Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 624 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
United States
Roger J Davis
Signal Transduction
Protein Kinase
MAP Kinase
JNK
Metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,445
23,454
0.153
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
United States
Eric Mick
Psychiatric Epidemiology
Cardiovascular Epidemiology
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,396
32,178
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
United States
Jerry Gurwitz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,957
33,941
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
United States
Eicke Latz
Innate Immunity
Inflammation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,690
54,471
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
United States
Katherine Fitzgerald
host:pathogen interactions - innate immune signaling - long non-coding RNAs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,768
43,782
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
United States
Job Dekker
Chromosomes
Dinoflagellates
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,209
42,379
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
United States
Douglas Golenbock
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,092
25,232
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
United States
Zhiping Weng
Computational biology
genomics
epigenomics
bioinformatics
transcriptional regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,308
32,805
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
United States
Robert Brown
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,827
26,917
0.325

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
United States
David N Kennedy
Neuroimaging
Neuroinformatics
Development
Childhood psychiatric condition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,467
19,352
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
United States
Phillip D Zamore
Small silencing RNAs
piRNA
PIWI proteins
Argonaute proteins
microRNAs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,946
14,722
0.205
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
United States
Steven M Reppert
Circadian rhythms
neuroethology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,273
9,482
0.166
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
United States
Guangping Gao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,215
23,238
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
United States
Anastasia Khvorova
RNAi Chemical Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,547
20,586
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
United States
Milagros C Rosal
Health disparities/equity
adherence
obesity
diabetes
cardiovascular disease risk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,306
25,053
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
United States
John L Sullivan
Immunology
virology
human immunodeficiency virus
Epstein Barr virus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,810
8,675
0.218
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
United States
Manuel Garber
Molecular Evolution
Gene Regulation
Evolution of gene networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,543
14,484
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
United States
David R Weaver
Circadian rhythms
receptors
melatonin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,107
6,411
0.168
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
United States
Susan L Swain
Immunology
Aging
cytokines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,690
5,297
0.144
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
United States
David Guertin
Nutrient Sensing
mTOR
Adipose Tissue
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,892
10,858
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
United States
Melissa J Moore
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
RNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,371
10,016
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
United Kingdom
Katherine Gordon-Smith
Bipolar disorder
Mood disorders
Postpartum psychosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,451
10,906
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
United States
Doyle Ward
Microbial Genomics
Metagenomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,436
14,263
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
United States
Terence R Flotte
Gene therapy
alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
genetic disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,326
7,591
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,405
United States
616
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Roger J Davis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,445
23,454
0.153
Signal Transduction
Protein Kinase
MAP Kinase
JNK
Metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,264
United States
1,060
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Eric Mick
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,396
32,178
0.270
Psychiatric Epidemiology
Cardiovascular Epidemiology
Genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,729
United States
1,293
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jerry Gurwitz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,957
33,941
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,852
United States
1,351
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Eicke Latz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,690
54,471
0.511
Innate Immunity
Inflammation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,108
United States
1,481
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Katherine Fitzgerald
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,768
43,782
0.430
host:pathogen interactions - innate immune signaling - long non-coding RNAs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,486
United States
1,646
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Job Dekker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,209
42,379
0.440
Chromosomes
Dinoflagellates
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,760
United States
1,774
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Douglas Golenbock
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,092
25,232
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,125
United States
1,945
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Zhiping Weng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,308
32,805
0.376
Computational biology
genomics
epigenomics
bioinformatics
transcriptional regulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,494
United States
2,133
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Robert Brown
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,827
26,917
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,523
United States
2,618
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
David N Kennedy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,467
19,352
0.263
Neuroimaging
Neuroinformatics
Development
Childhood psychiatric condition

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,714
United States
2,703
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Phillip D Zamore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,946
14,722
0.205
Small silencing RNAs
piRNA
PIWI proteins
Argonaute proteins
microRNAs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,276
United States
3,945
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Steven M Reppert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,273
9,482
0.166
Circadian rhythms
neuroethology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,711
United States
4,148
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Bryan R Lajoie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,484
25,809
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,519
United States
4,996
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Guangping Gao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,215
23,238
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,315
United States
5,823
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Anastasia Khvorova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,547
20,586
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,922
United States
6,569
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Milagros C Rosal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,306
25,053
0.607
Health disparities/equity
adherence
obesity
diabetes
cardiovascular disease risk
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,795
United States
6,970
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
John L Sullivan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,810
8,675
0.218
Immunology
virology
human immunodeficiency virus
Epstein Barr virus
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,562
United States
7,312
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Manuel Garber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,543
14,484
0.376
Molecular Evolution
Gene Regulation
Evolution of gene networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,852
United States
7,439
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
David R Weaver
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,107
6,411
0.168
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,791
United States
7,874
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Susan L Swain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,690
5,297
0.144
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,177
United States
8,475
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
David Guertin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,892
10,858
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,453
United States
9,030
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Melissa J Moore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,371
10,016
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,717
United Kingdom
2,079
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Katherine Gordon-Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,451
10,906
0.370
Bipolar disorder
Mood disorders
Postpartum psychosis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,740
United States
10,939
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Doyle Ward
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,436
14,263
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,873
United States
10,991
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Terence R Flotte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,326
7,591
0.259
Gene therapy
alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
genetic disease
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