Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 27.619 Scientists Citation in Netherlands 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
medicine
epidemiology
coronary heart disease
global healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
365,638
139,271
0.381
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Higgs physics
neutrino physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
338,984
123,225
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Occupational Health Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
315,718
142,164
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Particle Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
310,591
118,512
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Wnt
Intestine
Organoid
Adult stem cel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
289,791
129,457
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Particle Physics
Machine Learning
Astrophysics
Artificial Intelligence
Dark Matte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246,417
107,031
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
athero-thrombosis (lipid-antiplatelet therapy) / translational science / interventional cardiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222,858
91,419
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
218,440
107,300
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
prevention
public health
epidemiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217,445
122,661
0.564
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Twins
twinning
behavior genetics
quantitative genetic
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216,678
98,735
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
212,279
61,617
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Microbiology
Microbiome
Microbial Ecology
Bacterial Genetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,683
88,496
0.428
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Psychosis
Co-creation
Mental Disorders
Public Health
Diagnosi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204,953
79,208
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
integrated assessment
climate change
environmental science
global change
sustainable developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194,738
107,737
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
190,762
58,898
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
brain
MRI
multiple sclerosis
dementia
Alzheime
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
184,664
75,668
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Methodology
Research Integrity
Open Science
Epidemiology
Clinimetric
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182,815
53,534
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
biostatistics
cardiovascular diseases
epidemiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182,677
58,709
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Cardiometabolic diseases
nutrition
epidemiology
sustainability
public health polic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181,437
115,898
0.639
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Regression models and Prediction Researc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179,103
92,183
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Cardiovascular diseas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176,043
46,340
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Nutrition
Obesity
Malnutrition
DIetary Assessment
Epidemiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175,454
57,433
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Statistic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172,380
142,801
0.828
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Nephrology
albuminuria
ADPKD
polycystic kidney diseas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166,715
74,729
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
psychiatric epidemiology
eating disorders
psychosis
global mental health
classificatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162,793
101,936
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Diederick E. Grobbee
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
365,638
139,271
0.381
medicine
epidemiology
coronary heart disease
global healt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Frank Filthaut
Radboud University
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
338,984
123,225
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
196
3
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Wilmar Schaufeli
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
315,718
142,164
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
211
4
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Nicolo De Groot
Radboud University
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
310,591
118,512
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
285
5
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Hans Clevers
Hubrecht Institute
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
289,791
129,457
0.447
Wnt
Intestine
Organoid
Adult stem cel
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
528
6
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Sascha Caron
Radboud University
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246,417
107,031
0.434
Particle Physics
Machine Learning
Astrophysics
Artificial Intelligence
Dark Matte
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
684
7
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Wouter Jukema
Leiden University
Leiden, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222,858
91,419
0.410
athero-thrombosis (lipid-antiplatelet therapy) / translational science / interventional cardiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
723
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Brenda Penninx
VU University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
218,440
107,300
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
726
9
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Oscar H Franco
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217,445
122,661
0.564
prevention
public health
epidemiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
729
10
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Dorret I Boomsma
VU University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216,678
98,735
0.456
Twins
twinning
behavior genetics
quantitative genetic
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
769
11
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Frits Rosendaal
Leiden University
Leiden, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
212,279
61,617
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
827
12
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Willem M De Vos
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,683
88,496
0.428
Microbiology
Microbiome
Microbial Ecology
Bacterial Genetic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
837
13
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jim Van Os
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204,953
79,208
0.386
Psychosis
Co-creation
Mental Disorders
Public Health
Diagnosi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
933
14
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Detlef P. Van Vuuren
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194,738
107,737
0.553
integrated assessment
climate change
environmental science
global change
sustainable developmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
970
15
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Peter J Koudstaal
Erasmus University
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
190,762
58,898
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,020
16
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Frederik Barkhof
VU University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
184,664
75,668
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,043
17
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Lex Bouter
VU University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182,815
53,534
0.293
Methodology
Research Integrity
Open Science
Epidemiology
Clinimetric
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,046
18
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Eric Boersma
Erasmus University
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182,677
58,709
0.321
biostatistics
cardiovascular diseases
epidemiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,069
19
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Johanna M Marianne Geleijnse *
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181,437
115,898
0.639
Cardiometabolic diseases
nutrition
epidemiology
sustainability
public health polic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,095
20
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ewout W. Steyerberg
Leiden University
Leiden, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179,103
92,183
0.515
Regression models and Prediction Researc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,127
21
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jaap W. Deckers
Erasmus University
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176,043
46,340
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,137
22
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Edith Feskens
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175,454
57,433
0.327
Nutrition
Obesity
Malnutrition
DIetary Assessment
Epidemiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,182
23
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Max Welling
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172,380
142,801
0.828
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Statistic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,254
24
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ron T. Gansevoort
University of Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166,715
74,729
0.448
Nephrology
albuminuria
ADPKD
polycystic kidney diseas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,308
25
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Hans Wijbrand Hoek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162,793
101,936
0.626
psychiatric epidemiology
eating disorders
psychosis
global mental health
classificatio