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.
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Total193,926
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Last 6 Years69,762
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Last 6 Years / Total0.360
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Total118,239
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Last 6 Years54,261
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Last 6 Years / Total0.459
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Total104,007
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Last 6 Years75,525
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Last 6 Years / Total0.726
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Citation Metrics
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Total80,694
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Last 6 Years22,710
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Last 6 Years / Total0.281
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Citation Metrics
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Total76,212
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Last 6 Years32,392
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Last 6 Years / Total0.425
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Total71,715
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Last 6 Years53,039
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Last 6 Years / Total0.740
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Engineering & Technology / Civil Engineering
Cement | Nuclear waste immobilisation | Materials science | Concrete | Alkali-activated material
Cement | Nuclear waste immobilisation | Materials science | Concrete | Alkali-activated material
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Total69,674
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Last 6 Years44,599
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Last 6 Years / Total0.640
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Total66,216
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Last 6 Years59,902
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Last 6 Years / Total0.905
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Social Sciences / Library and Information Science
Qualitative evidence synthesis | Realist Synthesis | Evidence based library and infornation practic
Qualitative evidence synthesis | Realist Synthesis | Evidence based library and infornation practic
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Total62,197
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Last 6 Years41,993
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Last 6 Years / Total0.675
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Medical and Health Sciences / Neurology
Neuroscience | Neurology | amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | motor neuro
Neuroscience | Neurology | amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | motor neuro
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Total61,356
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Last 6 Years25,792
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Last 6 Years / Total0.420
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Social Sciences / Psychology
Psychosis | delusions | treatment of mental illness | public mental healt
Psychosis | delusions | treatment of mental illness | public mental healt
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Total60,393
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Last 6 Years20,397
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Last 6 Years / Total0.338
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Engineering & Technology / Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Electrical machines | Electrical machine | Motor drives | Electrical Machines and Drives | Electric vehicle
Electrical machines | Electrical machine | Motor drives | Electrical Machines and Drives | Electric vehicle
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Total59,655
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Last 6 Years25,680
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Last 6 Years / Total0.430
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Total58,639
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Last 6 Years20,597
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Last 6 Years / Total0.351
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Citation Metrics
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Total57,828
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Last 6 Years20,001
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Last 6 Years / Total0.346
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Total51,325
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Last 6 Years11,606
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Last 6 Years / Total0.226
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Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences
Chemoinformatics | bibliometrics | cluster analysis | information retrieva
Chemoinformatics | bibliometrics | cluster analysis | information retrieva
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Total48,951
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Last 6 Years9,126
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Last 6 Years / Total0.186
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Citation Metrics
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Total47,296
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Last 6 Years11,853
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Last 6 Years / Total0.251
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Citation Metrics
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Total47,100
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Last 6 Years29,717
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Last 6 Years / Total0.631
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Citation Metrics
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Total42,761
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Last 6 Years16,794
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Last 6 Years / Total0.393
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Citation Metrics
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Total41,429
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Last 6 Years17,182
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Last 6 Years / Total0.415
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Engineering & Technology / Earth Sciences
Geomechanics | Continuum Mechanics | Computational Mechanics | Solid Mechanics | Fractur
Geomechanics | Continuum Mechanics | Computational Mechanics | Solid Mechanics | Fractur
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Total40,522
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Last 6 Years10,697
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Last 6 Years / Total0.264
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Engineering & Technology / Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
solid state chemistry | functional ceramic
solid state chemistry | functional ceramic
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Total39,678
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Last 6 Years9,744
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Last 6 Years / Total0.246
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Citation Metrics
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Total37,850
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Last 6 Years14,599
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Last 6 Years / Total0.386
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Citation Metrics
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Total37,525
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Last 6 Years11,711
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Last 6 Years / Total0.312
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Engineering & Technology / Environmental Science & Engineering
Bayesian statistics | archaeology | palaeoenvironmental science | radiocarbon dating | chronology constructio
Bayesian statistics | archaeology | palaeoenvironmental science | radiocarbon dating | chronology constructio
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Total37,280
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Last 6 Years8,580
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Last 6 Years / Total0.230