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Highly Cited Researchers 179 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2026

See how widely and consistently research is cited with real-time citation rankings.
Covering 2.6 million scientists, this list evaluates both total and last 5 years’ citation counts to measure scientific influence and highlight Highly Cited Researchers.
Built on transparency, it also addresses unethical practices and encourages reporting of violations. Compare results across 13 fields and 221 disciplines.

* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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31,192
World Rank
4
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences
Phytochemistry | antibiotic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    27,162
  • Last 5 Years
    13,553
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.499
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Rankings

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37,793
World Rank
6
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Agriculture & Forestry / Plant Science
Plant Microbe Interaction | Plant stress physiology | Plant and Microbial genomic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    23,748
  • Last 5 Years
    18,062
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.761
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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41,734
World Rank
8
Country Rank
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Others
Medicinal Chemistry

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    22,130
  • Last 5 Years
    19,395
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.876
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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48,528
World Rank
10
Country Rank
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    19,823
  • Last 5 Years
    15,939
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.804
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Rankings

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53,652
World Rank
11
Country Rank
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Agriculture & Forestry / Agriculture
Plant-Microbe Interactions | PGPR | Bioplymer

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    18,418
  • Last 5 Years
    16,492
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.895
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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64,894
World Rank
15
Country Rank
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Medical and Health Sciences / Mycology
Clinical and Medical Mycology | Fungal taxonomy | Computetional and Systematic biology | Bioinformatics | Antifungal

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    15,953
  • Last 5 Years
    10,013
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.628
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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89,189
World Rank
22
Country Rank
7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Others
Health Outcomes Research

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    12,385
  • Last 5 Years
    11,319
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.914
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Rankings

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98,854
World Rank
25
Country Rank
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Others
Pharmaceutical Sciences | Global Health

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    11,345
  • Last 5 Years
    9,837
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.867
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Rankings

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112,239
World Rank
32
Country Rank
9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Others
Supportive & Palliative Care in Cancer | Spirituality | Scale Development

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    10,169
  • Last 5 Years
    7,954
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.782
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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113,868
World Rank
33
Country Rank
10
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Natural Sciences / Physics
General Relativity and Cosmology | Astronomy and Astrophysics | Differential Equations | Applie

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    10,044
  • Last 5 Years
    8,897
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.886
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Rankings

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119,751
World Rank
35
Country Rank
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences
Organic Chemistry | Synthetic Organic Chemistry | Food Chemistry | Environmental Chemistry | Medicina

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    9,603
  • Last 5 Years
    4,988
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.519
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Rankings

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120,347
World Rank
36
Country Rank
12
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Agriculture & Forestry / Plant Science
Plant physiology | Plant Genomics | Plant microbe interaction | Plant abiotic stres

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    9,559
  • Last 5 Years
    8,847
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.926
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Rankings

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168,801
World Rank
62
Country Rank
13
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Others
Drug designing and vaccine development

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    6,995
  • Last 5 Years
    6,961
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.995
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Rankings

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174,415
World Rank
64
Country Rank
14
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    6,777
  • Last 5 Years
    5,161
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.762
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Rankings

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176,936
World Rank
65
Country Rank
15
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Others
High-performance Architecture | Visual-Thermal Comfort

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    6,683
  • Last 5 Years
    5,686
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.851
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Rankings

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222,996
World Rank
88
Country Rank
16
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Others
Natural Products Chemist | Nutritional Analysis | Quantification and synthesis

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    5,284
  • Last 5 Years
    3,959
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.749
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Rankings

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226,891
World Rank
89
Country Rank
17
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Others
Plant Pathology | Higher Education | Strategic Planning

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    5,188
  • Last 5 Years
    3,910
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.754
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Rankings

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235,163
World Rank
93
Country Rank
18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Others
Microbial ecology | Metagenomics | Bioprospecting | Mycology | Applied mycology

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,997
  • Last 5 Years
    4,485
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.898
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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237,142
World Rank
96
Country Rank
19
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences
Natural Product Chemistry | Organic Chemistry | Organic Synthesi

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,952
  • Last 5 Years
    2,716
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.548
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Rankings

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240,571
World Rank
99
Country Rank
20
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering
Hydrodynamic Stability | Applied Mathematics | Flow in Porous Media | CO2 capture storage an

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,876
  • Last 5 Years
    3,281
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.673
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Rankings

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249,980
World Rank
103
Country Rank
21
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Others
Work Psychology and Strategy | HRM | Organizational Behavior | Innovation Management

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,679
  • Last 5 Years
    4,614
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.986
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Rankings

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251,660
World Rank
104
Country Rank
22
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Computational Medicinal Chemistry | QSAR | Machine Learning | Virtual Screening | Medicinal Chemistr

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,645
  • Last 5 Years
    4,246
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.914
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Rankings

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279,102
World Rank
119
Country Rank
23
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Others
Obesity | Inflammation | Metabolism | Cance

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,145
  • Last 5 Years
    1,905
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.460
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Rankings

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292,541
World Rank
126
Country Rank
24
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Agriculture & Forestry / Plant Science
Plant stress physiology | Plant microbes interaction | plant metabolomic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    3,926
  • Last 5 Years
    3,596
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.916
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Rankings

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332,171
World Rank
150
Country Rank
25
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences
Analytical Chemistry/Chemometrics/Food Chemistry/Waste polymer recyclin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    3,383
  • Last 5 Years
    2,495
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.738
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