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Highly Cited Researchers 53 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 Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Condensed Matter Physics
Many Body perturbation theory
TDDFT
Materials Science
Mathematical
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,443
33,761
0.386
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,942
2,521
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,280
4,349
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
2D materials
first principle calculation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,986
5,933
0.743
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
ultrafast condensed matter
nonlinear phononics
correlated materials
structural dynamics
time-resolved x-ray scatterin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,548
3,633
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,933
3,861
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,388
2,104
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ultracold atoms
optical lattices
artificial gauge fields
BEC
ultrafast electron diffractio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,232
2,606
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Condensed Matter Physics
Condensed Matter Theory
Light-matter interactions
cavity material
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,756
4,658
0.809
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory
Ab Initio Light-Matter Interactions
QEDF
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,469
4,355
0.796
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Strong light matter coupling
Strong-field physics
TDDF
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,257
4,075
0.775
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Artificial intelligence
TDDFT
Computational Physics
Excited state
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,713
3,455
0.733
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
condensed matter theor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,487
3,120
0.695
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
High-Tc Superconductivity - Strongly Correlated Electron Systems - Ultrafast Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,469
2,502
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Condensed Matter Physics
Quantum Materials
Ultrafast Phenomena
Terahertz Optoelectronic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,245
3,072
0.724
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Structural DNA Nanotechnology
Protein Design
Quantum Materials
Cryo-EM
Coherent Diffractive Imagin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,162
2,138
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Electronic Excitations
Theory of Condensed Matter
Numerical Method
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,087
3,545
0.867
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Condensed matter physics
Chemical Physics
Hydrogen Dynamics
2D Material
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,679
2,375
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Density-Functional Theory
Nonlinear optics
High-harmonic generation
Condensed Matter Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,618
3,225
0.891
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
condensed matter physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,582
2,369
0.661
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Light-Matter Interaction
Strongly Correlated Syste
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,368
2,167
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Quantum Optics
Condensed Matter Theor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,689
2,307
0.858
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Theoretical Material Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,645
2,040
0.771
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
electron diffraction
electron microscopy
crystallography
structural biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,617
1,219
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Superconductivity
Strong Correlation
Multiferroics
Ultrafast Spectroscopy
Non-linear optic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,485
1,701
0.685
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,339
156
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Angel Rubio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,443
33,761
0.386
Condensed Matter Physics
Many Body perturbation theory
TDDFT
Materials Science
Mathematical
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,414
3,401
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Massimo Altarelli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,942
2,521
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,548
4,959
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Micael Jt Oliveira
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,280
4,349
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
135,429
5,757
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Lede Xian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,986
5,933
0.743
2D materials
first principle calculation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
143,865
6,111
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Michael Först
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,548
3,633
0.481
ultrafast condensed matter
nonlinear phononics
correlated materials
structural dynamics
time-resolved x-ray scatterin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
157,370
6,630
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Gregor Jotzu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,933
3,861
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
171,273
7,173
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Guido Meier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,388
2,104
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
175,613
7,334
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Marcos Atala
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,232
2,606
0.418
Ultracold atoms
optical lattices
artificial gauge fields
BEC
ultrafast electron diffractio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
190,072
7,867
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Michael Sentef
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,756
4,658
0.809
Condensed Matter Physics
Condensed Matter Theory
Light-matter interactions
cavity material
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
199,834
8,206
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Michael Ruggenthaler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,469
4,355
0.796
Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory
Ab Initio Light-Matter Interactions
QEDF
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
207,641
8,467
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Umberto De Giovannini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,257
4,075
0.775
Strong light matter coupling
Strong-field physics
TDDF
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
230,482
9,295
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jin Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,713
3,455
0.733
Artificial intelligence
TDDFT
Computational Physics
Excited state
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
241,149
9,674
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Michael Fechner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,487
3,120
0.695
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
242,015
9,703
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Daniele Nicoletti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,469
2,502
0.560
High-Tc Superconductivity - Strongly Correlated Electron Systems - Ultrafast Scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
253,901
10,120
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
James Mciver
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,245
3,072
0.724
Condensed Matter Physics
Quantum Materials
Ultrafast Phenomena
Terahertz Optoelectronic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
258,583
10,274
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
P Lourdu Xavier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,162
2,138
0.514
Structural DNA Nanotechnology
Protein Design
Quantum Materials
Cryo-EM
Coherent Diffractive Imagin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
262,871
10,426
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Hannes Hübener
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,087
3,545
0.867
Electronic Excitations
Theory of Condensed Matter
Numerical Method
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
288,063
11,300
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Mariana Rossi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,679
2,375
0.646
Condensed matter physics
Chemical Physics
Hydrogen Dynamics
2D Material
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
292,089
11,417
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Nicolas Tancogne-Dejean
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,618
3,225
0.891
Density-Functional Theory
Nonlinear optics
High-harmonic generation
Condensed Matter Physic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
294,644
11,501
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Eryin Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,582
2,369
0.661
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
310,497
12,018
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Dongbin Shin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,368
2,167
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
372,888
14,070
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Frank Schlawin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,689
2,307
0.858
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
377,789
14,249
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Simone Latini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,645
2,040
0.771
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
380,912
14,350
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Robert Bücker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,617
1,219
0.466
electron diffraction
electron microscopy
crystallography
structural biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
396,196
14,835
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Michele Buzzi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,485
1,701
0.685
Superconductivity
Strong Correlation
Multiferroics
Ultrafast Spectroscopy
Non-linear optic