Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 2.600 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
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 Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
medicine
epidemiology
coronary heart disease
global healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
365,638
139,271
0.381
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Occupational Health Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
315,718
142,164
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
prevention
public health
epidemiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214,628
119,980
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Psychosis
Co-creation
Mental Disorders
Public Health
Diagnosi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204,953
79,208
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Heavy ion physics
particle physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,488
71,565
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Biostatistics
survival analysis
prediction and classificatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,695
41,716
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Quark-Gluon Plasma
Heavy Ion Collisions
Particle Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,014
37,553
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
hydrology
vadose zone
environmental science
contaminant transpor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,907
27,310
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
geneeskund
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,928
43,303
0.466
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
IVF
PCOS
ovarian stimulation
primary ovarian insufficiency (POI)
ovarian agin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,536
30,315
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,849
26,822
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Big Data
Artificial Intelligence
omics
genetics
cardiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,401
50,810
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mass Spectrometry
Proteomics
Analytical Chemistry
Stem Cells
Pharmaceutical Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,164
31,879
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Polymers
Drug Delivery
Biomaterials
Pharmaceutic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,868
25,190
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
diagnostic test evaluation prediction evaluation pathwa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,282
26,843
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Plant Microbiome
Phytopathology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Arabidopsi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,354
30,236
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,525
16,698
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
morality diversity social identity work motivation powe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,530
29,630
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Biogeochemistry
Organic Geochemistry
Oceanography
Stable Isotopes
Geochemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,058
22,291
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,211
21,195
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Inflammati
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,575
8,936
0.153
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Polar climate
ice sheet mass balance
Greenland
Antarctic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,519
28,502
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Vascular dementi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,417
28,630
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
social science methodology
multilevel analysis
survey methodolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,829
20,463
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Cardiology
Sex differences
Vascular diseas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,725
38,262
0.687
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
120
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Diederick E. Grobbee
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
365,638
139,271
0.381
medicine
epidemiology
coronary heart disease
global healt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
194
3
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Wilmar Schaufeli
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
315,718
142,164
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
741
10
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Oscar H Franco
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214,628
119,980
0.559
prevention
public health
epidemiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
829
12
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jim Van Os
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204,953
79,208
0.386
Psychosis
Co-creation
Mental Disorders
Public Health
Diagnosi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,300
49
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Marta Verweij
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,488
71,565
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,452
55
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Eijkemans, Mjc
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,695
41,716
0.354
Biostatistics
survival analysis
prediction and classificatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,020
70
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Marco Van Leeuwen
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,014
37,553
0.354
Quark-Gluon Plasma
Heavy Ion Collisions
Particle Physic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,142
73
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Martinus Th Van Genuchten
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,907
27,310
0.263
hydrology
vadose zone
environmental science
contaminant transpor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,861
84
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Frans Rutten
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,928
43,303
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,349
93
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Bc Fauser
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,536
30,315
0.350
IVF
PCOS
ovarian stimulation
primary ovarian insufficiency (POI)
ovarian agin
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,497
96
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Max Viergever
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,849
26,822
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,657
97
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Folkert W. Asselbergs
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,401
50,810
0.609
Big Data
Artificial Intelligence
omics
genetics
cardiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,872
102
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Albert Jr Heck
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,164
31,879
0.393
Mass Spectrometry
Proteomics
Analytical Chemistry
Stem Cells
Pharmaceutical Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,004
103
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Wim Hennink
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,868
25,190
0.315
Polymers
Drug Delivery
Biomaterials
Pharmaceutic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,549
113
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Johannes B. Reitsma
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,282
26,843
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,197
130
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Corné Mj Pieterse
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,354
30,236
0.430
Plant Microbiome
Phytopathology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Arabidopsi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,632
145
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Philip G De Groot
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,525
16,698
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,106
164
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Naomi Ellemers
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,530
29,630
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,577
171
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jack J Middelburg
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,058
22,291
0.359
Biogeochemistry
Organic Geochemistry
Oceanography
Stable Isotopes
Geochemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,960
180
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Gert Storm
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,211
21,195
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,347
189
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Cornelis Erik Hack
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,575
8,936
0.153
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,840
197
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Michiel Van Den Broeke
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,519
28,502
0.504
Polar climate
ice sheet mass balance
Greenland
Antarctic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,869
198
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Geert Jan Biessels
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,417
28,630
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,016
203
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Joop Hox
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,829
20,463
0.367
social science methodology
multilevel analysis
survey methodolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,039
204
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Hester Den Ruijter
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,725
38,262
0.687
Cardiology
Sex differences
Vascular diseas