Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

World 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, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. 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 indexUniversities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Total Citations) and Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Last 6 Years Citations)

* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :451
France
Bertrand Laforge
interactions fondamentales
particules élémentaires
matière noire
biologie théorique
simulation numérique
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
243,652
118,151
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :452
United States
David Bartel
Biology
Gene Regulation
MicroRNAs
Noncoding RNA
Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
243,463
71,326
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :453
Switzerland
Daniel Adam Dobos|Daniel Adam Dobos, D Dobos, D A Dobos
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Graph Analytics
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
243,278
80,726
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :454
Italy
Tiziano Rovelli
Plasma Physics
Medical Physics
Particle Physics
Didactical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
243,146
106,695
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :455
United States
Lewis Cantley
cancer
metabolism
signal transduction
PI 3-Kinase
Protein kinases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
243,084
69,951
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :456
South Korea
Guinyun Kim
Nuclear and Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
243,044
111,915
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :457
United States
John L Wood
physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242,953
98,612
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :458
United States
Kieron Burke
density functional theory
quantum chemistry
materials science
electronic structure
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242,720
124,602
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :459
United States
Adi Bornheim
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242,671
104,981
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :460
United States
Daron Acemoğlu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242,597
106,566
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :461
Italy
Nicola De Filippis
Experimental Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242,279
110,071
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :462
South Korea
Young Ho Khang
social determinants of health
health inequalities
early childhood intervention
population health trends
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242,258
177,268
0.732
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :463
United Kingdom
Chris Frith
mind
brain
social interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242,253
51,012
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :464
Brazil
Andre Sznajder
Experimental Particle Physics
Higgs Physics and Vector Boson Scattering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242,113
108,600
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :465
Italy
Nicola Cavallo
Fisica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
241,958
99,616
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :466
United States
Richard M Myers
Genetics
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
241,487
80,777
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :467
Germany
Marko Sarstedt
Marketing
Structural Equation Modeling
Consumer Behavior
PLS
Research Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
241,247
204,535
0.848
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :468
Italy
Simonetta Gentile
Fisica delle particelle elementari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
241,127
110,645
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :469
India
AK Mohanty
Nuclear Phsyics High energy physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
240,916
98,058
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :470
Finland
Lehtimaki T
Genetiikka
epigenetiikka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
240,839
128,047
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :471
United States
Jane Cauley
osteoporosis
aging
fracture
hormones
breast cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
240,546
79,509
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :472
Italy
Lucio Angelo Antonelli
astrofisica delle alte energie
analisi dati
tecniche di elaborazione dati
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
240,544
102,696
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :473
United States
Alan Heeger
Semiconducting and metallic polymers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
240,203
37,279
0.155
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :474
Italy
Maurizio Cossi
Physical Chemistry
Theoretical Chemistry
Ab initio Computational Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
239,921
83,353
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :475
United States
H Eugene Stanley
Water
Networks
Econophysics
Biophysics
Complex Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
239,749
68,367
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
451
France
12
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 451
Bertrand Laforge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
243,652
118,151
0.485
interactions fondamentales
particules élémentaires
matière noire
biologie théorique
simulation numérique
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
452
United States
187
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 452
David Bartel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
243,463
71,326
0.293
Biology
Gene Regulation
MicroRNAs
Noncoding RNA
Molecular Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
453
Switzerland
9
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 453
Daniel Adam Dobos|Daniel Adam Dobos, D Dobos, D A Dobos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
243,278
80,726
0.332
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Graph Analytics
Particle Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
454
Italy
30
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 454
Tiziano Rovelli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
243,146
106,695
0.439
Plasma Physics
Medical Physics
Particle Physics
Didactical Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
455
United States
188
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 455
Lewis Cantley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
243,084
69,951
0.288
cancer
metabolism
signal transduction
PI 3-Kinase
Protein kinases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
456
South Korea
9
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 456
Guinyun Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
243,044
111,915
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
457
United States
189
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 457
John L Wood
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242,953
98,612
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
458
United States
190
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 458
Kieron Burke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242,720
124,602
0.513
density functional theory
quantum chemistry
materials science
electronic structure
machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
459
United States
191
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 459
Adi Bornheim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242,671
104,981
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
460
United States
192
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 460
Daron Acemoğlu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242,597
106,566
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
461
Italy
31
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 461
Nicola De Filippis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242,279
110,071
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
462
South Korea
10
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 462
Young Ho Khang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242,258
177,268
0.732
social determinants of health
health inequalities
early childhood intervention
population health trends
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
463
United Kingdom
37
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 463
Chris Frith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242,253
51,012
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
464
Brazil
6
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 464
Andre Sznajder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242,113
108,600
0.449
Experimental Particle Physics
Higgs Physics and Vector Boson Scattering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
465
Italy
32
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 465
Nicola Cavallo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
241,958
99,616
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
466
United States
193
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 466
Richard M Myers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
241,487
80,777
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
467
Germany
15
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 467
Marko Sarstedt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
241,247
204,535
0.848
Marketing
Structural Equation Modeling
Consumer Behavior
PLS
Research Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
468
Italy
33
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 468
Simonetta Gentile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
241,127
110,645
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
469
India
6
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 469
AK Mohanty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
240,916
98,058
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
470
Finland
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 470
Lehtimaki T
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
240,839
128,047
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
471
United States
194
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 471
Jane Cauley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
240,546
79,509
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
472
Italy
34
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 472
Lucio Angelo Antonelli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
240,544
102,696
0.427
astrofisica delle alte energie
analisi dati
tecniche di elaborazione dati
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
473
United States
195
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 473
Alan Heeger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
240,203
37,279
0.155
Semiconducting and metallic polymers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
474
Italy
35
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 474
Maurizio Cossi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
239,921
83,353
0.347
Physical Chemistry
Theoretical Chemistry
Ab initio Computational Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
475
United States
196
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 475
H Eugene Stanley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
239,749
68,367
0.285
Water
Networks
Econophysics
Biophysics
Complex Systems