Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
statistics
computer science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
316,376
111,467
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,651
97,995
0.650
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Pharmaceutical Development
Chemical Engineering
CFD
DEM Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,131
82,813
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Artificial Intelligence
Transfer Learning
Federated Learning
Machine Learning and Data Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,321
78,989
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Machine learning
Data Mining
Optimization
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,157
33,342
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Machine Learning
Bioinformatics
Data Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,411
84,252
0.712
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Computer Vision
Image Processing
Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,124
64,165
0.616
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Intelligent Systems
Intelligent Vehicles
Robotics and Automation
Blockchain
DAO
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,175
64,177
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Pattern Recognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,441
78,115
0.763
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Computational Biology
Systems Biology
Chromatin
Transcription
cell-free DNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,624
36,730
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Data Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,291
55,469
0.576
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Wireless Communications
MIMO
Cognitive Radio
Wireless Power Transfer
UAV
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,852
68,850
0.718
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Biometrics
Pattern Recognition
Image Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,135
35,606
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Artificial Intelligence-Life Science Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,262
67,698
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,381
49,428
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Visualization
Digital Humanities
Monte Carlo Simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,867
32,925
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Natural Language Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,135
44,602
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
digital health
AI
health systems
population health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,040
64,388
0.748
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Machine Learning
Image Processing
Signal Processing
Inverse Problems
Sparse Representations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,599
28,639
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
data analysis
statistics
earth sciences
engineering
applied mathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,731
33,277
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Computer Vision
Image Processing
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,545
71,884
0.871
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Deep Learning
Computer Vision
Computational Imaging
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,364
62,107
0.783
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Soft Skills
Networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,179
16,313
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Computer Vision
Multimedia
Speech
Robotics
AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,294
24,854
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Multimedia
Computer Vision
Multimedia Information Retrieval
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,552
59,518
0.809
Vapnik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
316,376
111,467
0.352
machine learning
statistics
computer science
Xiaoou Tang
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,651
97,995
0.650
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
Wei Chen
Kyoto University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,131
82,813
0.651
Pharmaceutical Development
Chemical Engineering
CFD
DEM Modeling
Qiang Yang (杨强)
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,321
78,989
0.630
Artificial Intelligence
Transfer Learning
Federated Learning
Machine Learning and Data Mining
Chih-Jen Lin
National Taiwan University
Taipei City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,157
33,342
0.275
Machine learning
Data Mining
Optimization
Artificial Intelligence
Chen, Peng (陳鵬)
Anhui University
Hefei, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,411
84,252
0.712
Machine Learning
Bioinformatics
Data Mining
Lei Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,124
64,165
0.616
Computer Vision
Image Processing
Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
Fei-Yue Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,175
64,177
0.622
Intelligent Systems
Intelligent Vehicles
Robotics and Automation
Blockchain
DAO
Wei Chen
National Taiwan University
Taipei City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,441
78,115
0.763
Nir Friedman
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,624
36,730
0.380
Computational Biology
Systems Biology
Chromatin
Transcription
cell-free DNA
Zhi Hua Zhou
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,291
55,469
0.576
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Data Mining
Rui Zhang
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,852
68,850
0.718
Wireless Communications
MIMO
Cognitive Radio
Wireless Power Transfer
UAV
David Zhang Dapeng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,135
35,606
0.391
Biometrics
Pattern Recognition
Image Processing
Vinod Kumar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,262
67,698
0.750
Artificial Intelligence-Life Science Technology
Karthikeyan G|Karthikeyan, Ganesan
Christ Institute of Technology
Puducherry, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,381
49,428
0.559
Satoshi Tanaka
Ritsumeikan University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,867
32,925
0.375
Visualization
Digital Humanities
Monte Carlo Simulation
Hae Chang Rim
Korea University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,135
44,602
0.518
Natural Language Processing
Josip Car
Nanyang Technological University
Jurong West, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,040
64,388
0.748
digital health
AI
health systems
population health
Michael Elad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,599
28,639
0.343
Machine Learning
Image Processing
Signal Processing
Inverse Problems
Sparse Representations
Norden E Huang
National Central University
Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,731
33,277
0.402
data analysis
statistics
earth sciences
engineering
applied mathematics
Chen Change Loy
Nanyang Technological University
Jurong West, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,545
71,884
0.871
Computer Vision
Image Processing
Machine Learning
Jiaya Jia
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,364
62,107
0.783
Deep Learning
Computer Vision
Computational Imaging
Machine Learning
J Yesvanth
PSG College of Technology
Coimbatore, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,179
16,313
0.211
Zhengyou Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,294
24,854
0.330
Computer Vision
Multimedia
Speech
Robotics
AI
Qi Tian
Huawei Technologies
Shenzhen, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,552
59,518
0.809
Multimedia
Computer Vision
Multimedia Information Retrieval
Machine Learning