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Highly Cited Researchers 139 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 Rankings

Rankings

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60,250
World Rank
17
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
COVID-19 | High altitude Physiology | LaTam Epidemiology | Global Health | WaS

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    7,402
  • Last 6 Years
    6,960
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.940
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings

Rankings

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91,632
World Rank
26
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Systems analysis | Functional Ecology | Climate Change | Agricultural system

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    8,153
  • Last 6 Years
    5,078
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.623
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings

Rankings

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157,951
World Rank
62
Country Rank
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Ecology | Evolution | Floristics | Biogeography | Phylogenetic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,803
  • Last 6 Years
    3,230
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.672
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings

Rankings

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171,692
World Rank
66
Country Rank
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Cancer Research | Pharmacogenomics | Precision Medicine | Artificial Intelligenc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    3,413
  • Last 6 Years
    2,998
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.878
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings

Rankings

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199,202
World Rank
82
Country Rank
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Aquatic Ecology | Diversity | Conservation | Entomology | River Restoratio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    3,659
  • Last 6 Years
    2,615
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.715
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings

Rankings

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238,422
World Rank
95
Country Rank
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Engineering & Technology / Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
boundary layer meteorology | climate change | air qualit

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,413
  • Last 6 Years
    2,203
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.913
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings

Rankings

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239,649
World Rank
96
Country Rank
7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Medical and Health Sciences / Biochemistry
Bioinformatics | Chemioinformatics | System Biology | Computational Biolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,687
  • Last 6 Years
    2,192
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.816
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings

Rankings

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274,808
World Rank
118
Country Rank
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Engineering & Technology / Bioengineering
Human-computer interaction | Innovation | Artificial intelligence | Telemedicin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,095
  • Last 6 Years
    1,909
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.911
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Rankings

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276,744
World Rank
121
Country Rank
9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Others
Diagnosis and epidemiology of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Infection

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,549
  • Last 6 Years
    1,895
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.417
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings

Rankings

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294,157
World Rank
132
Country Rank
10
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Medical and Health Sciences / Immunology
Immunology | Autoimmune diseases | Chronic Kidney Diseas

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,042
  • Last 6 Years
    1,778
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.871
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings

Rankings

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340,110
World Rank
164
Country Rank
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Others
medicine | epidemiology | infectiuos diseases | parasitolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    3,630
  • Last 6 Years
    1,515
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.417
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings

Rankings

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342,668
World Rank
168
Country Rank
12
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Others
Attractor networks | complex networks and systems

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    1,757
  • Last 6 Years
    1,503
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.855
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings

Rankings

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345,634
World Rank
173
Country Rank
13
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,100
  • Last 6 Years
    1,488
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.709
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings

Rankings

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346,271
World Rank
174
Country Rank
14
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Medical and Health Sciences / Neuroscience
Neurosciences | synaptic plasticity | development | tuberculosis | molecular epidemiolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,014
  • Last 6 Years
    1,485
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.737
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings

Rankings

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427,362
World Rank
240
Country Rank
15
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Others
Gamification | Serious Games | Accessibility | IT Management | New Technologie

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    1,234
  • Last 6 Years
    1,152
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.934
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings

Rankings

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448,029
World Rank
266
Country Rank
16
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
ECOLOGY | EVOLUTION | BOTANY | PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    1,655
  • Last 6 Years
    1,083
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.654
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings

Rankings

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449,143
World Rank
268
Country Rank
17
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
citogenética convencional y molecular humana | genética molecular humana | genética de poblaciones | genotoxicida

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    3,387
  • Last 6 Years
    1,079
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.319
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings

Rankings

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464,301
World Rank
284
Country Rank
18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Others
mobile learning | m-learning | accesibility | BYOD | BYO

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    1,053
  • Last 6 Years
    1,033
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.981
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings

Rankings

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472,430
World Rank
294
Country Rank
19
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Others
Teoría de la señal y comunicacione

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,028
  • Last 6 Years
    1,008
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.497
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings

Rankings

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556,974
World Rank
370
Country Rank
20
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings

Rankings

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593,871
World Rank
415
Country Rank
21
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
molecular biology | genetics | molecular oncolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    962
  • Last 6 Years
    720
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.748
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings

Rankings

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605,412
World Rank
431
Country Rank
22
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Social Sciences / Psychology
Autismo | baremación | infancia y adolescencia | demencias | alzheimer y Parkinso

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    730
  • Last 6 Years
    698
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.956
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings

Rankings

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628,777
World Rank
466
Country Rank
24
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    664
  • Last 6 Years
    656
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.988
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings

Rankings

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632,108
World Rank
473
Country Rank
25
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Engineering & Technology / Bioengineering
Human-computer interaction | Usability | Gesture recongition | Software Development Process | User Interface Desig

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    833
  • Last 6 Years
    650
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.780
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings

Rankings

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625,887
World Rank
461
Country Rank
23
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Medical and Health Sciences / Neuroscience
Neurociencia | neuropsicología | enfermedad menta

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    721
  • Last 6 Years
    661
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.917
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