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International Centre for Theoretical Sciences Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There is still much work to be done in this area. See also for more specific citation analyses: "last 6 years citation index" Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Total Citations) and Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Last 6 Years Citations)
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Gravitational-wave astronomy
modeling of gravitational-wave sources
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,046
84,275
0.702
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
General Relativity
Gravitational waves
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,280
78,616
0.754
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Gravitational-Wave Astronomy
Modeling of Compact Binaries of Black Holes and Neutron Stars
Numerical Relativity
LIGO
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,682
78,288
0.695
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Gravitational Waves
Cosmology
Scientific Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,289
35,236
0.998
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
String theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,449
7,975
0.207
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Nonequilibrium statistical physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,392
3,504
0.474
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Theoretical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,550
3,385
0.610
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Quantum Field Theory
String Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,769
3,353
0.343
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Equilibrium and non-equilibrium systems
stochastic processes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,362
1,915
0.811
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
String theory
Black hole physics and Quantum field theory with a focus on real time
finite temperature quantum field theory.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,130
1,763
0.427
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Condensed Matter Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,867
1,721
0.600
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
particulate flows
droplets
instability
stratification
vortex dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,990
1,685
0.564
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
String Theory
High energy physics
Statistical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,741
1,557
0.201
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
non-equilibrium physics
statistical physics
condensed matter theory
mathematical physics
integrable models
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,131
1,478
0.694
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Condensed Matter Theory
Statistical Mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,330
1,224
0.920
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Turbulence
Particles in Turbulence
Non Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,598
1,049
0.656
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Biophysics
Soft-condensed matter
Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
960
774
0.806
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Probability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
927
756
0.816
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
451
449
0.996
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Quantum Field Theory
String Theory
Amplitudes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
386
385
0.997
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Partial Differential Equations
Applied Mathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
546
325
0.595
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Random graphs and matrices
Large deviations
Statistical physics
High dimensional probability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
417
305
0.731
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Field Theory
String Theory
High Energy Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,162
289
0.091
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Astrophysical fluid dynamics
Plasma astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
438
263
0.600
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Statistical Physics
Long range interactions
Heat transport
Soft matter physics
Polyelectrolytes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
261
214
0.820
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,096
27
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Parameswaran Ajith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,046
84,275
0.702
Gravitational-wave astronomy
modeling of gravitational-wave sources
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,317
30
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Bala R Iyer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,280
78,616
0.754
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,327
31
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Prayush Kumar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,682
78,288
0.695
Gravitational-Wave Astronomy
Modeling of Compact Binaries of Black Holes and Neutron Stars
Numerical Relativity
LIGO
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,935
79
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Aditya Vijaykumar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,289
35,236
0.998
Gravitational Waves
Cosmology
Scientific Computing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,142
605
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ashoke Sen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,449
7,975
0.207
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,349
2,491
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Abhishek Dhar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,392
3,504
0.474
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,085
2,636
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Suvrat Raju
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,550
3,385
0.610
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
143,681
2,673
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Rajesh Gopakumar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,769
3,353
0.343
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
261,913
6,145
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Anupam Kundu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,362
1,915
0.811
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
283,751
6,918
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Loganayagam R
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,130
1,763
0.427
String theory
Black hole physics and Quantum field theory with a focus on real time
finite temperature quantum field theory.
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
290,226
7,143
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Subhro Bhattacharjee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,867
1,721
0.600
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
296,051
7,372
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Rama Govindarajan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,990
1,685
0.564
particulate flows
droplets
instability
stratification
vortex dynamics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
318,267
8,081
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Spenta Rustom Wadia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,741
1,557
0.201
String Theory
High energy physics
Statistical Physics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
333,747
8,654
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Manas Kulkarni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,131
1,478
0.694
non-equilibrium physics
statistical physics
condensed matter theory
mathematical physics
integrable models
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
392,750
10,821
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Sthitadhi Roy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,330
1,224
0.920
Condensed Matter Theory
Statistical Mechanics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
443,820
12,753
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Samriddhi Sankar Ray
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,598
1,049
0.656
Turbulence
Particles in Turbulence
Non Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
551,114
17,093
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
K Vijay Kumar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
960
774
0.806
Biophysics
Soft-condensed matter
Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
559,559
17,440
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Riddhipratim Basu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
927
756
0.816
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
751,789
26,741
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Victor Godet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
451
449
0.996
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
814,936
29,651
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Chandramouli Chowdhury
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
386
385
0.997
Quantum Field Theory
String Theory
Amplitudes
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
886,560
32,927
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Vishal Vasan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
546
325
0.595
Partial Differential Equations
Applied Mathematics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
914,208
34,171
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Anirban Basak
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
417
305
0.731
Random graphs and matrices
Large deviations
Statistical physics
High dimensional probability
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
937,303
35,208
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Avinash Dhar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,162
289
0.091
Field Theory
String Theory
High Energy Physics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
979,778
37,040
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Pallavi Bhat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
438
263
0.600
Astrophysical fluid dynamics
Plasma astrophysics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,073,798
41,194
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Debarshee Bagchi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
261
214
0.820
Statistical Physics
Long range interactions
Heat transport
Soft matter physics
Polyelectrolytes