12th Edition

The data for this edition was collected during the last week of April 2020 of a BETA list of the public profiles of the most highly cited researchers (h-index larger than 100) according to their declared presence in the Google Scholar Citations database. The high energy physicists with hyper-authored papers are excluded.

The list, that includes both living and deceased authors, is ranked first by h-index in decreasing order and when ties appear, then by the total number of citations as a secondary criteria.

This ranking is far of being complete, as many scientists have not developed a GSC public profile yet. It is volountary but it is a very easy and free task and with a surprisingly large coverage of both contributions and citations. It is also probably we overlooked a few profiles, so please contact us with any information regarding gaps, missing profiles or the full project. Our editor is available from this email address Isidro F. Aguillo ([email protected]), but we strongly suggest to read Methodology in advance. There is a list of incorrect profiles, comments and suggestions are welcomed.