Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Utrecht University 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
medicine
epidemiology
coronary heart disease
global health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
357,543
147,004
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Occupational Health Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
300,013
150,668
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Psychosis
Co-creation
Mental Disorders
Public Health
Diagnosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198,479
88,287
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
prevention
public health
epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182,293
120,890
0.663
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Biostatistics
survival analysis
prediction and classification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,745
50,080
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Heavy ion physics
particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,187
78,804
0.684
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Hydrology
vadose zone
contaminant transport
unsaturated flow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,229
29,676
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Quark-Gluon Plasma
Heavy Ion Collisions
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,808
40,748
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
geneeskunde
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,346
47,722
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
IVF
PCOS
ovarian stimulation
primary ovarian insufficiency (POI)
ovarian aging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,865
33,917
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,195
29,286
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Big Data
Artificial Intelligence
omics
genetics
cardiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,503
54,324
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Mass Spectrometry
Proteomics
Analytical Chemistry
Stem Cells
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,149
34,259
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Polymers
Drug Delivery
Biomaterials
Pharmaceutics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,475
27,827
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
diagnostic test evaluation prediction evaluation pathway
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,931
29,164
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Plant Microbiome
Phytopathology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Arabidopsis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,387
32,004
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,840
18,099
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
morality diversity social identity work motivation power
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,616
30,321
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Biogeochemistry
Organic Geochemistry
Oceanography
Stable Isotopes
Geochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,511
23,783
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,067
22,907
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Inflammatie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,001
10,095
0.174
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
social science methodology
multilevel analysis
survey methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,223
22,890
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Polar climate
ice sheet mass balance
Greenland
Antarctica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,415
29,601
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Vascular dementia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,337
29,648
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,790
18,499
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Diederick E. Grobbee
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
357,543
147,004
0.411
medicine
epidemiology
coronary heart disease
global health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
215
4
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Wilmar Schaufeli
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
300,013
150,668
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
828
11
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jim Van Os
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198,479
88,287
0.445
Psychosis
Co-creation
Mental Disorders
Public Health
Diagnosis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
980
15
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Oscar H Franco
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182,293
120,890
0.663
prevention
public health
epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,255
49
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Eijkemans, Mjc
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,745
50,080
0.425
Biostatistics
survival analysis
prediction and classification
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,356
51
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Marta Verweij
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,187
78,804
0.684
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,938
66
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Martinus Th Van Genuchten
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,229
29,676
0.287
Hydrology
vadose zone
contaminant transport
unsaturated flow
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,187
73
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Marco Van Leeuwen
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,808
40,748
0.412
Quark-Gluon Plasma
Heavy Ion Collisions
Particle Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,855
84
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Frans Rutten
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,346
47,722
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,117
91
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Bc Fauser
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,865
33,917
0.395
IVF
PCOS
ovarian stimulation
primary ovarian insufficiency (POI)
ovarian aging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,411
94
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Max Viergever
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,195
29,286
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,489
97
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Folkert W. Asselbergs
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,503
54,324
0.667
Big Data
Artificial Intelligence
omics
genetics
cardiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,855
101
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Albert Jr Heck
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,149
34,259
0.438
Mass Spectrometry
Proteomics
Analytical Chemistry
Stem Cells
Pharmaceutical Sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,941
103
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Wim Hennink
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,475
27,827
0.359
Polymers
Drug Delivery
Biomaterials
Pharmaceutics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,445
110
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Johannes B. Reitsma
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,931
29,164
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,192
130
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Corné Mj Pieterse
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,387
32,004
0.475
Plant Microbiome
Phytopathology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Arabidopsis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,419
141
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Philip G De Groot
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,840
18,099
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,166
163
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Naomi Ellemers
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,616
30,321
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,562
171
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jack J Middelburg
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,511
23,783
0.400
Biogeochemistry
Organic Geochemistry
Oceanography
Stable Isotopes
Geochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,839
179
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Gert Storm
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,067
22,907
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,854
181
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Cornelis Erik Hack
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,001
10,095
0.174
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,798
198
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Joop Hox
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,223
22,890
0.422
social science methodology
multilevel analysis
survey methodology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,017
202
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Michiel Van Den Broeke
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,415
29,601
0.554
Polar climate
ice sheet mass balance
Greenland
Antarctica
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,038
203
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Geert Jan Biessels
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,337
29,648
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,176
206
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Marian Joels
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,790
18,499
0.350