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 Rankings
Rankings

1,575
World Rank

4
Country Rank

1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Medical and Health Sciences / Psychiatry
Psychiatric Genetics | Psychopharmacology | Brain Imaging | Bipolar disorde
Psychiatric Genetics | Psychopharmacology | Brain Imaging | Bipolar disorde
Citation Metrics
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Total149,132
-
Last 6 Years92,561
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.621
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

2,124
World Rank

7
Country Rank

2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Citation Metrics
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Total127,867
-
Last 6 Years47,922
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.375
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

4,102
World Rank

13
Country Rank

3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Medical and Health Sciences / Orthopedics and Traumatology
Orthopedic surgery | Sports medicine | literatur
Orthopedic surgery | Sports medicine | literatur
Citation Metrics
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Total90,673
-
Last 6 Years41,606
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Last 6 Years / Total0.459
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

4,610
World Rank

14
Country Rank

4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Natural Sciences / Physics
high energy nuclear physics | particle physics | computing science | machine learning | deep learnin
high energy nuclear physics | particle physics | computing science | machine learning | deep learnin
Citation Metrics
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Total84,572
-
Last 6 Years40,586
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.480
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

5,024
World Rank

19
Country Rank

5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Citation Metrics
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Total80,405
-
Last 6 Years45,685
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.568
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

5,572
World Rank

21
Country Rank

6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Citation Metrics
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Total75,822
-
Last 6 Years24,806
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.327
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

5,679
World Rank

22
Country Rank

7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Citation Metrics
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Total74,895
-
Last 6 Years50,507
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.674
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

5,715
World Rank

23
Country Rank

8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Social Sciences / Psychology
Psychotic Disorders | Early Psychosis | Early Bipolar Disorder | Environmental Risk Factor
Psychotic Disorders | Early Psychosis | Early Bipolar Disorder | Environmental Risk Factor
Citation Metrics
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Total74,572
-
Last 6 Years39,626
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.531
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

5,918
World Rank

24
Country Rank

9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Citation Metrics
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Total73,134
-
Last 6 Years23,827
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.326
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

6,333
World Rank

25
Country Rank

10
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Citation Metrics
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Total70,249
-
Last 6 Years42,679
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.608
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

7,292
World Rank

29
Country Rank

11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Natural Sciences / Physics
Experimental Particle Physics | Physics Education | Philosophy of Science | Data Analysi
Experimental Particle Physics | Physics Education | Philosophy of Science | Data Analysi
Citation Metrics
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Total64,163
-
Last 6 Years56,413
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.879
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

7,899
World Rank

31
Country Rank

12
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Citation Metrics
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Total61,114
-
Last 6 Years35,677
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.584
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

9,712
World Rank

36
Country Rank

13
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Citation Metrics
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Total53,758
-
Last 6 Years10,009
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.186
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

9,788
World Rank

37
Country Rank

14
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Citation Metrics
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Total53,517
-
Last 6 Years24,346
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.455
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

10,865
World Rank

38
Country Rank

15
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Natural Sciences / Geography
Climate change | global environmental change | transformation | human security | vulnerabilit
Climate change | global environmental change | transformation | human security | vulnerabilit
Citation Metrics
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Total49,869
-
Last 6 Years25,043
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.502
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

11,297
World Rank

41
Country Rank

16
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Medical and Health Sciences / Endocrinology and Metabolism
bone physiology | osteoporosis | thyroid disease | calcium metabolis
bone physiology | osteoporosis | thyroid disease | calcium metabolis
Citation Metrics
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Total48,710
-
Last 6 Years9,527
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.196
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

11,555
World Rank

44
Country Rank

17
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Citation Metrics
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Total48,015
-
Last 6 Years11,245
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.234
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

11,703
World Rank

45
Country Rank

18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Citation Metrics
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Total47,613
-
Last 6 Years9,469
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.199
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

11,738
World Rank

46
Country Rank

19
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Citation Metrics
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Total47,506
-
Last 6 Years26,935
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.567
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

11,808
World Rank

47
Country Rank

20
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Medical and Health Sciences / Psychiatry
psychiatry | alcohol | depression | suicidal behavior | resilienc
psychiatry | alcohol | depression | suicidal behavior | resilienc
Citation Metrics
-
Total47,349
-
Last 6 Years27,375
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.578
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

11,874
World Rank

49
Country Rank

21
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Citation Metrics
-
Total47,235
-
Last 6 Years33,478
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.709
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

12,191
World Rank

52
Country Rank

22
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Citation Metrics
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Total46,400
-
Last 6 Years19,155
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.413
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

13,141
World Rank

55
Country Rank

23
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences
Chemistry | theoretical chemistry | quantum chemistry | molecular electronic structure | molecular propertie
Chemistry | theoretical chemistry | quantum chemistry | molecular electronic structure | molecular propertie
Citation Metrics
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Total44,456
-
Last 6 Years11,061
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.249
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

15,330
World Rank

61
Country Rank

24
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Citation Metrics
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Total40,406
-
Last 6 Years6,906
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.171
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

15,498
World Rank

62
Country Rank

25
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Citation Metrics
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Total40,139
-
Last 6 Years10,876
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.271