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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 16 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
personalized medicine
cancer
genomics
Pharmacogenomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,466
14,188
0.243
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Development of close relationships across the lifespan
Social and Emotional Development
Interpersonal Neuroscience
Infant Fa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,185
346
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
biosensors
bioenergy harvesting
biofuel cells
electrowettin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
839
573
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
493
345
0.700
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
industrial-organizational psychology
gender
diversity
work-family conflict
climat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
410
284
0.693
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Finance
Debt
Leasin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188
71
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
general inference
prediction
small sample inference
statistical modelin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
104
0.881
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
interpersonal communication
social network
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
95
0.841
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Mormon Studies
women's ordination
sociology of religion
social media
art histor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
70
0.686
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ecology and Evolution
Environmental Studies/Science
Causes and Consequences of Extinction
Scientific Communicatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
15
0.161
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Health communication
Interpersonal/intercultural communication
media studie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
71
0.772
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Fractional Differential Equatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
61
0.678
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
21
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
differential geometry
general relativit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
9
0.692
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Distributed Systems
Networks
Network Managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
8
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
writing
rhetoric
technical communication
digital humanitie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
11
0.917
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,439
3,986
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Howard Mcleod
Utah Tech University
St. George, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,466
14,188
0.243
personalized medicine
cancer
genomics
Pharmacogenomic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
644,210
192,422
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Dannelle Larsen Rife
Utah Tech University
St. George, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,185
346
0.292
Development of close relationships across the lifespan
Social and Emotional Development
Interpersonal Neuroscience
Infant Fa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
768,053
221,935
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Russell C Reid
Utah Tech University
St. George, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
839
573
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
963,830
261,046
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Alexander Tye
Utah Tech University
St. George, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
493
345
0.700
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,040,678
273,690
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Kristine J Olson
Utah Tech University
St. George, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
410
284
0.693
industrial-organizational psychology
gender
diversity
work-family conflict
climat
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,400,898
324,367
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Kyle Wells
Utah Tech University
St. George, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188
71
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,639,956
354,505
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Md Sazib Hasan
Utah Tech University
St. George, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
104
0.881
general inference
prediction
small sample inference
statistical modelin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,661,856
357,216
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
James Stein
Utah Tech University
St. George, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
95
0.841
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,712,829
363,370
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Nancy Ross
Utah Tech University
St. George, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
70
0.686
Mormon Studies
women's ordination
sociology of religion
social media
art histor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,759,051
369,009
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jeffrey V Yule
Utah Tech University
St. George, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
15
0.161
Ecology and Evolution
Environmental Studies/Science
Causes and Consequences of Extinction
Scientific Communicatio
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,762,243
369,385
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Hengjun Lin
Utah Tech University
St. George, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
71
0.772
Health communication
Interpersonal/intercultural communication
media studie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,773,191
370,675
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Bhuvaneswari Sambandham
Utah Tech University
St. George, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
61
0.678
Fractional Differential Equatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,035,255
401,387
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Greg Melton
Utah Tech University
St. George, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
21
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,397,525
440,091
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jesse Hicks
Utah Tech University
St. George, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
9
0.692
differential geometry
general relativit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,397,957
440,123
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ren Quinn
Utah Tech University
St. George, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
8
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,408,662
441,158
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Lacy Hope
Utah Tech University
St. George, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
11
0.917