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 :501
United States
Howard Gardner
intelligence
creativity
education
arts
ethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235,742
50,940
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :502
Sweden
Karl Swedberg
medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235,739
79,839
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :503
Germany
Sascha Mehlhase
experimental high energy physics
particle physics
quantum computing
education & outreach
science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235,732
119,825
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :504
Canada
Vivian Welch
health equity
systematic reviews
guidelines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235,650
169,080
0.718
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :505
United Kingdom
Peter R Hobson
Particle Physics
Radiation Sensors
Holography
Grid Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235,650
103,676
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :506
Italy
Matteo Negrini
High energy pysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235,644
109,854
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :507
Italy
Francesco Fabozzi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235,577
99,951
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :508
United States
Rakesh Jain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235,541
81,314
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :509
Austria
Rudolf Frühwirth
Statistics
pattern recognition
data analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235,317
105,526
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :510
United States
Kirsten Tollefson
Particle Physics
Particle Astrophysics
High-energy Physics
Astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235,154
57,950
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :511
Brazil
Marisilvia Donadelli
Higgs pair production
b-tagging and tau physics.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
234,859
115,224
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :512
United States
Oliver Gutsche
particle physics
supersymmetry
dark matter
computational science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
234,769
108,955
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :513
Italy
Leonardo Carminati
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
234,649
109,797
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :514
United States
Ryan Reece
Deep Learning
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
234,439
97,213
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :515
Portugal
Nuno Castro
Physics
High Energy Physics
New Physics Searches
Top Quark Physics
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
234,436
114,295
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :516
United States
Russell Betts
Nuclear Physics
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,832
101,219
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :517
Sweden
Torsten Akesson
High Energy Physics
Particle Physics
LHC
ATLAS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,807
113,792
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :518
United Kingdom
Stephen M Smith
Brain imaging
MRI
Computational Neuroscience
Connectomics
Medical Image Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,762
110,744
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :519
Russia
Vitaly Vorobyev
particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,501
126,660
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :520
United Kingdom
Alan Baddeley
Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Memory
Working memory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,448
52,483
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :521
Germany
Werner Hacke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,137
76,135
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :522
Belgium
Steven Lowette
Particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,113
109,307
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :523
Belgium
Pascal Vanlaer
Particle physics
LHC
instrumentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,109
109,848
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :524
United States
R Bagozzi
Marketing
Management
social psychology
statistics
neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,074
87,059
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :525
Italy
Anna Maria Zanetti
experimental particle physics
high energy physics
hadron colliders
heavy flavor physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
232,936
86,231
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
501
United States
205
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 501
Howard Gardner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235,742
50,940
0.216
intelligence
creativity
education
arts
ethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
502
Sweden
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 502
Karl Swedberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235,739
79,839
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
503
Germany
16
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 503
Sascha Mehlhase
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235,732
119,825
0.508
experimental high energy physics
particle physics
quantum computing
education & outreach
science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
504
Canada
25
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 504
Vivian Welch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235,650
169,080
0.718
health equity
systematic reviews
guidelines
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
505
United Kingdom
39
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 505
Peter R Hobson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235,650
103,676
0.440
Particle Physics
Radiation Sensors
Holography
Grid Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
506
Italy
42
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 506
Matteo Negrini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235,644
109,854
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
507
Italy
43
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 507
Francesco Fabozzi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235,577
99,951
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
508
United States
206
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 508
Rakesh Jain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235,541
81,314
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
509
Austria
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 509
Rudolf Frühwirth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235,317
105,526
0.448
Statistics
pattern recognition
data analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
510
United States
207
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 510
Kirsten Tollefson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235,154
57,950
0.246
Particle Physics
Particle Astrophysics
High-energy Physics
Astronomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
511
Brazil
8
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 511
Marisilvia Donadelli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
234,859
115,224
0.491
Higgs pair production
b-tagging and tau physics.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
512
United States
208
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 512
Oliver Gutsche
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
234,769
108,955
0.464
particle physics
supersymmetry
dark matter
computational science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
513
Italy
44
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 513
Leonardo Carminati
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
234,649
109,797
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
514
United States
209
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 514
Ryan Reece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
234,439
97,213
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
515
Portugal
5
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 515
Nuno Castro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
234,436
114,295
0.488
Physics
High Energy Physics
New Physics Searches
Top Quark Physics
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
516
United States
210
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 516
Russell Betts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,832
101,219
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
517
Sweden
9
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 517
Torsten Akesson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,807
113,792
0.487
High Energy Physics
Particle Physics
LHC
ATLAS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
518
United Kingdom
40
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 518
Stephen M Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,762
110,744
0.474
Brain imaging
MRI
Computational Neuroscience
Connectomics
Medical Image Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
519
Russia
6
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 519
Vitaly Vorobyev
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,501
126,660
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
520
United Kingdom
41
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 520
Alan Baddeley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,448
52,483
0.225
Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Memory
Working memory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
521
Germany
17
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 521
Werner Hacke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,137
76,135
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
522
Belgium
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 522
Steven Lowette
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,113
109,307
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
523
Belgium
7
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 523
Pascal Vanlaer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,109
109,848
0.471
Particle physics
LHC
instrumentation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
524
United States
211
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 524
R Bagozzi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,074
87,059
0.374
Marketing
Management
social psychology
statistics
neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
525
Italy
45
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 525
Anna Maria Zanetti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
232,936
86,231
0.370
experimental particle physics
high energy physics
hadron colliders
heavy flavor physics