Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 450 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Hydrological Modelling
Climate analysis
Statistics
Programming
Oceanography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,557
18,380
0.203
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Molecular and cellular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,693
11,178
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
nanotechnology
physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,123
9,985
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
regional climate
extreme events
synoptic climatology
climate dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,185
9,527
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Theory of Shells Plates Arches & Beams
Generalized Differential Quadrature
FEM SFEM WFEM IGA SFIGA WFIGA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,647
8,717
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,431
8,243
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Biologia Cellulare
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,926
8,217
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Composite materials
polymers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,338
5,519
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
colloidal nanocrystals
materials science
photocatalysis
photovoltaics
optoelectronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,157
2,551
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,048
5,812
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
ObGyn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,769
4,551
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Marine Zoology
Marine Biodiversity
Marine Ecology
Evolution
Systematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,049
5,787
0.576
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Material Physics
Nanomedicine
Nanotechnologies
Nanoscienze
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,607
2,789
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Zoology
marine biology
marine ecology
taxonomy
biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,567
3,384
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Analog IC Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,397
4,892
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
marketing
consumer behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,987
4,774
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Metallurgy
Engineering
Materials Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,745
4,666
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Open Innovation
Digital Transformation
Academic Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial competence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,727
7,083
0.812
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Chemistry
Chimica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,133
3,447
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Inorganic
bioinorganic and coordination chemistry
pharmaceutical chemistry
NMR spectroscopy
metabolomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,939
3,361
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Marine biology
Ecology
Benthos
Cnidarians
Zoology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,619
3,693
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Analytical Chemistry
Biosensors
Biomimetic sensors
Molecularly imprinted polymers
XPS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,221
2,657
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Agricultural Microbiology
Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria
Wine Microbiology
Plant Microbiology
Endophytes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,127
3,890
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
General Relativity and Its Tests
Gravitational Physics
Space Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,011
1,363
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Multivariate modeling
Extremes
Environmental data
Geophysics
Copulas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,825
2,712
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,888
216
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Letizia Lusito
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,557
18,380
0.203
Hydrological Modelling
Climate analysis
Statistics
Programming
Oceanography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,686
968
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Cecilia Bucci
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,693
11,178
0.390
Molecular and cellular biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,963
1,252
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Giuseppe Gigli
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,123
9,985
0.414
nanotechnology
physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,013
1,726
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Piero Lionello
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,185
9,527
0.497
regional climate
extreme events
synoptic climatology
climate dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,406
1,914
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Francesco Tornabene
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,647
8,717
0.494
Theory of Shells Plates Arches & Beams
Generalized Differential Quadrature
FEM SFEM WFEM IGA SFIGA WFIGA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,088
2,270
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Elisa Panzarini *
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,431
8,243
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,740
2,383
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Flora Guerra
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,926
8,217
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,442
2,796
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Alfonso Maffezzoli
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,338
5,519
0.414
Composite materials
polymers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,673
2,845
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
P Davide Cozzoli
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,157
2,551
0.194
colloidal nanocrystals
materials science
photocatalysis
photovoltaics
optoelectronics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,903
3,563
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Francesco Strafella
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,048
5,812
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,656
3,687
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Andrea Tinelli
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,769
4,551
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,312
4,021
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Stefano Piraino
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,049
5,787
0.576
Marine Zoology
Marine Biodiversity
Marine Ecology
Evolution
Systematics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,587
4,269
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ross Rinaldi|Rosaria Rinaldi
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,607
2,789
0.290
Material Physics
Nanomedicine
Nanotechnologies
Nanoscienze
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106,113
4,294
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Adriana Giangrande
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,567
3,384
0.354
Zoology
marine biology
marine ecology
taxonomy
biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,329
4,381
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Stefano D Amico
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,397
4,892
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
113,914
4,657
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Gianluigi Guido
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,987
4,774
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,500
4,853
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Pasquale Cavaliere
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,745
4,666
0.534
Metallurgy
Engineering
Materials Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,776
4,871
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Giustina Secund
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,727
7,083
0.812
Open Innovation
Digital Transformation
Academic Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial competence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
127,287
5,319
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Giuseppe Mele
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,133
3,447
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
130,752
5,477
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Francesco Paolo Fanizzi
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,939
3,361
0.423
Inorganic
bioinorganic and coordination chemistry
pharmaceutical chemistry
NMR spectroscopy
metabolomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,834
5,776
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Sergio Rossi
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,619
3,693
0.485
Marine biology
Ecology
Benthos
Cnidarians
Zoology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
144,888
6,150
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Cosimino Malitesta
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,221
2,657
0.368
Analytical Chemistry
Biosensors
Biomimetic sensors
Molecularly imprinted polymers
XPS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
146,919
6,231
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Massimiliano Cardinale
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,127
3,890
0.546
Agricultural Microbiology
Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria
Wine Microbiology
Plant Microbiology
Endophytes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
149,416
6,364
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
İgnazio Ciufolini
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,011
1,363
0.194
General Relativity and Its Tests
Gravitational Physics
Space Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
153,706
6,576
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Gianfausto Salvadori
Università del Salento
Lecce, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,825
2,712
0.397
Multivariate modeling
Extremes
Environmental data
Geophysics
Copulas