
97
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Zoltán Kutalik
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,870
40,710
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,123
115
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Demartines N
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,957
35,484
0.546
Surgery
Cancer
Enhanced Recovery
ERA
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,878
127
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ioannis Xenarios
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,063
25,283
0.414
bioinformatics computational biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,282
135
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Olivier Delaneau
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,248
38,485
0.650
Computational Biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,747
145
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jerome Goudet
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,248
16,972
0.296
population genetics
evolutionary biology
quantitative genetics
statistical genetics
genomic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,126
155
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Yves Pigneur
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,738
26,316
0.472
information systems
design
business mode
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,247
159
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Monika Hegi
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,274
24,446
0.442
brain tumors
epigenetics
predicitive factors
translational researc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,434
164
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Giuseppe Pantaleo
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,579
12,773
0.234
Immunology and Infectious disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,463
166
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Pascal Schneider
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,468
10,932
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,525
168
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Sven Bergmann
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,256
20,003
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,312
219
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Bernard Thorens
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,024
12,890
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,535
240
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Fabio Martinon
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,471
13,546
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,680
244
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Fred T Bosman
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,192
11,476
0.266
Pathology
oncology
digestive trac
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,703
245
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Johanna Joyce
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,154
25,135
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,946
285
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Laurent Keller
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,275
10,565
0.269
Evolution
genetics
social life
animal behavior
behavioral ecolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,125
302
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Joel Billieux
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,520
27,368
0.729
Addictive Behaviors
Impulsivity
Experimental Psychopathology
Transdiagnostic processes
Behavioral Addiction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,376
331
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Raphael Gottardo
Université de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,877
28,157
0.785
Bayesian analysis
Immunology
Immunotherapy
Infectious Diseases
Single-cell analysi