Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 9.453 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list highlights the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 211 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively and with real-time updates by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced and dynamic perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers — particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This real-time methodology addresses the unfair advantage researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others, ensuring a more equitable evaluation. Furthermore, real-time citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community by continuously monitoring citation behavior.
For more detailed and up-to-date citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
meta-research
clinical epidemiology
evidence-based medicine
research methods
meta-analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
606,495
342,669
0.565
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Statistics
data science
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
529,156
202,689
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Statistical learning and modeling
data mining
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
392,146
168,844
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
343,669
144,544
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Deep Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
322,276
253,875
0.788
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
nanotechnology
energy
environment
2D materials
nanobio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
320,713
157,533
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Deep Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
308,830
258,610
0.837
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
High Energy Physics
Machine Learning
Computational Chemistry
Remote Environmental Monitoring
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
295,026
107,163
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
287,871
198,376
0.689
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
277,811
132,575
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Natural Language Processing
Computational Linguistics
Deep Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
274,911
141,113
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Optimization
Control
Signal Processing
Artificial Intelligence
Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
265,637
93,095
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
chemistry
materials science
physics
nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
261,246
65,018
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
stem cells
immunology
cancer
developmental biology
phylogeny
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
257,733
63,628
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Emotion
Emotion Regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247,743
112,251
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Outcomes research
clinical trials
economic evaluation of cardiovascular interventions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242,916
95,319
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Infectious disease
decision science
policy modeling
global health
health policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235,993
140,045
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Genetics
Omics
Proteomics
Medicine
Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231,328
88,823
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
obesity
growth
misclassification
body weight
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
224,712
31,265
0.139
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
statistics
biostatistics
astrostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199,570
45,210
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197,368
37,783
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Data mining
Machine Learning
Graph Neural Networks
Knowledge Graphs
Complex Networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192,428
129,360
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188,966
92,145
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
environmental biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188,963
46,399
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
organizational behavior
power in organizations
evidence-based management
human resources
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188,051
36,414
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9
5
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
John PA Ioannidis
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
606,495
342,669
0.565
meta-research
clinical epidemiology
evidence-based medicine
research methods
meta-analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22
13
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Robert Tibshirani
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
529,156
202,689
0.383
Statistics
data science
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85
43
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Trevor Hastie
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
392,146
168,844
0.431
Statistical learning and modeling
data mining
machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
141
67
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jerome Friedman
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
343,669
144,544
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
174
82
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ian Goodfellow
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
322,276
253,875
0.788
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
177
83
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Yi Cui
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
320,713
157,533
0.491
nanotechnology
energy
environment
2D materials
nanobio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
198
92
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Quoc V Le
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
308,830
258,610
0.837
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Deep Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
241
105
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Josh Cogan
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
295,026
107,163
0.363
High Energy Physics
Machine Learning
Computational Chemistry
Remote Environmental Monitoring
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
269
117
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Li Fei Fei
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
287,871
198,376
0.689
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
312
132
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Andrew Ng
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
277,811
132,575
0.477
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
AI
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
328
138
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Christopher D Manning
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
274,911
141,113
0.513
Natural Language Processing
Computational Linguistics
Deep Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
363
153
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Stephen Boyd
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
265,637
93,095
0.350
Optimization
Control
Signal Processing
Artificial Intelligence
Finance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
398
170
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Hongjie Dai
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
261,246
65,018
0.249
chemistry
materials science
physics
nanotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
418
178
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Irving Weissman
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
257,733
63,628
0.247
stem cells
immunology
cancer
developmental biology
phylogeny
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
490
200
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
James J Gross
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247,743
112,251
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
521
210
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mark Hlatky
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242,916
95,319
0.392
Outcomes research
clinical trials
economic evaluation of cardiovascular interventions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
574
226
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Joshua A Salomon
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
235,993
140,045
0.593
Infectious disease
decision science
policy modeling
global health
health policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
599
235
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Michael Snyder
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231,328
88,823
0.384
Genetics
Omics
Proteomics
Medicine
Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
643
254
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Katherine Flegal
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
224,712
31,265
0.139
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
860
346
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
B Efron
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199,570
45,210
0.227
statistics
biostatistics
astrostatistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
878
355
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Mark Granovetter
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197,368
37,783
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
924
375
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jure Leskovec
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192,428
129,360
0.672
Data mining
Machine Learning
Graph Neural Networks
Knowledge Graphs
Complex Networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
948
384
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Zhenan Bao
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188,966
92,145
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
949
385
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Harold Mooney
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188,963
46,399
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
962
391
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jeffrey Pfeffer
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188,051
36,414
0.194
organizational behavior
power in organizations
evidence-based management
human resources