Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
North America Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields and offer a unique service across 197 different main and sub-branches. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There is still much work to be done in this area. See also for more specific citation analyses: "last 6 years citation index" Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Total Citations) and Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Last 6 Years Citations)
machine learning
psychology
artificial intelligence
cognitive science
computer science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
836,344
543,619
0.650
Machine learning
deep learning
artificial intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
828,471
644,268
0.778
Cancer disparities
Cancer treatment and outcomes
Cancer surveillance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
814,805
481,460
0.591
Biology
Genomics
Genetics
Bioinformatics
Mathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
691,805
254,344
0.368
Competitive Strategy
Digital Transformation
Economic Development
Health Care
U.S. Political System
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
620,584
161,422
0.260
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
596,456
535,895
0.898
Evidence-based medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
583,725
282,425
0.484
Psychiatric Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
571,770
197,224
0.345
meta-research
clinical epidemiology
evidence-based medicine
research methods
meta-analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
570,799
354,334
0.621
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
545,485
176,399
0.323
Machine Learning
Neural Networks
Artificial Intelligence
Deep Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
534,420
427,994
0.801
self-determination theory
motivation
psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
521,360
233,192
0.447
Cardiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
510,665
160,328
0.314
Cancer
Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
508,553
105,882
0.208
Attitudes
Persuasion
Attitude-Behavior Relation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
507,785
201,538
0.397
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
506,664
217,174
0.429
Health Metrics
Population Health
IHME
Global Health
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
506,647
313,396
0.619
Statistics
data science
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
501,970
210,295
0.419
computer vision
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
488,034
417,573
0.856
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
485,613
162,510
0.335
multivariate analysis
business analytics
marketing
structural equation modeling
PLS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
483,208
298,645
0.618
Endocrinology
Epidemiology
Cardiovascular Disease
Diabetes
Women's health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
473,993
142,889
0.301
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
472,269
275,490
0.583
high energy physics
particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
451,154
151,239
0.335
particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
448,766
213,025
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Geoffrey Hinton
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
836,344
543,619
0.650
machine learning
psychology
artificial intelligence
cognitive science
computer science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Yoshua Bengio
Université de Montréal
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
828,471
644,268
0.778
Machine learning
deep learning
artificial intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ahmedin Jemal
American Cancer Society
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
814,805
481,460
0.591
Cancer disparities
Cancer treatment and outcomes
Cancer surveillance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Eric Lander
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
691,805
254,344
0.368
Biology
Genomics
Genetics
Bioinformatics
Mathematics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5
3
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Michael E Porter
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
620,584
161,422
0.260
Competitive Strategy
Digital Transformation
Economic Development
Health Care
U.S. Political System
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Kaiming He
Facebook Inc
Camridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
596,456
535,895
0.898
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Gordon Guyatt
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
583,725
282,425
0.484
Evidence-based medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11
5
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ronald C Kessler
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
571,770
197,224
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
John PA Ioannidis
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
570,799
354,334
0.621
meta-research
clinical epidemiology
evidence-based medicine
research methods
meta-analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14
7
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Daniel Kahneman
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
545,485
176,399
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ilya Sutskever
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
534,420
427,994
0.801
Machine Learning
Neural Networks
Artificial Intelligence
Deep Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16
9
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Edward L Deci
University of Rochester
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
521,360
233,192
0.447
self-determination theory
motivation
psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17
4
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Salim Yusuf
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
510,665
160,328
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18
10
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Bert Vogelstein
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
508,553
105,882
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19
11
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Icek Ajzen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
507,785
201,538
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20
12
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Frank B Hu
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
506,664
217,174
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21
13
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ali H Mokdad
University of Washington
Seattle, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
506,647
313,396
0.619
Health Metrics
Population Health
IHME
Global Health
Epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23
14
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Robert Tibshirani
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
501,970
210,295
0.419
Statistics
data science
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27
15
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ross Girshick
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
488,034
417,573
0.856
computer vision
machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28
16
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Paul M Ridker
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
485,613
162,510
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29
17
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Joseph F Hair Jr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
483,208
298,645
0.618
multivariate analysis
business analytics
marketing
structural equation modeling
PLS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30
18
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Joann E Manson
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
473,993
142,889
0.301
Endocrinology
Epidemiology
Cardiovascular Disease
Diabetes
Women's health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31
19
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Fuquan Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
472,269
275,490
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37
20
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Joey Huston
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
451,154
151,239
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38
21
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
James Brau
University of Oregon
Eugene, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
448,766
213,025
0.475