Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Latin AmericaEngineering & Technology / Computer Science Highly Cited Researchers 5.524 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
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
Evolutionary algorithms
multi-objective optimization
evolutionary computation
particle swarm optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,845
25,271
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence
Statistics
Finance
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,808
24,382
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,068
14,925
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Transcriptional Regulation
Biological Databases
Gene Ontology
Text Mining
Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,064
17,171
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Type-2 Fuzzy Logic
Bio-Inspired Optimization
Fuzzy Control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,211
15,260
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
microbial gene regulation
transcriptional regulation
regulatory networks
regulatory databases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,796
5,380
0.169
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Computer Vision
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Medical Image Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,148
17,072
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Computational Intelligence
Decision Making
Aggregation Operators
OWA Operator
Bibliometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,134
16,933
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
algorithms and data structures
text searching
compression
similarity search
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,123
7,148
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Bioinformatics
Data Science
Data Integration
metabolomics
metagenomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,656
25,584
0.925
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Artificial Intelligence
Machine learning
Optimization
Forecasting.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,442
13,242
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Modular Neural Networks
Hybrid Intelligent Systems
Fuzzy Logic
Type-2 Fuzzy Logic
Neuro Fuzzy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,431
10,372
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
structure of complex networks
non-linear dynamics on complex networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,699
8,046
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Distributed Systems
Ubiquitous Computing
Sensor Networks
Distributed Algorithms
Embedded Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,570
6,595
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Data Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,239
9,369
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Internet de las cosas
Mechine Learning
Deep Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,751
6,584
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Misinformation
hate speech
Sentiment analysis
social computing
complex Networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,424
8,718
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Artificial Intelligence
Natural Computing
Machine Learning
Data Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,222
2,819
0.139
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
visual perception
consciousness research
signal processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,949
4,831
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Galaxy evolution
Interstellar medium
high redshift galaxies and data science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,890
13,189
0.698
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Social algorithms
cyberspace and digital governance
distributed systems
network science
performance modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,571
4,386
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Geoinformatics
GIScience
Spatial Data Science
Satellite Image Time Series
Land Use Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,498
5,253
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Information Processing
Information Retrieval
Natural Language Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,883
4,930
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Data Science
High Energy Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,799
8,374
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Data mining
parallel and distributed computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,328
6,706
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,139
20
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Carlos A Coello Coello
Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN CINVESTAV
Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,845
25,271
0.329
Evolutionary algorithms
multi-objective optimization
evolutionary computation
particle swarm optimization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,736
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sammarieo Brown
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,808
24,382
0.340
Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence
Statistics
Finance
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,514
109
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
João Paulo Domingos Silva
Pontificia Universidade Católica do Minas Gerais
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,068
14,925
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,743
55
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Alberto Santos Zavaleta
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Mexico City, Mexico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,064
17,171
0.519
Transcriptional Regulation
Biological Databases
Gene Ontology
Text Mining
Molecular Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,578
57
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Oscar Castillo
Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana
Tijuana, Mexico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,211
15,260
0.474
Type-2 Fuzzy Logic
Bio-Inspired Optimization
Fuzzy Control
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,995
59
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Julio Collado Vides
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Mexico City, Mexico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,796
5,380
0.169
microbial gene regulation
transcriptional regulation
regulatory networks
regulatory databases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,661
23
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Pablo Arbelaez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,148
17,072
0.548
Computer Vision
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Medical Image Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,673
25
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
José M Merigó Lindahl
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,134
16,933
0.544
Computational Intelligence
Decision Making
Aggregation Operators
OWA Operator
Bibliometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,692
26
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Gonzalo Navarro
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,123
7,148
0.230
algorithms and data structures
text searching
compression
similarity search
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,974
205
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ricardo Roberto Da Silva
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,656
25,584
0.925
Bioinformatics
Data Science
Data Integration
metabolomics
metagenomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,297
258
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Leandro Dos Santos Coelho
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,442
13,242
0.542
Artificial Intelligence
Machine learning
Optimization
Forecasting.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,310
83
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Patricia Melin
Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana
Tijuana, Mexico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,431
10,372
0.425
Modular Neural Networks
Hybrid Intelligent Systems
Fuzzy Logic
Type-2 Fuzzy Logic
Neuro Fuzzy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,685
272
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Luciano Da F Costa
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,699
8,046
0.340
structure of complex networks
non-linear dynamics on complex networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,310
322
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Antonio Loureiro
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais UFMG
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,570
6,595
0.306
Distributed Systems
Ubiquitous Computing
Sensor Networks
Distributed Algorithms
Embedded Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,159
328
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Andre Carlos Ponce De Leon Ferreira De Carvalho
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,239
9,369
0.441
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Data Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,456
13
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Cornelio Vicente Ticse Nu Ez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,751
6,584
0.317
Internet de las cosas
Mechine Learning
Deep Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,332
361
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Fabrício Benevenuto
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais UFMG
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,424
8,718
0.427
Misinformation
hate speech
Sentiment analysis
social computing
complex Networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,868
367
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Leandro Nunes De Castro
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
Santiago, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,222
2,819
0.139
Artificial Intelligence
Natural Computing
Machine Learning
Data Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,640
52
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Eugenio Rodriguez Balboa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,949
4,831
0.255
visual perception
consciousness research
signal processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,829
53
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jorge Ignacio González López
Universidad Diego Portales
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,890
13,189
0.698
Galaxy evolution
Interstellar medium
high redshift galaxies and data science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,907
438
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Virgilio Almeida
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais UFMG
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,571
4,386
0.236
Social algorithms
cyberspace and digital governance
distributed systems
network science
performance modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,151
444
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Gilberto Camara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,498
5,253
0.284
Geoinformatics
GIScience
Spatial Data Science
Satellite Image Time Series
Land Use Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,174
138
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Aurelio Lopez-Lopez
Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica
Tonantzintla, Mexico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,883
4,930
0.292
Information Processing
Information Retrieval
Natural Language Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,526
139
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
José Andrés García González
Tecnológico de Monterrey
Monterrey, Mexico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,799
8,374
0.498
Data Science
High Energy Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,647
569
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Wagner Meira Jr|Wagner Meira, Wagner Meira Junior
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais UFMG
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,328
6,706
0.411
Data mining
parallel and distributed computing