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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 843 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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,758
55,401
0.441
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,658
36,365
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Meta-analysis
education policy
self-beliefs and motivatio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,116
26,135
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Health Economics
Labor/Development Economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,870
28,059
0.854
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
dementi
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,352
5,770
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
cardiovascular device
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,993
9,613
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
biophysic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,661
5,181
0.202
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Nephrology
proteomics
biomarker
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,505
7,046
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
neurology
neuropathology
neuroanatomy
autism
schizophreni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,461
5,824
0.248
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Cancer management
imaging guided drug development
PET/CT
hypoxia
molecular imagin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,720
15,851
0.698
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Cardiac Metabolism
Heart Failure
Mitochondrial Biology
Stem Cell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,939
10,643
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Tumor immunotherapy
gdT cells
Autoreactive B cell
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,059
12,471
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Astronomy
Astrophysic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,043
13,864
0.659
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,515
6,698
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
neural networks
deep learning
explainable AI
computational intelligenc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,133
5,390
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
gastroenterolog
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,993
7,348
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Biochemistry
Laboratory medicine
breast cancer research
molecular endocrinology
genomic
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,301
4,235
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
precision medicine
precision environmental healt
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,095
2,504
0.138
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Water Splitting
Perovskites
Graphene
Bioimmobilization
Catalysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,625
9,336
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Biostatistics
Bioinformatics
Proteomics
Computational Biology
Infectious disease modelin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,464
6,188
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
evolution of behavior
history of scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,133
2,951
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
proteomics
bone pharmacotherapeutics
drug desig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,723
2,788
0.177
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
spinal cord injur
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,570
2,155
0.138
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Computer Vision
Medical Imaging
Biometric
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,260
3,264
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Functional Equations
Image Processing
Pricing Theory
Information Theor
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,227
3,271
0.215
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,172
999
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Aruni Bhatnagar
University of Louisville
Louisville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,758
55,401
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,974
4,699
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Norman L Lehman
University of Louisville
Louisville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,658
36,365
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,218
6,207
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jeffrey C Valentine
University of Louisville
Louisville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,116
26,135
0.592
Meta-analysis
education policy
self-beliefs and motivatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,979
9,622
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Seyed M Karimi *
University of Louisville
Louisville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,870
28,059
0.854
Health Economics
Labor/Development Economic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,805
12,624
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Robert Friedland
University of Louisville
Louisville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,352
5,770
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,007
13,544
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Mark S Slaughter
University of Louisville
Louisville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,993
9,613
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,598
13,797
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jonathan Chaires
University of Louisville
Louisville, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,661
5,181
0.202
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,871
13,911
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jon Klein
University of Louisville
Louisville, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,505
7,046
0.276
Nephrology
proteomics
biomarker
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,778
15,522
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Manuel Casanova
University of Louisville
Louisville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,461
5,824
0.248
neurology
neuropathology
neuroanatomy
autism
schizophreni
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,360
16,176
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Xiao Feng Li
University of Louisville
Louisville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,720
15,851
0.698
Cancer management
imaging guided drug development
PET/CT
hypoxia
molecular imagin
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,253
16,963
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Bradford G Hill
University of Louisville
Louisville, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,939
10,643
0.485
Cardiac Metabolism
Heart Failure
Mitochondrial Biology
Stem Cell
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,564
17,853
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jun Yan
University of Louisville
Louisville, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,059
12,471
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,607
17,874
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Benne Holwerda
University of Louisville
Louisville, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,043
13,864
0.659
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,048
18,394
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ramesh C Gupta
University of Louisville
Louisville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,515
6,698
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,134
18,818
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jacek M Zurada
University of Louisville
Louisville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,133
5,390
0.268
neural networks
deep learning
explainable AI
computational intelligenc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,681
20,199
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Thomas Abell
University of Louisville
Louisville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,993
7,348
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,131
21,184
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
James L Wittliff
University of Louisville
Louisville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,301
4,235
0.231
Biochemistry
Laboratory medicine
breast cancer research
molecular endocrinology
genomic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,882
21,469
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
David W Hein
University of Louisville
Louisville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,095
2,504
0.138
precision medicine
precision environmental healt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,667
22,178
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Gautam Gupta
University of Louisville
Louisville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,625
9,336
0.530
Water Splitting
Perovskites
Graphene
Bioimmobilization
Catalysi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,328
22,440
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Susmita Datta
University of Louisville
Louisville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,464
6,188
0.354
Biostatistics
Bioinformatics
Proteomics
Computational Biology
Infectious disease modelin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,116
24,643
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Lee Dugatkin
University of Louisville
Louisville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,133
2,951
0.183
evolution of behavior
history of scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,243
25,428
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
WM Pierce
University of Louisville
Louisville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,723
2,788
0.177
proteomics
bone pharmacotherapeutics
drug desig
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,034
25,740
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Scott Whittemore
University of Louisville
Louisville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,570
2,155
0.138
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,635
26,351
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Aly Farag
University of Louisville
Louisville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,260
3,264
0.214
Computer Vision
Medical Imaging
Biometric
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,808
26,418
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Sahoo Prasanna
University of Louisville
Louisville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,227
3,271
0.215
Functional Equations
Image Processing
Pricing Theory
Information Theor