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 should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: Scientists Last 6 years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
self-determination theory
motivation
psychology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
521,360
233,192
0.447
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
319,546
110,757
0.347
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Particle Physics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
261,484
110,590
0.423
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
astrocytes
stroke
neuron
neuroscience
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,553
48,505
0.513
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
motivation
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,199
36,791
0.337
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
AI
multimedia
computational social science
computational medicine
big data analytics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,160
35,206
0.627
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
nonlinear optics
photonics
optical physics
nanophotonics
quantum optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,777
32,661
0.395
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Particle Astrophysics
Gamma Rays
Cosmic Rays
Neutrino Astronomy
Dark Matter
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,389
30,424
0.540
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Data Analytics
Machine Learning
Signal and Image Processing
Computer Vision
Media Security
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,936
26,716
0.535
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Financial economics
corporate financial policy
derivative securities and financial intermediation.
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,990
23,824
0.331
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
analgesic clinical trials
treatment of pain
prevention of pain
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,577
23,773
0.386
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Cellular Senescence
Mitochondria
Oxidants
epigenetics
COPD and IPF
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,466
22,411
0.365
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Nonlinear optics
optical communications
silicon photonics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,433
20,421
0.216
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
medicine
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,530
20,314
0.394
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Experimental Particle Physics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,079
18,894
0.225
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
psychology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,820
17,831
0.344
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Neurobiology and glial biology of disease
neural regeneration and repair
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,519
16,385
0.385
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,708
16,364
0.402
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
microbiology
microbiome
genomics
systems biology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,352
15,746
0.295
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Computational Biology
RNA
RNA Biology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,573
15,744
0.370
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Cognitive Neuroscience
Attention
Multisensory Integration
Oscillations
Cognition
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,061
15,681
0.401
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
surface science
Organic semiconductors
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,085
14,300
0.492
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Cancer
Antioxidants
Mouse modeling
Drug screening
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,062
14,276
0.678
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
high energy physics
neutrino physics
heavy ion physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,102
13,610
0.377
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Arthritis
Bone
Tissue Engineering
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,600
13,288
0.353
Edward L Deci
University of Rochester
Rochester, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
521,360
233,192
0.447
self-determination theory
motivation
psychology
A Bodek
University of Rochester
Rochester, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
319,546
110,757
0.347
Aran Garcia Bellido
University of Rochester
Rochester, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
261,484
110,590
0.423
Maiken Nedergaard
University of Rochester
Rochester, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,553
48,505
0.513
Andrew J Elliot
University of Rochester
Rochester, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,199
36,791
0.337
Jiebo Luo
University of Rochester
Rochester, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,160
35,206
0.627
AI
multimedia
computational social science
computational medicine
big data analytics
Robert Boyd
University of Rochester
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,777
32,661
0.395
nonlinear optics
photonics
optical physics
nanophotonics
quantum optics
Segev Benzvi
University of Rochester
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,389
30,424
0.540
Particle Astrophysics
Gamma Rays
Cosmic Rays
Neutrino Astronomy
Dark Matter
Gaurav Sharma
University of Rochester
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,936
26,716
0.535
Data Analytics
Machine Learning
Signal and Image Processing
Computer Vision
Media Security
Clifford W Smith
University of Rochester
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,990
23,824
0.331
Financial economics
corporate financial policy
derivative securities and financial intermediation.
Robert H Dworkin
University of Rochester
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,577
23,773
0.386
analgesic clinical trials
treatment of pain
prevention of pain
Irfan Rahman
University of Rochester
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,466
22,411
0.365
Cellular Senescence
Mitochondria
Oxidants
epigenetics
COPD and IPF
Govind P Agrawal
University of Rochester
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,433
20,421
0.216
Nonlinear optics
optical communications
silicon photonics
Ronald Epstein
University of Rochester
Rochester, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,530
20,314
0.394
Kevin S Mcfarland
University of Rochester
Rochester, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,079
18,894
0.225
Harry Reis
University of Rochester
Rochester, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,820
17,831
0.344
Steven A Goldman
University of Rochester
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,519
16,385
0.385
Neurobiology and glial biology of disease
neural regeneration and repair
Augusto Litonjua
University of Rochester
Rochester, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,708
16,364
0.402
Steven R Gill
University of Rochester
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,352
15,746
0.295
microbiology
microbiome
genomics
systems biology
David H Mathews
University of Rochester
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,573
15,744
0.370
Computational Biology
RNA
RNA Biology
John J Foxe
University of Rochester
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,061
15,681
0.401
Cognitive Neuroscience
Attention
Multisensory Integration
Oscillations
Cognition
Yongli Gao
University of Rochester
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,085
14,300
0.492
Isaac S Harris
University of Rochester
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,062
14,276
0.678
Steven Manly|S. Manly, S. L. Manly, Steven Laurens Manly
University of Rochester
Rochester, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,102
13,610
0.377
high energy physics
neutrino physics
heavy ion physics
Edward Schwarz
University of Rochester
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,600
13,288
0.353
Arthritis
Bone
Tissue Engineering