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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 823 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
Stories
climate
nature & health
sust and regen ag
good lif
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,336
29,680
0.356
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,271
35,202
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Biomedical Engineering
Brain-Computer Interfaces
Brain-Computer Interfacing
Brain-Computer Interface
Genetic Programmin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,140
7,140
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,180
7,903
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Conflict
international relations
democratization
statistical methods
political scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,518
9,021
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Plant Biotechnology
Plant Molecular Biology
Plant Physiology
Plant Genetics
Crop Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,115
5,613
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Conservation
Coral
Seagrass
Mangrove
Restoratio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,007
8,101
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,406
7,133
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Robotics
Embedded Systems
Mechatronic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,536
8,114
0.377
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Genomics
Epigenomics
Bioinformatics
Mous
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,449
9,239
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
stomata
photosynthesis
water use efficiency
chlorophyll fluorescence
gas exchang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,596
12,666
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
virolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,362
3,219
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
lasers fibers bistability amplifier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,157
2,729
0.150
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
vision reading migraine epilepsy memory typograph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,611
4,621
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ageing
demography
epidemiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,144
5,192
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Video Compression
Video Networking
Video Processing
Networks&Service
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,051
4,366
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Political Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,915
3,950
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
green communication
radio resource management
mobile edge computing
future Interne
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,862
9,002
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Brain-Computer Interfacing
Statistical and Adaptive Signal Processing
Rehabilitation Engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,479
5,215
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,595
2,881
0.185
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Economic History
Migration and Asylu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,176
3,955
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
political theory
discourse analysis
poststructuralis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,172
4,910
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Economics
Digital Finance
Accounting and Finance
Financial Inclusion
Sustainable Developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,048
14,425
0.959
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
science literacy
research integrity
metascience
survey methodolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,661
4,457
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
green exercise
nature
mental health
physical activity
wellbein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,243
7,399
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,712
374
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jules Pretty
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,336
29,680
0.356
Stories
climate
nature & health
sust and regen ag
good lif
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,613
470
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Meena Kumari
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,271
35,202
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,254
2,208
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Riccardo Poli
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,140
7,140
0.245
Biomedical Engineering
Brain-Computer Interfaces
Brain-Computer Interfacing
Brain-Computer Interface
Genetic Programmin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,577
2,314
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Richard Geider
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,180
7,903
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,563
2,403
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,518
9,021
0.328
Conflict
international relations
democratization
statistical methods
political scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,179
2,463
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Philip Mullineaux
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,115
5,613
0.207
Plant Biotechnology
Plant Molecular Biology
Plant Physiology
Plant Genetics
Crop Scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,353
2,473
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
David J Smith
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,007
8,101
0.300
Conservation
Coral
Seagrass
Mangrove
Restoratio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,097
3,251
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sheina Orbell
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,406
7,133
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,259
3,429
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Huosheng Hu
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,536
8,114
0.377
Robotics
Embedded Systems
Mechatronic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,477
3,446
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Leonard C Schalkwyk
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,449
9,239
0.431
Genomics
Epigenomics
Bioinformatics
Mous
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,742
3,908
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Tracy Lawson
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,596
12,666
0.646
stomata
photosynthesis
water use efficiency
chlorophyll fluorescence
gas exchang
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,907
4,264
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Glyn Stanway
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,362
3,219
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,652
4,319
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
MJ Adams
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,157
2,729
0.150
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,716
4,474
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Arnold J Wilkins
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,611
4,621
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,605
4,632
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Emily Grundy
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,144
5,192
0.303
Ageing
demography
epidemiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,001
4,660
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mohammad Or Mohammed Ghanbari
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,051
4,366
0.256
Video Compression
Video Networking
Video Processing
Networks&Service
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,590
4,705
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Paul Whiteley
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,915
3,950
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,850
4,725
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Kun Yang
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,862
9,002
0.534
green communication
radio resource management
mobile edge computing
future Interne
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,551
4,879
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Reinhold Scherer
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,479
5,215
0.316
Brain-Computer Interfacing
Statistical and Adaptive Signal Processing
Rehabilitation Engineerin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,907
5,232
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Yasemin Soysal
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,595
2,881
0.185
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,072
5,440
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Timothy J Hatton
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,176
3,955
0.261
Economic History
Migration and Asylu
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,099
5,442
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
David Howarth
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,172
4,910
0.324
political theory
discourse analysis
poststructuralis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,757
5,492
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ozili Peterson K|P Ozili, Peterson Ozili, Peterson Kitakogelu Ozili
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,048
14,425
0.959
Economics
Digital Finance
Accounting and Finance
Financial Inclusion
Sustainable Developmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,953
5,665
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Nick Allum
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,661
4,457
0.304
science literacy
research integrity
metascience
survey methodolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,569
5,889
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
JO Barton
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,243
7,399
0.519
green exercise
nature
mental health
physical activity
wellbein