Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 87 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
Machine Learning
Neural Networks
Artificial Intelligence
Deep Learnin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
624,028
457,746
0.734
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Machine Learning & Logic in Computer Scienc
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246,800
227,378
0.921
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Deep Learning
Machine Learnin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222,706
209,004
0.938
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Artificial Intelligence
Mathematic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,708
115,056
0.969
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Artificial Intelligence
Robotics
Neuroscienc
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,100
98,505
0.879
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,413
111,151
0.989
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
AI Policy Researc
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,962
105,811
0.999
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,628
106,221
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Machine Perception
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Natural Language Processin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,099
76,521
0.813
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
artificial intelligence policy
machine learning
artificial intelligenc
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,271
95,040
0.998
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,398
88,009
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Machine Learning
Computer Science
Neuroscienc
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,909
76,927
0.987
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,944
74,199
0.990
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Artificial Intelligence
Deep Learning
Reinforcement Learning
Bayesian Statistic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,267
73,798
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Deep Learnin
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,958
70,401
0.978
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,389
66,333
0.999
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Supercomputing
AI
Data warehousin
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,700
59,293
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
artificial intelligence
distributed computin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,609
57,494
0.998
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Machine Learning
Optimizatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,660
56,470
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Music Information Retrieval
Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,042
53,916
0.998
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Robotics
Artificial Intelligenc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,785
43,443
0.890
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
AI policy
measurement of AI system
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,682
46,238
0.990
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Deep Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,157
37,698
0.835
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Machine Learning
Deep Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,650
33,792
0.811
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligenc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,154
37,157
0.925
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ilya Sutskever
OpenAI
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
624,028
457,746
0.734
Machine Learning
Neural Networks
Artificial Intelligence
Deep Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
499
202
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Łukasz Kaiser
OpenAI
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246,800
227,378
0.921
Machine Learning & Logic in Computer Scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
658
260
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Alec Radford
OpenAI
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
222,706
209,004
0.938
Deep Learning
Machine Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,336
1,083
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Prafulla Dhariwal
OpenAI
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,708
115,056
0.969
Artificial Intelligence
Mathematic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,646
1,240
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
John Schulman
OpenAI
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,100
98,505
0.879
Artificial Intelligence
Robotics
Neuroscienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,632
1,231
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jeffrey Wu
OpenAI
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,413
111,151
0.989
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,950
1,382
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Gretchen Krueger
OpenAI
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,962
105,811
0.999
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,917
1,364
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sandhini Agarwal
OpenAI
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,628
106,221
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,695
1,737
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Wojciech Zaremba
OpenAI
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,099
76,521
0.813
Machine Perception
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Natural Language Processin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,619
1,698
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Girish Sastry
OpenAI
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,271
95,040
0.998
artificial intelligence policy
machine learning
artificial intelligenc
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,134
1,952
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mark Chen
OpenAI
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,398
88,009
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,102
2,411
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Scott Gray
OpenAI
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,909
76,927
0.987
Machine Learning
Computer Science
Neuroscienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,461
2,580
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Christopher Hesse
OpenAI
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,944
74,199
0.990
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,537
2,611
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Pranav Shyam
OpenAI
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,267
73,798
0.994
Artificial Intelligence
Deep Learning
Reinforcement Learning
Bayesian Statistic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,839
2,752
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Arvind Neelakantan
OpenAI
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,958
70,401
0.978
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,667
3,143
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Pamela Mishkin
OpenAI
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,389
66,333
0.999
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,914
3,737
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Christopher Berner
OpenAI
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,700
59,293
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,384
3,967
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Mateusz Litwin
OpenAI
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,609
57,494
0.998
artificial intelligence
distributed computin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,617
4,080
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Gabriel Goh
OpenAI
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,660
56,470
0.997
Machine Learning
Optimizatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,298
4,394
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jong Wook Kim
OpenAI
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,042
53,916
0.998
Music Information Retrieval
Machine Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,899
5,146
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Peter Welinder
OpenAI
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,785
43,443
0.890
Robotics
Artificial Intelligenc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,686
5,514
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jack Clark
OpenAI
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,682
46,238
0.990
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,321
5,788
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Igor Babuschkin
OpenAI
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,157
37,698
0.835
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Deep Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,069
6,609
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Luke Metz
OpenAI
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,650
33,792
0.811
Machine Learning
Deep Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,952
7,008
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ryan Lowe
OpenAI
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,154
37,157
0.925
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligenc