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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 294 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
Precision tests of the standard model
Study of the Higgs boson
CP violation
Search for new physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278,831
105,583
0.379
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
High Energy Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201,659
111,318
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
High Energy Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,898
23,639
0.168
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
High Energy Physics
Neutrino Physics
Detectors
Instrumentation
Electronic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,491
46,664
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Gravitational waves
General Relativity
Astrophysic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,160
34,270
0.922
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
High Energy Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,824
10,626
0.428
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Nanocatalysis
CO2 capture & utilization
photocatalysis
Solar Energy
Plasmonic catalysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,911
7,360
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Astronom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,463
3,186
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Magnetism
Intermetallics
Oxides
Low Temperature Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,006
2,988
0.299
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Solar Radio Physics
Heliospheric Physics
Interferometr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,982
4,915
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Superconductivity
Magnetism and Charge Density Wav
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,861
4,569
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Experimental High Energy Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,308
7,455
0.801
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Black hole Physics
Cosmology
Gravitational Collapse and Spacetime Singularitie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,193
3,978
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,870
1,757
0.198
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Nuclear Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,245
3,409
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Condensed Matter Physics
Nanostructured material
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,954
1,906
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Astronom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,672
2,610
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Neuroscienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,583
2,553
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
High energy physics
quantum informatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,421
2,612
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
astronomy
astrophysics
physics
educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,077
2,107
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
NMR Spectroscopy
Biophysic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,008
2,402
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Physics
Astrophysics
Cosmolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,945
3,029
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Condensed matter physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,873
1,270
0.185
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Biophysics
protein aggregation
fluorescence spectroscopy
imaging
neurotransmissio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,772
1,682
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
astronomy
astrophysic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,490
3,711
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
337
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Gagan Mohanty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278,831
105,583
0.379
Precision tests of the standard model
Study of the Higgs boson
CP violation
Search for new physic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
878
16
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
DP Roy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201,659
111,318
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,763
27
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Naba Mondal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,898
23,639
0.168
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,473
60
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Satyanarayana Bheesette
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,491
46,664
0.610
High Energy Physics
Neutrino Physics
Detectors
Instrumentation
Electronic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,416
143
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Srishti Tiwari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,160
34,270
0.922
Gravitational waves
General Relativity
Astrophysic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,117
252
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Nishita Desai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,824
10,626
0.428
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,046
425
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Vivek Polshettiwar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,911
7,360
0.389
Nanocatalysis
CO2 capture & utilization
photocatalysis
Solar Energy
Plasmonic catalysi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,968
960
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Yogesh Wadadekar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,463
3,186
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,149
1,401
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Arun K Nigam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,006
2,988
0.299
Magnetism
Intermetallics
Oxides
Low Temperature Physic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,447
1,410
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Divya Oberoi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,982
4,915
0.492
Solar Radio Physics
Heliospheric Physics
Interferometr
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106,879
1,452
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Srinivasan Ramakrishnan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,861
4,569
0.463
Superconductivity
Magnetism and Charge Density Wav
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,162
1,581
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Debashis Sahoo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,308
7,455
0.801
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,783
1,612
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Pankaj S Joshi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,193
3,978
0.433
Black hole Physics
Cosmology
Gravitational Collapse and Spacetime Singularitie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120,483
1,712
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Amol Dighe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,870
1,757
0.198
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
130,686
1,921
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Rudrajyoti Palit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,245
3,409
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,030
2,047
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Pushan Ayyub
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,954
1,906
0.240
Condensed Matter Physics
Nanostructured material
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
141,417
2,161
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jayaram Chengalur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,672
2,610
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
143,261
2,192
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Vidita Vaidya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,583
2,553
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
146,542
2,271
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
SM Roy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,421
2,612
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
154,060
2,430
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Dj Saikia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,077
2,107
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
155,633
2,466
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
PK Madhu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,008
2,402
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
157,107
2,498
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Tirthankar Roy Choudhury
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,945
3,029
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
158,779
2,546
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Sudesh Kumar Dhar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,873
1,270
0.185
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
161,238
2,592
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Sudipta Maiti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,772
1,682
0.248
Biophysics
protein aggregation
fluorescence spectroscopy
imaging
neurotransmissio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
168,525
2,746
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Yashwant Gupta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,490
3,711
0.572
astronomy
astrophysic