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Highly Cited Researchers 2.626.060 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: 1
Machine learning
deep learning
artificial intelligenc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
934,630
658,342
0.704
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Computer Vision
Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
695,740
580,320
0.834
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
machine learning
psychology
artificial intelligence
cognitive science
computer scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
917,954
543,636
0.592
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Cancer disparities
Cancer treatment and outcomes
Cancer surveillanc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
891,510
492,446
0.552
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
computer vision
machine learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
574,845
459,755
0.800
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Machine Learning
Neural Networks
Artificial Intelligence
Deep Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
624,028
457,746
0.734
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
evidence synthesis
meta-analysis
systematic review
health technology assessment
biostatistic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
600,874
360,074
0.599
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
meta-research
clinical epidemiology
evidence-based medicine
research methods
meta-analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
621,816
356,683
0.574
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Health Metrics
Population Health
IHME
Global Health
Epidemiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
572,686
342,830
0.599
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Preventive Cardiology
Vascular Medicine
Hypertensio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
529,541
338,574
0.639
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
IHME
Health Metrics
Global Health
Public Health
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
415,121
310,049
0.747
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Infectious diseases
cancer
epidemiologic method
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
559,557
297,685
0.532
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
psychology
social psychology
clinical psychology
education
positive psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
668,950
288,930
0.432
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Qualitative research
thematic analysis
sexuality
gender
famil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
372,447
283,645
0.762
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Deep Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
326,110
275,591
0.845
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Evidence-based medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
612,656
273,356
0.446
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Vision
Natural Language Processin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
338,829
269,670
0.796
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ophthalmology
Epidemiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
406,752
269,537
0.663
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
microbiome
human microbiome
environmental microbiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
460,817
265,558
0.576
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Deep Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
333,745
264,961
0.794
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Atrial fibrillation
hypertension
thrombosis
heart failure
strok
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
641,099
259,647
0.405
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Computer Vision
Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
463,881
259,635
0.560
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Yoshua Bengio
Université de Montréal
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
934,630
658,342
0.704
Machine learning
deep learning
artificial intelligenc
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Kaiming He
Facebook Inc
Camridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
695,740
580,320
0.834
Computer Vision
Machine Learnin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Geoffrey Hinton
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
917,954
543,636
0.592
machine learning
psychology
artificial intelligence
cognitive science
computer scienc
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ahmedin Jemal
American Cancer Society
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
891,510
492,446
0.552
Cancer disparities
Cancer treatment and outcomes
Cancer surveillanc
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ross Girshick
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
574,845
459,755
0.800
computer vision
machine learnin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ilya Sutskever
OpenAI
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
624,028
457,746
0.734
Machine Learning
Neural Networks
Artificial Intelligence
Deep Learnin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Julian Higgins
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
600,874
360,074
0.599
evidence synthesis
meta-analysis
systematic review
health technology assessment
biostatistic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8
5
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
John PA Ioannidis
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
621,816
356,683
0.574
meta-research
clinical epidemiology
evidence-based medicine
research methods
meta-analysi
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ali H Mokdad
University of Washington
Seattle, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
572,686
342,830
0.599
Health Metrics
Population Health
IHME
Global Health
Epidemiolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Victor Aboyans
Université de Limoges
Limoges, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
529,541
338,574
0.639
Preventive Cardiology
Vascular Medicine
Hypertensio
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11
7
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Simon I. Hay
University of Washington
Seattle, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
415,121
310,049
0.747
IHME
Health Metrics
Global Health
Public Health
Epidemiology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13
9
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Matthias Egger
Universität Bern
Bern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
559,557
297,685
0.532
Infectious diseases
cancer
epidemiologic method
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Richard M Ryan
Australian Catholic University
North Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
668,950
288,930
0.432
psychology
social psychology
clinical psychology
education
positive psycholog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Victoria Clarke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
372,447
283,645
0.762
Qualitative research
thematic analysis
sexuality
gender
famil
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18
10
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Quoc V Le
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
326,110
275,591
0.845
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Deep Learnin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Gordon Guyatt
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
612,656
273,356
0.446
Evidence-based medicin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20
11
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Oriol Vinyals
Google Inc.
California, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
338,829
269,670
0.796
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Vision
Natural Language Processin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jonas JB
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
406,752
269,537
0.663
Ophthalmology
Epidemiolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22
12
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23
13
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ian Goodfellow
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
333,745
264,961
0.794
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Gregory Lip
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
641,099
259,647
0.405
Atrial fibrillation
hypertension
thrombosis
heart failure
strok
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
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