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Highly Cited Researchers 966 Scientists Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) - 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.
* Last 6 Years 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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* Last 6 Years 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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Infectious disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,079
23,587
0.535
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,026
23,315
0.402
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Biolog
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,554
21,280
0.255
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Machine learning
Reinforcement learning
Learning Theory
Markov Decision Processe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,710
19,356
0.574
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Heart Failur
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,013
18,359
0.540
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
epidemiology
genetics
personalized-medicine
chemoprevention
preventio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,948
17,038
0.502
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nanotechnology and Biomedical Engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,932
16,939
0.566
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Environmental Microbiology
Microbial Ecology
Applied Microbiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,173
15,982
0.513
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Neural Networks
Machine Learning
Theoretical neuroscienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,748
15,371
0.778
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Construction Management
Building Information Modeling
Lean Construction
Digital Twin Constructio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,977
14,669
0.489
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Natural Language Processing
Model Interpretability
Artificial Intelligenc
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,813
14,538
0.919
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Neurobiology
Molecular biology
Data analysi
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,253
13,543
0.742
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
optimization
operations researc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,069
13,315
0.341
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Machine Learning
Reinforcement Learning
Artificial Intelligenc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,403
13,146
0.853
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Cancer Genomics
Evolution
Bioinformatics
Computational biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,639
13,273
0.849
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,824
12,351
0.518
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Machine learning
deep learning
financial modelin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,331
12,106
0.542
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Computational Biology
Single Cell Genomics
Cancer Genomics
Clinical Informatic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,926
11,033
0.854
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Systems Immunology
Evolution
Precision Medicine
PharmaAI
Drug Developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,293
10,862
0.429
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
exposure assessment
source apportionment
atmospheric aerosols
distributed sensor networks
environmental data scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,948
10,771
0.600
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Cancer Genomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,027
10,834
0.832
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Natural Language Processin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,125
10,900
0.980
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
287
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,203
25
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,640
29
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mical Paul
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,079
23,587
0.535
Infectious disease
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,803
31
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Rom Kurtz
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,026
23,315
0.402
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,298
37
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ciechanover A|shaked, yuval
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,554
21,280
0.255
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,278
700
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,002
45
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,031
50
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Doron Aronson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,013
18,359
0.540
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,711
58
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Gad Rennert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,948
17,038
0.502
epidemiology
genetics
personalized-medicine
chemoprevention
preventio
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,855
59
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Hossam Haick
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,932
16,939
0.566
Nanotechnology and Biomedical Engineerin
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,324
1,097
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ji Dong Gu
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,173
15,982
0.513
Environmental Microbiology
Microbial Ecology
Applied Microbiolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,373
70
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Daniel Soudry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,748
15,371
0.778
Neural Networks
Machine Learning
Theoretical neuroscienc
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,707
73
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,957
74
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Yonatan Belinkov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,813
14,538
0.919
Natural Language Processing
Model Interpretability
Artificial Intelligenc
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,261
80
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Amit Zeisel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,253
13,543
0.742
Neurobiology
Molecular biology
Data analysi
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,838
84
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
A Ben Tal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,069
13,315
0.341
optimization
operations researc
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,321
89
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Aviv Tamar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,403
13,146
0.853
Machine Learning
Reinforcement Learning
Artificial Intelligenc
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,952
85
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Yosef E Maruvka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,639
13,273
0.849
Cancer Genomics
Evolution
Bioinformatics
Computational biolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,589
98
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Yuval Ishai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,824
12,351
0.518
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,393
108
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ran El Yaniv
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,331
12,106
0.542
Machine learning
deep learning
financial modelin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,315
126
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Dvir Aran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,926
11,033
0.854
Computational Biology
Single Cell Genomics
Cancer Genomics
Clinical Informatic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,009
133
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,407
142
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
David Broday
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,948
10,771
0.600
exposure assessment
source apportionment
atmospheric aerosols
distributed sensor networks
environmental data scienc
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,142
135
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Keren Yizhak
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,027
10,834
0.832
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,863
132
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Uri Alon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,125
10,900
0.980
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Natural Language Processin