Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 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 indexUniversities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Total Citations) and Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Last 6 Years Citations)

* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Italy
Lucio Angelo Antonelli
astrofisica delle alte energie
analisi dati
tecniche di elaborazione dati
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
240,544
102,696
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Italy
Fabio Finelli
Cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,983
59,957
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Italy
Gianfranco De Zotti
Cosmology
extragalactic astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,164
49,505
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Italy
Alvio Renzini
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,667
28,354
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Italy
Alessandro Gruppuso
Cosmology
Astrophysics
Theoretical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,408
53,230
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Italy
Gianni Zamorani
Astrophysica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,430
28,806
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Italy
Antonino Francesco Lanza
stellar astrophysics
exoplanets
solar and stellar magnetic fields
stellar rotation
close binary systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,351
41,077
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Italy
Samuele Galeotta
Astrofisica e Tecnologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,847
43,320
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Italy
Andrea Zacchei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,237
45,178
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Italy
Riccardo Ciolfi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,303
56,905
0.885
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Italy
Luca Terenzi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,760
31,391
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Italy
Paolo Molaro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,902
30,477
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Italy
Marco Scodeggio
Astronomy / Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,825
32,632
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Italy
Grazia Umana
Astrofisica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,699
27,694
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Italy
Gianpiero Tagliaferri
astronomy and astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,165
21,071
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Italy
Stefano Covino
Astrofisica dei fenomeni transienti e multimessaggio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,101
25,991
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Italy
Sara Ricciardi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,341
23,180
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Italy
Vanessa Mangano
High Energy Astrophysics
X-ray Astronomy
Gamma ray bursts
X-ray binaries
Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,979
38,273
0.736
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Italy
Alessandro Sozzetti
Pianeti Extrasolari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,388
38,411
0.778
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Italy
Maria Sofia Randich
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,062
32,530
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Italy
Mario Nonino
astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,966
15,533
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Italy
Filippo D'Ammando
Astrophysics
Multimessenger Astronomy
Physics of Accretion and Ejection
Supermassive Black Holes
Relativistic Jets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,922
22,503
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Italy
Elena Pian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,889
15,348
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Italy
Leo Girardi
astronomia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,025
18,849
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Italy
Andrea Comastri
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysics
Observational Cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,992
15,110
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
472
Italy
34
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Lucio Angelo Antonelli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
240,544
102,696
0.427
astrofisica delle alte energie
analisi dati
tecniche di elaborazione dati
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,864
Italy
164
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Fabio Finelli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,983
59,957
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,222
Italy
180
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Gianfranco De Zotti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,164
49,505
0.515
Cosmology
extragalactic astrophysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,327
Italy
186
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Alvio Renzini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,667
28,354
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,621
Italy
201
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Alessandro Gruppuso
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,408
53,230
0.589
Cosmology
Astrophysics
Theoretical Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,511
Italy
250
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Gianni Zamorani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,430
28,806
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,980
Italy
274
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Antonino Francesco Lanza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,351
41,077
0.545
stellar astrophysics
exoplanets
solar and stellar magnetic fields
stellar rotation
close binary systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,158
Italy
279
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Samuele Galeotta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,847
43,320
0.587
Astrofisica e Tecnologie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,235
Italy
284
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Andrea Zacchei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,237
45,178
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,423
Italy
334
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Riccardo Ciolfi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,303
56,905
0.885
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,875
Italy
356
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Luca Terenzi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,760
31,391
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,023
Italy
361
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Paolo Molaro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,902
30,477
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,040
Italy
362
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Marco Scodeggio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,825
32,632
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,065
Italy
363
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Grazia Umana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,699
27,694
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,550
Italy
378
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Gianpiero Tagliaferri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,165
21,071
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,245
Italy
395
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Stefano Covino
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,101
25,991
0.472
Astrofisica dei fenomeni transienti e multimessaggio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,468
Italy
404
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sara Ricciardi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,341
23,180
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,074
Italy
422
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Vanessa Mangano
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,979
38,273
0.736
High Energy Astrophysics
X-ray Astronomy
Gamma ray bursts
X-ray binaries
Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,855
Italy
447
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Alessandro Sozzetti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,388
38,411
0.778
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,611
Italy
469
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Maria Sofia Randich
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,062
32,530
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,383
Italy
490
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Mario Nonino
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,966
15,533
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,823
Italy
506
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Filippo D'Ammando
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,922
22,503
0.512
Astrophysics
Multimessenger Astronomy
Physics of Accretion and Ejection
Supermassive Black Holes
Relativistic Jets
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,832
Italy
508
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Elena Pian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,889
15,348
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,233
Italy
521
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Leo Girardi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,025
18,849
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,254
Italy
522
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Andrea Comastri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,992
15,110
0.351
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysics
Observational Cosmology