Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 2.626.037 Scientists Citation 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: 101
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
379,056
89,211
0.235
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 102
Experimental Partical Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
378,942
131,316
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 103
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
378,921
213,576
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 104
Digestive oncology
Chronic liver diseas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
378,874
254,561
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 105
Silicon
Detectors
Tracking
Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
378,269
145,174
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 106
stroke
TBI
dementi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
377,352
234,363
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 107
Particle Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
377,218
170,689
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 108
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375,386
139,099
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 109
Global Health
Implementation Researc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375,236
191,042
0.509
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 110
particle physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
373,255
129,729
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 111
Particle Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
372,744
135,204
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 112
Qualitative research
thematic analysis
sexuality
gender
famil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
372,447
283,645
0.762
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 113
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
372,290
111,407
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 114
epidemiology
metabolic disease
public health
nutrition
physical activit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
371,740
148,892
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 115
Neuroscienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
370,901
125,991
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 116
Cancer
Genetics
Genomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
369,024
84,377
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 117
elementary particles
gemetry/topology of univers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
367,381
128,519
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 118
A.I.
genomics
digital
individualized medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
366,944
92,531
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 119
Aging
vascular disease
dementia
kidney disease
epidemiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
366,384
166,066
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 120
medicine
epidemiology
coronary heart disease
global healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
365,638
139,271
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 121
Particle Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
363,722
126,318
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 122
GRADE
Recommendations
Knowledge Synthesis
Systematic Reviews
Guideline
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
362,815
204,138
0.563
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 123
Proteomics
Systems biology
Metabolic diseases
Cancer
Signal Transductio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
362,815
112,823
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 124
experimental high energy physics
experimental particle physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
360,190
125,059
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 125
Physics
Experimental High Energy Physics
Neutrinos
Higgs
Detector Developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
359,667
169,723
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
101
51
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 101
Amartya Kumar Sen
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
379,056
89,211
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
102
52
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 102
John Rutherfoord
University of Arizona
Tucson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
378,942
131,316
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103
2
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 103
Mika Kivimaki
University of Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
378,921
213,576
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104
2
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 104
Reza Malekzadeh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
378,874
254,561
0.672
Digestive oncology
Chronic liver diseas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 105
Sergio Gonzalez-Sevilla
Université de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
378,269
145,174
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 106
Valery Feigin
Auckland University of Technology
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
377,352
234,363
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 107
Gabriella Pasztor
Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
377,218
170,689
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108
9
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 108
Justin Albert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375,386
139,099
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109
53
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 109
George Mensah
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375,236
191,042
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110
54
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 110
Mark Oreglia
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
373,255
129,729
0.348
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111
10
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 111
Manuella G Vincter
Carleton University
Ottawa, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
372,744
135,204
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 112
Victoria Clarke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
372,447
283,645
0.762
Qualitative research
thematic analysis
sexuality
gender
famil
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
113
5
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 113
Gilles Deleuze
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
372,290
111,407
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114
9
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 114
Nicholas Wareham
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
371,740
148,892
0.401
epidemiology
metabolic disease
public health
nutrition
physical activit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115
10
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 115
Karl Friston
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
370,901
125,991
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
116
55
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 116
Kenneth Kinzler
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
369,024
84,377
0.229
Cancer
Genetics
Genomic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117
56
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 117
Krzysztof Sliwa
Tufts University
Medford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
367,381
128,519
0.350
elementary particles
gemetry/topology of univers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118
57
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 118
Eric Topol
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
366,944
92,531
0.252
A.I.
genomics
digital
individualized medicin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119
58
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 119
Josef Coresh
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
366,384
166,066
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 120
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
121
11
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 121
Daniela Bortoletto
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
363,722
126,318
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122
11
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 122
Holger Schünemann
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
362,815
204,138
0.563
GRADE
Recommendations
Knowledge Synthesis
Systematic Reviews
Guideline
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
123
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 123
Matthias Mann
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
362,815
112,823
0.311
Proteomics
Systems biology
Metabolic diseases
Cancer
Signal Transductio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
124
59
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 124
Carlo Dallapiccola
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
360,190
125,059
0.347
experimental high energy physics
experimental particle physic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
125
12
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 125
Thomas Koffas
Carleton University
Ottawa, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
359,667
169,723
0.472
Physics
Experimental High Energy Physics
Neutrinos
Higgs
Detector Developmen