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
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Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
COVID-19 | High altitude Physiology | LaTam Epidemiology | Global Health | WaS
COVID-19 | High altitude Physiology | LaTam Epidemiology | Global Health | WaS
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Total7,402
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Last 6 Years6,960
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Last 6 Years / Total0.940
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Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Systems analysis | Functional Ecology | Climate Change | Agricultural system
Systems analysis | Functional Ecology | Climate Change | Agricultural system
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Total8,153
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Last 6 Years5,078
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Last 6 Years / Total0.623
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Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Ecology | Evolution | Floristics | Biogeography | Phylogenetic
Ecology | Evolution | Floristics | Biogeography | Phylogenetic
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Total4,803
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Last 6 Years3,230
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Last 6 Years / Total0.672
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Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Cancer Research | Pharmacogenomics | Precision Medicine | Artificial Intelligenc
Cancer Research | Pharmacogenomics | Precision Medicine | Artificial Intelligenc
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Total3,413
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Last 6 Years2,998
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Last 6 Years / Total0.878
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Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Aquatic Ecology | Diversity | Conservation | Entomology | River Restoratio
Aquatic Ecology | Diversity | Conservation | Entomology | River Restoratio
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Total3,659
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Last 6 Years2,615
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Last 6 Years / Total0.715
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Engineering & Technology / Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
boundary layer meteorology | climate change | air qualit
boundary layer meteorology | climate change | air qualit
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Total2,413
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Last 6 Years2,203
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Last 6 Years / Total0.913
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Medical and Health Sciences / Biochemistry
Bioinformatics | Chemioinformatics | System Biology | Computational Biolog
Bioinformatics | Chemioinformatics | System Biology | Computational Biolog
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Total2,687
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Last 6 Years2,192
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Last 6 Years / Total0.816
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Engineering & Technology / Bioengineering
Human-computer interaction | Innovation | Artificial intelligence | Telemedicin
Human-computer interaction | Innovation | Artificial intelligence | Telemedicin
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Total2,095
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Last 6 Years1,909
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Last 6 Years / Total0.911
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Total4,549
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Last 6 Years1,895
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Last 6 Years / Total0.417
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Total2,042
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Last 6 Years1,778
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Last 6 Years / Total0.871
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* Last 6 Years Citation Rankings
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Total3,630
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Last 6 Years1,515
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Last 6 Years / Total0.417
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12
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Total1,757
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Last 6 Years1,503
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Last 6 Years / Total0.855
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13
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Total2,100
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Last 6 Years1,488
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Last 6 Years / Total0.709
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14
Medical and Health Sciences / Neuroscience
Neurosciences | synaptic plasticity | development | tuberculosis | molecular epidemiolog
Neurosciences | synaptic plasticity | development | tuberculosis | molecular epidemiolog
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Total2,014
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Last 6 Years1,485
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Last 6 Years / Total0.737
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15
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Total1,234
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Last 6 Years1,152
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Last 6 Years / Total0.934
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16
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Total1,655
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Last 6 Years1,083
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Last 6 Years / Total0.654
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Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
citogenética convencional y molecular humana | genética molecular humana | genética de poblaciones | genotoxicida
citogenética convencional y molecular humana | genética molecular humana | genética de poblaciones | genotoxicida
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Total3,387
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Last 6 Years1,079
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Last 6 Years / Total0.319
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Citation Metrics
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Total1,053
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Last 6 Years1,033
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Last 6 Years / Total0.981
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Citation Metrics
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Total2,028
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Last 6 Years1,008
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Last 6 Years / Total0.497
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Citation Metrics
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Total1,011
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Last 6 Years796
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Last 6 Years / Total0.787
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Total962
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Last 6 Years720
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Last 6 Years / Total0.748
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Social Sciences / Psychology
Autismo | baremación | infancia y adolescencia | demencias | alzheimer y Parkinso
Autismo | baremación | infancia y adolescencia | demencias | alzheimer y Parkinso
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Total730
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Last 6 Years698
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Last 6 Years / Total0.956
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Total664
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Last 6 Years656
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Last 6 Years / Total0.988
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Engineering & Technology / Bioengineering
Human-computer interaction | Usability | Gesture recongition | Software Development Process | User Interface Desig
Human-computer interaction | Usability | Gesture recongition | Software Development Process | User Interface Desig
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Total833
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Last 6 Years650
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Last 6 Years / Total0.780
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Total721
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Last 6 Years661
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Last 6 Years / Total0.917