Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
Epidemiology
Public Health
Lifestyle
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,181
49,675
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,009
34,693
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Marketing Theory
Marketing Strategy
Service-Dominant Logic
Value Co-creation
Service Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,545
42,507
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Cardiology
Healthcare disparities
Cardiovascular prevention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,637
37,839
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Cosmology
Observational cosmology
Statistical methods
cosmic microwave background
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,232
37,330
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Neutrinos
cosmic rays
variable stars
geoneutrinos
reactors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,424
20,076
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
microbiology
oceanography
earth sciences
biogeochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,720
24,563
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Infrared Galaxies
Starbursts
Quasars
Galaxy Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,093
22,045
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,346
14,348
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
microbiology
marine microbiology
microbial genomics
metagenomics
microbial ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,731
16,531
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
structural engineering
mechanics
steel construction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,152
16,556
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
applied linguistics
second language acquisition
sociolinguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,276
15,190
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Clusters of galaxies
cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,018
26,025
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
carbon cycle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,668
18,009
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Metabolomics
Metabonomics
Pharmaceutical Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,943
24,212
0.577
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
chemical evolution of galaxies
active galactic nuclei
star-forming galaxies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,526
15,778
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
atmosphere sciences
ocean dynamics
climate dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,456
18,594
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Astronomy
astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,895
20,988
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
leadership
school effects
research methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,340
10,831
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Cancer Epidemiology Molecular Biology Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,668
11,830
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Plate tectonics
Geoinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,583
11,431
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,306
6,004
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
particle physics
astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,787
7,444
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Software engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,221
6,931
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
climate change
climate variability
climatology
climate impacts
drought
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,701
7,998
0.269
Loic Le Marchand
University of Hawaii System
Honolulu, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,181
49,675
0.486
Epidemiology
Public Health
Lifestyle
Genetics
John Tonry
University of Hawaii System
Honolulu, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,009
34,693
0.350
Stephen Vargo
University of Hawaii System
Honolulu, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,545
42,507
0.459
Marketing Theory
Marketing Strategy
Service-Dominant Logic
Value Co-creation
Service Science
Beatriz Rodriguez
University of Hawaii System
Honolulu, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,637
37,839
0.458
Cardiology
Healthcare disparities
Cardiovascular prevention
Simon Prunet
University of Hawaii System
Honolulu, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,232
37,330
0.483
Cosmology
Observational cosmology
Statistical methods
cosmic microwave background
John Gregory Learned
University of Hawaii System
Honolulu, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,424
20,076
0.263
Neutrinos
cosmic rays
variable stars
geoneutrinos
reactors
David Karl
University of Hawaii System
Honolulu, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,720
24,563
0.329
microbiology
oceanography
earth sciences
biogeochemistry
David Sanders
University of Hawaii System
Honolulu, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,093
22,045
0.298
Infrared Galaxies
Starbursts
Quasars
Galaxy Evolution
John Pezzuto
University of Hawaii System
Honolulu, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,346
14,348
0.230
Edward Francis Delong
University of Hawaii System
Honolulu, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,731
16,531
0.277
microbiology
marine microbiology
microbial genomics
metagenomics
microbial ecology
Wai Fah Chen
University of Hawaii System
Honolulu, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,152
16,556
0.285
structural engineering
mechanics
steel construction
Richard Schmidt
University of Hawaii System
Honolulu, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,276
15,190
0.291
applied linguistics
second language acquisition
sociolinguistics
J Patrick Henry
University of Hawaii System
Honolulu, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,018
26,025
0.510
Christopher Sabine
University of Hawaii System
Honolulu, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,668
18,009
0.378
Wei Jia
University of Hawaii System
Honolulu, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,943
24,212
0.577
Metabolomics
Metabonomics
Pharmaceutical Science
Lisa Kewley
University of Hawaii System
Honolulu, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,526
15,778
0.399
chemical evolution of galaxies
active galactic nuclei
star-forming galaxies
Fei Fei Jin
University of Hawaii System
Honolulu, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,456
18,594
0.510
atmosphere sciences
ocean dynamics
climate dynamics
Kenneth C Chambers
University of Hawaii System
Honolulu, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,895
20,988
0.601
Ronald H Heck
University of Hawaii System
Honolulu, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,340
10,831
0.315
leadership
school effects
research methods
Herbert Yu
University of Hawaii System
Honolulu, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,668
11,830
0.351
Cancer Epidemiology Molecular Biology Genetics
Paul Wessel
University of Hawaii System
Honolulu, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,583
11,431
0.362
Plate tectonics
Geoinformatics
Dixie Blanchard
University of Hawaii System
Honolulu, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,306
6,004
0.192
Sandip Pakvasa
University of Hawaii System
Honolulu, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,787
7,444
0.242
Rick Kazman
University of Hawaii System
Honolulu, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,221
6,931
0.229
Henry F Diaz
University of Hawaii System
Honolulu, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,701
7,998
0.269
climate change
climate variability
climatology
climate impacts
drought