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Highly Cited Researchers

University of Michigan 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
Goncalo Abecasis
Biostatistics
Human Genetics
Statistical Computing
Genetics
Complex Traits
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
361,082
184,016
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
United States
Mark Newman
Statistical Physics
Networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247,574
83,456
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
United States
R Bagozzi
Marketing
Management
social psychology
statistics
neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,074
87,059
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
United States
Claes Fornell
Customer Satisfaction
Marketing
Customer Experience Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
211,801
97,555
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
United States
Bjoern Penning
particle astrophysics
dark matter
cosmology
phenomenology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194,875
77,207
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
United States
Stephen R Forrest
optoelectronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
184,297
48,778
0.265
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
United States
Michael Boehnke
Statistical and computational human genetics and genomics
complex traits
type 2 diabetes and related traits
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183,203
84,136
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
United States
Gabriel Nuñez|Gabriel Núnez, Gabriel Nunez
Immunology
Innate Immunity
Microbiome
Microbiology
Inflammation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163,380
55,799
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
United States
Keith Riles
general relativity
gravitational waves
elementary particles
astrophysics
cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143,214
83,588
0.584
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
United States
Daniel F Hayes
cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,677
50,902
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
United States
Daniel J Klionsky
Autophagy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,409
57,194
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
United States
Albert Vernon Smith
Statistical Genetics
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,575
62,853
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
United States
Richard Nisbett
cognitive psychology
intelligence
reasoning
cultural psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,303
26,487
0.203
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
United States
Brahmajee K Nallamothu
Cardiovascular Medicine
Health Services and Outcomes Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,286
54,283
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
United States
Michael D Cohen
organization theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,129
43,036
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
United States
Haolu Feng
Particle Physics
High Energy Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,863
51,303
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
United States
Lynda Lisabeth *
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,457
49,839
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
United States
David Gerdes
solar system populations and dynamics
cosmology
elementary particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,913
33,739
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
United States
Christopher Peterson
positive psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,075
37,775
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
United States
Robert Axelrod
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,524
18,375
0.177
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
United States
Franco Nori
quantum optics
quantum information
superconductivity
circuit QED
condensed matter physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,264
53,697
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
United States
Shinobu Kitayama
Psychology
Social Psychology
Social Neuroscience
Emotion
Culture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,130
34,575
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
United States
David G Beer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,762
55,157
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
United States
Cristen J Willer
Genetics basis of cardiovascular diseases
lipid levels
genome wide association
whole genome and exome sequencing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,835
45,472
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
United States
Andrew Eppig
High Energy Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,602
20,233
0.226
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95
United States
48
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Goncalo Abecasis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
361,082
184,016
0.510
Biostatistics
Human Genetics
Statistical Computing
Genetics
Complex Traits
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
420
United States
180
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mark Newman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247,574
83,456
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
524
United States
211
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
R Bagozzi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,074
87,059
0.374
Marketing
Management
social psychology
statistics
neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
673
United States
272
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Claes Fornell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
211,801
97,555
0.461
Customer Satisfaction
Marketing
Customer Experience Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
824
United States
332
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Bjoern Penning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194,875
77,207
0.396
particle astrophysics
dark matter
cosmology
phenomenology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
920
United States
382
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Stephen R Forrest
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
184,297
48,778
0.265
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
932
United States
390
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Michael Boehnke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183,203
84,136
0.459
Statistical and computational human genetics and genomics
complex traits
type 2 diabetes and related traits
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,152
United States
500
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Gabriel Nuñez|Gabriel Núnez, Gabriel Nunez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163,380
55,799
0.342
Immunology
Innate Immunity
Microbiome
Microbiology
Inflammation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,494
United States
669
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Keith Riles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143,214
83,588
0.584
general relativity
gravitational waves
elementary particles
astrophysics
cosmology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,578
United States
706
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Daniel F Hayes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,677
50,902
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,604
United States
721
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Daniel J Klionsky
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,409
57,194
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,777
United States
805
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Albert Vernon Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,575
62,853
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,785
United States
810
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Richard Nisbett
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,303
26,487
0.203
cognitive psychology
intelligence
reasoning
cultural psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,786
United States
811
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Brahmajee K Nallamothu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,286
54,283
0.417
Cardiovascular Medicine
Health Services and Outcomes Research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,959
United States
909
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Michael D Cohen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,129
43,036
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,991
United States
927
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Haolu Feng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,863
51,303
0.418
Particle Physics
High Energy Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,316
United States
1,097
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Lynda Lisabeth *
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,457
49,839
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,417
United States
1,155
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
David Gerdes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,913
33,739
0.304
solar system populations and dynamics
cosmology
elementary particle physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,591
United States
1,239
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Christopher Peterson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,075
37,775
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,779
United States
1,331
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Robert Axelrod
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,524
18,375
0.177
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,076
United States
1,487
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Franco Nori
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,264
53,697
0.546
quantum optics
quantum information
superconductivity
circuit QED
condensed matter physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,296
United States
1,589
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Shinobu Kitayama
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,130
34,575
0.363
Psychology
Social Psychology
Social Neuroscience
Emotion
Culture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,321
United States
1,600
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
David G Beer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,762
55,157
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,587
United States
1,715
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Cristen J Willer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,835
45,472
0.501
Genetics basis of cardiovascular diseases
lipid levels
genome wide association
whole genome and exome sequencing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,675
United States
1,759
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Andrew Eppig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,602
20,233
0.226