Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University of Leeds Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
rheumatology
medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188,470
60,398
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
THz QCLs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
177,988
79,604
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Cardiology
Applied cardiovascular health research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,272
111,648
0.906
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
climate
climate change
climate modeling
atmospheric sciences
geophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,414
52,313
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
forests
global change
tropical ecology
carbon
biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,799
44,633
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,235
42,027
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
attitudes
health behavior
health psychology
applied social psychology
social psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,032
32,503
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,679
25,163
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,747
27,730
0.428
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,035
37,754
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
International Business
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,596
17,509
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Haematology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,538
27,262
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
genetic epidemiology
melanoma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,176
13,738
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
STATISITCS
BIONIFORMATICS
IMAGE ANALYSIS
GEOLOGY
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,168
12,995
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
exercise
energy balance
appetite
obesity
satiety
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,817
17,326
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Psoriatic Arthritis
Spondyloarthroapthy
Regenerative Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,111
25,066
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Fluid Dynamics
Planetary Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,580
20,030
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
biomass
waste
pyrolysis
gasification
catalysts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,497
21,247
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Cardiovascular Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,997
11,023
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
geology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,911
13,698
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
medical image computing
computational medicine
in silico trials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,437
15,532
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Protein folding and disease
protein aggregation
novel approaches to the study of single molecule protein folding
amyloidosis
outer membrane proteins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,424
10,748
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Tropical forest ecology
evolution
conservation
carbon cycling
global change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,754
19,476
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Spatial ecology
Conservation biology
Pollination
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,148
17,153
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
First interest
liaison psychiatry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,854
9,580
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
917
67
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Paul Emery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188,470
60,398
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,022
77
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Joshua Freeman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
177,988
79,604
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,058
165
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Chris P Gale
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,272
111,648
0.906
Cardiology
Applied cardiovascular health research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,983
238
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Piers Forster
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,414
52,313
0.511
climate
climate change
climate modeling
atmospheric sciences
geophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,973
323
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Oliver L Phillips
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,799
44,633
0.508
forests
global change
tropical ecology
carbon
biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,236
341
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
JM Brown
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,235
42,027
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,431
350
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mark Conner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,032
32,503
0.396
attitudes
health behavior
health psychology
applied social psychology
social psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,698
481
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Phil Quirke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,679
25,163
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,595
567
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Peter V Giannoudis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,747
27,730
0.428
Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,717
574
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Simon L Lewis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,035
37,754
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,344
637
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Peter J Buckley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,596
17,509
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,755
679
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Peter Hillmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,538
27,262
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,819
683
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
D Timothy Bishop
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,176
13,738
0.236
genetic epidemiology
melanoma
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,305
721
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Kanti Mardia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,168
12,995
0.231
STATISITCS
BIONIFORMATICS
IMAGE ANALYSIS
GEOLOGY
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,395
735
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
John Blundell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,817
17,326
0.310
exercise
energy balance
appetite
obesity
satiety
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,988
864
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Dennis Mcgonagle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,111
25,066
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,993
1,049
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Chris A Jones
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,580
20,030
0.449
Fluid Dynamics
Planetary Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,959
1,142
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
PT Williams
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,497
21,247
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,722
1,209
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Anthony J Balmforth *
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,997
11,023
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,776
1,215
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Marjorie Wilson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,911
13,698
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,867
1,372
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Alejandro F Frangi|Alejandro Frangi, AF Frangi, Alex Frangi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,437
15,532
0.415
medical image computing
computational medicine
in silico trials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,568
1,450
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Sheena Radford
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,424
10,748
0.295
Protein folding and disease
protein aggregation
novel approaches to the study of single molecule protein folding
amyloidosis
outer membrane proteins
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,050
1,494
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Tim Baker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,754
19,476
0.545
Tropical forest ecology
evolution
conservation
carbon cycling
global change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,516
1,538
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
William E Kunin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,148
17,153
0.488
Spatial ecology
Conservation biology
Pollination
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,412
1,722
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Allan House
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,854
9,580
0.292
First interest
liaison psychiatry