Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 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 index" Universities 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
drug delivery
tissue engineering
biomaterials
nanotechnology
chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
430,044
135,347
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Cancer Biology
Cell Biology
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
377,417
119,306
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
273,882
120,030
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Biology
Gene Regulation
MicroRNAs
Noncoding RNA
Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
243,463
71,326
0.293
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242,597
106,566
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191,893
47,198
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Health Metrics
Global Health
Computer Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182,597
105,423
0.577
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
mTOR rapamycin growth nutrients metabolism lysosome leucine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178,534
80,664
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Computer Science
Machine Learning
Computational Biology
Genomics
Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175,586
93,600
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
neuroscience
microbiology
optogenetics
genome engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171,668
103,567
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
algorithms
cryptography
voting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169,809
35,130
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Biology
Genetics
Genomics
Epigenetics
Cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,264
54,989
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Social Physics
Honest Signals
Computational Social Science
Network and Complexity Science
Wearable Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,707
38,269
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Networked computer systems
wireless networks
network architecture
mobile computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149,001
26,717
0.179
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
macro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,381
30,394
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Optimization and Control
Large-Scale Computation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,231
36,095
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
vision
computer vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,264
83,602
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
organic synthesis
organometallic chemistry
catalysis
asymmetric catalysis
flow chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132,498
36,624
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Distributed systems
Profiling tools
Memory management
Storage systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132,392
68,956
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
synthetic biology
antibiotics
biological physics
bionanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,310
59,057
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Machine Learning
Learning Theory
AI
Neuroscience
Computational Vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,376
26,225
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Gravitational Waves
Precision Measurement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,186
91,334
0.713
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Genomics
Molecular Biology
Synthetic Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,308
49,217
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Energy Efficient Design
Machine Learning Hardware
Security Hardware
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,123
24,009
0.205
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Gravitational Waves
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,065
83,076
0.735
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46
25
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Robert Langer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
430,044
135,347
0.315
drug delivery
tissue engineering
biomaterials
nanotechnology
chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80
40
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Robert A Weinberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
377,417
119,306
0.316
Cancer Biology
Cell Biology
Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
288
125
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Markus Klute
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
273,882
120,030
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
452
187
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
David Bartel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
243,463
71,326
0.293
Biology
Gene Regulation
MicroRNAs
Noncoding RNA
Molecular Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
460
192
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Daron Acemoğlu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242,597
106,566
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
848
345
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Myrna Weissman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191,893
47,198
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
937
392
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Abraham Flaxman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182,597
105,423
0.577
Health Metrics
Global Health
Computer Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
975
410
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
David M Sabatini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178,534
80,664
0.452
mTOR rapamycin growth nutrients metabolism lysosome leucine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,008
425
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Manolis Kellis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175,586
93,600
0.533
Computer Science
Machine Learning
Computational Biology
Genomics
Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,047
443
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Feng Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171,668
103,567
0.603
neuroscience
microbiology
optogenetics
genome engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,068
455
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ronald L Rivest
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169,809
35,130
0.207
algorithms
cryptography
voting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,099
470
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Richard Young
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,264
54,989
0.329
Biology
Genetics
Genomics
Epigenetics
Cancer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,302
579
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Alex `Sandy' Pentland|Alex Pentland, Sandy Pentland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,707
38,269
0.249
Social Physics
Honest Signals
Computational Social Science
Network and Complexity Science
Wearable Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,379
618
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Hari Balakrishnan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149,001
26,717
0.179
Networked computer systems
wireless networks
network architecture
mobile computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,608
724
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Olivier Blanchard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,381
30,394
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,662
754
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Dimitri Bertsekas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,231
36,095
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,685
767
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Antonio Torralba
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,264
83,602
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,726
782
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Stephen L Buchwald
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132,498
36,624
0.276
organic synthesis
organometallic chemistry
catalysis
asymmetric catalysis
flow chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,731
783
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sanjay Ghemawat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132,392
68,956
0.521
Distributed systems
Profiling tools
Memory management
Storage systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,784
809
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
James J Collins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,310
59,057
0.453
synthetic biology
antibiotics
biological physics
bionanotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,842
840
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Tomaso Poggio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,376
26,225
0.204
Machine Learning
Learning Theory
AI
Neuroscience
Computational Vision
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,848
845
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Matthew Evans
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,186
91,334
0.713
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,160
1,014
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Tarjei S Mikkelsen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,308
49,217
0.420
Genomics
Molecular Biology
Synthetic Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,170
1,020
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Anantha Chandrakasan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,123
24,009
0.205
Energy Efficient Design
Machine Learning Hardware
Security Hardware
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,330
1,102
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Lisa Barsotti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,065
83,076
0.735