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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 429 Scientists Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) - 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.
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Population Health
Environmental Epidemiology
Global Public Health
Environment and Health
Air Pollutio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,564
65,326
0.939
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Dew Point Cooling Air Conditioning & Dehumidification Heat Pipe Heat Pump PV/
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,654
20,983
0.787
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
marine ecology
estuarine ecology
human impacts
marine policy
estuarie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,044
14,181
0.393
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Astrophysic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,445
12,472
0.294
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
antidepressants
placebo effects
hypnosi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,969
11,916
0.265
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Coug
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,089
10,539
0.350
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Maternal and reproductive health
prevention
health behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,454
10,020
0.446
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
nursing
dementia
psychology
Mokken scaling
psychometric
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,794
9,855
0.414
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Inland Fisheries
fisherie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,666
8,165
0.360
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
POLITICS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
GOVERNMENT
ENGLAN
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,408
7,809
0.348
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Professor of Geoscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,986
6,890
0.627
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Energy
Ventilation
Building
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,024
5,966
0.661
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Fault Tolerant Control
Machine Learning Control
Offshore Energy
Robust Fault Diagnosi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,077
5,842
0.177
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Biomaterials
Tissue Engineering
Electrospining
Cancer
Biomechanics.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,041
5,431
0.601
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Psycho-Social Predictors of Doping
Stress
Coping
Coach Behaviou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,202
5,261
0.470
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Vascular Surger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,779
5,070
0.470
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Dementi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,156
4,996
0.448
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Systems Thinking
Systemic Leadership
Problem Structuring Methods
Community Operational Researc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,185
4,748
0.424
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Management Science
Project Management
Operational Researc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,748
4,652
0.315
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Materials science
Antimicrobial nanomaterials
Antimicrobial resistance
Bioimprinting
Tissue engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,133
4,594
0.350
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
environmental toxicolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,146
4,472
0.728
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,743
4,300
0.555
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Geology
Palaeontology
Extinctions
Palaeoenvironments
Sedimentolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,635
4,092
0.536
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Molecular Ecology
Phylogeography
Conservation Genetics
Invasive species
environmental DN
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,963
3,993
0.573
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Economic Geography
Environmental studie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,331
4,041
0.328
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,884
124
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ireneous Soyiri *
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,564
65,326
0.939
Population Health
Environmental Epidemiology
Global Public Health
Environment and Health
Air Pollutio
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,536
1,002
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Xudong Zhao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,654
20,983
0.787
Dew Point Cooling Air Conditioning & Dehumidification Heat Pipe Heat Pump PV/
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,735
1,830
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Michael Mike Elliott
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,044
14,181
0.393
marine ecology
estuarine ecology
human impacts
marine policy
estuarie
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,198
2,274
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Brad K Gibson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,445
12,472
0.294
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,052
2,427
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Irving Kirsch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,969
11,916
0.265
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,401
2,852
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Alyn Hugh Morice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,089
10,539
0.350
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,958
3,077
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Lesley A Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,454
10,020
0.446
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,854
3,154
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Roger Watson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,794
9,855
0.414
nursing
dementia
psychology
Mokken scaling
psychometric
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,995
4,054
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ian Cowx
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,666
8,165
0.360
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,020
4,280
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
SIMON LEE
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,408
7,809
0.348
POLITICS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
GOVERNMENT
ENGLAN
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,726
5,033
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Daniel R Parsons
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,986
6,890
0.627
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,679
6,020
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ben Richard Hughes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,024
5,966
0.661
Energy
Ventilation
Building
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,751
6,178
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ron Patton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,077
5,842
0.177
Fault Tolerant Control
Machine Learning Control
Offshore Energy
Robust Fault Diagnosi
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,302
6,704
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Saravana Kumar Jaganathan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,041
5,431
0.601
Biomaterials
Tissue Engineering
Electrospining
Cancer
Biomechanics.
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,748
6,976
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Adam Nicholls
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,202
5,261
0.470
Psycho-Social Predictors of Doping
Stress
Coping
Coach Behaviou
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,910
7,305
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
George Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,779
5,070
0.470
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,594
7,429
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Esme Moniz Cook
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,156
4,996
0.448
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,815
7,886
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Gerald Midgley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,185
4,748
0.424
Systems Thinking
Systemic Leadership
Problem Structuring Methods
Community Operational Researc
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,372
8,063
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Terry Williams
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,748
4,652
0.315
Management Science
Project Management
Operational Researc
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
101,988
8,176
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Vesselin N Paunov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,133
4,594
0.350
Materials science
Antimicrobial nanomaterials
Antimicrobial resistance
Bioimprinting
Tissue engineerin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,458
8,450
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jeanette Rotchell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,146
4,472
0.728
environmental toxicolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,534
8,830
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Mark Hayter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,743
4,300
0.555
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,322
9,309
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
David Bond
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,635
4,092
0.536
Geology
Palaeontology
Extinctions
Palaeoenvironments
Sedimentolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120,742
9,559
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Bernd Hänfling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,963
3,993
0.573
Molecular Ecology
Phylogeography
Conservation Genetics
Invasive species
environmental DN
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,044
9,436
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
David Gibbs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,331
4,041
0.328
Economic Geography
Environmental studie