Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 2.332 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
Psychology
Health Neuroscience
Stress and Resilienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
294,994
145,714
0.494
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Deep Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
228,853
150,868
0.659
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
psychology
social psychology
psychoneuroimmunology
health psychology
social suppor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
211,668
69,159
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Chemistry
Polymers
Polymer Chemistry
Polymer Science
Material
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,239
50,632
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Economics
Psychology
Behavioral Economics
Medicine
La
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168,271
53,120
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Cognitive Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,325
24,313
0.145
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Computer Visio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,929
27,516
0.179
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Stress and Coping
Personality and Health
Adjustment to Chronic Disease
Self-Regulation and Healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143,918
35,071
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Machine Learning
cognitive neuroscience
natural language understandin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,620
43,004
0.337
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Data Mining
Graph Mining
Database
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,653
29,192
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Psychological Contracts
Idiosyncratic Deals
Evidence Based Management
Organizational Behavior
Human Resource Managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,355
31,407
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Computer Vision
Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,808
76,046
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
High Energy Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,751
25,637
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Computer Vision
Computer Graphics
Generative Models
Computational Photograph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,981
82,829
0.872
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Decision science
judgment
risk
environment
climat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,496
19,663
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Particle Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,458
56,695
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Formal methods
Model Checkin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,147
13,607
0.149
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
human-computer interaction
collaboration
human-robot interaction
social computing
online communitie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,617
15,723
0.188
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Computer Vision
Robotic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,402
57,434
0.723
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Machine Learning
System
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,971
67,732
0.869
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
machine learning
information retrieva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,954
43,328
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Machine Learning
ML Systems
Statistics
Network Analysis
AI4Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,324
46,416
0.616
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Process systems engineering
optimizatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,531
21,255
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Criminology
Statistics
Public Polic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,960
22,176
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Cognitive Development
Mathematical Development
Children's Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,995
16,755
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
270
118
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
David Creswell
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
294,994
145,714
0.494
Psychology
Health Neuroscience
Stress and Resilienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
648
255
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ruslan Salakhutdinov
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
228,853
150,868
0.659
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Deep Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
768
301
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Sheldon Cohen
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
211,668
69,159
0.327
psychology
social psychology
psychoneuroimmunology
health psychology
social suppor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
826
329
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,239
50,632
0.246
Chemistry
Polymers
Polymer Chemistry
Polymer Science
Material
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,222
521
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
George Loewenstein|George Lowenstein, George Freud Loewenstein
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168,271
53,120
0.316
Economics
Psychology
Behavioral Economics
Medicine
La
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,233
528
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
John R Anderson
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,325
24,313
0.145
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,445
624
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Takeo Kanade
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,929
27,516
0.179
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,659
731
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Michael F Scheier
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143,918
35,071
0.244
Stress and Coping
Personality and Health
Adjustment to Chronic Disease
Self-Regulation and Healt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,094
961
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Tom Mitchell
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,620
43,004
0.337
Machine Learning
cognitive neuroscience
natural language understandin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,331
1,079
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Christos Faloutsos
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,653
29,192
0.242
Data Mining
Graph Mining
Database
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,513
1,174
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Denise M Rousseau
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,355
31,407
0.270
Psychological Contracts
Idiosyncratic Deals
Evidence Based Management
Organizational Behavior
Human Resource Managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,581
1,209
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Deva Ramanan
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,808
76,046
0.662
Computer Vision
Machine Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,035
1,427
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Aristotle Calamba
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,751
25,637
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,714
1,747
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jun Yan Zhu
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,981
82,829
0.872
Computer Vision
Computer Graphics
Generative Models
Computational Photograph
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,750
1,762
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Baruch Fischhoff
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,496
19,663
0.208
Decision science
judgment
risk
environment
climat
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,830
1,800
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Menglei Sun
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,458
56,695
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,002
1,884
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Edmund Clarke
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,147
13,607
0.149
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,634
2,194
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Sara Kiesler
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,617
15,723
0.188
human-computer interaction
collaboration
human-robot interaction
social computing
online communitie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,053
2,396
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Abhinav Gupta
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,402
57,434
0.723
Computer Vision
Robotic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,204
2,459
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Tianqi Chen
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,971
67,732
0.869
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,455
2,580
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Yiming Yang
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,954
43,328
0.570
machine learning
information retrieva
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,545
2,621
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Eric Xing
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,324
46,416
0.616
Machine Learning
ML Systems
Statistics
Network Analysis
AI4Scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,621
2,656
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ignacio E Grossmann
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,531
21,255
0.285
Process systems engineering
optimizatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,974
2,819
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Daniel Nagin
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,960
22,176
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,109
2,885
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Robert Siegler
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,995
16,755
0.236
Cognitive Development
Mathematical Development
Children's Learnin