Scholarly Index
Physics and Astronomy
Lifetime World Top1000 Scholar ranking for Physics and Astronomy.
| World rank | Scholar | Impact score | Total citations | Total publications |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edward Witten | 99.99 | 140,104 | 369 |
| 2 | Donald G. Truhlar | 99.99 | 215,779 | 1,598 |
| 3 | Lars Hernquist | 99.98 | 102,111 | 833 |
| 4 | Volker Springel | 99.97 | 95,174 | 584 |
| 5 | A. V. Filippenko | 99.96 | 134,071 | 2,158 |
| 6 | H. Eugene Stanley | 99.96 | 181,489 | 1,512 |
| 7 | Yuri S. Kivshar | 99.95 | 104,108 | 1,853 |
| 8 | J. W. Head | 99.94 | 72,918 | 2,765 |
| 9 | S. Das Sarma | 99.94 | 91,900 | 1,312 |
| 10 | G. Efstathiou | 99.91 | 90,458 | 383 |
| 11 | Simon D. M. White | 99.91 | 92,451 | 465 |
| 12 | Guanrong Chen | 99.91 | 106,299 | 1,855 |
| 13 | Steven Weinberg | 99.90 | 85,637 | 360 |
| 14 | Frank Wilczek | 99.90 | 66,748 | 483 |
| 15 | Shanhui Fan | 99.90 | 107,954 | 1,274 |
| 16 | Shuji Nakamura | 99.89 | 66,069 | 983 |
| 17 | Thibault Damour | 99.89 | 75,116 | 342 |
| 18 | R. J. Cava | 99.89 | 107,270 | 1,454 |
| 19 | Rodney J. Bartlett | 99.88 | 65,685 | 669 |
| 20 | Donald P. Schneider | 99.88 | 119,750 | 926 |
| 21 | Andrei Linde | 99.88 | 53,352 | 312 |
| 22 | Eliot Quataert | 99.88 | 43,751 | 530 |
| 23 | Hans‐Walter Rix | 99.87 | 90,228 | 748 |
| 24 | Maciej Lewenstein | 99.87 | 56,166 | 824 |
| 25 | John A. Pople | 99.87 | 195,145 | 577 |
| 26 | Joss Bland‐Hawthorn | 99.87 | 69,637 | 1,124 |
| 27 | Michael E. Fisher | 99.87 | 53,751 | 445 |
| 28 | Michele Parrinello | 99.86 | 147,584 | 778 |
| 29 | Marvin L. Cohen | 99.86 | 105,370 | 985 |
| 30 | M. J. Rees | 99.86 | 51,671 | 637 |
| 31 | Stefan Grimme | 99.85 | 209,050 | 907 |
| 32 | Gustavo E. Scuseria | 99.85 | 121,107 | 647 |
| 33 | L. N. Pfeiffer | 99.85 | 57,473 | 1,987 |
| 34 | N. Z. Scoville | 99.84 | 41,055 | 669 |
| 35 | Edward Ott | 99.84 | 51,426 | 691 |
| 36 | John Ellis | 99.84 | 39,883 | 752 |
| 37 | Martin Karplus | 99.83 | 153,469 | 855 |
| 38 | Frank Neese | 99.83 | 106,919 | 739 |
| 39 | Mikhail D. Lukin | 99.83 | 93,729 | 812 |
| 40 | Miles J. Padgett | 99.83 | 56,693 | 721 |
| 41 | Xiao-Gang Wen | 99.83 | 47,330 | 413 |
| 42 | S. E. Woosley | 99.82 | 51,642 | 613 |
| 43 | David A. Huse | 99.82 | 40,646 | 380 |
| 44 | S. Udry | 99.82 | 67,146 | 1,373 |
| 45 | W. H. Matthaeus | 99.82 | 37,810 | 944 |
| 46 | C. D. Dermer | 99.82 | 43,268 | 467 |
| 47 | Stanley J. Brodsky | 99.82 | 38,024 | 597 |
| 48 | A. Renzini | 99.82 | 54,909 | 723 |
| 49 | Steven P. DenBaars | 99.81 | 67,192 | 1,479 |
| 50 | F. M. Peeters | 99.81 | 57,147 | 1,628 |