Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 518 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
Research methods
leadership
Disney
theme parks
McDonaldization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260,322
95,814
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Cardiovascular Genetics
Role of biological ageing in coronary heart disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
230,844
81,306
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Cardiometabolic disease
Ethnic Health
Multiple Long Term Conditions (MLTC)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,467
95,520
0.705
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
evidence synthesis
publication bias
meta-analysis
Bayesian methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,133
26,396
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Crustal Evolution
Precambrian Tectonics
Central Asian Orogenic Belt/Altaids
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,837
20,396
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
High-energy astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,013
21,434
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
asthma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,163
8,593
0.178
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Psycho-oncology
mental health
inequalities
meta-analysis
neuropsychiatry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,410
18,881
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Materials Chemistry
Green Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,736
24,134
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Pregnancy
pre-eclampsia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,212
13,034
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
High-energy astrophysics
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,121
22,711
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,045
8,631
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Asthma
lung fibrosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,863
6,854
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
HEART FAILURE
BIOMARKERS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,408
17,675
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Blood clotting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,385
9,784
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Diagnostics
polymers
biosensors
molecularly imprinted polymers
polymer chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,035
8,893
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Immunity to infection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,547
7,117
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
College of Mathematics Engineering & Physical Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,494
8,633
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Solar-planetary physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,250
4,747
0.174
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Structural Biology
NMR spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,638
4,827
0.181
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Physical Activity
Sedentary Behaviour
Diabetes Prevention
Metabolic Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,427
17,431
0.660
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
critical psychology
discourse analysis
psychoanalysis
Lacan
Marxism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,849
4,377
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Human Resource Management
Wellbeing
Employee Involvement
Organizational Performance
Work-family Conflict
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,723
7,078
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,235
8,434
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Signal Processing & Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,177
11,162
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
403
35
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Alan Bryman
University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260,322
95,814
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
605
45
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Nilesh Samani
University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
230,844
81,306
0.352
Cardiovascular Genetics
Role of biological ageing in coronary heart disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,783
145
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Kamlesh Khunti
University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,467
95,520
0.705
Cardiometabolic disease
Ethnic Health
Multiple Long Term Conditions (MLTC)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,687
481
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Alex J Sutton
University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,133
26,396
0.366
evidence synthesis
publication bias
meta-analysis
Bayesian methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,145
710
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Brian Frederick Windley
University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,837
20,396
0.353
Crustal Evolution
Precambrian Tectonics
Central Asian Orogenic Belt/Altaids
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,586
747
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Julian Osborne
University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,013
21,434
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,876
948
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Andrew Wardlaw
University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,163
8,593
0.178
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,937
1,048
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Alex J Mitchell
University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,410
18,881
0.416
Psycho-oncology
mental health
inequalities
meta-analysis
neuropsychiatry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,179
1,159
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Andrew Abbott
University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,736
24,134
0.565
Materials Chemistry
Green Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,160
1,508
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Philip Baker
University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,212
13,034
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,239
1,514
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Víctor Zabalza
University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,121
22,711
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,292
1,518
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Andrew King
University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,045
8,631
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,968
1,955
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Peter Bradding
University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,863
6,854
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,508
1,991
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Iain Squire
University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,408
17,675
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,548
1,993
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Alison Goodall
University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,385
9,784
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,444
2,214
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sergey Piletsky
University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,035
8,893
0.317
Diagnostics
polymers
biosensors
molecularly imprinted polymers
polymer chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,130
2,272
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Andrea Cooper
University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,547
7,117
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,206
2,283
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Christopher Edwards
University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,494
8,633
0.314
College of Mathematics Engineering & Physical Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,570
2,309
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Stanley Wh Cowley
University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,250
4,747
0.174
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,524
2,398
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Geerten W. Vuister
University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,638
4,827
0.181
Structural Biology
NMR spectroscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,880
2,435
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Thomas Yates
University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,427
17,431
0.660
Physical Activity
Sedentary Behaviour
Diabetes Prevention
Metabolic Disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,546
2,669
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ian Parker
University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,849
4,377
0.176
critical psychology
discourse analysis
psychoanalysis
Lacan
Marxism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,763
2,689
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Stephen Wood
University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,723
7,078
0.286
Human Resource Management
Wellbeing
Employee Involvement
Organizational Performance
Work-family Conflict
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,639
2,765
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Timothy John Coats
University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,235
8,434
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,753
2,775
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jonathon A Chambers
University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,177
11,162
0.462
Signal Processing & Machine Learning