Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

University of Illinois Chicago Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025

Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There is still much work to be done in this area. See also for more specific citation analyses: "last 6 years citation indexUniversities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Total Citations) and Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Last 6 Years Citations)

* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
United States
Philip S Yu
Data mining
Database
Privacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202,534
96,596
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
United States
Bing Liu
Machine Learning
Sentiment Analysis
Natural Language Processing
Data Mining
Web Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,352
46,474
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
United States
John M Davis
Psychiatry Pharmacology nutrition psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,333
20,645
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
United States
Ross Arena
Exercise
Cardiopulmonary Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,199
44,560
0.523
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
United States
Robert C Liden
Leadership
Interpersonal relationships
Groups
Career Progression
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,864
31,308
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
United States
Robin Mermelstein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,029
30,465
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
United States
Aneta Iordanova
heavy ion physics
nuclear physics
data
computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,375
20,057
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
United States
Asrar B Malik
Vascular and lung biology and pathobiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,825
18,046
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
United States
Russell J Hemley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,540
15,671
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
United States
Zhenyu Ye
High Energy Particle Physics
High Energy Nuclear Physics
Hadron Structure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,807
28,067
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
United States
Sandy J Wayne
leadership
perceived organizational support
idiosyncratic deals
psychological contracts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,417
19,179
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
United States
Alexander Yarin
Fluid Mechanics
Polymers
Rheology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,290
17,246
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
United States
Nissim Hay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,421
11,801
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
United States
Dawood Darbar
Cardiology
Cardiac electrophysiology
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,194
14,324
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
United States
Abagail Mcwilliams
Corporate Social Responsibility
Strategic Management
Strategic Human Resource Management
Labor Mobility
Resource Based Theor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,957
13,973
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
United States
Geoffrey Cordell
Natural Products
Alkaloids
Traditional Medicine
Quality Control
Quintuple Helix
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,930
6,711
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
United States
Nik Theodore
urban political economy
urban studies
urban planning
informal economy
labor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,459
11,902
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
United States
Luisa A Dipietro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,631
13,181
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
United States
Giamila Fantuzzi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,111
6,129
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
United States
Simon Silver
microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,995
4,992
0.166
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
United States
Lester F Lau
Extracellular Matrix
Wound Healing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,782
5,349
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
United States
Zizi Papacharissi
new media
political engagement
sociality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,267
12,865
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
United States
Gail S Prins
prostate
andrology
endocrinology
development
endocrine disrupting chemicals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,199
9,737
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
United States
R John Solaro
Physiology
Pathology
and Pharmacology of Heart Muscle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,110
4,392
0.156
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
United States
Derong Liu
Nonlinear dynamical systems
adaptive dynamic programming
intelligent control
recurrent neural networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,824
13,206
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
737
United States
294
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Philip S Yu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202,534
96,596
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,839
United States
1,365
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Bing Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,352
46,474
0.454
Machine Learning
Sentiment Analysis
Natural Language Processing
Data Mining
Web Mining
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,137
United States
1,516
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
John M Davis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,333
20,645
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,029
United States
1,918
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ross Arena
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,199
44,560
0.523
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,808
United States
2,306
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Robert C Liden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,864
31,308
0.407
Leadership
Interpersonal relationships
Groups
Career Progression
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,876
United States
2,796
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Robin Mermelstein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,029
30,465
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,756
United States
3,217
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Aneta Iordanova
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,375
20,057
0.322
heavy ion physics
nuclear physics
data
computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,041
United States
3,355
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Asrar B Malik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,825
18,046
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,104
United States
3,387
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Russell J Hemley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,540
15,671
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,824
United States
3,739
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Zhenyu Ye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,807
28,067
0.494
High Energy Particle Physics
High Energy Nuclear Physics
Hadron Structure
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,521
United States
4,568
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sandy J Wayne
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,417
19,179
0.380
leadership
perceived organizational support
idiosyncratic deals
psychological contracts
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,256
United States
5,369
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Alexander Yarin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,290
17,246
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,547
United States
6,444
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Nissim Hay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,421
11,801
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,841
United States
7,043
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Dawood Darbar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,194
14,324
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,611
United States
7,387
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Abagail Mcwilliams
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,957
13,973
0.378
Corporate Social Responsibility
Strategic Management
Strategic Human Resource Management
Labor Mobility
Resource Based Theor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,628
United States
9,192
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Geoffrey Cordell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,930
6,711
0.210
Natural Products
Alkaloids
Traditional Medicine
Quality Control
Quintuple Helix
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,076
United States
9,367
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Nik Theodore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,459
11,902
0.378
urban political economy
urban studies
urban planning
informal economy
labor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,955
United States
9,755
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Luisa A Dipietro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,631
13,181
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,480
United States
9,978
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Giamila Fantuzzi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,111
6,129
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,625
United States
10,042
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Simon Silver
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,995
4,992
0.166
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,866
United States
10,151
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Lester F Lau
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,782
5,349
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,774
United States
10,999
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Zizi Papacharissi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,267
12,865
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,854
United States
11,030
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Gail S Prins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,199
9,737
0.345
prostate
andrology
endocrinology
development
endocrine disrupting chemicals
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,988
United States
11,086
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
R John Solaro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,110
4,392
0.156
Physiology
Pathology
and Pharmacology of Heart Muscle
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,377
United States
11,260
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Derong Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,824
13,206
0.475
Nonlinear dynamical systems
adaptive dynamic programming
intelligent control
recurrent neural networks