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 :251
Water treatment
Wastewater treatment
membrane technology
filtration
desalination
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,965
13,280
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :252
carbon nanomaterial
electrocatalyst
energy storage
membrane
antibacterial
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,869
16,360
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :253
Rock Mechanics
Tunnelling
Mining
Geotechnical Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,855
15,498
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :254
computational linguistics
natural language processing
artificial intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,843
14,424
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :255
distributed systems
operating systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,782
3,592
0.139
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :256
environmental science
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,430
14,496
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :257
Visual computing
multimedia
computer vision
multimedia networking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,309
20,498
0.810
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :258
Algorithms
research methods
information retrieval
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,302
7,267
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :259
statistical signal processing
stochastic geometry
random sets
point process
target tracking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,212
10,652
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :260
Neuromusculoskeletal Biomechanical Engineering
Disability & Rehabilitation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,206
12,096
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :261
Water and wastewater treatment
Resource recovery and energy production
Functional materials
Desalination
Bioelectrochemical
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,028
13,449
0.537
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :262
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,932
14,156
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :263
Nanotechnology
Biomaterials
Drug Delivery
Biosensors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,904
13,475
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :264
Astronomy
Learning
Teaching
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,828
8,449
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :265
Wireless communications
Channel coding
Internet of Things
Signal Processing
Game theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,687
16,875
0.684
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :266
climate change skepticism
environmental decision-making
vaccination hesitancy
intergroup relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,650
14,890
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :267
Control systems
robotics
aerial robotics
optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,650
10,772
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :268
Food webs
Ecological networks
Biodiversity
Pollination
Global Change Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,558
12,440
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :269
iron biology
liver diease
nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,550
10,720
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :270
geoarchaeology
sedimentology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,484
8,284
0.338
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :271
Heterogeneous Catalysis
Green Chemistry
Renewable Feedstocks
Biofuels
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,480
12,579
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :272
Geochemistry
Geochronology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,391
7,537
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :273
Climate
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,338
7,216
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :274
Cybersecurity
Network Security
System Security
Software Vulnerability Detection
Blockchain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,229
17,032
0.703
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :275
Vibration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,228
11,738
0.484
Saravanamuthu Vigneswaran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,965
13,280
0.511
Water treatment
Wastewater treatment
membrane technology
filtration
desalination
Yuan Chen
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,869
16,360
0.632
carbon nanomaterial
electrocatalyst
energy storage
membrane
antibacterial
Jian ZHAO (赵坚)
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,855
15,498
0.599
Rock Mechanics
Tunnelling
Mining
Geotechnical Engineering
Timothy Baldwin
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,843
14,424
0.558
computational linguistics
natural language processing
artificial intelligence
Willy Zwaenepoel
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,782
3,592
0.139
distributed systems
operating systems
Ying-Ping Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,430
14,496
0.570
environmental science
climate change
Jianfei Cai
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,309
20,498
0.810
Visual computing
multimedia
computer vision
multimedia networking
Justin Zobel
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,302
7,267
0.287
Algorithms
research methods
information retrieval
Ba Ngu Vo
Curtin University
Bentley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,212
10,652
0.422
statistical signal processing
stochastic geometry
random sets
point process
target tracking
David Lloyd
Griffith University
Brisbane, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,206
12,096
0.480
Neuromusculoskeletal Biomechanical Engineering
Disability & Rehabilitation
Bo Jin
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,028
13,449
0.537
Water and wastewater treatment
Resource recovery and energy production
Functional materials
Desalination
Bioelectrochemical
Zhi Ping Xu
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,932
14,156
0.568
Nicolas H Voelcker
Monash University
Clayton, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,904
13,475
0.541
Nanotechnology
Biomaterials
Drug Delivery
Biosensors
Michael J Drinkwater
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,828
8,449
0.340
Astronomy
Learning
Teaching
Yonghui Li
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,687
16,875
0.684
Wireless communications
Channel coding
Internet of Things
Signal Processing
Game theory
Matthew Hornsey
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,650
14,890
0.604
climate change skepticism
environmental decision-making
vaccination hesitancy
intergroup relations
Robert Mahony
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,650
10,772
0.437
Control systems
robotics
aerial robotics
optimization
Jason M Tylianakis
University of Canterbury
Christchurch, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,558
12,440
0.507
Food webs
Ecological networks
Biodiversity
Pollination
Global Change Biology
Gregory J Anderson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,550
10,720
0.437
iron biology
liver diease
nanotechnology
Paul Goldberg
University of Wollongong
Wollongong, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,484
8,284
0.338
geoarchaeology
sedimentology
Karen Wilson
RMIT University
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,480
12,579
0.514
Heterogeneous Catalysis
Green Chemistry
Renewable Feedstocks
Biofuels
Peter Douglas Kinny
Curtin University
Bentley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,391
7,537
0.309
Peter Rayner
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,338
7,216
0.296
Yang Xiang
Swinburne University of Technology
Hawthorn, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,229
17,032
0.703
Cybersecurity
Network Security
System Security
Software Vulnerability Detection
Blockchain
Robert Randall
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,228
11,738
0.484