Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 2.076 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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
590,866
166,873
0.282
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
302,380
51,530
0.170
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Experimental Particle Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
270,740
102,311
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
264,298
82,550
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Cognitive Neuroscience
Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Control
Cognitive Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,699
49,870
0.257
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Communication Systems
Wireless Communications
Communications
Statistical Signal Processing
Information Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182,298
90,976
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Particle physics
Machine learning
Computational Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175,130
49,926
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
social psychology
social neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171,386
53,079
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
computer vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,355
128,309
0.767
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sociology
immigration
development
migration
social capital
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162,195
29,656
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
International politics
institutions
environmental policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,076
29,744
0.198
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
sociology of culture
economic sociology
stratification
organizations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149,714
38,436
0.257
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
solid state chemistry
superconductivity
topological insulators
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139,482
43,006
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
labor economics
education
inequality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132,972
38,328
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Sociology
Demography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132,311
30,857
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
planet imaging
stellar astrophysics
interstellar medium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131,251
27,032
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Operating systems
parallel computing
computer architecture
content-based search
privacy preservation and data auditing for M
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,660
81,813
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Radio Astronomy
pulsars
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,176
66,512
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ecology
theoretical ecology
mathematical biology
ecological economics
applied mathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,336
40,994
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Economic development
health
well-being
econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,630
31,348
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Physics
Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,454
44,316
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
economics
international trade
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,424
25,868
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,684
19,614
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,619
26,666
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
data structures
graph algorithms
analysis of algorithms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,175
15,471
0.159
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Daniel Kahneman
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
590,866
166,873
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
214
98
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
David Botstein
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
302,380
51,530
0.170
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
347
145
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Daniel Marlow
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
270,740
102,311
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
378
160
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Michael A Strauss
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
264,298
82,550
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
905
367
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jonathan D Cohen
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,699
49,870
0.257
Cognitive Neuroscience
Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Control
Cognitive Scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,014
419
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
HV Poor
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182,298
90,976
0.499
Communication Systems
Wireless Communications
Communications
Statistical Signal Processing
Information Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,105
459
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Alexey Svyatkovskiy
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175,130
49,926
0.285
Particle physics
Machine learning
Computational Scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,156
488
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Susan Fiske
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171,386
53,079
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,205
517
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jia Deng
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,355
128,309
0.767
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,283
552
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Alejandro Portes
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162,195
29,656
0.183
Sociology
immigration
development
migration
social capital
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,479
648
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Robert Keohane
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,076
29,744
0.198
International politics
institutions
environmental policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,489
652
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Paul Dimaggio
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149,714
38,436
0.257
sociology of culture
economic sociology
stratification
organizations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,722
763
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
RJ Cava
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139,482
43,006
0.308
solid state chemistry
superconductivity
topological insulators
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,890
843
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Alan Krueger
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132,972
38,328
0.288
labor economics
education
inequality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,908
855
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Douglas S Massey
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132,311
30,857
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,937
870
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Gillian Knapp
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131,251
27,032
0.206
planet imaging
stellar astrophysics
interstellar medium
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,982
894
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Kai Li
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,660
81,813
0.631
Operating systems
parallel computing
computer architecture
content-based search
privacy preservation and data auditing for M
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,991
900
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
JH Taylor
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,176
66,512
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,135
979
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Simon Levin
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,336
40,994
0.330
Ecology
theoretical ecology
mathematical biology
ecological economics
applied mathematics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,271
1,057
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Angus Deaton
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,630
31,348
0.260
Economic development
health
well-being
econometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,491
1,166
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Roberto Car
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,454
44,316
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,724
1,276
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Gene Grossman
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,424
25,868
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,807
1,320
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Neta Bahcall *
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,684
19,614
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,813
1,324
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Paul J Steinhardt
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,619
26,666
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,503
1,642
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Robert Tarjan
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,175
15,471
0.159
data structures
graph algorithms
analysis of algorithms