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Highly Cited Researchers 1.654 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2026

See how widely and consistently research is cited with real-time citation rankings.
Covering 2.6 million scientists, this list evaluates both total and last 5 years’ citation counts to measure scientific influence and highlight Highly Cited Researchers.
Built on transparency, it also addresses unethical practices and encourages reporting of violations. Compare results across 13 fields and 221 disciplines.

* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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1,350
World Rank
104
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics
Epigenetics | neuropsychiatric disease | dementia | genomics | neurodevelopmen

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    172,726
  • Last 5 Years
    53,867
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.312
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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1,441
World Rank
110
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Others
Diabetes | Genetics | Clinical research | Translation research

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    165,790
  • Last 5 Years
    61,141
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.369
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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1,573
World Rank
124
Country Rank
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    158,883
  • Last 5 Years
    63,111
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.397
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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1,598
World Rank
127
Country Rank
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Others
Climate and carbon cycl

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    158,133
  • Last 5 Years
    84,626
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.535
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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1,730
World Rank
145
Country Rank
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Natural Sciences / Geography
Sustainability | resilience | ecological economics | human geography | climate chang

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    152,785
  • Last 5 Years
    59,776
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.391
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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2,314
World Rank
186
Country Rank
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Others
Dementi

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    131,184
  • Last 5 Years
    66,246
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.505
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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3,195
World Rank
263
Country Rank
7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Others
Global Biogeochemical Cycle

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    111,192
  • Last 5 Years
    62,418
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.561
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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4,378
World Rank
365
Country Rank
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Medical and Health Sciences / Pathology
Neuropathology of neurodegenerative disease

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    92,975
  • Last 5 Years
    43,325
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.466
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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4,471
World Rank
370
Country Rank
9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    91,862
  • Last 5 Years
    56,019
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.610
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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4,735
World Rank
395
Country Rank
10
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    88,631
  • Last 5 Years
    33,605
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.379
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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6,001
World Rank
528
Country Rank
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Others
Climat

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    77,281
  • Last 5 Years
    27,016
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.350
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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6,170
World Rank
542
Country Rank
12
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
pollution | marine biology | environment and human healt

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    76,140
  • Last 5 Years
    50,158
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.659
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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6,408
World Rank
570
Country Rank
13
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Medical and Health Sciences / Nursing and Midwifery
Mental Health | Clinical Trials | Nursing Car

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    74,259
  • Last 5 Years
    32,607
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.439
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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6,668
World Rank
594
Country Rank
14
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Engineering & Technology / Environmental Science & Engineering
Terrestrial Carbon Cycle | Earth System Modelling | Emergent Constraint

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    72,469
  • Last 5 Years
    29,128
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.402
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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7,849
World Rank
689
Country Rank
15
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    65,350
  • Last 5 Years
    39,297
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.601
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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8,311
World Rank
735
Country Rank
16
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Engineering & Technology / Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Climate | Aerosols | Radiative Forcing | Climate Interventio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    63,131
  • Last 5 Years
    21,820
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.346
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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8,448
World Rank
753
Country Rank
17
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Medical and Health Sciences / Immunology
Immunology | mycology | innate immunity | Medical Mycolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    62,390
  • Last 5 Years
    23,554
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.378
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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9,318
World Rank
837
Country Rank
18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Engineering & Technology / Civil Engineering
Hydrology Fluvial Geomorpholog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    58,758
  • Last 5 Years
    13,572
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.231
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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9,391
World Rank
846
Country Rank
19
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    58,471
  • Last 5 Years
    27,818
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.476
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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9,542
World Rank
860
Country Rank
20
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Medical and Health Sciences / Microbiology
medical mycology | fungal biology | microbiolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    57,913
  • Last 5 Years
    22,833
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.394
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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10,015
World Rank
912
Country Rank
21
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Engineering & Technology / Biomedical Engineering
Biostatistics | Clinical trials | Mendelian randomization | Meta-analysis | bias adjusted estimatio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    56,131
  • Last 5 Years
    50,451
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.899
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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12,950
World Rank
1,190
Country Rank
22
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Education / Physical Education and Sport Science
exercise | physiology | nitrate | endurance | fatigu

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    47,764
  • Last 5 Years
    20,338
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.426
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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14,231
World Rank
1,299
Country Rank
23
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Social Sciences / Social Science
Resilience | vulnerability and adaptation | Global environmental chang

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    45,102
  • Last 5 Years
    18,688
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.414
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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14,897
World Rank
1,356
Country Rank
24
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Natural Sciences / Physics
physics | plasmonics | optics | nanophotonic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    43,898
  • Last 5 Years
    12,372
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.282
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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15,941
World Rank
1,435
Country Rank
25
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    42,057
  • Last 5 Years
    17,473
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.415
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