Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 2.626.029 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: 26
physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
525,259
150,315
0.286
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Cancer
Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
521,948
97,768
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Preventive Cardiology
Vascular Medicine
Hypertensio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
518,360
328,513
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
multivariate analysis
business analytics
marketing
structural equation modeling
PL
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
512,150
298,824
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Solar energy conversio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
509,113
145,087
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
physics
particle physics
nuclear physics
cosmology
computin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
505,731
201,220
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
501,366
148,672
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Particle Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
501,041
256,523
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Endocrinology
Epidemiology
Cardiovascular Disease
Diabetes
Women's healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
498,071
133,790
0.269
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
nanogenerator
self-powered sensors/systems
blue energy
piezotronics
piezo-phototronic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
484,757
251,172
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
immunolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
479,467
107,243
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Particle Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
476,142
185,922
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
cardiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
475,853
241,819
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Burden of Diseases
Causes of Death
Antimicrobials Resistance
Ira
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
475,683
297,772
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
particle physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
475,169
205,096
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Genetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
472,266
186,268
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Physics
Particle Physics
Statistical Data Analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
471,452
135,470
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
high energy physics
particle physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
470,170
144,014
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
fundamental constituents
field theorie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
467,773
192,335
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Epidemiology
genetics
history of scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
465,878
206,938
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Computer Vision
Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
463,881
259,635
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
microbiome
human microbiome
environmental microbiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
460,817
265,558
0.576
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
particle physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
460,647
173,196
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
High Energy Physics
Particle Physics
Nuclear Instruments and Method
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
455,740
204,116
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Genetics
Genomics
Epidemiology
Cardiovascular Diseas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
448,473
134,542
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
SB Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
525,259
150,315
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27
15
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Bert Vogelstein
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
521,948
97,768
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Victor Aboyans
Université de Limoges
Limoges, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
518,360
328,513
0.634
Preventive Cardiology
Vascular Medicine
Hypertensio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29
16
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Joseph F Hair Jr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
512,150
298,824
0.583
multivariate analysis
business analytics
marketing
structural equation modeling
PL
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Michael Graetzel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
509,113
145,087
0.285
Solar energy conversio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Fairouz Malek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
505,731
201,220
0.398
physics
particle physics
nuclear physics
cosmology
computin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32
17
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Paul M Ridker
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
501,366
148,672
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33
18
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Fuquan Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
501,041
256,523
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34
19
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Joann E Manson
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
498,071
133,790
0.269
Endocrinology
Epidemiology
Cardiovascular Disease
Diabetes
Women's healt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35
20
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Zhong Lin Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
484,757
251,172
0.518
nanogenerator
self-powered sensors/systems
blue energy
piezotronics
piezo-phototronic
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Shizuo Akira
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
479,467
107,243
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Joao Seixas
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Lisboa, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
476,142
185,922
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Ponikowski P
Medical University of Wroclaw
Wroclaw, Poland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
475,853
241,819
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39
21
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Mohsen Naghavi
University of Washington
Seattle, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
475,683
297,772
0.626
Burden of Diseases
Causes of Death
Antimicrobials Resistance
Ira
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40
22
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
James Brau
University of Oregon
Eugene, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
475,169
205,096
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41
23
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Mark Daly
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
472,266
186,268
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Glen Cowan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
471,452
135,470
0.287
Physics
Particle Physics
Statistical Data Analysi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43
24
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Joey Huston
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
470,170
144,014
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Schoeffel Laurent
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
467,773
192,335
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45
5
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
George Davey Smith
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
465,878
206,938
0.444
Epidemiology
genetics
history of scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Andrew Zisserman
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
463,881
259,635
0.560
Computer Vision
Machine Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47
25
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Rob Knight
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
460,817
265,558
0.576
microbiome
human microbiome
environmental microbiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48
26
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Stephane Willocq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
460,647
173,196
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Haijun Yang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
455,740
204,116
0.448
High Energy Physics
Particle Physics
Nuclear Instruments and Method
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50
27
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Daniel Levy
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
448,473
134,542
0.300
Genetics
Genomics
Epidemiology
Cardiovascular Diseas