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Highly Cited Researchers 652 Scientists Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) - 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.
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Structural biology
electron microscopy
virology
vaccinolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,800
6,347
0.648
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
organic chemistry
chemical engineering
catalysis
kinetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,304
6,308
0.327
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,053
6,039
0.501
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Molecular Medicine
Neuroscience
Pharmacolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,666
6,038
0.385
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Neurodegenerative disease
Neuro-Proteomics
Nano-toxicology
Autophag
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,083
5,851
0.415
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Cell Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,014
5,802
0.118
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Infectious Disease Genomics
Computational Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,602
5,666
0.858
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Viru
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,268
5,647
0.170
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Malaria and HI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,376
5,623
0.306
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Computational Chemistry
Molecular Simulation
Drug Desig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,976
5,601
0.937
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
organic chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,205
5,594
0.424
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Human pluripotent stem cells
neurological disease
genomics and epigenetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,572
5,589
0.286
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,095
5,533
0.548
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Chemical Biology
Sulfur Chemistry
Redox Biochemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,124
5,461
0.416
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Protein folding and misfolding
amyloidosis
chemical biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,858
5,326
0.358
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,934
5,227
0.881
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,909
5,167
0.653
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Computational modeling
Chemical biology
Cance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,207
5,080
0.976
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Bioinformatics
Knowledge Graph
Semantic Web
Open Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,317
4,955
0.480
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
virology
gene therap
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,985
4,946
0.992
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
G proteins
basal ganglia
addiction
vision
retin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,556
4,914
0.514
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Genomics
Deep Learning
Human Genetics
Cardiovascular Diseases
Agin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,859
4,755
0.693
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Neuroscience
Addiction
Alcohol
Amygdala
Stres
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,765
4,632
0.474
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
antibody& protein engineering
structural biology
epidemiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,066
4,504
0.889
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
molecular modeling
autodoc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,535
4,461
0.984
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,090
24,501
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Gabriel Ozorowski
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,800
6,347
0.648
Structural biology
electron microscopy
virology
vaccinolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,628
24,698
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Donna G Blackmond
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,304
6,308
0.327
organic chemistry
chemical engineering
catalysis
kinetic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,782
26,147
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Ian MacRae
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,053
6,039
0.501
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,792
26,152
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Laura M Bohn
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,666
6,038
0.385
Molecular Medicine
Neuroscience
Pharmacolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,899
27,202
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Abhishek Sadhu
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,083
5,851
0.415
Neurodegenerative disease
Neuro-Proteomics
Nano-toxicology
Autophag
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,707
27,494
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Zaverio M Ruggeri
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,014
5,802
0.118
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,124
28,287
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Karthik Gangavarapu
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,602
5,666
0.858
Infectious Disease Genomics
Computational Biolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,459
28,401
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
John E Johnson
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,268
5,647
0.170
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,921
28,560
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Shailendra kumar Sharma
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,376
5,623
0.306
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,329
28,708
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Diogo Santos-Martins
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,976
5,601
0.937
Computational Chemistry
Molecular Simulation
Drug Desig
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,443
28,757
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Xiaolei Wang
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,205
5,594
0.424
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,535
28,787
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Jeanne Loring
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,572
5,589
0.286
Human pluripotent stem cells
neurological disease
genomics and epigenetic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,601
29,147
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
R Luke Wiseman
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,095
5,533
0.548
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,896
29,606
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Kate Carroll
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,124
5,461
0.416
Chemical Biology
Sulfur Chemistry
Redox Biochemistr
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,615
30,540
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Evan Powers
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,858
5,326
0.358
Protein folding and misfolding
amyloidosis
chemical biolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,660
31,219
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Andreas Frank Tillack
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,934
5,227
0.881
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,917
31,629
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Bryan Briney
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,909
5,167
0.653
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,861
32,257
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Haoxin Li
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,207
5,080
0.976
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,698
33,182
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Chunlei Wu
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,317
4,955
0.480
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,926
33,256
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Cody B Jackson
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,985
4,946
0.992
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,689
33,510
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Kirill Martemyanov
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,556
4,914
0.514
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,688
34,803
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Elias Salfati
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,859
4,755
0.693
Genomics
Deep Learning
Human Genetics
Cardiovascular Diseases
Agin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,994
35,876
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Marisa Roberto
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,765
4,632
0.474
Neuroscience
Addiction
Alcohol
Amygdala
Stres
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,624
37,022
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Chang-Chun David Lee
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,066
4,504
0.889
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,818
37,438
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Jerome Eberhardt
Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,535
4,461
0.984
molecular modeling
autodoc