Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 2.926 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
Atrial fibrillation
Faculty Development
Diversity-DEIA
Cardiovascular epidemiology
Inflammatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
415,070
166,741
0.402
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Statistics
Biostatistics
Medical Statistics
Epidemiology
Cardiovascular Diseas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
333,633
82,234
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Water
Networks
Econophysics
Biophysics
Complex System
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
249,439
64,678
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238,722
77,738
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Biostatistics
Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology
Statistical Methods for Public Health
HIV/AID
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203,385
117,035
0.575
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181,842
82,006
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Biostatstics
Clinical Trial
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,028
58,970
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Clinical psychology
Psychiatr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,667
39,289
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Econometrics
Time Series Econometrics
Economics
Statistics
Time Series Analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,294
24,662
0.264
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Remote Sensing
Climate
Biogeosciences
Geosciences
Ecolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,801
39,132
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Clinical Psychology
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Anxiety Disorders
Social Anxiet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,360
44,591
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
computational neuroscience
theoretical cognitive science and psychology
neuromorphic technology
applied mathematic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,311
8,393
0.096
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Clinical Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,369
32,096
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Systems Mechanobiology
Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
Adhesion Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,104
25,108
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Domain Adaptation
Vision and Languag
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,042
51,764
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Management
IT Strategy
Strategy
Digital busines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,161
14,877
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Careers
work-life
leadership development
career development
protean career
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,632
14,238
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Neurogenetics
neurodegeneration
computational genetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,219
14,708
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Global Health
Substance Use Disorders
Implementation
Health Metrics
HI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,813
39,217
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,642
30,683
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Plant Pathology
Biosecurit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,694
30,073
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Business Cyles
Economic Growth
Monetary Economics and Applied Econometric
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,298
10,857
0.174
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
trauma
concussion
neurodegeneration
ta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,907
30,212
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Neurology
Neuropathology
Neuroscienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,343
22,078
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,684
26,885
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73
37
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Emelia J Benjamin
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
415,070
166,741
0.402
Atrial fibrillation
Faculty Development
Diversity-DEIA
Cardiovascular epidemiology
Inflammatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
172
80
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ralph B D'Agostino
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
333,633
82,234
0.246
Statistics
Biostatistics
Medical Statistics
Epidemiology
Cardiovascular Diseas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
522
205
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
H Eugene Stanley
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
249,439
64,678
0.259
Water
Networks
Econophysics
Biophysics
Complex System
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
594
232
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
L Adrienne Cupples
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238,722
77,738
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
862
342
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Philimon Gona
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203,385
117,035
0.575
Biostatistics
Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology
Statistical Methods for Public Health
HIV/AID
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,071
443
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Sudha Seshadri
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181,842
82,006
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,258
537
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Joseph Massaro
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,028
58,970
0.353
Biostatstics
Clinical Trial
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,291
1,063
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Kim Mueser
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,667
39,289
0.320
Clinical psychology
Psychiatr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,884
1,825
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Pierre Perron
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,294
24,662
0.264
Econometrics
Time Series Econometrics
Economics
Statistics
Time Series Analysi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,926
1,841
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ranga Myneni
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,801
39,132
0.422
Remote Sensing
Climate
Biogeosciences
Geosciences
Ecolog
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,103
1,926
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Stefan G Hofmann
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,360
44,591
0.493
Clinical Psychology
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Anxiety Disorders
Social Anxiet
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,352
2,050
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Stephen Grossberg
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,311
8,393
0.096
computational neuroscience
theoretical cognitive science and psychology
neuromorphic technology
applied mathematic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,610
2,172
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Timothy A Brown
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,369
32,096
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,381
2,539
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Christopher S Chen
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,104
25,108
0.326
Systems Mechanobiology
Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
Adhesion Biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,485
3,044
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Kate Saenko
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,042
51,764
0.750
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Domain Adaptation
Vision and Languag
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,924
3,257
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
N Venkat Venkatraman
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,161
14,877
0.225
Management
IT Strategy
Strategy
Digital busines
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,184
3,385
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Douglas T Tim Hall
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,632
14,238
0.220
Careers
work-life
leadership development
career development
protean career
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,254
3,419
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Richard H Myers
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,219
14,708
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,339
3,454
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Bulat Idrisov
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,813
39,217
0.615
Global Health
Substance Use Disorders
Implementation
Health Metrics
HI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,365
3,469
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Brett Litz
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,642
30,683
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,559
3,565
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Cassandra L Smith
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,694
30,073
0.480
Plant Pathology
Biosecurit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,636
3,597
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Robert G King
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,298
10,857
0.174
Business Cyles
Economic Growth
Monetary Economics and Applied Econometric
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,714
3,636
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ann Mckee
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,907
30,212
0.488
trauma
concussion
neurodegeneration
ta
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,049
3,800
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Neil Kowall
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,343
22,078
0.366
Neurology
Neuropathology
Neuroscienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,398
3,969
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ali Guermazi
Boston University
Boston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,684
26,885
0.458