Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
Nitric oxide
free radicals
oxidative stress
vascular pharmacology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,522
5,606
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Tumour immunology
genetics
genomics
innate immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,912
5,793
0.650
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ecological
Population
Genetics
Conservation and Evolutionary Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,428
2,413
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
analytical chemistry
ecotoxicology
pollution
wildlife forensics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,020
3,726
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
analytical chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,417
2,969
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
mountains
biosphere reserves
sustainable development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,181
2,337
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
knowledge mobilisation
innovation in health & social care
sociology of knowledge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,405
2,454
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,263
1,035
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Redox Biology
Free radicals
Mitochondria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,126
2,469
0.790
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Online Education
e-learning
Rural Development
Rural Leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,913
919
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ornithology
marine biology
marine plastic litter
spatial ecology
renewable energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,863
1,812
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Peatland
restoration
microbiology
statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,816
1,960
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Health Geography
Rural Health
Third Sector Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,721
2,074
0.762
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Oceanography
Remote Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,489
2,030
0.816
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Public health
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,413
1,760
0.729
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
conservation genetics
evolutionary genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,978
751
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Mental Health
Psychology
Psychiatry
Behaviour change theory
digital health.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,341
1,317
0.982
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Quality of health care
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,315
988
0.751
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Marine Renewable Energy
Offshore Wind
Environmental Monitoring
Multibeam Sonar
Hydroacoustics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,269
926
0.730
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Communities
childhood
youth
sustainability
international education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,198
442
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
literature
creative writing
forests
climate change
ecocriticism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
970
203
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Seabirds
Bycatch
Marine Renewables
Conservation
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
842
454
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
cardiovascular nursing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
729
337
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
marine planning
decision making
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
646
433
0.670
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Nurse Education
Older adults
Dementia
NCDs
Health & Wellbeing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
613
475
0.775
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,095
4,900
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ian Megson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,522
5,606
0.361
Nitric oxide
free radicals
oxidative stress
vascular pharmacology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,262
9,190
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Antonia Pritchard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,912
5,793
0.650
Tumour immunology
genetics
genomics
innate immunology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
137,380
11,043
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Eric Verspoor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,428
2,413
0.325
Ecological
Population
Genetics
Conservation and Evolutionary Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
145,929
11,638
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mark Taggart
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,020
3,726
0.531
analytical chemistry
ecotoxicology
pollution
wildlife forensics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
160,067
12,577
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Mary Doherty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,417
2,969
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
166,421
13,003
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Martin F Price
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,181
2,337
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
189,870
14,602
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Janet Heaton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,405
2,454
0.454
knowledge mobilisation
innovation in health & social care
sociology of knowledge
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
301,034
21,620
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Kenneth G Boyd
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,263
1,035
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
311,943
22,273
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
James Cobley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,126
2,469
0.790
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
330,678
23,366
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Frank Rennie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,913
919
0.315
Online Education
e-learning
Rural Development
Rural Leadership
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
335,222
23,655
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Elizabeth Masden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,863
1,812
0.633
Ornithology
marine biology
marine plastic litter
spatial ecology
renewable energy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
339,746
23,909
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Roxane Andersen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,816
1,960
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
349,310
24,445
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Sarah Anne Munoz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,721
2,074
0.762
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
374,579
25,833
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
lonneke goddijn murphy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,489
2,030
0.816
Oceanography
Remote Sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
383,586
26,341
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Hugo van Woerden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,413
1,760
0.729
Public health
Epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
444,196
29,534
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Victoria L Pritchard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,978
751
0.380
conservation genetics
evolutionary genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
573,886
36,130
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Johannes Hendrikus De Kock
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,341
1,317
0.982
Mental Health
Psychology
Psychiatry
Behaviour change theory
digital health.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
580,790
36,495
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Michelle Beattie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,315
988
0.751
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
593,324
37,129
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Benjamin Williamson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,269
926
0.730
Marine Renewable Energy
Offshore Wind
Environmental Monitoring
Multibeam Sonar
Hydroacoustics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
613,657
38,052
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Vicky Johnson Victoria Johnson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,198
442
0.369
Communities
childhood
youth
sustainability
international education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
689,584
41,484
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Mandy Haggith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
970
203
0.209
literature
creative writing
forests
climate change
ecocriticism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
740,338
43,626
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Helen M Wade
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
842
454
0.539
Seabirds
Bycatch
Marine Renewables
Conservation
Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
790,696
45,659
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Neil J Angus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
729
337
0.462
cardiovascular nursing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
831,519
47,142
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Rachel Shucksmith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
646
433
0.670
marine planning
decision making
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
848,751
47,738
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Leah Macaden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
613
475
0.775
Nurse Education
Older adults
Dementia
NCDs
Health & Wellbeing