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Highly Cited Researchers

York 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 indexUniversities 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
United States
Joseph E Stiglitz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
382,753
87,669
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
United States
Yann Lecun
AI
machine learning
computer vision
robotics
image compression
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
366,572
255,491
0.697
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
United States
Tom Maniatis
molecular neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
320,911
34,976
0.109
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Canada
Wendy J Taylor
Particle Physics
High Energy Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
236,612
65,715
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
United Kingdom
Alan Baddeley
Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Memory
Working memory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,448
52,483
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
United States
Stephen V Faraone
Child psychiatric disorders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
230,698
70,751
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
United States
Andrew Moran
Global Health
Cardiovascular Disease
Comparative Effectiveness
Epidemiology
Simulation Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
210,363
119,672
0.569
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
United States
Aravinda Chakravarti
Genetics
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197,691
67,063
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
United States
Andrew Gelman
statistics
political science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192,428
98,822
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
United States
Mitchell Elkind
Stroke
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188,958
110,583
0.585
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
United States
Kamal Benslama
Particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168,162
40,195
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
United States
Henry N Ginsberg
Lipid and lipoprotein metabolism
diabetes mellitus
cardiovascular disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164,072
63,648
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
United States
William Greene
Econometrics
Health Economics
Transportation
Production Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159,657
39,972
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
United States
James C Hone
Graphene
2D materials
NEMS
nano-biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155,218
80,425
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
United States
Dan Littman
immunology
microbiome
inflammation
genomics
transcription
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152,482
45,044
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
United States
Arjun Appadurai
cultural anthropology
social anthropology
globalization
south asia
violence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151,135
40,581
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
United States
Yaakov Stern
aging
dementia
cognitive neuroscience
cognitive reserve
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,792
51,428
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
United States
Jeffrey Lieberman
Psychiatry
Neuroscience
Psychopharmacology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,120
37,553
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
United States
Gyorgy Buzsaki
Systems Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,044
56,807
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
United States
Jeanne Brooks Gunn
Child Development
Families
Poverty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,858
31,259
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
United States
Richard Mayeux
Neurology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,500
53,576
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
United States
Xavier Pi Sunyer
diabetes
obesity
endocrinology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,969
47,454
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
United States
David Blei
Machine Learning
Statistics
Probabilistic topic models
Bayesian nonparametrics
Approximate posterior inference
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,061
71,056
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
United States
Rob Fergus
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136,710
87,248
0.638
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
United States
Szabolcs Marka
Multimessenger
Gravitational waves
Astrophysics
Astroparticle Physics
Biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,682
90,022
0.663
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76
United States
38
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Joseph E Stiglitz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
382,753
87,669
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
87
United States
46
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Yann Lecun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
366,572
255,491
0.697
AI
machine learning
computer vision
robotics
image compression
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
152
United States
74
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Tom Maniatis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
320,911
34,976
0.109
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
496
Canada
24
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Wendy J Taylor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
236,612
65,715
0.278
Particle Physics
High Energy Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
520
United Kingdom
41
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Alan Baddeley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,448
52,483
0.225
Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Memory
Working memory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
546
United States
221
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Stephen V Faraone
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
230,698
70,751
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
682
United States
275
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Andrew Moran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
210,363
119,672
0.569
Global Health
Cardiovascular Disease
Comparative Effectiveness
Epidemiology
Simulation Modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
792
United States
319
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Aravinda Chakravarti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197,691
67,063
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
845
United States
343
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Andrew Gelman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192,428
98,822
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
870
United States
359
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mitchell Elkind
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188,958
110,583
0.585
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,087
United States
468
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Kamal Benslama
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168,162
40,195
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,145
United States
496
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Henry N Ginsberg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164,072
63,648
0.388
Lipid and lipoprotein metabolism
diabetes mellitus
cardiovascular disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,202
United States
531
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
William Greene
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159,657
39,972
0.250
Econometrics
Health Economics
Transportation
Production Modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,276
United States
564
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
James C Hone
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155,218
80,425
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,319
United States
587
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Dan Littman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152,482
45,044
0.295
immunology
microbiome
inflammation
genomics
transcription
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,341
United States
601
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Arjun Appadurai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151,135
40,581
0.269
cultural anthropology
social anthropology
globalization
south asia
violence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,438
United States
641
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Yaakov Stern
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,792
51,428
0.353
aging
dementia
cognitive neuroscience
cognitive reserve
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,452
United States
648
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jeffrey Lieberman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,120
37,553
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,454
United States
650
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Gyorgy Buzsaki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,044
56,807
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,457
United States
652
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jeanne Brooks Gunn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,858
31,259
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,466
United States
660
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Richard Mayeux
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,500
53,576
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,515
United States
678
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Xavier Pi Sunyer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,969
47,454
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,549
United States
694
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
David Blei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,061
71,056
0.507
Machine Learning
Statistics
Probabilistic topic models
Bayesian nonparametrics
Approximate posterior inference
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,629
United States
735
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Rob Fergus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136,710
87,248
0.638
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,648
United States
745
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Szabolcs Marka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,682
90,022
0.663
Multimessenger
Gravitational waves
Astrophysics
Astroparticle Physics
Biophysics