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
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Engineering & Technology / Electrical & Electronic Engineering
microelectronics | sensors | ASIC | biomedical electronics | particle detector
microelectronics | sensors | ASIC | biomedical electronics | particle detector
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Total82,725
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Last 6 Years36,534
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Last 6 Years / Total0.442
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2
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Information retrieval | Web search | Web mining | data mining | algorithms and data structure
Information retrieval | Web search | Web mining | data mining | algorithms and data structure
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Total58,262
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Last 6 Years9,365
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Last 6 Years / Total0.161
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3
Citation Metrics
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Total42,006
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Last 6 Years22,664
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Last 6 Years / Total0.540
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4
Business & Management / Decision Science and Operations Management
Decision making | judgment | forecastin
Decision making | judgment | forecastin
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Total41,959
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Last 6 Years6,732
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Last 6 Years / Total0.160
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5
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
Population genomics | human evolution | biodiversity | gene regulation | conservation genomic
Population genomics | human evolution | biodiversity | gene regulation | conservation genomic
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Total41,714
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Last 6 Years24,897
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Last 6 Years / Total0.597
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6
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Farmacología | Toxicología y Neurociencia
Farmacología | Toxicología y Neurociencia
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Total38,213
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Last 6 Years15,096
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Last 6 Years / Total0.395
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7
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Total36,735
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Last 6 Years11,093
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Last 6 Years / Total0.302
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8
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
literacy | applied linguistics | discourse | writing | language teachin
literacy | applied linguistics | discourse | writing | language teachin
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Total34,918
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Last 6 Years14,082
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Last 6 Years / Total0.403
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9
Social Sciences / Psychology
Cross-Cultural psychology | Personality Psychology | Social Psychology | Acculturation | Cultura
Cross-Cultural psychology | Personality Psychology | Social Psychology | Acculturation | Cultura
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Total34,624
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Last 6 Years12,739
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Last 6 Years / Total0.368
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10
Citation Metrics
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Total33,303
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Last 6 Years14,277
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Last 6 Years / Total0.429
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Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Complex systems | Synthetic Biology | Systems Biology | Artificial Life | evolutionary ecolog
Complex systems | Synthetic Biology | Systems Biology | Artificial Life | evolutionary ecolog
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Total32,581
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Last 6 Years8,764
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Last 6 Years / Total0.269
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12
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Total30,237
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Last 6 Years7,350
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Last 6 Years / Total0.243
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13
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Total30,055
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Last 6 Years13,139
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Last 6 Years / Total0.437
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14
Social Sciences / Psychology
psycholinguistics | bilingualism | psychology | cognitive neuroscience | language processin
psycholinguistics | bilingualism | psychology | cognitive neuroscience | language processin
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Total28,364
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Last 6 Years12,031
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Last 6 Years / Total0.424
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15
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
COPD | lung cancer | muscle dysfunction and wasting | oxidative stress | epigenetic
COPD | lung cancer | muscle dysfunction and wasting | oxidative stress | epigenetic
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Total28,126
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Last 6 Years13,585
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Last 6 Years / Total0.483
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16
Natural Sciences / Mathematical Sciences
Multivariate Analysis | Structural Equation Models | Small Area Estimation | Applied Statistics | Psychometric
Multivariate Analysis | Structural Equation Models | Small Area Estimation | Applied Statistics | Psychometric
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Total27,327
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Last 6 Years9,027
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Last 6 Years / Total0.330
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17
Engineering & Technology / Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Wireless | MIMO | Wireless Communications | Communication Theor
Wireless | MIMO | Wireless Communications | Communication Theor
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Total27,111
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Last 6 Years9,781
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Last 6 Years / Total0.361
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18
Citation Metrics
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Total27,002
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Last 6 Years8,151
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Last 6 Years / Total0.302
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19
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Computational Biology | Statistics | Machine Learning | Graphical Model
Computational Biology | Statistics | Machine Learning | Graphical Model
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Total26,639
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Last 6 Years13,775
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Last 6 Years / Total0.517
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20
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
Human population genetics | human evolutionary genomics | natural selectio
Human population genetics | human evolutionary genomics | natural selectio
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Total25,611
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Last 6 Years4,981
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Last 6 Years / Total0.194
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21
Natural Sciences / Mathematical Sciences
Multivariate statistics | correspondence analysis | compositional data analysis | ecological dat
Multivariate statistics | correspondence analysis | compositional data analysis | ecological dat
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Total25,340
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Last 6 Years8,342
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Last 6 Years / Total0.329
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22
Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
Public Health | Social Determinants | Health Inequalities | Precarious Employment | Health Polic
Public Health | Social Determinants | Health Inequalities | Precarious Employment | Health Polic
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Total25,176
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Last 6 Years9,255
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Last 6 Years / Total0.368
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Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Citation Metrics
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Total22,546
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Last 6 Years6,379
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Last 6 Years / Total0.283
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Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Citation Metrics
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Total22,289
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Last 6 Years6,692
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Last 6 Years / Total0.300
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25
Citation Metrics
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Total22,056
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Last 6 Years6,873
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Last 6 Years / Total0.312