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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 261 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
neuroscience
memory
hippocampus
ensemble recording
neural computatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,974
21,273
0.263
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
astrophysics
astronomy
cosmology
instrumentatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,711
43,173
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
cerebral cortex
recovery of function
brain plasticity
brain developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,052
11,092
0.205
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,207
7,350
0.144
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Medical Genetics
Genomic Medicine
Cancer Genomics
Precision Medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,499
23,221
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Fisheries
food webs
ecotoxicology
aquatic ecosystems
limnolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,224
5,135
0.189
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ecosystem ecology
physiological ecology
biogeochemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,588
5,092
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
brain neuroscience life scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,334
3,124
0.162
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,689
5,725
0.365
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
learning
memory
multiple memory systems
circadian rhythms
Alzheimer's diseas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,063
3,046
0.202
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,940
3,842
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Active transportation
physical activity
independent mobility
outdoor play
social-ecological theor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,140
8,071
0.614
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
cognitive science
evolutionary biology
(human) behavioural ecology
embodied cognition
biological anthropolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,272
3,975
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Epigenetics
inheritance of acquired traits
genome stability
genome evolution
stress toleranc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,230
5,222
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Behavioural Neuroscience
Recovery of Function
Stress
Biomarker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,224
4,627
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
convex geometry
discrete geometry
combinatorics
graph theory
optimizatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,183
7,054
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Biophysics
Analytical Ultracentrifugation
Applied Computer Science
High Performance Computin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,588
3,688
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Nutrition
Metabolism
Physiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,282
3,142
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
gambling
psychopathology
addictio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,007
4,263
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Quantum gravity
cosmology
quantum information scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,784
5,014
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
molecular science
spectroscopy
synchrotron and laser enabled spectroscopic studie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,238
2,189
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Lidar remote sensing
climate change
water resources
forest ecosystems
mountain environment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,536
4,685
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
brain developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,186
2,880
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
evolutionary neurobiology
ornithology
comparative anatomy
animal behaviour
comparative neuroanatom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,995
3,352
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Social Philosophy
Ethics
Theory of Argument
Informal Logi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,636
1,953
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,945
190
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Bruce Mcnaughton
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,974
21,273
0.263
neuroscience
memory
hippocampus
ensemble recording
neural computatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,074
197
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Locke Dean Spencer
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,711
43,173
0.542
astrophysics
astronomy
cosmology
instrumentatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,594
373
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Bryan Kolb
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,052
11,092
0.205
cerebral cortex
recovery of function
brain plasticity
brain developmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,405
406
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ian Q Whishaw
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,207
7,350
0.144
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,814
635
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Angeliki Pantazi
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,499
23,221
0.588
Medical Genetics
Genomic Medicine
Cancer Genomics
Precision Medicin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,030
1,148
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Joseph Rasmussen
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,224
5,135
0.189
Fisheries
food webs
ecotoxicology
aquatic ecosystems
limnolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,804
1,933
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Lawrence B Flanagan
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,588
5,092
0.260
Ecosystem ecology
physiological ecology
biogeochemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,580
1,964
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
RJ Sutherland
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,334
3,124
0.162
brain neuroscience life scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,480
2,647
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Olga Kovalchuk
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,689
5,725
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,745
2,785
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Robert J Mcdonald
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,063
3,046
0.202
learning
memory
multiple memory systems
circadian rhythms
Alzheimer's diseas
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,542
3,096
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Peter Henzi
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,940
3,842
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,946
3,334
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Richard Larouche
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,140
8,071
0.614
Active transportation
physical activity
independent mobility
outdoor play
social-ecological theor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,490
3,624
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Louise Barrett
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,272
3,975
0.324
cognitive science
evolutionary biology
(human) behavioural ecology
embodied cognition
biological anthropolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,854
3,639
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Igor Kovalchuk
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,230
5,222
0.427
Epigenetics
inheritance of acquired traits
genome stability
genome evolution
stress toleranc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,902
3,644
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Gerlinde A Metz
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,224
4,627
0.379
Behavioural Neuroscience
Recovery of Function
Stress
Biomarker
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,240
3,661
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Muhammad Ali Khan
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,183
7,054
0.579
convex geometry
discrete geometry
combinatorics
graph theory
optimizatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,508
3,899
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Borries Demeler
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,588
3,688
0.318
Biophysics
Analytical Ultracentrifugation
Applied Computer Science
High Performance Computin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,397
4,055
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Erasmus Okine
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,282
3,142
0.278
Nutrition
Metabolism
Physiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,037
4,189
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Robert J Williams
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,007
4,263
0.387
gambling
psychopathology
addictio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,740
4,781
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Saurya Das
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,784
5,014
0.512
Quantum gravity
cosmology
quantum information scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,041
5,096
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Adriana Predoi Cross
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,238
2,189
0.237
molecular science
spectroscopy
synchrotron and laser enabled spectroscopic studie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
125,637
5,532
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Chris Hopkinson
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,536
4,685
0.549
Lidar remote sensing
climate change
water resources
forest ecosystems
mountain environment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
131,616
5,770
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Robbin Gibb
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,186
2,880
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
135,134
5,919
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Andrew Iwaniuk
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,995
3,352
0.419
evolutionary neurobiology
ornithology
comparative anatomy
animal behaviour
comparative neuroanatom
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,020
6,217
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Trudy Govier
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,636
1,953
0.256
Social Philosophy
Ethics
Theory of Argument
Informal Logi