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Highly Cited Researchers 100 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
Argentina
Diego A Golombek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,821
3,665
0.373
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Argentina
Juan Cruz Moreno
Collective Motion
Computer simulations
Cosmic rays Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,775
3,363
0.244
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Argentina
Sebastian Fernandez Alberti
nonadiabatic dynamics
vibrational normal mode
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,754
2,772
0.583
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Argentina
Hernan Thomas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,993
2,390
0.399
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Argentina
Gustavo Parisi
Bioinformatics
Evolution
Protein structur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,656
2,143
0.586
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Argentina
Daniel F Alonso
Translational research
Clinically relevant cancer models
Drug repurposing in oncolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,497
1,996
0.235
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Argentina
Martin Becerra
Políticas de Comunicación
Tecnologías de la Información
Economía Política de las Industrias Culturales
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,301
1,981
0.374
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Argentina
Elias Palti
Historia Intelectual
Historia Latinoamerican
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,700
1,911
0.335
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Argentina
Pablo Kreimer
science
technology & society
sociology of scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,456
1,773
0.398

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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Argentina
Daniel E Gomez
cancer research
telomere/telomerase
telomeropathies
Rho GTPases
PIN
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,186
1,746
0.190
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Argentina
Cecilia Jarne
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,395
1,715
0.318
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Argentina
Guillermo Mastrini
Economía Política de la Comunicación
Políticas de comunicació
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,532
1,455
0.321
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Argentina
Eder Lilia Romero
Nanomedicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,849
1,331
0.467
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Argentina
Claudio Valverde
Microbiología
Biocontrol
ARNs regulatorios
PGPR
Regulación génic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,951
1,318
0.334
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Argentina
Silvia Del Valle Alonso
Membrane Biophysics
Drug Delivery-Lipids and Proteins
Structural Biology
Nanoparticles
Biophysical Method
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,700
1,284
0.476
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Argentina
Alejandra F Rodriguez
cine
historia
estudios culturale
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,027
1,064
0.525
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Argentina
Paulo Cesar Maffia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,347
888
0.659
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Argentina
Pablo Daniel Ghiringhelli
Virología Molecular
Bioinformátic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,480
832
0.335
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Argentina
Lucas Becerra
political economy
economic development
innovation
circular economy
ST
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,117
832
0.745
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Argentina
Sabina Frederic
anthropology
police
armed forces
gendarmery
politic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,042
752
0.368
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Argentina
Javier Balsa
Teoría de la hegemonía
Sociología rura
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,256
735
0.326
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Argentina
Marcelo Sain
political sciences
sociology
securit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,475
711
0.287
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Argentina
Guido Galafassi
sociolgy and antropology of conflict and revolution
relationship human - Nature
social theor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,857
690
0.372
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Argentina
Rodrigo Laje
Neuroscience
Time processing
Nonlinear Dynamic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,791
679
0.379
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Argentina
Andrés Romanowski|Andrew Romanowski, Andres Romanowski
chronobiology
circadian
Arabidopsis thaliana
photobiology
Caenorhabditis elegan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,002
679
0.678
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
132,581
Argentina
174
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Diego A Golombek
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,821
3,665
0.373
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
146,547
Argentina
202
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Juan Cruz Moreno
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,775
3,363
0.244
Collective Motion
Computer simulations
Cosmic rays Physic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
182,232
Argentina
271
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Sebastian Fernandez Alberti
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,754
2,772
0.583
nonadiabatic dynamics
vibrational normal mode
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
213,683
Argentina
341
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Hernan Thomas
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,993
2,390
0.399
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
239,165
Argentina
408
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Gustavo Parisi
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,656
2,143
0.586
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
256,655
Argentina
456
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Daniel F Alonso
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,497
1,996
0.235
Translational research
Clinically relevant cancer models
Drug repurposing in oncolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
258,566
Argentina
460
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Martin Becerra
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,301
1,981
0.374
Políticas de Comunicación
Tecnologías de la Información
Economía Política de las Industrias Culturales
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
267,825
Argentina
494
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Elias Palti
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,700
1,911
0.335
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
288,059
Argentina
565
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Pablo Kreimer
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,456
1,773
0.398
science
technology & society
sociology of scienc
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
292,122
Argentina
581
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Daniel E Gomez
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,186
1,746
0.190
cancer research
telomere/telomerase
telomeropathies
Rho GTPases
PIN

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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
297,175
Argentina
596
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Cecilia Jarne
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,395
1,715
0.318
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
344,873
Argentina
763
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Guillermo Mastrini
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,532
1,455
0.321
Economía Política de la Comunicación
Políticas de comunicació
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
372,177
Argentina
873
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Eder Lilia Romero
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,849
1,331
0.467
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
375,276
Argentina
888
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Claudio Valverde
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,951
1,318
0.334
Microbiología
Biocontrol
ARNs regulatorios
PGPR
Regulación génic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
383,671
Argentina
922
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Silvia Del Valle Alonso
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,700
1,284
0.476
Membrane Biophysics
Drug Delivery-Lipids and Proteins
Structural Biology
Nanoparticles
Biophysical Method
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
445,491
Argentina
1,160
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Alejandra F Rodriguez
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,027
1,064
0.525
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
508,240
Argentina
1,455
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Paulo Cesar Maffia
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,347
888
0.659
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
531,458
Argentina
1,587
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Pablo Daniel Ghiringhelli
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,480
832
0.335
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
531,715
Argentina
1,588
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Lucas Becerra
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,117
832
0.745
political economy
economic development
innovation
circular economy
ST
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
568,107
Argentina
1,790
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Sabina Frederic
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,042
752
0.368
anthropology
police
armed forces
gendarmery
politic
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
576,362
Argentina
1,838
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Javier Balsa
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,256
735
0.326
Teoría de la hegemonía
Sociología rura
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
588,602
Argentina
1,907
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Marcelo Sain
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,475
711
0.287
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
599,681
Argentina
1,971
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Guido Galafassi
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,857
690
0.372
sociolgy and antropology of conflict and revolution
relationship human - Nature
social theor
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
605,549
Argentina
2,003
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Rodrigo Laje
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,791
679
0.379
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
605,769
Argentina
2,006
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Andrés Romanowski|Andrew Romanowski, Andres Romanowski
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,002
679
0.678
chronobiology
circadian
Arabidopsis thaliana
photobiology
Caenorhabditis elegan