Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
asiaNatural Sciences / Chemical Sciences Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
274,805
169,096
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Chemistry
materials
carbon materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
271,963
96,236
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
photocatalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,571
111,028
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Theoretical Chemistry
Quantum Chemistry
Photochemistry
Catalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
220,092
80,076
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Aggregation-Induced Emission
Functional Polymers
Sensing and Imaging
Room Temperature Phosphorescence
Clusteroluminescence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,378
134,688
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Photocatalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202,293
127,768
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Photocatalysis
Boron-doped diamond electrode
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169,153
47,758
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
molecular imaging
nanomedicine
drug and gene delivery
theranostics
radiopharmaceuticals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151,308
93,744
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Chemistry
Material science
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148,516
126,166
0.850
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Chemistry
Environmental Engineering
Chemical Engg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,489
64,647
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Physical Chemistry
Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Field Theory
Vibration/Rotation Spectroscopy
Nanomedicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,408
78,371
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Photochemistry
Photochromic Materials
Thermochrmic Materials
Nanochemistry
Sensors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,880
95,429
0.740
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Materials Chemistry
Solid State Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,645
28,682
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Inorganic Chemistry
Nanochemistry (无机化学，纳米化学）
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,564
64,585
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Graphene
Carbon Nanotubes
Chemical Vapor Depostion
Lithium Ion Batteries
Solar Cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,552
53,505
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Polymer Science & Engineering
Green Nanocomposites
bionanocomposites
Biomedical Sciences
Polymer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,523
63,766
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Chemical biology
Bioanalytical Chemistry
Bionanotechnology
Nucleic Acids
Molecular Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,942
48,104
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Chemistry of Coordination Space
Porous Coordination Polymers
Metal-Organic Frameworks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,908
35,128
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Porous Materials
Reticular Chemistry
Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs)
Carbon Capture
Gas separation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,898
40,185
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,613
71,568
0.765
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Lithium battery chemistry
Polymer materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,868
43,403
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
machine learning
quantum chemistry
nano science
physical chemistry
condensed matter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,809
34,125
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
asymmetric synthesis
catalysis
organic chemistry
organic synthesis
organometallic chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,350
11,370
0.127
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
graphene
2-D materials
surface science
covalent organic framewok
batteries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,841
48,058
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
theoretical chemistry
catalytic chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,269
41,334
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
307
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jun Chen
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
274,805
169,096
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
318
7
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Rodney Ruoff
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
271,963
96,236
0.354
Chemistry
materials
carbon materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
574
9
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Zhi LIU 刘智
Wuhan University
Wuhan, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,571
111,028
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
647
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Masahiro Ehara
Institute for Molecular Science
Okazaki, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
220,092
80,076
0.364
Theoretical Chemistry
Quantum Chemistry
Photochemistry
Catalysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
743
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ben Zhong Tang
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,378
134,688
0.653
Aggregation-Induced Emission
Functional Polymers
Sensing and Imaging
Room Temperature Phosphorescence
Clusteroluminescence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
785
10
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jiaguo Yu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202,293
127,768
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,131
12
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Akira Fujishima
Tokyo University of Science
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169,153
47,758
0.282
Photocatalysis
Boron-doped diamond electrode
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,397
6
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Xiaoyuan Shawn Chen
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151,308
93,744
0.620
molecular imaging
nanomedicine
drug and gene delivery
theranostics
radiopharmaceuticals
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,450
23
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Huang Baibiao 黄柏标
Shandong University
Jinan, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148,516
126,166
0.850
Chemistry
Material science
Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,661
25
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Vinod Kumar Gupta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,489
64,647
0.467
Chemistry
Environmental Engineering
Chemical Engg
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,755
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Yu-Hung Chen 陳毓宏
National Cheng Kung University
Tainan City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,408
78,371
0.583
Physical Chemistry
Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Field Theory
Vibration/Rotation Spectroscopy
Nanomedicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,911
3
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Abdullah M Asiri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,880
95,429
0.740
Photochemistry
Photochromic Materials
Thermochrmic Materials
Nanochemistry
Sensors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,188
32
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
CNR Rao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,645
28,682
0.240
Materials Chemistry
Solid State Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,374
37
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Shu Hong Yu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,564
64,585
0.564
Inorganic Chemistry
Nanochemistry (无机化学，纳米化学）
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,503
39
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Yongsheng Chen 陈永胜
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,552
53,505
0.480
Graphene
Carbon Nanotubes
Chemical Vapor Depostion
Lithium Ion Batteries
Solar Cells
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,656
39
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sabu Thomas|SABU THOMAS, S.THOMAS, Thomas S
Mahatma Gandhi University Kerala
Kottayam, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,523
63,766
0.588
Polymer Science & Engineering
Green Nanocomposites
bionanocomposites
Biomedical Sciences
Polymer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,686
43
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Weihong Tan 谭蔚泓
Hunan University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,942
48,104
0.446
Chemical biology
Bioanalytical Chemistry
Bionanotechnology
Nucleic Acids
Molecular Medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,247
35
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Susumu Kitagawa
Kyoto University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,908
35,128
0.359
Chemistry of Coordination Space
Porous Coordination Polymers
Metal-Organic Frameworks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,249
8
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Mohamed Eddaoudi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,898
40,185
0.410
Porous Materials
Reticular Chemistry
Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs)
Carbon Capture
Gas separation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,553
65
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Fan Zhang
Fudan University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,613
71,568
0.765
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,666
35
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Dong Wook Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,868
43,403
0.472
Lithium battery chemistry
Polymer materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,747
36
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Kwang S Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,809
34,125
0.376
machine learning
quantum chemistry
nano science
physical chemistry
condensed matter
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,854
44
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ryoji Noyori
Nagoya University
Nagoya, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,350
11,370
0.127
asymmetric synthesis
catalysis
organic chemistry
organic synthesis
organometallic chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,901
15
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Kian Ping Loh
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,841
48,058
0.541
graphene
2-D materials
surface science
covalent organic framewok
batteries
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,942
46
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jun Ya Hasegawa
Hokkaido University
Sapporo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,269
41,334
0.468
theoretical chemistry
catalytic chemistry