Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) 2025

The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.

* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
France
Martin Blackledge
NMR spectroscopy
protein dynamics
intrinsically disordered proteins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,895
7,575
0.363
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
France
Rob Wh Ruigrok
viruses
biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,910
5,589
0.255
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
France
Guy Schoehn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,571
5,181
0.412
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
France
Jacques-Philippe Colletier
serial crystallography
nano-crystallography
time-resolved crystallography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,311
4,349
0.595
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
France
Malene Ringkjøbing Jensen
Structural biology
Intrinsically disordered proteins
NMR
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,333
4,335
0.520
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
France
Antoine Royant
Optical Spectroscopy
Fluorescent Proteins
Time-resolved Crystallography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,861
3,984
0.450
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
France
Franck Fieschi
Glycobiology
Membrane protein
Immunity
C-type lectin
NADPH oxidases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,511
3,667
0.431
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
France
Weissenhorn Winfried
Virology
Structural Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,282
3,470
0.243
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
France
Andréa Dessen
structural biology
bacterial pathogenesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,137
3,455
0.263
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
France
Martin Weik
biophysics
structural biology
protein dynamics
hydration water
enzyme mecanisms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,619
3,221
0.423
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
France
Thierry Vernet
pneumococcus
molecular biology
biochemistry
virulence
cell wall synthesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,358
2,800
0.227
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
France
Darren Hart
influenza protein library
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,956
2,167
0.364
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
France
Dominique Bourgeois
Fluorescent proteins
single molecules
photophysics
super-resolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,122
2,033
0.250
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
France
Torsten Herrmann
Computational Structural Biology
Structural Bioinformatics
Biomolecular NMR
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,663
2,020
0.264
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
France
Jean-Pierre Simorre
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,030
1,852
0.307
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
France
Carlos Contreras Martel
Protein crystallography
Protein structure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,914
1,607
0.411
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
France
Nicola Salvi
protein dynamics
NMR
biophysics
drug screening
drug development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,052
1,568
0.764
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
France
Dimitrios Skoufias
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,717
1,397
0.296
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
France
Hugues Nury
Structural Biology
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,679
1,353
0.368
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
France
Giorgio Schirò
physics - biophysics - neutron scattering - X-ray scattering - XFEL - protein dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,300
1,328
0.577
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
France
Romain R. Vivès
glycobiology glycosaminoglycan heparan sulfate
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,924
1,209
0.413
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
France
Bourhis Jean-Marie
Virology
Protein-Protein interaction
3D structure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,588
1,149
0.320
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
France
Virgile Adam
Structural biology
optical microscopy
PALM
super-resolution microscopy
fluorescent proteins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,595
1,093
0.421
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
France
Rebekka Wild
Structural Biology and Protein Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,235
1,030
0.834
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
France
Benoit Gallet
Electron microscopy
tomography
diatoms
virus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,289
1,022
0.793
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,275
France
1,074
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Martin Blackledge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,895
7,575
0.363
NMR spectroscopy
protein dynamics
intrinsically disordered proteins
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,720
France
1,738
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Rob Wh Ruigrok
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,910
5,589
0.255
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,971
France
1,932
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Guy Schoehn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,571
5,181
0.412
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,941
France
2,520
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jacques-Philippe Colletier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,311
4,349
0.595
serial crystallography
nano-crystallography
time-resolved crystallography
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,397
France
2,531
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Malene Ringkjøbing Jensen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,333
4,335
0.520
Structural biology
Intrinsically disordered proteins
NMR
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
124,297
France
2,830
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Antoine Royant
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,861
3,984
0.450
Optical Spectroscopy
Fluorescent Proteins
Time-resolved Crystallography
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
137,044
France
3,169
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Franck Fieschi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,511
3,667
0.431
Glycobiology
Membrane protein
Immunity
C-type lectin
NADPH oxidases
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
146,253
France
3,445
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Weissenhorn Winfried
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,282
3,470
0.243
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
146,998
France
3,465
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Andréa Dessen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,137
3,455
0.263
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
159,271
France
3,815
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Martin Weik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,619
3,221
0.423
biophysics
structural biology
protein dynamics
hydration water
enzyme mecanisms
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
186,139
France
4,620
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Thierry Vernet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,358
2,800
0.227
pneumococcus
molecular biology
biochemistry
virulence
cell wall synthesis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
243,297
France
6,299
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Darren Hart
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,956
2,167
0.364
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
259,433
France
6,811
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Dominique Bourgeois
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,122
2,033
0.250
Fluorescent proteins
single molecules
photophysics
super-resolution
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
261,058
France
6,854
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Torsten Herrmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,663
2,020
0.264
Computational Structural Biology
Structural Bioinformatics
Biomolecular NMR
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
284,087
France
7,575
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jean-Pierre Simorre
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,030
1,852
0.307
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
323,984
France
8,815
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Carlos Contreras Martel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,914
1,607
0.411
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
331,297
France
9,033
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Nicola Salvi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,052
1,568
0.764
protein dynamics
NMR
biophysics
drug screening
drug development
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
366,541
France
10,162
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Dimitrios Skoufias
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,717
1,397
0.296
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
376,577
France
10,484
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Hugues Nury
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,679
1,353
0.368
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
382,618
France
10,666
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Giorgio Schirò
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,300
1,328
0.577
physics - biophysics - neutron scattering - X-ray scattering - XFEL - protein dynamics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
413,134
France
11,605
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Romain R. Vivès
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,924
1,209
0.413
glycobiology glycosaminoglycan heparan sulfate
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
430,024
France
12,120
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Bourhis Jean-Marie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,588
1,149
0.320
Virology
Protein-Protein interaction
3D structure
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
446,947
France
12,643
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Virgile Adam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,595
1,093
0.421
Structural biology
optical microscopy
PALM
super-resolution microscopy
fluorescent proteins
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
467,645
France
13,288
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Rebekka Wild
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,235
1,030
0.834
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
470,256
France
13,355
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Benoit Gallet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,289
1,022
0.793
Electron microscopy
tomography
diatoms
virus