Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 1.419 Scientists Citation Rankings - 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.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Physics
Astrophysics
Gravitational Waves
High-Energy Astrophysics
Astrparticle Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165,762
95,073
0.574
Get Full Access to Premium Data
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Computational Chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,655
60,727
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Physics
Gravitation
Acousti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142,892
80,171
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Experimental Gravitatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136,908
80,428
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Experimental physics of fundamental interactions
Gravitational waves
observational astronom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,146
85,210
0.660
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Diabetes
type 2 diabete
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,293
52,938
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
gravitational physics
cosmology
general relativity
probability theor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,562
84,340
0.705
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,171
20,412
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ionic Liquids
Computational Organic Chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,735
7,686
0.151
Is Your University Ready for the Future?
Compare your institution’s global, national, and city-level ranking with its 20 closest competitors and set strategic goals.
Gain insights from detailed performance analyses of scientists across 13 major disciplines, identify your strengths, improve weaknesses, and gain a competitive edge.. Check Your Free Sample Performance Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Oncologi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,928
23,272
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
chirurgia generale
chirurgia oncologica
chirurgia d'urgenza e del traum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,580
29,256
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Psychiatr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,774
15,583
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
2D materials
quantum batteries
quantum many-body physics
collective effects in condensed matte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,553
15,941
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Clinical Science
Biomedicine
Gastroenterology
Hepatolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,222
3,415
0.106
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Neuroscience
Neurodegeneration
Methamphetamine
Anatomy
Neuroanatom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,537
12,271
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Clinical Sciences
Biomedical Sciences
Hepatology
Gastroenterolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,724
10,586
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
medicina intern
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,180
8,655
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,687
8,662
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,008
12,555
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Data Science
Data Mining
Social Network Analysis
Artificial Intelligence
Data Ethic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,432
14,211
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
urogynecology
gynecological surgery
robotic surgery
gynecological endocrinology
menopaus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,195
11,182
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Endocrinology
Thyroid
Pituitary
Adrena
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,470
3,673
0.156
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Pharmacogenetics
biomarker development
clinical pharmacology
anticancer drugs
clinical trial
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,309
8,277
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,137
9,988
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
teoria dei campi
storia della fisic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,928
3,322
0.145
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,261
89
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Massimiliano Razzano
Università di Pisa
Pisa, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165,762
95,073
0.574
Physics
Astrophysics
Gravitational Waves
High-Energy Astrophysics
Astrparticle Physic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,623
99
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Benedetta Mennucci
Università di Pisa
Pisa, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,655
60,727
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,684
105
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Isidoro Ferrante
Università di Pisa
Pisa, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142,892
80,171
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,834
112
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Francesco Fidecaro
Università di Pisa
Pisa, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136,908
80,428
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,063
121
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Rosa Poggiani
Università di Pisa
Pisa, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,146
85,210
0.660
Experimental physics of fundamental interactions
Gravitational waves
observational astronom
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,316
137
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Del Prato Stefano
Università di Pisa
Pisa, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,293
52,938
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,391
143
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Walter Del Pozzo
Università di Pisa
Pisa, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,562
84,340
0.705
gravitational physics
cosmology
general relativity
probability theor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,975
268
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Eugenio Paoloni
Università di Pisa
Pisa, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,171
20,412
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,456
462
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Christian S Pomelli
Università di Pisa
Pisa, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,735
7,686
0.151
Ionic Liquids
Computational Organic Chemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,221
516
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Alfredo Falcone
Università di Pisa
Pisa, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,928
23,272
0.507
Is Your University Ready for the Future?
Compare your institution’s global, national, and city-level ranking with its 20 closest competitors and set strategic goals.
Gain insights from detailed performance analyses of scientists across 13 major disciplines, identify your strengths, improve weaknesses, and gain a competitive edge.. Check Your Free Sample Performance Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,677
711
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Federico Coccolini
Università di Pisa
Pisa, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,580
29,256
0.800
chirurgia generale
chirurgia oncologica
chirurgia d'urgenza e del traum
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,935
796
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Dell Osso Liliana
Università di Pisa
Pisa, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,774
15,583
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,146
845
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Marco Polini
Università di Pisa
Pisa, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,553
15,941
0.490
2D materials
quantum batteries
quantum many-body physics
collective effects in condensed matte
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,505
862
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ferruccio Bonino
Università di Pisa
Pisa, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,222
3,415
0.106
Clinical Science
Biomedicine
Gastroenterology
Hepatolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,363
917
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Francesco Fornai
Università di Pisa
Pisa, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,537
12,271
0.402
Neuroscience
Neurodegeneration
Methamphetamine
Anatomy
Neuroanatom
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,354
952
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Maurizia Rossan Brunetto
Università di Pisa
Pisa, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,724
10,586
0.356
Clinical Sciences
Biomedical Sciences
Hepatology
Gastroenterolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,002
976
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Agostino Virdis
Università di Pisa
Pisa, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,180
8,655
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,062
1,053
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Lorenzo Ghiadoni
Università di Pisa
Pisa, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,687
8,662
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,118
1,092
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Alessandro Antonelli
Università di Pisa
Pisa, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,008
12,555
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,750
1,196
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Dino Pedreschi
Università di Pisa
Pisa, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,432
14,211
0.559
Data Science
Data Mining
Social Network Analysis
Artificial Intelligence
Data Ethic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,034
1,280
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Tommaso Simoncini
Università di Pisa
Pisa, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,195
11,182
0.462
urogynecology
gynecological surgery
robotic surgery
gynecological endocrinology
menopaus
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,509
1,341
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Enio Martino
Università di Pisa
Pisa, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,470
3,673
0.156
Endocrinology
Thyroid
Pituitary
Adrena
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,814
1,357
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Romano Danesi
Università di Pisa
Pisa, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,309
8,277
0.355
Pharmacogenetics
biomarker development
clinical pharmacology
anticancer drugs
clinical trial
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,177
1,370
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Giovanni Cioni
Università di Pisa
Pisa, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,137
9,988
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,624
1,388
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Paolo Rossi
Università di Pisa
Pisa, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,928
3,322
0.145