Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 3.255 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
Global Health
Anthropology
Genetics
Molecular Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
266,421
109,038
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Intelligence
Cognitive Aging
Personality
Psychometrics
Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191,336
83,761
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Molecular Evolution
Virology
Molecular Epidemiology
Computational Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
184,448
95,047
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Diabetes
epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157,610
62,532
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Computational Genomics
Disease Genomics
ncRNAs
ME/CFS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,163
37,534
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Particle Phisics
LHC
Higgs
Top
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142,715
82,336
0.577
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
genetics of complex disease
inbreeding
genetic isolates
Y chromosome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,667
53,102
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Genetics
Epigenetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,910
19,238
0.177
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
stroke
clinical trials
epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,854
23,509
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Neuroscience
Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,114
17,771
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
neuroendocrinology
glucocorticoids
stress
fetal programming
11beta-HSDs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,959
12,912
0.164
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,767
14,858
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Gastroenterology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,528
21,163
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Neuroscience and Neurology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,399
37,058
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Intensive care
critical care medicine
functional genomics
respiratory viruses
sepsis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,394
61,153
0.869
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,338
29,764
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
chromosome structure
kinetochores
centromeres
mitosis
CPC
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,174
9,660
0.146
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Machine learning
pattern recognition
computer vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,647
33,960
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Evolutionary genetics
Viral evolution
Codon usage
HIV
Malaria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,014
10,606
0.168
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Optical Wireless Communications
Interference Managment in Wireless Networks
Spatial Modulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,489
28,424
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Cardiovascular and renal medicine
hypertension
drug regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,975
13,710
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Astrophysics
Data science
Statistics
Databases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,212
36,895
0.656
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ageing
Genetics
Brain Imaging Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,683
34,660
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Psychosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,554
19,138
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Clinical neurology
stroke
intracerebral haemorrhage
subarachnoid haemorrhage
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,075
33,587
0.658
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
371
33
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Igor Rudan
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
266,421
109,038
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
924
67
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ian Deary
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191,336
83,761
0.438
Intelligence
Cognitive Aging
Personality
Psychometrics
Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
987
75
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Andrew Rambaut
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
184,448
95,047
0.515
Molecular Evolution
Virology
Molecular Epidemiology
Computational Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,331
96
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sarah Wild
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157,610
62,532
0.397
Diabetes
epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,587
127
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Chris Ponting
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,163
37,534
0.260
Computational Genomics
Disease Genomics
ncRNAs
ME/CFS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,615
131
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Michele Faucci Giannelli
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142,715
82,336
0.577
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,592
202
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jim Wilson
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,667
53,102
0.476
genetics of complex disease
inbreeding
genetic isolates
Y chromosome
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,733
212
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Adrian Bird
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,910
19,238
0.177
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,735
213
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Peter Sandercock
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,854
23,509
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,208
338
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Richard GM Morris
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,114
17,771
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,914
404
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Seckl Jonathan
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,959
12,912
0.164
neuroendocrinology
glucocorticoids
stress
fetal programming
11beta-HSDs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,486
455
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ken Donaldson
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,767
14,858
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,513
459
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jack Satsangi
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,528
21,163
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,527
460
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Malcolm Macleod
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,399
37,058
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,927
499
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Kenneth Baillie
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,394
61,153
0.869
Intensive care
critical care medicine
functional genomics
respiratory viruses
sepsis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,940
500
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
dave cameron
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,338
29,764
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,539
558
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
WC Earnshaw
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,174
9,660
0.146
chromosome structure
kinetochores
centromeres
mitosis
CPC
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,801
580
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Chris Williams
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,647
33,960
0.525
Machine learning
pattern recognition
computer vision
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,091
608
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Paul M Sharp
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,014
10,606
0.168
Evolutionary genetics
Viral evolution
Codon usage
HIV
Malaria
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,362
636
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Harald Haas
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,489
28,424
0.462
Optical Wireless Communications
Interference Managment in Wireless Networks
Spatial Modulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,105
704
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
David Webb
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,975
13,710
0.236
Cardiovascular and renal medicine
hypertension
drug regulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,540
743
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Sergey Koposov
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,212
36,895
0.656
Astrophysics
Data science
Statistics
Databases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,177
802
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
David Liewald
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,683
34,660
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,509
825
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Stephen Lawrie
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,554
19,138
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,959
864
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Rustam Al Shahi Salman
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,075
33,587
0.658
Clinical neurology
stroke
intracerebral haemorrhage
subarachnoid haemorrhage