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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 966 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
Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy
Antithrombotics
ACS
Heart Failure
Lipidolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200,667
127,121
0.633
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Generative Modeling
Machine Learning
Signal/Image Processing
Inverse Problems
Sparse Modelin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,029
26,080
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,554
21,280
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,026
23,315
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Communication and Information Theor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,735
8,674
0.174
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Infectious disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,079
23,587
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
food science
food safety
food security
food studies
world agricultur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,575
20,152
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
optimization
operations researc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,069
13,315
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Sleep research
sleep medicine
biological rhythm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,570
5,454
0.149
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Cancer
semaphorins
angiogenesis
lysyl oxidase
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,510
4,215
0.115
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Image processing
computer vision
shape analysis
medical imaging
metric geometr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,282
7,692
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
organizational psychology
culture
innovation
management
motivatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,581
9,978
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Heart Failur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,013
18,359
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
epidemiology
genetics
personalized-medicine
chemoprevention
preventio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,948
17,038
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Machine learning
Reinforcement learning
Learning Theory
Markov Decision Processe
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,710
19,356
0.574
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Formal verification
model checkin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,605
4,237
0.126
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Image Analysis Synthesis and Processing
MultiA(ge)nt Robotic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,454
7,222
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Environmental Microbiology
Microbial Ecology
Applied Microbiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,173
15,982
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
electron microscopy
cryo-TEM
cryo-SEM
complex liquids
soft matte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,694
6,905
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Construction Management
Building Information Modeling
Lean Construction
Digital Twin Constructio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,977
14,669
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Nanotechnology and Biomedical Engineerin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,932
16,939
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Tribology
Surface texturing
Contact mechanic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,858
7,974
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
sleep apnea
intermittent hypoxia
oxidative stress
inflammatory cell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,670
9,014
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Organizational climate
Safety climate
Organizational culture
Leadershi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,710
8,312
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Systems Immunology
Evolution
Precision Medicine
PharmaAI
Drug Developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,293
10,862
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
875
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Basil Lewis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200,667
127,121
0.633
Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy
Antithrombotics
ACS
Heart Failure
Lipidolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,324
9
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Michael Elad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,029
26,080
0.300
Generative Modeling
Machine Learning
Signal/Image Processing
Inverse Problems
Sparse Modelin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,663
11
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ciechanover A|shaked, yuval
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,554
21,280
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,478
32
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Rom Kurtz
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,026
23,315
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,798
48
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Shlomo Shamai Shitz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,735
8,674
0.174
Communication and Information Theor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,151
60
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Mical Paul
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,079
23,587
0.535
Infectious disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,389
449
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Harold Corke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,575
20,152
0.462
food science
food safety
food security
food studies
world agricultur
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,973
80
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
A Ben Tal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,069
13,315
0.341
optimization
operations researc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,712
94
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Peretz Lavie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,570
5,454
0.149
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,759
95
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Gera Neufeld
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,510
4,215
0.115
Cancer
semaphorins
angiogenesis
lysyl oxidase
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,938
96
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ron Kimmel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,282
7,692
0.212
Image processing
computer vision
shape analysis
medical imaging
metric geometr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,288
104
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Miriam Erez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,581
9,978
0.289
organizational psychology
culture
innovation
management
motivatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,784
105
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Doron Aronson
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,013
18,359
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,831
106
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Gad Rennert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,948
17,038
0.502
epidemiology
genetics
personalized-medicine
chemoprevention
preventio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,040
108
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Shie Mannor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,710
19,356
0.574
Machine learning
Reinforcement learning
Learning Theory
Markov Decision Processe
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,135
109
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Orna Grumberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,605
4,237
0.126
Formal verification
model checkin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,268
110
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Alfred Bruckstein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,454
7,222
0.216
Image Analysis Synthesis and Processing
MultiA(ge)nt Robotic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,650
824
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ji Dong Gu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,173
15,982
0.513
Environmental Microbiology
Microbial Ecology
Applied Microbiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,259
135
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Yeshayahu Ishi Talmon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,694
6,905
0.225
electron microscopy
cryo-TEM
cryo-SEM
complex liquids
soft matte
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,104
140
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Rafael Sacks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,977
14,669
0.489
Construction Management
Building Information Modeling
Lean Construction
Digital Twin Constructio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,168
141
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Hossam Haick
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,932
16,939
0.566
Nanotechnology and Biomedical Engineerin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,874
154
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Izhak Etsion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,858
7,974
0.286
Tribology
Surface texturing
Contact mechanic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,691
167
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Lena Lavie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,670
9,014
0.338
sleep apnea
intermittent hypoxia
oxidative stress
inflammatory cell
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,339
175
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Dov Zohar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,710
8,312
0.323
Organizational climate
Safety climate
Organizational culture
Leadershi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,076
183
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Shai S Shen Orr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,293
10,862
0.429
Systems Immunology
Evolution
Precision Medicine
PharmaAI
Drug Developmen