Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 804 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
cardiovascular medicine/ Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155,699
62,238
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ophthalmology
Retina
Vitreous
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,341
46,169
0.547
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Medical Toxicology
Food Toxicology
Forensic Toxicology
Toxicology
Clinical Biomarkers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,540
49,539
0.756
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,020
34,736
0.668
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
General Practice
Family Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,538
20,716
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
deep learning
computer vision
machine learning
medical image analysis
artificial intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,870
24,626
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Atmospheric chemistry and physics
air quality
aerosols
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,115
12,241
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Automatic Control
Optimisation
Transportation
Water Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,799
10,233
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Theoretical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,676
6,079
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Astrophysics
Galaxy evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,369
6,650
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Operations research
decision analysis
finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,569
7,589
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Environmental Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,924
6,464
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Earth Science
Environmental Chemistry
Climate Change
Air Pollution
Biogeochemical cycles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,320
6,864
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
bioremediation
phytoremediation
environmental engineering
environmental biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,141
6,900
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,177
3,912
0.215
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
High-energy Astrophysics
Cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,935
4,215
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Nonlinear Optics
Nanophotonics
Lasers
Nonhermitian Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,515
8,081
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Inflammatory bowel disease
colon ischemia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,377
8,065
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Big data analytics
Data streams
Data mining and machine learning
Data Management
Database Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,978
2,501
0.147
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,320
5,817
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
ophthalmology
refractive surgery
presbyopia
visual optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,639
2,793
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
metamaterials
photonic and phononic crystals
plasmonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,571
4,556
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,471
4,597
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Machine Learning
Data Science
Bioinformatics
Causal Discovery
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,093
6,205
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
magnetoencephalography
dyslexia
age-related cognitive decline
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,814
4,206
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,366
20
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Panos Vardas
University of Crete
Rethymno, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155,699
62,238
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,364
26
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Miltiadis K Tsilimbaris
University of Crete
Rethymno, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,341
46,169
0.547
Ophthalmology
Retina
Vitreous
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,656
36
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Aristidis Tsatsakis
University of Crete
Rethymno, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,540
49,539
0.756
Medical Toxicology
Food Toxicology
Forensic Toxicology
Toxicology
Clinical Biomarkers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,686
49
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Costas Stoumpos
University of Crete
Rethymno, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,020
34,736
0.668
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,903
57
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Christos Lionis
University of Crete
Rethymno, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,538
20,716
0.455
General Practice
Family Medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,246
82
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Nikos Komodakis
University of Crete
Rethymno, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,870
24,626
0.706
deep learning
computer vision
machine learning
medical image analysis
artificial intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,753
93
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Nikos Mihalopoulos
University of Crete
Rethymno, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,115
12,241
0.393
Atmospheric chemistry and physics
air quality
aerosols
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,096
95
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Markos Papageorgiou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,799
10,233
0.332
Automatic Control
Optimisation
Transportation
Water Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,695
104
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Eleftherios N Economou
University of Crete
Rethymno, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,676
6,079
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,653
121
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Vassilis Charmandaris
University of Crete
Rethymno, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,369
6,650
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,029
142
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Constantin Zopounidis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,569
7,589
0.322
Operations research
decision analysis
finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,087
172
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Euripides G Stephanou
University of Crete
Rethymno, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,924
6,464
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,682
181
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Maria Kanakidou
University of Crete
Rethymno, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,320
6,864
0.338
Earth Science
Environmental Chemistry
Climate Change
Air Pollution
Biogeochemical cycles
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,189
182
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Nicolas Kalogerakis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,141
6,900
0.343
bioremediation
phytoremediation
environmental engineering
environmental biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,396
213
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Elias Kiritsis
University of Crete
Rethymno, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,177
3,912
0.215
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,276
217
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Vasiliki Pavlidou
University of Crete
Rethymno, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,935
4,215
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,860
228
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Konstantinos Makris
University of Crete
Rethymno, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,515
8,081
0.461
Nonlinear Optics
Nanophotonics
Lasers
Nonhermitian Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,366
232
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ioannis Koutroubakis
University of Crete
Rethymno, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,377
8,065
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,897
242
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Minos Garofalakis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,978
2,501
0.147
Big data analytics
Data streams
Data mining and machine learning
Data Management
Database Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,815
263
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Elias Castanas
University of Crete
Rethymno, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,320
5,817
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,216
301
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ioannis G Pallikaris
University of Crete
Rethymno, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,639
2,793
0.191
ophthalmology
refractive surgery
presbyopia
visual optics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,572
304
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Maria Kafesaki
University of Crete
Rethymno, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,571
4,556
0.313
metamaterials
photonic and phononic crystals
plasmonics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,159
309
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
A Zezas
University of Crete
Rethymno, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,471
4,597
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,507
322
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ioannis Tsamardinos
University of Crete
Rethymno, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,093
6,205
0.440
Machine Learning
Data Science
Bioinformatics
Causal Discovery
Artificial Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,200
332
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Panagiotis Simos
University of Crete
Rethymno, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,814
4,206
0.304
magnetoencephalography
dyslexia
age-related cognitive decline