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
Process Systems Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,084
21,454
0.612
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Advanced composites
wearable sensors
mechanics
nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,031
13,697
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Mechanical Behavior of Materials
Deformation
Fracture and Fatigue
Damage-tolerance
Advanced Metallic Alloys & Biomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,698
12,209
0.778
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Lean
Industry 4.0
Operational Excellence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,035
10,443
0.946
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Engineering Design
Design Methodology
Digital Twin
Smart Manufacturing
Engineering Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,066
8,762
0.966
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Engineering product and systems design
advanced manufacturing
Industry 4.0
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,991
5,232
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Smart Manufacturing
Human-robot Collaboration
Industrial AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,276
7,953
0.961
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
work
labour markets
vocational education
industrial relations
skills
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,485
830
0.185
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Audiovisual Arts and Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,880
1,199
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Aeroacoustics
acoustics
active noise control
virtual sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,748
1,880
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Sustainable Manufacturing
Life Cycle Engineering
and Industry Digitalisation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,329
1,802
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Industrial control system and Critical infrastructure security
Security assessment
Counter measures against Mobile system thre
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,000
2,636
0.879
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Metallic glasses
High entropy alloys
Nanostructured materials
Metals and alloys
Water splitting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,947
2,588
0.878
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Operations Management
Industry 4.0
Health Care Waste Management
Decision Making
Machining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,919
2,238
0.767
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Biomaterials
Microlens arrays
Green Electronic Packaging materials and their reliability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,267
1,220
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Manufacturing
Complex Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,887
1,359
0.720
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Industrial design
co-design
life cycle assessment
sustainability strategy
food waste
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,862
1,567
0.842
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Industry 4.0
Semantic Web
Ontology
RDF
OWL
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,696
537
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,644
1,328
0.808
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
youth transitions
labour markets
welfare
risk
work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,500
518
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Machine Condition Monitoring
Image Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,342
1,181
0.880
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Dental Biomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,104
692
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Production Animal Medicine & Breeding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,088
739
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Process system Modelling
Optimization and Control
Artificial Neural Network
Fuzzy Logic System
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
865
611
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Engineering Education
GenAI
self-piercing riveting
metal joining
residual stress
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
857
710
0.828
Moses O Tade
Curtin University
Bentley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,084
21,454
0.612
Process Systems Engineering
Chun Hui Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,031
13,697
0.651
Advanced composites
wearable sensors
mechanics
nanotechnology
Bernd Gludovatz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,698
12,209
0.778
Mechanical Behavior of Materials
Deformation
Fracture and Fatigue
Damage-tolerance
Advanced Metallic Alloys & Biomaterials
Guilherme Luz Tortorella|Guilherme Tortorella, Luz Tortorella Guilherme
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,035
10,443
0.946
Lean
Industry 4.0
Operational Excellence
Ang Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,066
8,762
0.966
Engineering Design
Design Methodology
Digital Twin
Smart Manufacturing
Engineering Education
Aleksandar Subic
RMIT University
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,991
5,232
0.582
Engineering product and systems design
advanced manufacturing
Industry 4.0
Yuqian Lu (陆玉前)
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,276
7,953
0.961
Smart Manufacturing
Human-robot Collaboration
Industrial AI
John Buchanan
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,485
830
0.185
work
labour markets
vocational education
industrial relations
skills
Craig A. Lindley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,880
1,199
0.309
Audiovisual Arts and Sciences
Danielle J Moreau
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,748
1,880
0.502
Aeroacoustics
acoustics
active noise control
virtual sensing
Wen Li
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,329
1,802
0.541
Sustainable Manufacturing
Life Cycle Engineering
and Industry Digitalisation
Shamsul Huda
Deakin University
Geelong, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,000
2,636
0.879
Industrial control system and Critical infrastructure security
Security assessment
Counter measures against Mobile system thre
Zhe Jia (贾喆)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,947
2,588
0.878
Metallic glasses
High entropy alloys
Nanostructured materials
Metals and alloys
Water splitting
Kamalakanta Muduli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,919
2,238
0.767
Operations Management
Industry 4.0
Health Care Waste Management
Decision Making
Machining
Asit Kumar Gain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,267
1,220
0.538
Biomaterials
Microlens arrays
Green Electronic Packaging materials and their reliability
Matt Doolan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,887
1,359
0.720
Manufacturing
Complex Systems
Simon Lockrey
RMIT University
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,862
1,567
0.842
Industrial design
co-design
life cycle assessment
sustainability strategy
food waste
Nico Adams
Swinburne University of Technology
Hawthorn, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,696
537
0.317
Industry 4.0
Semantic Web
Ontology
RDF
OWL
Liao Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,644
1,328
0.808
Andreas Cebulla
Flinders University
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,500
518
0.345
youth transitions
labour markets
welfare
risk
work
Hongkun Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,342
1,181
0.880
Machine Condition Monitoring
Image Processing
Carina Baptiston Tanaka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,104
692
0.627
Ben Wood
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,088
739
0.679
Production Animal Medicine & Breeding
Anwar Hosen
Deakin University
Geelong, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
865
611
0.706
Process system Modelling
Optimization and Control
Artificial Neural Network
Fuzzy Logic System
Machine Learning
Rezwanul Haque
University of the Sunshine Coast
Sippy Downs, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
857
710
0.828
Engineering Education
GenAI
self-piercing riveting
metal joining
residual stress