Top 100 most-cited scientists in Physics & Astronomy

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#	Author	Country	Subfield rank	c-score	Cites 2025	h	hm	Self-cit.	Papers	Active
1 #2 overall	Kresse, Georg Universität Wien	AUT	Applied Physics #1 · top <0.01%	5.247	38,337	32	15.9	0.7%	411	1992–2026
2 #13 overall	Perdew, John Tulane University School of Science and Engineering	USA	Applied Physics #2 · top <0.01%	5.010	30,316	37	18.6	0.6%	365	1970–2026
3 #30 overall	Newman, Mark E.J. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	USA	Fluids & Plasmas #1 · top <0.01%	4.838	7,442	33	26.9	0.2%	211	1991–2026
4 #31 overall	Lu, Tian Beijing Kein Research Center for Natural Sciences	CHN	Chemical Physics #3 · top <0.01%	4.836	16,150	29	15.7	1.4%	105	2011–2026
5 #37 overall	Becke, Axel D. Dalhousie University	CAN	Chemical Physics #4 · top <0.01%	4.805	9,775	21	16.5	0.1%	93	1977–2024
6 #45 overall	Witten, Edward Institute for Advanced Study	USA	Nuclear & Particle Physics #1 · top <0.01%	4.755	5,165	36	30.2	0.9%	332	1970–2026
7 #90 overall	Geim, Andre K. The University of Manchester	GBR	Applied Physics #4 · top <0.01%	4.608	15,253	47	15.4	2.3%	420	1991–2026
8 #115 overall	Barabási, Albert Lásló Northeastern University	USA	Fluids & Plasmas #2 · top <0.01%	4.551	8,402	46	21.3	2.2%	363	1989–2026
9 #153 overall	Green, Martin A. UNSW Sydney	AUS	Applied Physics #5 · top <0.01%	4.484	5,866	34	19.8	4.2%	981	1971–2026
10 #154 overall	Hawking, Stephen W. University of Cambridge	GBR	Nuclear & Particle Physics #2 · top <0.01%	4.481	3,988	23	20.2	0.1%	164	1965–2024
11 #181 overall	Blöchl, Peter E. Technische Universität Clausthal	DEU	Applied Physics #6 · top <0.01%	4.444	10,590	9	6.4	0.2%	109	1987–2026
12 #199 overall	Preskill, John P. AWS Center for Quantum Computing	USA	General Physics #1 · top <0.01%	4.420	4,960	30	14.7	2.1%	149	1979–2026
13 #205 overall	Springel, Volker Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics	DEU	Astronomy & Astrophysics #1 · top <0.01%	4.411	7,706	41	16.0	20.6%	569	1998–2026
14 #221 overall	Maldacena, Juan M. Institute for Advanced Study	USA	Nuclear & Particle Physics #3 · top <0.01%	4.389	3,860	28	18.4	1.1%	172	1994–2026
15 #242 overall	A. C. Ferrari, A. Carlo University of Cambridge	GBR	Applied Physics #7 · top <0.01%	4.365	7,119	36	13.2	5.2%	562	1997–2026
16 #243 overall	Weinberg, Steven The University of Texas at Austin	USA	Nuclear & Particle Physics #4 · top <0.01%	4.365	2,493	22	20.7	0.0%	253	1956–2024
17 #252 overall	Vanderbilt, David H. Rutgers University–New Brunswick	USA	Applied Physics #8 · top <0.01%	4.359	5,959	30	16.8	3.4%	378	1978–2026
18 #256 overall	Plimpton, Steven J. Temple University	USA	Distributed Computing #1 · top 0.01%	4.357	7,550	18	7.9	0.6%	137	1985–2024
19 #289 overall	He, Ji Huan Yango University	CHN	Energy #9 · top <0.01%	4.335	2,842	23	20.8	5.8%	694	1997–2026
20 #297 overall	Lloyd, Seth Massachusetts Institute of Technology	USA	General Physics #2 · top <0.01%	4.330	6,165	31	18.0	1.9%	341	1988–2026
21 #308 overall	Kohn, Walter University of California, Santa Barbara	USA	Applied Physics #9 · top <0.01%	4.324	7,268	20	14.3	0.0%	131	1946–2014
22 #327 overall	Anderson, Philip Warren Santa Fe Institute	USA	General Physics #3 · top <0.01%	4.316	2,556	24	19.2	0.3%	390	1949–2021
23 #360 overall	Fan, Shanhui Ginzton Laboratory	USA	Optoelectronics & Photonics #1 · top <0.01%	4.287	10,618	50	22.9	6.7%	1,405	1994–2026
24 #397 overall	Hopkins, Philip F. California Institute of Technology	USA	Astronomy & Astrophysics #2 · top <0.01%	4.264	11,077	45	14.0	31.3%	579	2004–2026
25 #414 overall	Robertson, John David Cambridge University	GBR	Applied Physics #10 · top <0.01%	4.256	4,509	27	16.2	3.2%	936	1975–2026
26 #416 overall	Davey Smith, George University of Bristol	GBR	Nuclear & Particle Physics #5 · top <0.01%	4.255	23,617	55	14.0	7.2%	3,415	1983–2025
27 #439 overall	Truhlar, Donald G. University of Minnesota Twin Cities	USA	Chemical Physics #8 · top <0.01%	4.243	11,926	38	21.7	7.5%	1,522	1968–2026
28 #442 overall	Fu, Liang Massachusetts Institute of Technology	USA	Applied Physics #11 · top <0.01%	4.241	6,233	41	18.5	9.6%	295	2006–2026
29 #465 overall	Tokura, Yoshinori The University of Tokyo	JPN	Applied Physics #12 · top <0.01%	4.229	8,066	39	16.9	7.7%	1,757	1976–2026
30 #486 overall	Sachdev, Subir Harvard University	USA	Applied Physics #13 · top <0.01%	4.217	7,153	33	14.1	19.7%	566	1984–2026
31 #488 overall	Häfner, Juergen Universität Wien	AUT	Applied Physics #14 · top <0.01%	4.216	8,458	18	10.7	0.3%	627	1971–2016
32 #501 overall	Bennett, Charles H. IBM Research	USA	General Physics #4 · top <0.01%	4.210	3,774	23	11.8	0.2%	110	1943–2020
33 #529 overall	Kitaev, Alexei Yu Google LLC	USA	General Physics #5 · top <0.01%	4.197	3,814	27	11.3	2.1%	65	1991–2025
34 #539 overall	Wazwaz, Abdul Majid 1. Saint Xavier University	USA	Numerical & Computational Mathematics #1 · top <0.01%	4.192	2,867	18	14.6	15.9%	797	1986–2026
35 #545 overall	Langmuir, Irving Stevens Institute of Technology	USA	Applied Physics #15 · top <0.01%	4.189	2,427	15	13.5	0.0%	2	1906–1997
36 #581 overall	Kivshar, Yuri S. The Australian National University	AUS	Optics #1 · top <0.01%	4.174	9,402	48	20.8	8.2%	1,839	1992–2026
37 #594 overall	Bhushan, Bharat College of Engineering	USA	Mechanical Engineering & Transports #4 · top <0.01%	4.170	3,217	24	19.0	0.8%	1,157	1973–2026
38 #605 overall	Behler, Jörg Ruhr-Universitat Bochum	DEU	Chemical Physics #9 · top <0.01%	4.166	2,910	24	14.7	9.9%	140	2002–2026
39 #613 overall	Chen, Gang MIT School of Engineering	USA	Applied Physics #16 · top <0.01%	4.163	6,785	41	17.9	5.2%	681	1970–2026
40 #635 overall	Strogatz, Steven H. Cornell University	USA	Fluids & Plasmas #3 · top <0.01%	4.156	3,964	21	13.1	0.6%	170	1981–2026
41 #638 overall	Wilczek, Frank A. Shanghai Jiao Tong University	CHN	Nuclear & Particle Physics #6 · top <0.01%	4.155	2,741	24	16.6	2.4%	401	1973–2026
42 #645 overall	Israelachvili, Jacob N. University of California, Santa Barbara	USA	Chemical Physics #10 · top <0.01%	4.152	3,261	25	14.1	2.9%	483	1973–2025
43 #648 overall	Perc, Matjaž Univerza v Mariboru	SVN	Fluids & Plasmas #4 · top <0.01%	4.152	5,497	31	18.9	7.5%	619	2002–2027
44 #667 overall	Alù, Andrea The City University of New York	USA	Networking & Telecommunications #6 · top <0.01%	4.144	9,666	47	22.8	10.0%	1,399	2002–2026
45 #681 overall	Boyd, Robert W. University of Rochester	USA	Optics #2 · top <0.01%	4.139	3,980	27	12.9	5.8%	1,322	1973–2026
46 #694 overall	Ma, Wenxiu University of South Florida, Tampa	USA	Mathematical Physics #1 · top 0.01%	4.134	2,595	21	16.6	16.1%	630	1990–2026
47 #695 overall	Hess, Berk The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)	SWE	Chemical Physics #12 · top <0.01%	4.133	10,991	18	8.7	0.3%	71	1997–2026
48 #706 overall	Wang, Lihong V. California Institute of Technology	USA	Optics #3 · top <0.01%	4.129	4,696	32	17.2	8.7%	1,160	1990–2026
49 #712 overall	Feynman, Richard P. Université de Bretagne Occidentale	FRA	Applied Physics #17 · top <0.01%	4.127	1,564	20	17.2	0.0%	58	1939–2023
50 #727 overall	Brunton, Steven L. UW College of Engineering	USA	Fluids & Plasmas #5 · top <0.01%	4.122	6,430	34	16.9	4.0%	265	2008–2026
51 #740 overall	Wen, Xiaogang Massachusetts Institute of Technology	USA	Applied Physics #18 · top <0.01%	4.117	2,718	25	16.4	3.5%	280	1985–2026
52 #743 overall	Lieb, Élliott H. Princeton University	USA	Mathematical Physics #2 · top 0.03%	4.116	2,272	22	17.3	1.5%	375	1958–2025
53 #760 overall	Damour, Thibault Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques	FRA	Nuclear & Particle Physics #7 · top <0.01%	4.109	4,685	29	16.7	14.9%	306	1975–2026
54 #766 overall	Vidal, Guifré Google LLC	USA	General Physics #6 · top <0.01%	4.107	3,094	25	15.9	2.9%	174	1998–2026
55 #770 overall	Hernquist, Lars E. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	USA	Astronomy & Astrophysics #3 · top <0.01%	4.106	7,238	35	16.6	22.1%	756	1982–2026
56 #782 overall	Bader, Richard Frederick William McMaster University, Faculty of Science	CAN	Chemical Physics #13 · top 0.01%	4.103	2,117	18	12.4	0.3%	184	1959–2013
57 #788 overall	Wòosley, Stanford E. University of California, Santa Cruz	USA	Astronomy & Astrophysics #4 · top <0.01%	4.102	2,840	29	16.9	7.9%	320	1971–2025
58 #802 overall	Helbing, Dirk ETH Zürich	CHE	Fluids & Plasmas #6 · top 0.01%	4.098	3,927	25	13.0	1.8%	357	1991–2026
59 #834 overall	Einstein, Albert Institute for Advanced Study	USA	General Physics #7 · top <0.01%	4.090	2,101	15	13.3	0.0%	31	1901–2021
60 #836 overall	Konoplya, Roman A. Slezská univerzita v Opave	CZE	Nuclear & Particle Physics #8 · top <0.01%	4.089	2,053	22	17.6	10.0%	150	1999–2026
61 #858 overall	Balandin, Alexander A. California NanoSystems Institute	USA	Applied Physics #19 · top <0.01%	4.081	3,174	23	13.2	2.1%	424	1995–2026
62 #859 overall	Hosono, Hideo Tokyo Institute of Technology	JPN	Applied Physics #20 · top <0.01%	4.081	6,100	32	16.0	7.6%	1,551	1978–2026
63 #877 overall	Lukin, Mikhail D. Harvard University	USA	General Physics #8 · top <0.01%	4.076	9,965	49	18.8	7.3%	620	1993–2026
64 #896 overall	El-Sayed, Mostafa A. Georgia Institute of Technology	USA	Chemical Physics #14 · top 0.01%	4.072	4,123	31	16.7	1.0%	738	1961–2025
65 #906 overall	Penrose, Roger University of Oxford	GBR	Nuclear & Particle Physics #9 · top <0.01%	4.070	1,853	19	15.4	1.4%	178	1955–2026
66 #947 overall	Linde, Andrei D. Leinweber Institute for Theoretical Physics at Stanford	USA	Nuclear & Particle Physics #10 · top <0.01%	4.061	2,102	21	16.9	4.4%	265	1972–2026
67 #953 overall	Longhi, Stefano Politecnico di Milano	ITA	Optics #4 · top <0.01%	4.059	1,799	21	16.9	7.4%	595	1992–2026
68 #996 overall	Coey, JMD Michael David Trinity College Dublin	IRL	Applied Physics #21 · top <0.01%	4.046	2,364	21	14.2	1.8%	848	1969–2025
69 #999 overall	Capozziello, Salvatore Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II	ITA	Nuclear & Particle Physics #11 · top <0.01%	4.045	4,018	29	16.8	19.8%	701	1992–2026
70 #1,009 overall	Biesinger, Mark C. Western University	CAN	Applied Physics #22 · top <0.01%	4.042	4,239	19	8.0	2.4%	97	1994–2026
71 #1,035 overall	Visser, Matt Victoria University of Wellington	NZL	Nuclear & Particle Physics #12 · top <0.01%	4.035	1,934	24	17.4	9.4%	355	1981–2026
72 #1,051 overall	Antoni, Jérôme Laboratoire Vibrations Acoustiques	FRA	Acoustics #2 · top <0.01%	4.032	2,329	22	15.1	9.1%	347	1999–2026
73 #1,055 overall	White, Steven R. University of California, Irvine	USA	Applied Physics #23 · top <0.01%	4.032	2,126	23	13.9	5.1%	218	1981–2026
74 #1,064 overall	Pendry, John Brian Imperial College London	GBR	Applied Physics #24 · top <0.01%	4.030	3,156	21	11.6	3.7%	507	1968–2026
75 #1,074 overall	Lohse, Detlef Universiteit Twente	NLD	Fluids & Plasmas #7 · top 0.01%	4.027	4,502	25	14.9	11.3%	822	1991–2026
76 #1,135 overall	Bekenstein, Jacob D. Hebrew University of Jerusalem	ISR	Nuclear & Particle Physics #13 · top <0.01%	4.015	1,325	16	15.5	0.0%	94	1969–2015
77 #1,137 overall	Haldane, F. D.M. Princeton University	USA	General Physics #9 · top 0.01%	4.015	1,869	15	13.3	0.9%	133	1976–2026
78 #1,139 overall	Zhang, Shujun University of Wollongong	AUS	Applied Physics #25 · top <0.01%	4.015	7,105	40	16.0	10.5%	720	1996–2026
79 #1,142 overall	van de Walle, Chris G. University of California, Santa Barbara	USA	Applied Physics #26 · top <0.01%	4.014	4,491	29	17.5	5.9%	572	1983–2026
80 #1,153 overall	Gisin, Nicolas Université de Genève	CHE	General Physics #11 · top 0.01%	4.011	4,057	27	15.0	5.4%	670	1981–2026
81 #1,156 overall	Barone, Vincenzo INSTM	ITA	Chemical Physics #15 · top 0.01%	4.010	5,079	22	12.8	12.0%	959	1977–2026
82 #1,158 overall	Padgett, Miles J. University of Glasgow	GBR	Optics #5 · top <0.01%	4.010	4,526	33	15.8	3.9%	728	1988–2026
83 #1,159 overall	Dunning, Thom H. University of Washington	USA	Chemical Physics #16 · top 0.01%	4.010	3,250	15	8.7	1.8%	205	1967–2026
84 #1,167 overall	Spaldin, Nicola A. ETH Zürich	CHE	Applied Physics #27 · top <0.01%	4.008	2,862	25	14.6	7.2%	295	1993–2026
85 #1,183 overall	Strominger, Andrew OpenAI	USA	Nuclear & Particle Physics #14 · top <0.01%	4.004	2,160	24	15.9	4.7%	252	1978–2026
86 #1,196 overall	Brédas, J. L. Luc Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry	USA	Chemical Physics #17 · top 0.01%	4.001	4,908	32	14.6	6.6%	1,241	1977–2026
87 #1,205 overall	Klamt, Andreas Universität Regensburg	DEU	Chemical Physics #18 · top 0.01%	4.000	2,289	20	12.0	7.4%	135	1983–2026
88 #1,232 overall	Kutz, Jose Nathan UW College of Engineering	USA	Optics #6 · top <0.01%	3.996	5,466	31	16.9	3.5%	523	1993–2026
89 #1,257 overall	Scott, James F. University of St Andrews	GBR	Applied Physics #28 · top <0.01%	3.991	2,887	25	13.0	3.6%	730	1961–2021
90 #1,260 overall	Dickinson, Eric M. University of Leeds	GBR	Chemical Physics #19 · top 0.02%	3.991	1,328	18	17.0	1.0%	410	1973–2021
91 #1,276 overall	Zhang, Bing The University of Hong Kong	HKG	Astronomy & Astrophysics #5 · top <0.01%	3.988	3,361	21	14.3	29.9%	725	1996–2026
92 #1,300 overall	Wootters, William K. Williams College	USA	General Physics #12 · top 0.01%	3.985	2,621	18	11.9	0.4%	78	1978–2025
93 #1,316 overall	Delley, Bernard T. Paul Scherrer Institut	CHE	Applied Physics #29 · top <0.01%	3.983	1,947	13	11.0	2.0%	307	1978–2026
94 #1,336 overall	Parrinello, Michele T. Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia	ITA	Chemical Physics #20 · top 0.02%	3.981	10,244	33	19.8	3.6%	700	1971–2026
95 #1,340 overall	Zurek, Wojciech Hubert Los Alamos National Laboratory	USA	General Physics #13 · top 0.01%	3.980	1,922	20	13.3	8.3%	217	1977–2025
96 #1,342 overall	Biot, Maurice A. California Institute of Technology	USA	Applied Physics #30 · top <0.01%	3.980	1,848	12	11.5	0.0%	64	1935–2006
97 #1,346 overall	Togo, Atsushi National Institute for Materials Science	JPN	Applied Physics #31 · top <0.01%	3.979	3,574	15	6.8	0.8%	56	2004–2026
98 #1,351 overall	Pan, Jianwei Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale	CHN	General Physics #14 · top 0.02%	3.978	9,097	45	13.8	7.3%	844	1995–2026
99 #1,387 overall	de Gennes, Pierre Gilles Institut Curie	FRA	Fluids & Plasmas #8 · top 0.01%	3.973	1,262	18	16.1	0.4%	332	1958–2010
100 #1,388 overall	Plenio, Martin B. Universität Ulm	DEU	General Physics #15 · top 0.02%	3.973	3,601	26	14.8	4.1%	468	1992–2021

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