Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 1.605 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
air quality
aerosol scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
258,150
180,208
0.698
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Cancer biomarkers
Cancer therapeutics
Cancer Genomics
Agein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,646
54,472
0.547
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Tissue Engineering&Regenerative Medicine
Bioprinting
Biomedical Engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,683
32,116
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
nanotubes
nanosheets
boron nitride
in situ transmission electron microscop
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,624
27,200
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Migraine
Depression
Endometriosis
Epilepsy
Statistical and Genomic Epidemiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,259
33,733
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,975
36,747
0.584
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Health Economics
Health Services Research
Cost Effectivenes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,063
30,458
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Entrepreneurshi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,885
18,238
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Physical Activity in Children and Adolescent
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,863
14,709
0.273
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Photochemistry
Macromolecular Chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,631
18,086
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Microbial Ecology
Metagenomics
Metatranscriptomics
Human microbiom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,463
27,833
0.612
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
robotics
computer vision
control
field robotics
sensor network
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,577
14,453
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Digital mental health
motivation
addiction
comorbidit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,402
18,650
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Drug formulation and deliver
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,936
21,680
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
literacy
educational policy
sociology of education
applied linguistics
curriculu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,731
10,104
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Computational Chemistry
Computational Physics
2D Material & Heterostructure
Catalysis & sola
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,677
27,602
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
tissue engineering
bone
dentistry
stem cell
biomateria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,668
22,010
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
workflow
business process management
data quality
process minin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,608
7,742
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
MMP
EMT
breast cancer
invasion and metastasis
CT
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,874
10,654
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Internet studies
social media
journalism
gatewatching
produsag
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,709
13,442
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
reproductio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,658
6,962
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Physical activity measurement
behaviour change interventions
program evaluation
rural activit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,058
14,260
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
statistic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,784
17,140
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Behavioral Economics
Sociology of Science
Scientometrics
Public Finance
Sports Economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,773
15,482
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Construction
Urban Developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,750
18,219
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
462
12
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Lidia Morawska
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
258,150
180,208
0.698
air quality
aerosol scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,457
142
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
kenneth o byrne
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,646
54,472
0.547
Cancer biomarkers
Cancer therapeutics
Cancer Genomics
Agein
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,685
190
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Dietmar W Hutmacher
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,683
32,116
0.384
Tissue Engineering&Regenerative Medicine
Bioprinting
Biomedical Engineerin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,446
218
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Dmitri Golberg
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,624
27,200
0.355
nanotubes
nanosheets
boron nitride
in situ transmission electron microscop
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,872
231
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Dale R Nyholt
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,259
33,733
0.460
Migraine
Depression
Endometriosis
Epilepsy
Statistical and Genomic Epidemiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,499
289
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Virginia Barbour
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,975
36,747
0.584
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,885
303
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Nicholas Graves
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,063
30,458
0.499
Health Economics
Health Services Research
Cost Effectivenes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,650
376
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Per Davidsson
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,885
18,238
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,658
378
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Stewart Trost
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,863
14,709
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,287
408
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Christopher Barner Kowollik
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,631
18,086
0.350
Photochemistry
Macromolecular Chemistr
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,588
497
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Gene W Tyson
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,463
27,833
0.612
Microbial Ecology
Metagenomics
Metatranscriptomics
Human microbiom
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,499
531
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Peter Corke
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,577
14,453
0.332
robotics
computer vision
control
field robotics
sensor network
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,119
568
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
David Kavanagh
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,402
18,650
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,365
581
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Nazrul Islam
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,936
21,680
0.517
Drug formulation and deliver
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,680
651
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Allan Luke
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,731
10,104
0.254
literacy
educational policy
sociology of education
applied linguistics
curriculu
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,723
655
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Aijun Du
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,677
27,602
0.696
Computational Chemistry
Computational Physics
2D Material & Heterostructure
Catalysis & sola
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,728
657
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Yin Xiao
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,668
22,010
0.555
tissue engineering
bone
dentistry
stem cell
biomateria
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,396
683
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Arthur ter Hofstede
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,608
7,742
0.201
workflow
business process management
data quality
process minin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,395
772
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Erik Thompson
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,874
10,654
0.297
MMP
EMT
breast cancer
invasion and metastasis
CT
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,350
816
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Axel Bruns
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,709
13,442
0.387
Internet studies
social media
journalism
gatewatching
produsag
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,393
819
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Murray David Mitchell
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,658
6,962
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,889
847
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Alison Marshall
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,058
14,260
0.419
Physical activity measurement
behaviour change interventions
program evaluation
rural activit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,129
861
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Kerrie Mengersen
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,784
17,140
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,137
862
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Benno Torgler
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,773
15,482
0.458
Behavioral Economics
Sociology of Science
Scientometrics
Public Finance
Sports Economic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,161
864
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Martin Skitmore
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,750
18,219
0.540