Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 2.626.023 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: 76
AI
machine learning
computer vision
robotics
image compressio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
403,055
252,357
0.626
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 77
Equit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
402,604
197,466
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 78
Cardiovascular Disease
Prevention
imagin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
402,310
105,364
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 79
Epidemiology
Cancer Prevention
Health Outcome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
401,442
63,377
0.158
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 80
Statistical learning and modeling
data mining
machine learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
399,060
175,320
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 81
Particle Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
398,613
135,448
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 82
Cancer Biology
Cell Biology
Genetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
397,730
112,918
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 83
Particle Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
395,929
146,969
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 84
Stroke prevention
treatment
epidemiology
clinical trial
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
394,596
206,743
0.524
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 85
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
393,018
80,408
0.205
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 86
High Energy Physics
Distributed Computing
Advanced Cyberinfrastructur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
392,429
134,230
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 87
Experimental high energy physics
Particle physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
389,440
155,026
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 88
High Energy physics
collider physics
neutrino physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
389,240
147,567
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 89
Health metrics and evaluation
NCDs
Health system performance assessmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
387,282
239,356
0.618
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 90
health
gender & sexuality
gendered bodies
food studies
qualitative researc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
387,052
296,089
0.765
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 91
High-energy particle physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
386,564
124,280
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 92
Psychology
Social psychology
Personality psychology
Positive Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
385,629
138,917
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 93
Biostatistics
Human Genetics
Statistical Computing
Genetics
Complex Trait
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
385,594
178,089
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 94
Physique des particule
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
384,657
124,012
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 95
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
383,623
205,635
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 96
Elementary Particle Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
383,267
126,419
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 97
Computational Biology
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Metagenomics
Biomedical Data Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
381,729
173,507
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 98
Global Health
Child Survival
Public Health Nutritio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
381,323
236,847
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 99
High Energy Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
380,779
110,761
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 100
physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
379,491
123,958
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76
39
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 76
Yann Lecun
New York University
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
403,055
252,357
0.626
AI
machine learning
computer vision
robotics
image compressio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77
7
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 77
Peter Tugwell
Université d'Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
402,604
197,466
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 78
Valentin Fuster
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
402,310
105,364
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79
40
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 79
Graham Colditz
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
401,442
63,377
0.158
Epidemiology
Cancer Prevention
Health Outcome
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80
41
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 80
Trevor Hastie
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
399,060
175,320
0.439
Statistical learning and modeling
data mining
machine learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81
4
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 81
UK Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
398,613
135,448
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82
42
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 82
Robert A Weinberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
397,730
112,918
0.284
Cancer Biology
Cell Biology
Genetic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 83
Paul Jackson
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
395,929
146,969
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 84
Graeme J Hankey
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
394,596
206,743
0.524
Stroke prevention
treatment
epidemiology
clinical trial
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85
43
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 85
Joseph E Stiglitz
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
393,018
80,408
0.205
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86
44
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 86
Robert W Gardner Jr
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
392,429
134,230
0.342
High Energy Physics
Distributed Computing
Advanced Cyberinfrastructur
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87
45
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 87
Lei Layla Li
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
389,440
155,026
0.398
Experimental high energy physics
Particle physic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 88
Masahiro Kuze
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
389,240
147,567
0.379
High Energy physics
collider physics
neutrino physic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 89
Farshad Farzadfar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
387,282
239,356
0.618
Health metrics and evaluation
NCDs
Health system performance assessmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 90
Virginia Braun
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
387,052
296,089
0.765
health
gender & sexuality
gendered bodies
food studies
qualitative researc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 91
Martin Grunewald
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
386,564
124,280
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92
46
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 92
Ed Diener
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
385,629
138,917
0.360
Psychology
Social psychology
Personality psychology
Positive Psycholog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93
47
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 93
Goncalo Abecasis
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
385,594
178,089
0.462
Biostatistics
Human Genetics
Statistical Computing
Genetics
Complex Trait
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 94
Abdeslam Hoummada
Université Hassan II de Casablanca
Casablanca, Morocco
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
384,657
124,012
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95
8
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 95
PJ Devereaux
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
383,623
205,635
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96
48
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 96
Dhiman Chakraborty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
383,267
126,419
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97
49
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 97
Steven Salzberg
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
381,729
173,507
0.455
Computational Biology
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Metagenomics
Biomedical Data Scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 98
Zulfiqar Bhutta
Aga Khan University
Karachi, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
381,323
236,847
0.621
Global Health
Child Survival
Public Health Nutritio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99
5
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 99
Sehwook Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
380,779
110,761
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100
50
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 100
Benjamin Hooberman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
379,491
123,958
0.327