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 :76
Transparent Electronics
Oxides
MICAtronics
van der Waals epitaxy
high entropy materials
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,249
15,007
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :77
Optimization
Optimal control
Time Delay System
Multi-agent System
Signal Processing
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,246
31,150
0.884
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :78
Signaling
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,660
6,732
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :79
Silicon Photonics
Integrated Photonics Circuits
Photonics MEMS
Nanophotonics
Nonlinear Photonics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,332
13,862
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :80
Process control
Robust control
Intelligent systems
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,139
18,886
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :81
Artificial Intelligence
Metaheuristics
Differential Evolution
Swarm Intelligence
Machine Learning
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,951
16,391
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :82
Electrical Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,760
19,856
0.606
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :83
nonlinear control
nonsmooth control
disturbance rejection
motion control
control applications
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,953
19,719
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :84
Flight Control
Cloud Control Systems
Control Theory and Signal Processing
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,637
19,738
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :85
Robust and Optimal Control
Model and Controller Approximations
Fault Diagnosis and Tolerant Control
Robbing Wall Street Legal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,536
5,836
0.185
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :86
Multimedia
Computer Vision
Artificial Intelligence
Big Data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,934
22,177
0.717
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :87
Machine learning
Reinforcement learning
Learning Theory
Markov Decision Processes
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,874
19,080
0.618
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :88
nanotechnology
nanoelectronics
photonics
nanomaterials
energy conversion
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,756
20,427
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :89
Energy and Nanotechnology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,502
15,118
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :90
Organ on a chip
Organoid
3D bioprinting
Droplet
Biohybrid robotics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,452
25,851
0.849
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :91
Artificial Intelligence
Robotics
Computer Vision
Computer Graphics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,189
5,306
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :92
Electronic systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,128
12,478
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :93
Internet of Things
Connected and autonomous vehicles
cybersecurity
smart and connected health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,108
8,020
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :94
protein/polysaccharide interactions and modification
chemistry of frying oil
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,068
25,407
0.845
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :95
Antennas
Antenna Engineering
Electromagnetic Metamaterials
Metasurfaces
Electromagnetic Engineering
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,906
14,620
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :96
organic semiconductor
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,403
10,543
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :97
3D Display
Metasurface
Augmented Reality
Plasmonics
Photonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,202
11,649
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :98
Signal transduction
Cancer Biology
Osteoclastogenesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,768
6,092
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :99
Radar Target Recognition
Statistical Machine Learning
Bayesian Nonparametric Model
Kernel Methods
Pattern Recognition
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,746
20,844
0.725
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :100
Design
Automation
and Test for Integrated Circuits
Computer Vision
Medical Image Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,737
9,721
0.338
Ying Hao Eddie Chu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,249
15,007
0.426
Transparent Electronics
Oxides
MICAtronics
van der Waals epitaxy
high entropy materials
Shuai Liu
Nanyang Technological University
Jurong West, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,246
31,150
0.884
Optimization
Optimal control
Time Delay System
Multi-agent System
Signal Processing
Rony Seger
Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,660
6,732
0.194
Ming-Chang M Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,332
13,862
0.416
Silicon Photonics
Integrated Photonics Circuits
Photonics MEMS
Nanophotonics
Nonlinear Photonics
Min Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,139
18,886
0.570
Process control
Robust control
Intelligent systems
Swagatam Das
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,951
16,391
0.497
Artificial Intelligence
Metaheuristics
Differential Evolution
Swarm Intelligence
Machine Learning
Dianguo XU
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,760
19,856
0.606
Electrical Engineering
Shihua Li
Southeast University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,953
19,719
0.617
nonlinear control
nonsmooth control
disturbance rejection
motion control
control applications
Yuanqing Xia 夏元清)
Beijing Institute of Technology
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,637
19,738
0.624
Flight Control
Cloud Control Systems
Control Theory and Signal Processing
Kemin Zhou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,536
5,836
0.185
Robust and Optimal Control
Model and Controller Approximations
Fault Diagnosis and Tolerant Control
Robbing Wall Street Legal
Heng Tao Shen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,934
22,177
0.717
Multimedia
Computer Vision
Artificial Intelligence
Big Data
Shie Mannor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,874
19,080
0.618
Machine learning
Reinforcement learning
Learning Theory
Markov Decision Processes
Jian-Bin XU 許建斌
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,756
20,427
0.664
nanotechnology
nanoelectronics
photonics
nanomaterials
energy conversion
Zhiyong Fan
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,502
15,118
0.496
Energy and Nanotechnology
Yuanjin Zhao
Southeast University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,452
25,851
0.849
Organ on a chip
Organoid
3D bioprinting
Droplet
Biohybrid robotics
Katsushi Ikeuchi
University of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,189
5,306
0.176
Artificial Intelligence
Robotics
Computer Vision
Computer Graphics
Tsuyoshi Sekitani
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,128
12,478
0.414
Yuguang Michael Fang|Yuguang Fang
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,108
8,020
0.266
Internet of Things
Connected and autonomous vehicles
cybersecurity
smart and connected health
Qing Zhang
Peking University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,068
25,407
0.845
protein/polysaccharide interactions and modification
chemistry of frying oil
Zhi Ning Chen|Zhi Ning Cheng
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,906
14,620
0.489
Antennas
Antenna Engineering
Electromagnetic Metamaterials
Metasurfaces
Electromagnetic Engineering
Kazuo Takimiya
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,403
10,543
0.359
organic semiconductor
Byoungho Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,202
11,649
0.399
3D Display
Metasurface
Augmented Reality
Plasmonics
Photonics
Jun Ichiro Inoue
University of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,768
6,092
0.212
Signal transduction
Cancer Biology
Osteoclastogenesis
Bo Chen
Xidian University
Xi'an, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,746
20,844
0.725
Radar Target Recognition
Statistical Machine Learning
Bayesian Nonparametric Model
Kernel Methods
Pattern Recognition
Kwang Ting Tim Cheng
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,737
9,721
0.338
Design
Automation
and Test for Integrated Circuits
Computer Vision
Medical Image Analysis