Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

World Highly Cited Researchers Citation Natural Sciences 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 Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities 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 :1
United States
Eric Lander
Biology
Genomics
Genetics
Bioinformatics
Mathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
691,805
254,344
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
South Korea
HJ Kim
high energy physics
astro-particle physics
scintillator
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
588,045
186,269
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
United States
Bert Vogelstein
Cancer
Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
508,553
105,882
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
South Korea
SB Kim
physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
501,250
162,703
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
United States
Fuquan Wang
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
472,269
275,490
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
France
Fairouz Malek
physics
particle physics
nuclear physics
cosmology
computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
468,606
210,970
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Portugal
Joao Seixas
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
463,941
207,848
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
United Kingdom
Glen Cowan
Physics
Particle Physics
Statistical Data Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
460,580
158,750
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
United States
Joey Huston
high energy physics
particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
451,154
151,239
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
United States
James Brau
particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
448,766
213,025
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
France
Schoeffel Laurent
fundamental constituents
field theories
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
445,998
206,902
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
United States
Mark Daly
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
443,457
188,168
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
United States
Stephane Willocq
particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
442,485
184,653
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
China
Haijun Yang
High Energy Physics
Particle Physics
Nuclear Instruments and Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
430,727
213,504
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
United States
Daniel Levy
Genetics
Genomics
Epidemiology
Cardiovascular Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
428,058
138,313
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Canada
Pekka Sinervo
Elementary Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
424,630
145,969
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
United States
Masatoshi Nei
Evolution
Evolutionary biology
Molecular evolution
Population genetics
Phylogenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
420,534
83,451
0.198
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
United States
John P Perdew
density functional theory
materials theory
quantum chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
415,434
170,853
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Spain
Francisco Matorras
Particle Physics
Statistical Data Analysis
High Energy physics
Data Science
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
412,174
161,674
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Canada
Andreas Warburton
Physics
Particle Physics
High Energy Physics
Instrumentation
Elementary Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
407,730
146,984
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
United States
Donald B Rubin
Statistics
Economics
Psychology
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
406,140
136,011
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Austria
Georg Kresse
density functional theory
first principles calculations
many body theory
condensed matter physics
materials science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
403,523
195,031
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
France
Guido Kroemer
aging
cancer
immunology
medicine
metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
401,830
179,240
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
China
Jun-Ming Liu
condensed matter physics
materials science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
399,445
211,161
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
United States
Eric Torrence
High Energy Physics
Particle Physics
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
398,703
159,066
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4
United States
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Eric Lander
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
691,805
254,344
0.368
Biology
Genomics
Genetics
Bioinformatics
Mathematics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9
South Korea
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
HJ Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
588,045
186,269
0.317
high energy physics
astro-particle physics
scintillator
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18
United States
10
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Bert Vogelstein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
508,553
105,882
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24
South Korea
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
SB Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
501,250
162,703
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31
United States
19
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Fuquan Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
472,269
275,490
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32
France
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Fairouz Malek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
468,606
210,970
0.450
physics
particle physics
nuclear physics
cosmology
computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34
Portugal
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Joao Seixas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
463,941
207,848
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36
United Kingdom
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Glen Cowan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
460,580
158,750
0.345
Physics
Particle Physics
Statistical Data Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37
United States
20
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Joey Huston
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
451,154
151,239
0.335
high energy physics
particle physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38
United States
21
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
James Brau
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
448,766
213,025
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40
France
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Schoeffel Laurent
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
445,998
206,902
0.464
fundamental constituents
field theories
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41
United States
23
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Mark Daly
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
443,457
188,168
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42
United States
24
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Stephane Willocq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
442,485
184,653
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45
China
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Haijun Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
430,727
213,504
0.496
High Energy Physics
Particle Physics
Nuclear Instruments and Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47
United States
26
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Daniel Levy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
428,058
138,313
0.323
Genetics
Genomics
Epidemiology
Cardiovascular Disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52
Canada
5
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Pekka Sinervo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
424,630
145,969
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54
United States
30
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Masatoshi Nei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
420,534
83,451
0.198
Evolution
Evolutionary biology
Molecular evolution
Population genetics
Phylogenetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55
United States
31
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
John P Perdew
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
415,434
170,853
0.411
density functional theory
materials theory
quantum chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56
Spain
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Francisco Matorras
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
412,174
161,674
0.392
Particle Physics
Statistical Data Analysis
High Energy physics
Data Science
Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57
Canada
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Andreas Warburton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
407,730
146,984
0.360
Physics
Particle Physics
High Energy Physics
Instrumentation
Elementary Particle Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58
United States
32
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Donald B Rubin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
406,140
136,011
0.335
Statistics
Economics
Psychology
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60
Austria
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Georg Kresse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
403,523
195,031
0.483
density functional theory
first principles calculations
many body theory
condensed matter physics
materials science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61
France
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Guido Kroemer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
401,830
179,240
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63
China
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jun-Ming Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
399,445
211,161
0.529
condensed matter physics
materials science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64
United States
33
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Eric Torrence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
398,703
159,066
0.399
High Energy Physics
Particle Physics
Physics