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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 100 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: 1
biology
genetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,470
4,199
0.092
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Cardiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,066
5,867
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Gene expression
genomics
systems biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,835
3,707
0.170
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Immunology
Immune Tolerance
Cancer Immunotherapy
Autoimmunit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,483
8,820
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Immunolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,453
2,066
0.154
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Theoretical Astrophysics
General Relativity
Cosmolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,241
8,383
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Immunology
innate immunity
cytokines
respiratory infections
cardiovascular disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,596
7,002
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
neurobiology
Parkinson's Disease
extracellular vesicles
proteinopathies
prio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,698
4,499
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Molecular Neuroscienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,947
3,115
0.348
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,461
2,760
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,375
1,877
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Solar Physics
Heliophysics
Magnetohydrodynamics
Solar Magnetism
Space Weathe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,606
3,125
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Bioinformatics
Biostatistics
Proteomics
Cancer Biology
Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,115
4,374
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,754
1,383
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,618
1,843
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Immunolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,529
2,353
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Cance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,179
2,278
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Computational Chemistry
Statistical Mechanics
Physical & Theoretical Chemistry
Physical Organi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,045
3,608
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,998
1,350
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,757
1,380
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Proteomics
Omics
Trophometry
Foodomics
Prenatal diagnosi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,415
1,475
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Pediatrics
Pediatric Endocrinology
Endocrine Physiology
Molecular Endocrinology
Stres
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,378
2,809
0.642
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Bioinformatics
Systems Biology
Metabolic Engineering
Transcriptomic Analysis
Biomedical Imagin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,600
1,959
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
tissue remodeling
inflammation
fibrosis
heart failure
macrophage
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,310
1,047
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Immunology
Allergy
Oncology
Inflammation
Cardiovascula
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,221
1,741
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,580
59
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Argiris Efstratiadis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,470
4,199
0.092
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,886
94
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Dennis V. Cokkinos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,066
5,867
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,579
169
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Dimitris Thanos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,835
3,707
0.170
Gene expression
genomics
systems biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,550
218
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Panos Verginis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,483
8,820
0.477
Immunology
Immune Tolerance
Cancer Immunotherapy
Autoimmunit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,797
360
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Paschalis Sideras
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,453
2,066
0.154
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,266
373
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Spyros Basilakos
Academy of Athens
Athens, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,241
8,383
0.633
Theoretical Astrophysics
General Relativity
Cosmolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,955
398
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Evangelos Andreakos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,596
7,002
0.556
Immunology
innate immunity
cytokines
respiratory infections
cardiovascular disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,289
534
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Kostas Vekrellis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,698
4,499
0.421
neurobiology
Parkinson's Disease
extracellular vesicles
proteinopathies
prio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,349
691
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Demetrios K. Vassilatis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,947
3,115
0.348
Molecular Neuroscienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
145,698
918
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Dimitris Beis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,461
2,760
0.370
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
147,500
929
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Alkiviadis Kostakis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,375
1,877
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
165,447
1,112
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Manolis K. Georgoulis
Academy of Athens
Athens, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,606
3,125
0.473
Solar Physics
Heliophysics
Magnetohydrodynamics
Solar Magnetism
Space Weathe
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
178,975
1,232
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Konstantinos Vougas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,115
4,374
0.715
Bioinformatics
Biostatistics
Proteomics
Cancer Biology
Machine Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
190,162
1,329
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Panagiotis Karakaidos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,754
1,383
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
194,622
1,370
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Constantinos Anagnostopoulos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,618
1,843
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
197,715
1,390
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Georgina Xanthou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,529
2,353
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
210,709
1,504
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Apostolos Klinakis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,179
2,278
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
216,127
1,544
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Zoe Cournia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,045
3,608
0.715
Computational Chemistry
Statistical Mechanics
Physical & Theoretical Chemistry
Physical Organi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
218,095
1,563
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Hardy Rideout
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,998
1,350
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
228,488
1,667
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ioannis Contopoulos
Academy of Athens
Athens, Greece
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,757
1,380
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
244,774
1,833
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
George Tsangaris
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,415
1,475
0.334
Proteomics
Omics
Trophometry
Foodomics
Prenatal diagnosi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
246,680
1,856
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Nicolas C. Nicolaides
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,378
2,809
0.642
Pediatrics
Pediatric Endocrinology
Endocrine Physiology
Molecular Endocrinology
Stres
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
293,372
2,281
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Aristotelis Chatziioannou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,600
1,959
0.544
Bioinformatics
Systems Biology
Metabolic Engineering
Transcriptomic Analysis
Biomedical Imagin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
315,178
2,478
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Stelios Psarras
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,310
1,047
0.316
tissue remodeling
inflammation
fibrosis
heart failure
macrophage
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
322,322
2,538
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Maria Salagianni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,221
1,741
0.541
Immunology
Allergy
Oncology
Inflammation
Cardiovascula