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.
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Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Proteomics | Systems biology | Metabolic diseases | Cancer | Signal Transductio
Proteomics | Systems biology | Metabolic diseases | Cancer | Signal Transductio
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Total365,796
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Last 6 Years115,628
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Last 6 Years / Total0.316
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Total272,084
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Last 6 Years136,828
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Last 6 Years / Total0.503
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3
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
genome | microbiome | diabetes | metabolism | cardiovascular diseas
genome | microbiome | diabetes | metabolism | cardiovascular diseas
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Total257,585
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Last 6 Years102,304
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Last 6 Years / Total0.397
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Engineering & Technology / Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Power Electronics | Renewable Energy | Wind Turbines | Power Systems | Electrical Engineerin
Power Electronics | Renewable Energy | Wind Turbines | Power Systems | Electrical Engineerin
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Total233,458
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Last 6 Years122,765
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Last 6 Years / Total0.526
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Total191,732
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Last 6 Years59,225
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Last 6 Years / Total0.309
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6
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
carbohydrate-active enzymes | glycogenomics | glycoscience | glycobiolog
carbohydrate-active enzymes | glycogenomics | glycoscience | glycobiolog
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Total166,916
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Last 6 Years63,157
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Last 6 Years / Total0.378
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Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Bioinformatics | Systems Biology | Systems Medicine | Digital Health | Data Science
Bioinformatics | Systems Biology | Systems Medicine | Digital Health | Data Science
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Total158,722
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Last 6 Years60,735
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Last 6 Years / Total0.383
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Total153,677
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Last 6 Years72,253
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Last 6 Years / Total0.470
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9
Engineering & Technology / Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Microgrids | Space Power Systems | Quantum Communication | Brain Networks | Psychobiolog
Microgrids | Space Power Systems | Quantum Communication | Brain Networks | Psychobiolog
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Total135,750
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Last 6 Years85,046
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Last 6 Years / Total0.626
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Total130,760
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Last 6 Years42,551
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Last 6 Years / Total0.325
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Total128,348
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Last 6 Years36,947
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Last 6 Years / Total0.288
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Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
clinical epidemiology | clinical medicin
clinical epidemiology | clinical medicin
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Total128,238
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Last 6 Years57,999
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Last 6 Years / Total0.452
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Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
bioinformatics | data visualization | network biology | systems biology | text minin
bioinformatics | data visualization | network biology | systems biology | text minin
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Total122,211
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Last 6 Years72,475
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Last 6 Years / Total0.593
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Total119,419
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Last 6 Years56,223
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Last 6 Years / Total0.471
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Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Population Genetics | Evolutionary genetics | Evolution | Statistical Genetic
Population Genetics | Evolutionary genetics | Evolution | Statistical Genetic
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Total117,636
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Last 6 Years42,635
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Last 6 Years / Total0.362
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Total112,668
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Last 6 Years68,768
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Last 6 Years / Total0.610
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Engineering & Technology / Bioengineering
Freshwater Ecology | Restoration | Lakes | Limnology | Arctic Ecolog
Freshwater Ecology | Restoration | Lakes | Limnology | Arctic Ecolog
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Total102,649
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Last 6 Years41,541
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Last 6 Years / Total0.405
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Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Malaria | Infectious diseases | Machine Learning | Mathematical Biolog
Malaria | Infectious diseases | Machine Learning | Mathematical Biolog
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Total95,872
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Last 6 Years68,124
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Last 6 Years / Total0.711
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Total94,546
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Last 6 Years23,444
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Last 6 Years / Total0.248
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Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
Aging | Twins | Public Health | Epidemiology | Genetic
Aging | Twins | Public Health | Epidemiology | Genetic
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Total92,795
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Last 6 Years45,220
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Last 6 Years / Total0.487
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Total92,452
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Last 6 Years28,807
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Last 6 Years / Total0.312
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Total92,224
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Last 6 Years29,274
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Last 6 Years / Total0.317
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Natural Sciences / Physics
Sustainable energy | Surface Science | Catalysis | Electrocatalysis | Photoelectrocatalysi
Sustainable energy | Surface Science | Catalysis | Electrocatalysis | Photoelectrocatalysi
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Total91,388
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Last 6 Years51,678
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Last 6 Years / Total0.565
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Total86,853
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Last 6 Years53,784
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Last 6 Years / Total0.619
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25
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences
Electrocatalysis | Catalysis | Atomic Scale Simulations | Density functional theor
Electrocatalysis | Catalysis | Atomic Scale Simulations | Density functional theor
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Total82,608
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Last 6 Years50,627
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Last 6 Years / Total0.613