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Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 58 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
United Kingdom
Nj Sebire
Professor of Paediatric Pathology/ CRI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,858
22,899
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
United Kingdom
Ajay Vora
Haematolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,569
10,465
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
United Kingdom
Rukshana Shroff|R C Shroff, Rokshana Shroff, R Shroff
nephrology
dialysis
CKD
haemodialysis
haemadiafiltration (HDF
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,385
11,014
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
United Kingdom
Joe Brierley
paediatric intensive care
pediatrics
organ donation
ethic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,772
9,515
0.745
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
United Kingdom
Stephen Marks
Paediatric nephrology and transplantatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,994
6,140
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
United Kingdom
Jack Cd Lee
Bacteriophage Researc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,611
9,578
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
United Kingdom
Alessandro Giardini
Exercise physiology
Echocardiography
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Hypoplastic left heart syndrom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,224
4,024
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
United Kingdom
Jo Wray
congenital heart disease
transplantation
neurodevelopment
quality of life
patient experienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,917
3,883
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
United Kingdom
K Mankad
Pediatric Neuroradiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,669
6,343
0.827

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
United Kingdom
Debbie Sell
Cleft Lip and Palate
Velopharyngeal Dysfunction
Perceptual Speech Impairment Tools
Parent-led Articulation Therapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,595
2,995
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
United Kingdom
Stavros Loukogeorgakis
Fetal
neonatal and paediatric surgery
in utero stem cell and gene therap
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,491
2,358
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
United Kingdom
Dominic Thompson
Neurosurger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,243
3,413
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
United Kingdom
Sachin Khambadkone
Paediatric Cardiology
Interventional Cardiology
Fontan circulation
Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation
Interventiona
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,891
1,944
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
United Kingdom
Owen Arthurs
Pediatric Radiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,506
3,642
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
United Kingdom
Austen Worth
Immunolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,256
4,268
0.682
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
United Kingdom
Robert H Henderson
adult and paediatric vitreoretinal surgery
developmental retinal genetics
inherited eye disease
gene therap
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,602
1,831
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
United Kingdom
Kristian Aquilina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,483
2,673
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
United Kingdom
Ic Lloyd
Paediatric Ophthalmology
Congenital Cataract
Genetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,345
1,553
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
United Kingdom
Troy E. Dominguez
Outcomes research
Paediatric intensive care
Cardiac surger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,982
1,316
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
United Kingdom
Thomas Cullup
Genetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,715
1,926
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
United Kingdom
Alex Virasami
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,121
2,554
0.818
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
United Kingdom
Clive Edelsten
UVEITI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,065
1,402
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
United Kingdom
Joe Curry
paediatric surger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,049
1,615
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
United Kingdom
Aswin Chari
Neurosurgery
Epilepsy
Hydrocephalus
Chronic Subdural Haematom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,039
2,477
0.815
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
United Kingdom
Samiran Ray
Paediatric intensive car
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,879
2,287
0.794
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,036
United Kingdom
779
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Nj Sebire
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,858
22,899
0.410
Professor of Paediatric Pathology/ CRI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,974
United Kingdom
3,387
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ajay Vora
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,569
10,465
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,571
United Kingdom
4,212
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Rukshana Shroff|R C Shroff, Rokshana Shroff, R Shroff
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,385
11,014
0.599
nephrology
dialysis
CKD
haemodialysis
haemadiafiltration (HDF
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,134
United Kingdom
6,659
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Joe Brierley
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,772
9,515
0.745
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,373
United Kingdom
7,121
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Stephen Marks
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,994
6,140
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,358
United Kingdom
8,989
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jack Cd Lee
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,611
9,578
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,633
United Kingdom
9,323
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Alessandro Giardini
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,224
4,024
0.436
Exercise physiology
Echocardiography
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Hypoplastic left heart syndrom
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
135,819
United Kingdom
10,901
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jo Wray
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,917
3,883
0.490
congenital heart disease
transplantation
neurodevelopment
quality of life
patient experienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
140,580
United Kingdom
11,228
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
K Mankad
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,669
6,343
0.827
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,102
United Kingdom
11,336
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Debbie Sell
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,595
2,995
0.394
Cleft Lip and Palate
Velopharyngeal Dysfunction
Perceptual Speech Impairment Tools
Parent-led Articulation Therapy

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
144,129
United Kingdom
11,487
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Stavros Loukogeorgakis
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,491
2,358
0.315
Fetal
neonatal and paediatric surgery
in utero stem cell and gene therap
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
149,368
United Kingdom
11,842
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Dominic Thompson
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,243
3,413
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
157,414
United Kingdom
12,363
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Sachin Khambadkone
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,891
1,944
0.282
Paediatric Cardiology
Interventional Cardiology
Fontan circulation
Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation
Interventiona
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
166,983
United Kingdom
12,995
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Owen Arthurs
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,506
3,642
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
173,803
United Kingdom
13,455
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Austen Worth
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,256
4,268
0.682
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
234,307
United Kingdom
17,506
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Robert H Henderson
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,602
1,831
0.398
adult and paediatric vitreoretinal surgery
developmental retinal genetics
inherited eye disease
gene therap
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
239,990
United Kingdom
17,874
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Kristian Aquilina
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,483
2,673
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
247,020
United Kingdom
18,352
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ic Lloyd
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,345
1,553
0.357
Paediatric Ophthalmology
Congenital Cataract
Genetic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
267,477
United Kingdom
19,615
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Troy E. Dominguez
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,982
1,316
0.330
Outcomes research
Paediatric intensive care
Cardiac surger
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
284,015
United Kingdom
20,617
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Thomas Cullup
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,715
1,926
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
329,048
United Kingdom
23,261
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Alex Virasami
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,121
2,554
0.818
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
333,984
United Kingdom
23,544
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Clive Edelsten
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,065
1,402
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
335,376
United Kingdom
23,629
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Joe Curry
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,049
1,615
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
336,177
United Kingdom
23,687
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Aswin Chari
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,039
2,477
0.815
Neurosurgery
Epilepsy
Hydrocephalus
Chronic Subdural Haematom
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
351,223
United Kingdom
24,496
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Samiran Ray
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,879
2,287
0.794