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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 867 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
Respiratory Medicine
Asthma
Pulmonary Hypertensio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,460
67,241
0.402
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
nanomedicine
pharmac
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,082
24,977
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
6G
Large Language Models
AI
Random Matrix Theory
Game Theor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,470
52,704
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Wireless Communications
Communication Theory
Metasurfaces
RIS
Holo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,323
38,224
0.760
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ecology
Climate change
Biodiversit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,222
21,501
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,855
3,304
0.133
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
control theory
applied mathematics
delay systems
optimizatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,939
6,865
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
climate change
climate and socio-economic scenarios
ocean modellin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,219
20,192
0.909
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
microbiology
evolution
genomics
bacterial pathogens
phage
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,245
6,469
0.304
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Condensed matter
Materials science
Phase transitions
Ferroelectric
Coffe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,275
9,352
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,304
12,346
0.674
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
HP
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,677
4,633
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
High-energy physics
particle physics
flavour physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,104
7,750
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Signal and Image Processing
Wavelets
Optimization
Inverse Problems
Statistical method
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,074
5,601
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Particle Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,997
7,424
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
discrete integrable systems
modelling of biological phenomen
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,848
1,968
0.142
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Pharmacology
Neuroscience
Anxiety and Depressio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,723
4,068
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,493
6,094
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Control theory
Hybrid system
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,404
5,466
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Evolution Moléculair
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,008
3,054
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Cosmology
Astrophysics
Cosmological Magnetic Fields
Reionization
Cosmic We
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,716
5,850
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
génie des procédés
matériaux
biomasse
modélisatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,589
4,595
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
image and video coding
visual quality assessment
multimedia signal processing
3D video
high dynamic range imagin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,198
2,821
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
photonics
silicon photonics
plasmonics
optoelectronics
integrated optic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,176
4,796
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Chimie
Catalys
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,078
5,245
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,235
26
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Marc Humbert
Université Paris-Saclay
Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,460
67,241
0.402
Respiratory Medicine
Asthma
Pulmonary Hypertensio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,177
68
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Couvreur P
Université Paris-Saclay
Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,082
24,977
0.280
nanomedicine
pharmac
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,853
84
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Merouane Debbah
CentraleSupélec (comUE Université Paris Saclay)
Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,470
52,704
0.647
6G
Large Language Models
AI
Random Matrix Theory
Game Theor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,636
181
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Marco Di Renzo
CentraleSupélec (comUE Université Paris Saclay)
Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,323
38,224
0.760
Wireless Communications
Communication Theory
Metasurfaces
RIS
Holo
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,861
298
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Paul Leadley
Université Paris-Saclay
Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,222
21,501
0.548
Ecology
Climate change
Biodiversit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,831
641
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Michel Spiro
Université Paris-Saclay
Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,855
3,304
0.133
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,653
685
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Silviu-Iulian Niculescu
CentraleSupélec (comUE Université Paris Saclay)
Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,939
6,865
0.287
control theory
applied mathematics
delay systems
optimizatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,330
780
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Anna Pirani
Université Paris-Saclay
Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,219
20,192
0.909
climate change
climate and socio-economic scenarios
ocean modellin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,808
835
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Gilles Vergnaud
Université Paris-Saclay
Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,245
6,469
0.304
microbiology
evolution
genomics
bacterial pathogens
phage
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,488
893
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Brahim Dkhil
CentraleSupélec (comUE Université Paris Saclay)
Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,275
9,352
0.461
Condensed matter
Materials science
Phase transitions
Ferroelectric
Coffe
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,861
1,073
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Robin Matthews
Université Paris-Saclay
Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,304
12,346
0.674
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,384
1,231
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Vincent Lafage
Université Paris-Saclay
Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,677
4,633
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,939
1,317
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Sébastien Descotes-Genon
Université Paris-Saclay
Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,104
7,750
0.481
High-energy physics
particle physics
flavour physic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,097
1,323
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jean-Christophe Pesquet
CentraleSupélec (comUE Université Paris Saclay)
Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,074
5,601
0.348
Signal and Image Processing
Wavelets
Optimization
Inverse Problems
Statistical method
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,684
1,475
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jp Lansberg
Université Paris-Saclay
Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,997
7,424
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,687
1,680
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Basile Grammaticos
Université Paris-Saclay
Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,848
1,968
0.142
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,482
1,911
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Denis J David
Université Paris-Saclay
Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,723
4,068
0.320
Pharmacology
Neuroscience
Anxiety and Depressio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,167
1,961
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Simona Mura
Université Paris-Saclay
Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,493
6,094
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,902
1,981
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Antoine Girard
CentraleSupélec (comUE Université Paris Saclay)
Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,404
5,466
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,246
2,067
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Pierre Capy
Université Paris-Saclay
Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,008
3,054
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,778
2,131
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Mathieu Langer
Université Paris-Saclay
Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,716
5,850
0.499
Cosmology
Astrophysics
Cosmological Magnetic Fields
Reionization
Cosmic We
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87,995
2,170
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Patrick Perré
CentraleSupélec (comUE Université Paris Saclay)
Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,589
4,595
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,605
2,274
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Frederic Dufaux
CentraleSupélec (comUE Université Paris Saclay)
Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,198
2,821
0.252
image and video coding
visual quality assessment
multimedia signal processing
3D video
high dynamic range imagin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,819
2,281
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Eric Cassan
Université Paris-Saclay
Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,176
4,796
0.429
photonics
silicon photonics
plasmonics
optoelectronics
integrated optic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,819
2,314
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Vincent Gandon
Université Paris-Saclay
Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,078
5,245
0.473