Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 4.926 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
ecology
sustainable agriculture
biodiversity
climate change ecology
conservation ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
254,529
86,249
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Chemistry
Physics
Computation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244,355
77,309
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
190,122
83,909
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Deep learning
Particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143,329
42,963
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139,620
35,823
0.257
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Data mining
parallel computing
high performance computing
Artificial Intelligence
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,411
40,859
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Computational Biology
Machine Learning
Bioinformatics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,741
76,129
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
entrepreneurship
innovation
strategy
IB & technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,193
41,032
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
2D Materials
Nanophotonics
Nanoelectronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,461
22,896
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Gravitational waves
electromagnetic counterparts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,786
84,472
0.711
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Gravitational waves
Gamma ray bursts
afterglows
gravitational wave astronomy
tests of general relativity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,936
76,904
0.687
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,949
38,707
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
resilience
competence
development
disaster
war
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,878
40,577
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Data mining
Parallel computing
Recommender systems
Graph machine learning
Chemical informatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,069
27,895
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Environmental Economics
Resource Economics
Ecological Economics
Ecosystem Services
Conservation Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,944
49,212
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Osteoporosis
Aging
Frailty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,554
29,537
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Hematology
Oncology
Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,532
32,931
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Paleoclimatology
Climate
Geochronology
Isotope Geochemistry
Chemical Oceanography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,403
39,971
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Functional Brain Imaging
Ultrahigh Field MRI
MRI
fMRI
Brain Connectome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,045
33,660
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Eating behaviors
physical activity
and weight-related problems in adolescents and young adults
family and other correlates of these outcomes
prevention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,053
29,251
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
cardiology
disease prevention
health services research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,410
28,279
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Signal processing
machine learning
wireless communications
power systems
network science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,577
18,876
0.200
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Behavioral genetics
aging
substance abuse
twins
adoption
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,404
28,771
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
emotional development
attachment
longitudinal studies of individual development
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,255
12,035
0.133
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Psychology
Marketing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,366
33,125
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
447
180
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
David Tilman
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
254,529
86,249
0.339
ecology
sustainable agriculture
biodiversity
climate change ecology
conservation ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
513
203
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Donald Truhlar
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244,355
77,309
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
939
383
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Peter Reich
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
190,122
83,909
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,601
709
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Alexander Gude
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143,329
42,963
0.300
Deep learning
Particle physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,684
750
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Dante Cicchetti
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139,620
35,823
0.257
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,922
871
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Vipin Kumar
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,411
40,859
0.313
Data mining
parallel computing
high performance computing
Artificial Intelligence
machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,971
894
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Dan Knights
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,741
76,129
0.591
Computational Biology
Machine Learning
Bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,009
918
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Shaker A Zahra
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,193
41,032
0.323
entrepreneurship
innovation
strategy
IB & technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,222
1,035
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Phaedon Avouris
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,461
22,896
0.190
2D Materials
Nanophotonics
Nanoelectronics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,288
1,071
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Michael Coughlin
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,786
84,472
0.711
Gravitational waves
electromagnetic counterparts
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,580
1,221
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Muhammed Saleem
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,936
76,904
0.687
Gravitational waves
Gamma ray bursts
afterglows
gravitational wave astronomy
tests of general relativity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,629
1,240
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Bruce Blazar
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,949
38,707
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,632
1,242
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ann S Masten
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,878
40,577
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,770
1,315
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
George Karypis
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,069
27,895
0.258
Data mining
Parallel computing
Recommender systems
Graph machine learning
Chemical informatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,776
1,320
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Stephen Polasky
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,944
49,212
0.456
Environmental Economics
Resource Economics
Ecological Economics
Ecosystem Services
Conservation Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,800
1,330
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Kristine E Ensrud
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,554
29,537
0.275
Osteoporosis
Aging
Frailty
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,803
1,333
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Daniel Weisdorf
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,532
32,931
0.306
Hematology
Oncology
Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,866
1,358
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
R Lawrence 'Larry' Edwards
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,403
39,971
0.376
Paleoclimatology
Climate
Geochronology
Isotope Geochemistry
Chemical Oceanography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,221
1,533
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Kamil Ugurbil
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,045
33,660
0.336
Functional Brain Imaging
Ultrahigh Field MRI
MRI
fMRI
Brain Connectome
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,418
1,624
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Dianne Neumark-Sztainer
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,053
29,251
0.301
Eating behaviors
physical activity
and weight-related problems in adolescents and young adults
family and other correlates of these outcomes
prevention
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,470
1,640
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Thomas Kottke
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,410
28,279
0.293
cardiology
disease prevention
health services research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,600
1,697
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Georgios B Giannakis
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,577
18,876
0.200
Signal processing
machine learning
wireless communications
power systems
network science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,889
1,842
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Matt McGue
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,404
28,771
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,906
1,851
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
L Alan Sroufe
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,255
12,035
0.133
emotional development
attachment
longitudinal studies of individual development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,978
1,884
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Kathleen D Vohs
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,366
33,125
0.371