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
Machine learning
deep learning
artificial intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
886,721
611,432
0.690
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
machine learning
psychology
artificial intelligence
cognitive science
computer science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
885,820
510,530
0.576
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Cancer disparities
Cancer treatment and outcomes
Cancer surveillance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
859,750
459,751
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Biology
Genomics
Genetics
Bioinformatics
Mathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
730,678
242,048
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
653,870
538,986
0.824
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
psychology
social psychology
clinical psychology
education
positive psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
645,312
265,135
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Competitive Strategy
Digital Transformation
Economic Development
Health Care
U.S. Political System
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
638,302
142,584
0.223
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Atrial fibrillation
hypertension
thrombosis
heart failure
stroke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
620,638
245,258
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
high energy physics
astro-particle physics
scintillator
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
603,262
157,211
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Evidence-based medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
603,120
261,256
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
meta-research
clinical epidemiology
evidence-based medicine
research methods
meta-analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
600,149
334,802
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
evidence synthesis
meta-analysis
systematic review
health technology assessment
biostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
593,809
343,482
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Psychiatric Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
590,037
179,457
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Machine Learning
Neural Networks
Artificial Intelligence
Deep Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
589,246
422,993
0.718
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
563,255
159,180
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
self-determination theory
motivation
psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
548,854
219,036
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Health Metrics
Population Health
IHME
Global Health
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
546,175
313,139
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
computer vision
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
536,315
422,002
0.787
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Attitudes
Persuasion
Attitude-Behavior Relation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
531,406
189,995
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
525,211
195,628
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Cardiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
522,493
139,931
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
multivariate analysis
business analytics
marketing
structural equation modeling
PLS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
522,471
300,674
0.575
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Heart failure
Cardiology
Diabetes
CKD
Clinical trials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
521,025
213,835
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Statistics
data science
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
519,341
193,777
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Cancer
Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
516,743
92,689
0.179
Yoshua Bengio
Université de Montréal
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
886,721
611,432
0.690
Machine learning
deep learning
artificial intelligence
Geoffrey Hinton
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
885,820
510,530
0.576
machine learning
psychology
artificial intelligence
cognitive science
computer science
Ahmedin Jemal
American Cancer Society
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
859,750
459,751
0.535
Cancer disparities
Cancer treatment and outcomes
Cancer surveillance
Eric Lander
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
730,678
242,048
0.331
Biology
Genomics
Genetics
Bioinformatics
Mathematics
Kaiming He
Facebook Inc
Camridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
653,870
538,986
0.824
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Richard M Ryan
Australian Catholic University
North Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
645,312
265,135
0.411
psychology
social psychology
clinical psychology
education
positive psychology
Michael E Porter
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
638,302
142,584
0.223
Competitive Strategy
Digital Transformation
Economic Development
Health Care
U.S. Political System
Gregory Lip
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
620,638
245,258
0.395
Atrial fibrillation
hypertension
thrombosis
heart failure
stroke
HJ Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
603,262
157,211
0.261
high energy physics
astro-particle physics
scintillator
Gordon Guyatt
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
603,120
261,256
0.433
Evidence-based medicine
John PA Ioannidis
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
600,149
334,802
0.558
meta-research
clinical epidemiology
evidence-based medicine
research methods
meta-analysis
Julian Higgins
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
593,809
343,482
0.578
evidence synthesis
meta-analysis
systematic review
health technology assessment
biostatistics
Ronald C Kessler
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
590,037
179,457
0.304
Ilya Sutskever
OpenAI
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
589,246
422,993
0.718
Machine Learning
Neural Networks
Artificial Intelligence
Deep Learning
Daniel Kahneman
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
563,255
159,180
0.283
Edward L Deci
University of Rochester
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
548,854
219,036
0.399
self-determination theory
motivation
psychology
Ali H Mokdad
University of Washington
Seattle, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
546,175
313,139
0.573
Health Metrics
Population Health
IHME
Global Health
Epidemiology
Ross Girshick
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
536,315
422,002
0.787
computer vision
machine learning
Icek Ajzen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
531,406
189,995
0.358
Frank B Hu
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
525,211
195,628
0.372
Salim Yusuf
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
522,493
139,931
0.268
Joseph F Hair Jr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
522,471
300,674
0.575
multivariate analysis
business analytics
marketing
structural equation modeling
PLS
John McMurray
University of Glasgow
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
521,025
213,835
0.410
Heart failure
Cardiology
Diabetes
CKD
Clinical trials
Robert Tibshirani
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
519,341
193,777
0.373
Statistics
data science
Machine Learning
Bert Vogelstein
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
516,743
92,689
0.179