Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Utrecht University 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 index" Universities 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
medicine
epidemiology
coronary heart disease
global health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
350,629
140,725
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Occupational Health Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
290,959
142,801
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Psychosis
Co-creation
Mental Disorders
Public Health
Diagnosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,095
83,654
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
prevention
public health
epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176,569
115,484
0.654
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Biostatistics
survival analysis
prediction and classification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,119
48,622
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Heavy ion physics
particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,859
74,635
0.673
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Hydrology
vadose zone
contaminant transport
unsaturated flow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,298
28,849
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Quark-Gluon Plasma
Heavy Ion Collisions
Particle Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,856
38,758
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
geneeskunde
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,493
46,009
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
IVF
PCOS
ovarian stimulation
primary ovarian insufficiency (POI)
ovarian aging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,363
32,605
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,907
28,145
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Big Data
Artificial Intelligence
omics
genetics
cardiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,085
51,992
0.657
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Mass Spectrometry
Proteomics
Analytical Chemistry
Stem Cells
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,724
32,931
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Polymers
Drug Delivery
Biomaterials
Pharmaceutics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,361
26,828
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
diagnostic test evaluation prediction evaluation pathway
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,629
27,949
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Plant Microbiome
Phytopathology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Arabidopsis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,016
30,746
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,052
17,415
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
morality diversity social identity work motivation power
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,914
28,760
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Biogeochemistry
Organic Geochemistry
Oceanography
Stable Isotopes
Geochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,206
22,543
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Inflammatie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,606
9,766
0.170
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,198
22,128
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
social science methodology
multilevel analysis
survey methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,102
21,898
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Polar climate
ice sheet mass balance
Greenland
Antarctica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,011
28,254
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,945
17,793
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Vascular dementia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,689
28,106
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Diederick E. Grobbee
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
350,629
140,725
0.401
medicine
epidemiology
coronary heart disease
global health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
221
4
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Wilmar Schaufeli
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
290,959
142,801
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
838
11
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jim Van Os
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,095
83,654
0.433
Psychosis
Co-creation
Mental Disorders
Public Health
Diagnosis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
997
15
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Oscar H Franco
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176,569
115,484
0.654
prevention
public health
epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,210
49
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Eijkemans, Mjc
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,119
48,622
0.419
Biostatistics
survival analysis
prediction and classification
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,420
52
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Marta Verweij
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,859
74,635
0.673
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,843
64
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Martinus Th Van Genuchten
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,298
28,849
0.282
Hydrology
vadose zone
contaminant transport
unsaturated flow
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,173
72
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Marco Van Leeuwen
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,856
38,758
0.400
Quark-Gluon Plasma
Heavy Ion Collisions
Particle Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,839
83
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Frans Rutten
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,493
46,009
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,089
91
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Bc Fauser
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,363
32,605
0.386
IVF
PCOS
ovarian stimulation
primary ovarian insufficiency (POI)
ovarian aging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,372
94
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Max Viergever
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,907
28,145
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,551
97
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Folkert W. Asselbergs
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,085
51,992
0.657
Big Data
Artificial Intelligence
omics
genetics
cardiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,823
102
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Albert Jr Heck
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,724
32,931
0.429
Mass Spectrometry
Proteomics
Analytical Chemistry
Stem Cells
Pharmaceutical Sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,863
103
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Wim Hennink
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,361
26,828
0.351
Polymers
Drug Delivery
Biomaterials
Pharmaceutics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,402
110
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Johannes B. Reitsma
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,629
27,949
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,163
126
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Corné Mj Pieterse
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,016
30,746
0.466
Plant Microbiome
Phytopathology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Arabidopsis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,303
139
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Philip G De Groot
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,052
17,415
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,214
162
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Naomi Ellemers
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,914
28,760
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,541
171
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jack J Middelburg
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,206
22,543
0.387
Biogeochemistry
Organic Geochemistry
Oceanography
Stable Isotopes
Geochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,657
173
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Cornelis Erik Hack
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,606
9,766
0.170
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,741
176
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Gert Storm
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,198
22,128
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,789
199
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Joop Hox
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,102
21,898
0.412
social science methodology
multilevel analysis
survey methodology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,063
203
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Michiel Van Den Broeke
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,011
28,254
0.543
Polar climate
ice sheet mass balance
Greenland
Antarctica
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,087
204
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Marian Joels
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,945
17,793
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,160
205
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Geert Jan Biessels
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,689
28,106
0.544