Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 2.614 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 Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Psychology
Social psychology
Personality psychology
Positive Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
385,629
138,917
0.360
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Particle Physics
Machine Learning
Scientific Computin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
300,048
107,835
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
machine learning/deep learning
computational materials science
statistical mechanics
computer simulation
polymer nanocompos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
211,273
132,456
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197,316
91,221
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,049
46,696
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
astrophysics
cosmolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,027
27,872
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Quantum Dots
SERS
Nanomedicine
Image-Guided and Robotic Surgery
Immuotherap
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,794
25,512
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Entomolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,290
65,208
0.730
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Exercise and Health Psychology
Aging
Physical Activity Interventions
Cognitive and Brain Healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,239
25,660
0.291
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Materials Chemistry
Energy Sciences
Catalysis
Fabrication and Patterning
Device
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,842
19,474
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Large Scale Data Mining
Graph Mining
Social Networks
Healthcare
Multimedi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,146
30,837
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Organic chemistry and polymeric material
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,148
24,493
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
high energy experimen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,841
11,391
0.138
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
inorganic nanomaterials
nanobioscienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,223
19,369
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Personality Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,045
31,526
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Plant Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,781
24,238
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Nuclear Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,086
15,004
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
educational psychology
reading
collaborative reasoning
language developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,989
9,992
0.149
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Machine Learning
Data Science
Big Data
Cloud Computin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,956
16,011
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
insects
biodiversit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,955
16,610
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Control
Communications
Game Theory
Networks
Optimizatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,565
22,821
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,789
31,942
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
AI
Deep Learning
Time Series Analysis
Gravitational Astrophysics
Supercomputin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,075
45,842
0.789
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
High performance computing
HPC
Parallel computing
Scientific Computin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,836
11,917
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
materials physics
thermal sciences
nanoscience
materials scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,791
19,689
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93
46
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ed Diener
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
385,629
138,917
0.360
Psychology
Social psychology
Personality psychology
Positive Psycholog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
243
108
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mark Neubauer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
300,048
107,835
0.359
Particle Physics
Machine Learning
Scientific Computin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
776
308
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jian Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
211,273
132,456
0.627
machine learning/deep learning
computational materials science
statistical mechanics
computer simulation
polymer nanocompos
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
905
364
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
DH Beck
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197,316
91,221
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,917
1,368
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Philip Phillips
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,049
46,696
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,919
1,370
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Brian Fields *
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,027
27,872
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,324
1,565
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Shuming Nie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,794
25,512
0.253
Quantum Dots
SERS
Nanomedicine
Image-Guided and Robotic Surgery
Immuotherap
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,140
1,948
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Weifone Huang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,290
65,208
0.730
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,218
1,989
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Edward Mcauley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,239
25,660
0.291
Exercise and Health Psychology
Aging
Physical Activity Interventions
Cognitive and Brain Healt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,246
2,007
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ralph Nuzzo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,842
19,474
0.222
Materials Chemistry
Energy Sciences
Catalysis
Fabrication and Patterning
Device
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,388
2,075
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Hanghang Tong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,146
30,837
0.358
Large Scale Data Mining
Graph Mining
Social Networks
Healthcare
Multimedi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,676
2,214
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jeffrey S Moore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,148
24,493
0.295
Organic chemistry and polymeric material
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,699
2,225
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Kevin Pitts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,841
11,391
0.138
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,069
2,401
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Catherine J Murphy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,223
19,369
0.244
inorganic nanomaterials
nanobioscienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,439
2,573
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Brent W Roberts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,045
31,526
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,483
2,592
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Stephen Long
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,781
24,238
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,960
2,808
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Matthias Grosse Perdekamp
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,086
15,004
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,718
3,161
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Richard C Anderson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,989
9,992
0.149
educational psychology
reading
collaborative reasoning
language developmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,396
3,495
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Robert J Brunner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,956
16,011
0.254
Machine Learning
Data Science
Big Data
Cloud Computin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,397
3,496
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Inhs Insect Collection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,955
16,610
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,682
3,636
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Tamer Başar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,565
22,821
0.371
Control
Communications
Game Theory
Networks
Optimizatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,845
3,711
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Daniel Miller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,789
31,942
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,439
3,994
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Daniel George
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,075
45,842
0.789
AI
Deep Learning
Time Series Analysis
Gravitational Astrophysics
Supercomputin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,494
4,024
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
William Gropp
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,836
11,917
0.206
High performance computing
HPC
Parallel computing
Scientific Computin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,506
4,029
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
David G Cahill
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,791
19,689
0.341
materials physics
thermal sciences
nanoscience
materials scienc