The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed 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
Robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,099
12,529
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Robotics
mechatronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,388
16,070
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Musculoskeletal systems
neuromuscular control
system identification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,490
6,712
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Humanoid Robots
Actuators
Mechatronics
Mechanisms
Haptics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,357
10,456
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
neural engineering
rehabilitation engineering
biomechatronics
remote monitoring
e-health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,054
5,650
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
model predictive control
control
machine learning
robotics
cyber physical systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,926
5,790
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mécatronique
Microtechnique
Robotique
Robotique Médicale
Interface Homme-Machine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,495
4,497
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Biomechatronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,680
4,635
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
energy harvesting
vibration control
mechatronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,212
3,020
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mechanisms
robotics and (micro)mechatronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,202
3,220
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Robotics
Rehabilitation
Prosthetics
Humanoids
Mechatronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,117
5,230
0.644
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Robotics
Hands
Grasping
Mechatronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,998
2,600
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
MEMS
Microsystems
Mechatronics
Sensors
Actuators
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,522
1,422
0.189
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Computer Science
Intelligent Control
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,533
6,159
0.943
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
control
mechatronics
hydraulics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,221
2,966
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Motion Control
Power Electronics
Mechatronics
Sliding Mode Control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,158
1,156
0.188
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
механика деформируемого твердого тела
математическое моделирование
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,025
2,006
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,011
2,413
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Learning
Identification
Control
Mechatronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,600
3,509
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
robotics
artificial intelligence
nonlinear control
autonomous vehicles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,591
1,074
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
image processing
signal analysis
data mining
statistics
mechatronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,427
2,632
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
машиностроение
ремонт машин
технический сервис
зерноуборочный
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,030
471
0.094
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Dynamic systems and control
Piezoelectricity
Mechatronics
Robotics
Smart structures
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,948
2,169
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Mechatronic
Actuators
Mechanics
Energy efficiency
Robots
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,885
1,911
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Robotics and Control
Multiobjective Optimization
Evolutionary Computation
Mechatronics
Welding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,425
1,973
0.446
Alin Albu-Schäffer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,099
12,529
0.431
Jiafan Zhang
ABB Corporate Research
Västerås, Sweden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,388
16,070
0.633
Robotics
mechatronics
Frans Van Der Helm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,490
6,712
0.274
Musculoskeletal systems
neuromuscular control
system identification
Nikos Tsagarakis
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
Genova, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,357
10,456
0.448
Humanoid Robots
Actuators
Mechatronics
Mechanisms
Haptics
Peter Veltink
University of Twente
Enschede, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,054
5,650
0.297
neural engineering
rehabilitation engineering
biomechatronics
remote monitoring
e-health
Rolf Findeisen
Otto Von Guericke Universität Magdeburg
Magdeburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,926
5,790
0.416
model predictive control
control
machine learning
robotics
cyber physical systems
Hannes Bleuler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,495
4,497
0.360
Mécatronique
Microtechnique
Robotique
Robotique Médicale
Interface Homme-Machine
Ravi Vaidyanathan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,680
4,635
0.534
Adrien Badel
Université de Savoie Mont Blanc
Chambéry, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,212
3,020
0.368
energy harvesting
vibration control
mechatronics
Just Herder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,202
3,220
0.393
Mechanisms
robotics and (micro)mechatronics
Manuel Giuseppe Catalano
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
Genova, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,117
5,230
0.644
Robotics
Rehabilitation
Prosthetics
Humanoids
Mechatronics
Markus Grebenstein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,998
2,600
0.325
Robotics
Hands
Grasping
Mechatronics
Seidel Helmut
Universität des Saarlandes
Saarbrücken, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,522
1,422
0.189
MEMS
Microsystems
Mechatronics
Sensors
Actuators
Vladimir Stojanovic
University of Kragujevac
Kragujevac, Serbia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,533
6,159
0.943
Computer Science
Intelligent Control
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Robotics
Andrew Plummer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,221
2,966
0.477
control
mechatronics
hydraulics
Asif Sabanovic|Sabanovic, A., Sabonovic, A.
University of Sarajevo
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,158
1,156
0.188
Motion Control
Power Electronics
Mechatronics
Sliding Mode Control
Петр Валентинович Трусов
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,025
2,006
0.333
механика деформируемого твердого тела
математическое моделирование
Mehmet Karabacak
Manisa Celal Bayar University
Manisa, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,011
2,413
0.401
Tom Oomen
Eindhoven University of Technology
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,600
3,509
0.627
Learning
Identification
Control
Mechatronics
Aydın Yeşildirek
Yıldız Technical University
İstanbul, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,591
1,074
0.192
robotics
artificial intelligence
nonlinear control
autonomous vehicles
Markus Reischl
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,427
2,632
0.485
image processing
signal analysis
data mining
statistics
mechatronics
роман павлюк
Stavropol State Agrarian University
Stavropol, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,030
471
0.094
машиностроение
ремонт машин
технический сервис
зерноуборочный
Micky Rakotondrabe
École Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tarbes ENIT (Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées)
Tarbes, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,948
2,169
0.438
Dynamic systems and control
Piezoelectricity
Mechatronics
Robotics
Smart structures
Sebastian Wolf
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,885
1,911
0.391
Mechatronic
Actuators
Mechanics
Energy efficiency
Robots
Zafer Bingül
Kocaeli University
Kocaeli, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,425
1,973
0.446
Robotics and Control
Multiobjective Optimization
Evolutionary Computation
Mechatronics
Welding