Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 1.015 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 Rankings

Rankings

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4,801
World Rank
98
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Engineering & Technology / Electrical & Electronic Engineering
microelectronics | sensors | ASIC | biomedical electronics | particle detector

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    82,725
  • Last 6 Years
    36,534
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.442
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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8,528
World Rank
155
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Information retrieval | Web search | Web mining | data mining | algorithms and data structure

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    58,262
  • Last 6 Years
    9,365
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.161
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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14,391
World Rank
230
Country Rank
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Others
Computational Neuroscienc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    42,006
  • Last 6 Years
    22,664
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.540
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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14,417
World Rank
232
Country Rank
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    41,959
  • Last 6 Years
    6,732
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.160
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Rankings

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14,574
World Rank
236
Country Rank
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
Population genomics | human evolution | biodiversity | gene regulation | conservation genomic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    41,714
  • Last 6 Years
    24,897
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.597
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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16,737
World Rank
274
Country Rank
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Farmacología | Toxicología y Neurociencia

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    38,213
  • Last 6 Years
    15,096
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.395
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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17,810
World Rank
299
Country Rank
7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    36,735
  • Last 6 Years
    11,093
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.302
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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19,250
World Rank
329
Country Rank
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
literacy | applied linguistics | discourse | writing | language teachin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    34,918
  • Last 6 Years
    14,082
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.403
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Rankings

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19,501
World Rank
333
Country Rank
9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Social Sciences / Psychology
Cross-Cultural psychology | Personality Psychology | Social Psychology | Acculturation | Cultura

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    34,624
  • Last 6 Years
    12,739
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.368
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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20,682
World Rank
358
Country Rank
10
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    33,303
  • Last 6 Years
    14,277
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.429
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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21,436
World Rank
378
Country Rank
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Complex systems | Synthetic Biology | Systems Biology | Artificial Life | evolutionary ecolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    32,581
  • Last 6 Years
    8,764
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.269
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Rankings

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24,077
World Rank
423
Country Rank
12
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Evolution | Microbial Ecolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    30,237
  • Last 6 Years
    7,350
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.243
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Rankings

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24,304
World Rank
431
Country Rank
13
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Others
Social Computing | Social Media | Crisis Informatics | Algorithmic Fairnes

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    30,055
  • Last 6 Years
    13,139
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.437
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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26,460
World Rank
464
Country Rank
14
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Social Sciences / Psychology
psycholinguistics | bilingualism | psychology | cognitive neuroscience | language processin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    28,364
  • Last 6 Years
    12,031
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.424
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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26,812
World Rank
471
Country Rank
15
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
COPD | lung cancer | muscle dysfunction and wasting | oxidative stress | epigenetic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    28,126
  • Last 6 Years
    13,585
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.483
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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28,004
World Rank
506
Country Rank
16
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Natural Sciences / Mathematical Sciences
Multivariate Analysis | Structural Equation Models | Small Area Estimation | Applied Statistics | Psychometric

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    27,327
  • Last 6 Years
    9,027
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.330
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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28,356
World Rank
515
Country Rank
17
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Engineering & Technology / Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Wireless | MIMO | Wireless Communications | Communication Theor

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    27,111
  • Last 6 Years
    9,781
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.361
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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28,535
World Rank
523
Country Rank
18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    27,002
  • Last 6 Years
    8,151
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.302
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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29,095
World Rank
535
Country Rank
19
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Computational Biology | Statistics | Machine Learning | Graphical Model

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    26,639
  • Last 6 Years
    13,775
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.517
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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30,842
World Rank
567
Country Rank
20
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
Human population genetics | human evolutionary genomics | natural selectio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    25,611
  • Last 6 Years
    4,981
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.194
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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31,339
World Rank
576
Country Rank
21
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Natural Sciences / Mathematical Sciences
Multivariate statistics | correspondence analysis | compositional data analysis | ecological dat

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    25,340
  • Last 6 Years
    8,342
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.329
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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31,623
World Rank
584
Country Rank
22
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
Public Health | Social Determinants | Health Inequalities | Precarious Employment | Health Polic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    25,176
  • Last 6 Years
    9,255
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.368
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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36,968
World Rank
698
Country Rank
23
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    22,546
  • Last 6 Years
    6,379
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.283
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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37,607
World Rank
711
Country Rank
24
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Others
Cardiovascular pathophysiology | Cardiac Imaging | Computational Physiolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    22,289
  • Last 6 Years
    6,692
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.300
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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38,164
World Rank
725
Country Rank
25
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Social Sciences / Psychology
Psychology | Cognitive Neuroscience | Developmental Psycholog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    22,056
  • Last 6 Years
    6,873
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.312
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