Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 70 Scientists Citation Rankings - 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.
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
12,026
World Rank
501
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
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Total46,789
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Last 6 Years4,185
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Last 6 Years / Total0.089
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
13,395
World Rank
570
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Others
Distributed Systems | Networking | Social Networks | Information Retrieval | Security and Privac
Distributed Systems | Networking | Social Networks | Information Retrieval | Security and Privac
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Total43,863
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Last 6 Years15,037
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Last 6 Years / Total0.343
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
15,128
World Rank
657
Country Rank
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Machine learning | Graph Theory | Modeling | Point Processe
Machine learning | Graph Theory | Modeling | Point Processe
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Total40,723
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Last 6 Years39,906
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Last 6 Years / Total0.980
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
47,285
World Rank
2,048
Country Rank
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
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Total18,870
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Last 6 Years5,028
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Last 6 Years / Total0.266
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
73,209
World Rank
3,227
Country Rank
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
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Total13,556
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Last 6 Years8,486
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Last 6 Years / Total0.626
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
153,361
World Rank
6,490
Country Rank
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Software Verification | Program Logic | Concurrency | Weak Memory Models | Interactive Theorem Provin
Software Verification | Program Logic | Concurrency | Weak Memory Models | Interactive Theorem Provin
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Total7,116
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Last 6 Years3,344
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Last 6 Years / Total0.470
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
154,371
World Rank
6,530
Country Rank
7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Programming languages | type systems | semantics | verificatio
Programming languages | type systems | semantics | verificatio
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Total7,071
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Last 6 Years4,309
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Last 6 Years / Total0.609
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
157,653
World Rank
6,649
Country Rank
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Foundations of algorithmic verification | linear dynamical systems | model checking | logic | theoretical computer scienc
Foundations of algorithmic verification | linear dynamical systems | model checking | logic | theoretical computer scienc
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Total6,930
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Last 6 Years2,393
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Last 6 Years / Total0.345
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
166,431
World Rank
6,983
Country Rank
9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
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Total6,576
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Last 6 Years5,361
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Last 6 Years / Total0.815
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
204,227
World Rank
8,366
Country Rank
10
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Engineering & Technology / Electrical & Electronic Engineering
real-time systems | operating systems | embedded systems | cyber-physical systems | verificatio
real-time systems | operating systems | embedded systems | cyber-physical systems | verificatio
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Total5,356
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Last 6 Years2,147
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Last 6 Years / Total0.401
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
218,063
World Rank
8,865
Country Rank
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Machine Teaching | AI for Education | Programming Education | Reinforcement Learnin
Machine Teaching | AI for Education | Programming Education | Reinforcement Learnin
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Total5,005
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Last 6 Years3,748
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Last 6 Years / Total0.749
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
236,456
World Rank
9,506
Country Rank
12
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Others
Security and Privacy | Digital Inequity | Sexual Abuse | Algorithmic Fairness | Survey Methodolog
Security and Privacy | Digital Inequity | Sexual Abuse | Algorithmic Fairness | Survey Methodolog
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Total4,591
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Last 6 Years4,217
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Last 6 Years / Total0.919
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
260,694
World Rank
10,346
Country Rank
13
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
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Total4,131
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Last 6 Years1,859
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Last 6 Years / Total0.450
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
289,616
World Rank
11,343
Country Rank
14
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Formal Logic | Security | Privacy | Programming Language
Formal Logic | Security | Privacy | Programming Language
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Total3,661
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Last 6 Years1,868
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Last 6 Years / Total0.510
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
364,769
World Rank
13,817
Country Rank
15
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Citation Metrics
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Total2,770
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Last 6 Years1,406
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Last 6 Years / Total0.508
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
373,866
World Rank
14,120
Country Rank
16
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Citation Metrics
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Total2,684
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Last 6 Years2,206
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Last 6 Years / Total0.822
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
413,541
World Rank
15,388
Country Rank
17
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Formal Methods | Machine Learning | Logic | Artificial Intelligenc
Formal Methods | Machine Learning | Logic | Artificial Intelligenc
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Total2,350
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Last 6 Years1,795
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Last 6 Years / Total0.764
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
444,712
World Rank
16,395
Country Rank
18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Citation Metrics
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Total2,127
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Last 6 Years1,827
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Last 6 Years / Total0.859
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
472,613
World Rank
17,219
Country Rank
19
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Software engineering | Formal methods | Program analysis | Test generatio
Software engineering | Formal methods | Program analysis | Test generatio
Citation Metrics
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Total1,952
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Last 6 Years1,473
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Last 6 Years / Total0.755
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
483,033
World Rank
17,545
Country Rank
20
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
AI and Society | Algorithmic Fairness | Human-AI Collaboratio
AI and Society | Algorithmic Fairness | Human-AI Collaboratio
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Total1,891
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Last 6 Years1,734
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Last 6 Years / Total0.917
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
497,657
World Rank
17,978
Country Rank
21
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Citation Metrics
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Total1,810
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Last 6 Years1,493
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Last 6 Years / Total0.825
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
509,212
World Rank
18,329
Country Rank
22
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Computer Science | Socially disruptive technologies | Blockchains | Data Analysis | Social Computin
Computer Science | Socially disruptive technologies | Blockchains | Data Analysis | Social Computin
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Total1,750
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Last 6 Years1,315
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Last 6 Years / Total0.751
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
515,112
World Rank
18,518
Country Rank
23
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Citation Metrics
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Total1,720
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Last 6 Years810
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Last 6 Years / Total0.471
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
524,031
World Rank
18,795
Country Rank
24
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Citation Metrics
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Total1,675
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Last 6 Years957
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Last 6 Years / Total0.571
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings
573,889
World Rank
20,264
Country Rank
25
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Citation Metrics
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Total1,449
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Last 6 Years588
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Last 6 Years / Total0.406
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