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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 925 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
Neutrosophic Statistics
Plithogenic Set
NeutroAlgebra & AntiAlgebra
NeutroGeometry & AntiGeometry
HyperSoft Set & IndetermS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,125
47,351
0.666
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
semiconductor materials
electronic device
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,616
4,915
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
counseling
mental health counseling
logotherapy
viktor frankl
Existential Psychotherap
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,926
2,452
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
reproducibility
systematic reviews
bibliometrics
health sciences librarianshi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,556
5,703
0.870
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Traffic Engineering
ITS
Traffic Detection
Traffic System Modeling
Simulatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,694
3,973
0.698
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Network Economics
Distributed Learning
Reinforcement Learning
Resource Allocatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,652
4,504
0.797
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
materials catalysis computational chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,505
4,192
0.761
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Family Business
New Venture Strategy
Small Busines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,387
4,505
0.836
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Statistics Biostatistics EHR RWD Big-Dat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,231
4,233
0.809
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Gastroenterology and Toxicolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,961
3,258
0.657
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,434
2,851
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Neurosurgery
Neuroimaging
Cerebral blood flow
Cortical spreading depolarization
cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,507
3,276
0.727
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
nanophotonics
nonlinear optics
amo physics
quantum gase
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,314
2,906
0.674
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Evolutionary Anthropolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,160
2,176
0.523
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Plasma Physics
Nuclear Engineering and Compute
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,205
3,447
0.820
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,059
1,730
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Optics
Photonics
Material Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,794
2,478
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Human-in-the-loop systems
Stochastic reachability
Stochastic optimal control
Non-parametric learning
motor control in Parki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,721
1,632
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Thermal management
energy conversion
design and optimizatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,658
1,652
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,593
1,480
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Signed language acquisition and processing
Bilingualis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,501
1,233
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
quantum information
quantum computation
quantum simulation
quantum many-body physics
quantu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,483
1,449
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Cancer Biology
Tumor Microenvironment
Mammary gland
breas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,441
1,233
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Environmental Health Science
Toxicology
Microplastics
AI Application
High Content Analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,384
1,325
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Algorithms
Markov Chains
Probability
Distributed Algorithm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,379
1,482
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,173
2,899
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Florentin Smarandache
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,125
47,351
0.666
Neutrosophic Statistics
Plithogenic Set
NeutroAlgebra & AntiAlgebra
NeutroGeometry & AntiGeometry
HyperSoft Set & IndetermS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,088
39,007
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Swapnadip Ghosh
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,616
4,915
0.463
semiconductor materials
electronic device
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,414
51,841
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Aaron Smith
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,926
2,452
0.309
counseling
mental health counseling
logotherapy
viktor frankl
Existential Psychotherap
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
166,578
61,414
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Melissa L Rethlefsen
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,556
5,703
0.870
reproducibility
systematic reviews
bibliometrics
health sciences librarianshi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
191,941
69,244
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Guohui Zhang
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,694
3,973
0.698
Traffic Engineering
ITS
Traffic Detection
Traffic System Modeling
Simulatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
193,326
69,685
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,652
4,504
0.797
Network Economics
Distributed Learning
Reinforcement Learning
Resource Allocatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
198,412
71,180
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ivana Matanovic Ivana Gonzales
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,505
4,192
0.761
materials catalysis computational chemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
202,639
72,429
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Raj V Mahto
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,387
4,505
0.836
Family Business
New Venture Strategy
Small Busines
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
208,463
74,139
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Fares Qeadan
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,231
4,233
0.809
Statistics Biostatistics EHR RWD Big-Dat
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
219,422
77,378
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Xiang Xue
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,961
3,258
0.657
Gastroenterology and Toxicolog
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
243,545
84,480
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jessica D Richardson
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,434
2,851
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
240,007
83,442
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Andrew P Carlsonms Cr
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,507
3,276
0.727
Neurosurgery
Neuroimaging
Cerebral blood flow
Cortical spreading depolarization
cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurger
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
249,909
86,291
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Tara Drake
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,314
2,906
0.674
nanophotonics
nonlinear optics
amo physics
quantum gase
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
258,495
88,818
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Paul L Hooper
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,160
2,176
0.523
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
255,907
88,078
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Bahman Zohuri
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,205
3,447
0.820
Plasma Physics
Nuclear Engineering and Compute
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
264,276
90,471
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Dharma Singh Khalsa
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,059
1,730
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
280,258
95,039
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Viktoriia Babicheva
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,794
2,478
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
285,080
96,440
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Meeko Oishi
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,721
1,632
0.439
Human-in-the-loop systems
Stochastic reachability
Stochastic optimal control
Non-parametric learning
motor control in Parki
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
289,218
97,598
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jean-Michel Tournier
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,658
1,652
0.452
Thermal management
energy conversion
design and optimizatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
293,680
98,877
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Joseph Galewsky
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,593
1,480
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
300,309
100,806
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jill P Morford
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,501
1,233
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
301,614
101,182
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Akimasa Miyake
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,483
1,449
0.416
quantum information
quantum computation
quantum simulation
quantum many-body physics
quantu
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
304,722
102,060
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Wc Hines Curt
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,441
1,233
0.358
Cancer Biology
Tumor Microenvironment
Mammary gland
breas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
309,051
103,261
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Xiaozhong Yu
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,384
1,325
0.392
Environmental Health Science
Toxicology
Microplastics
AI Application
High Content Analysi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
309,404
103,361
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Thomas P Hayes
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,379
1,482
0.439
Algorithms
Markov Chains
Probability
Distributed Algorithm