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Highly Cited Researchers 58 Scientists Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) - 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.

* Last 6 Years 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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
United Kingdom
Ajay Vora
Haematolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,569
10,465
0.485
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
United Kingdom
Jack Cd Lee
Bacteriophage Researc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,611
9,578
0.997
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
United Kingdom
K Mankad
Pediatric Neuroradiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,669
6,343
0.827
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
United Kingdom
Stephen Marks
Paediatric nephrology and transplantatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,994
6,140
0.512
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
United Kingdom
Austen Worth
Immunolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,256
4,268
0.682
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
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

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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
United Kingdom
Owen Arthurs
Pediatric Radiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,506
3,642
0.560
* Last 6 Years 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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
United Kingdom
Kristian Aquilina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,483
2,673
0.596
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
United Kingdom
Alex Virasami
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,121
2,554
0.818
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
United Kingdom
Felice D'Arco
neuroradiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,797
2,337
0.836
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
United Kingdom
Samiran Ray
Paediatric intensive car
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,879
2,287
0.794
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
United Kingdom
Susan Shelmerdine
NIHR Advanced Fellow
Academic Paediatric Radiologis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,409
2,057
0.854
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
United Kingdom
Thomas Cullup
Genetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,715
1,926
0.518
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
United Kingdom
Joe Curry
paediatric surger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,049
1,615
0.530
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,972
United Kingdom
856
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,097
United Kingdom
2,684
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,415
United Kingdom
2,870
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ajay Vora
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,569
10,465
0.485
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,991
United Kingdom
3,244
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jack Cd Lee
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,611
9,578
0.997
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,339
United Kingdom
3,274
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Joe Brierley
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,772
9,515
0.745
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,144
United Kingdom
5,528
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
K Mankad
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,669
6,343
0.827
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,199
United Kingdom
5,772
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Stephen Marks
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,994
6,140
0.512
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,530
United Kingdom
8,847
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Austen Worth
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,256
4,268
0.682
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,594
United Kingdom
9,417
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
123,732
United Kingdom
9,798
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
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

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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
133,616
United Kingdom
10,533
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Owen Arthurs
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,506
3,642
0.560
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
144,048
United Kingdom
11,292
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Dominic Thompson
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,243
3,413
0.471
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
167,364
United Kingdom
12,853
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
189,632
United Kingdom
14,391
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Kristian Aquilina
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,483
2,673
0.596
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
199,093
United Kingdom
15,022
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Alex Virasami
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,121
2,554
0.818
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
205,781
United Kingdom
15,475
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Aswin Chari
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,039
2,477
0.815
Neurosurgery
Epilepsy
Hydrocephalus
Chronic Subdural Haematom
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
216,717
United Kingdom
16,139
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
218,729
United Kingdom
16,278
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Felice D'Arco
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,797
2,337
0.836
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
223,697
United Kingdom
16,585
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Samiran Ray
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,879
2,287
0.794
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
249,327
United Kingdom
18,176
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Susan Shelmerdine
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,409
2,057
0.854
NIHR Advanced Fellow
Academic Paediatric Radiologis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
263,340
United Kingdom
19,079
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
265,797
United Kingdom
19,227
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Thomas Cullup
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,715
1,926
0.518
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
279,333
United Kingdom
20,077
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
314,099
United Kingdom
22,114
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Joe Curry
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,049
1,615
0.530
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
325,486
United Kingdom
22,770
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ic Lloyd
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,345
1,553
0.357
Paediatric Ophthalmology
Congenital Cataract
Genetic