Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 1.345 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
Atrial fibrillation
hypertension
thrombosis
heart failure
strok
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
641,099
259,647
0.405
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151,901
65,487
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,599
59,903
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Particle Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,453
25,135
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,999
20,861
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Metabolomics
Raman Spectroscopy
SERS
Analytical Chemistry
Chemometric
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,429
26,645
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Lung cancer early detection
Risk prediction modelling CT Screening
molecular diagnostic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,503
16,123
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Paediatric Respiratory Medicine
Severe Acute Respiratory Infections
Pandemics & Deliberate Releas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,840
37,559
0.920
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Epidemiology
Zoonoses
Public Health
One Health
Neglected Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,244
17,104
0.425
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,562
5,917
0.162
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Scanning Transmission Electron Microscop
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,477
12,481
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Chronic diseases epidemiology
epidemiological modellin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,333
23,274
0.720
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Limnology
freshwater ecology
ecolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,403
7,132
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
public health
clinical informatics
epidemiology
biostatistics
health data science & healthcare A
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,594
14,204
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,468
13,202
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Particle physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,775
24,881
0.836
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Pregnancy
preeclampsia
metabolomics
biomarker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,088
17,169
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,804
8,760
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
clinical trial
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,995
17,438
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Pathology
Cancer
melanoma
lymphom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,509
15,272
0.576
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Virolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,511
9,733
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Redox biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,490
6,033
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Health Geography
Big Data
Inequalitie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,417
11,855
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Hypoxia
Inflammation
cancer
epigenetics
dioxygenase
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,115
10,168
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Respiratory Infectio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,098
23,732
0.985
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Gregory Lip
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
641,099
259,647
0.405
Atrial fibrillation
hypertension
thrombosis
heart failure
strok
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,495
114
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Deirdre Lane
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151,901
65,487
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,751
143
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Andrew Morris
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,599
59,903
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,769
307
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Christos Touramanis
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,453
25,135
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,000
405
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jonathon Coleman
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,999
20,861
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,180
706
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Roy Goodacre
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,429
26,645
0.448
Metabolomics
Raman Spectroscopy
SERS
Analytical Chemistry
Chemometric
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,497
1,259
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
John K Field
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,503
16,123
0.388
Lung cancer early detection
Risk prediction modelling CT Screening
molecular diagnostic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,888
1,295
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Malcolm G Semple|ISARIC Clinical Characterisation Group, Calum Semple, ISARIC4C Investigators
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,840
37,559
0.920
Paediatric Respiratory Medicine
Severe Acute Respiratory Infections
Pandemics & Deliberate Releas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,241
1,324
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Eric M Fevre
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,244
17,104
0.425
Epidemiology
Zoonoses
Public Health
One Health
Neglected Disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,718
1,553
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
P Trayhurn
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,562
5,917
0.162
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,543
1,638
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Nigel D Browning
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,477
12,481
0.352
Scanning Transmission Electron Microscop
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,444
1,896
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Piotr Bandosz *
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,333
23,274
0.720
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,404
1,971
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Brian Moss
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,403
7,132
0.227
Limnology
freshwater ecology
ecolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,365
2,044
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Iain Buchan
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,594
14,204
0.464
public health
clinical informatics
epidemiology
biostatistics
health data science & healthcare A
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,511
2,053
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
William Hope
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,468
13,202
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,339
2,123
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
JV Mead
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,775
24,881
0.836
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,183
2,197
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Louise Kenny
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,088
17,169
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,549
2,226
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Alexei Tepikin
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,804
8,760
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,685
2,313
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Carrol Gamble
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,995
17,438
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,957
2,523
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Sarah E Coupland
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,509
15,272
0.576
Pathology
Cancer
melanoma
lymphom
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,688
2,676
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
William Paxton
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,511
9,733
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,734
2,681
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Malcolm Jackson
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,490
6,033
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,678
2,854
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Mark A Green *
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,417
11,855
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,269
2,913
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Sonia Rocha
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,115
10,168
0.422
Hypoxia
Inflammation
cancer
epigenetics
dioxygenase
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,315
2,918
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Dan Wootton
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,098
23,732
0.985