Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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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
Chemistry
materials
carbon materials
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
269,053
93,543
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
265,711
160,412
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
photocatalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
227,741
105,170
0.462
* 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
218,007
77,811
0.357
* 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
201,352
129,584
0.644
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Photocatalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
196,252
122,027
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Photocatalysis
Boron-doped diamond electrode
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,430
46,234
0.276
* 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
147,211
89,854
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Chemistry
Material science
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139,426
117,159
0.840
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Chemistry
Environmental Engineering
Chemical Engg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,879
62,501
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Photochemistry
Photochromic Materials
Thermochrmic Materials
Nanochemistry
Sensors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,753
92,466
0.735
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Materials Chemistry
Solid State Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,540
27,305
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Inorganic Chemistry
Nanochemistry (无机化学，纳米化学）
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,772
61,880
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Graphene
Carbon Nanotubes
Chemical Vapor Depostion
Lithium Ion Batteries
Solar Cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,552
51,566
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Chemical biology
Bioanalytical Chemistry
Bionanotechnology
Nucleic Acids
Molecular Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,115
46,357
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Physical Chemistry
Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Field Theory
Vibration/Rotation Spectroscopy
Nanomedicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,376
58,383
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Polymer Science & Engineering
Green Nanocomposites
bionanocomposites
Biomedical Sciences
Polymer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,161
60,493
0.575
* 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
96,664
33,934
0.351
* 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
96,300
38,603
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
machine learning
quantum chemistry
nano science
physical chemistry
condensed matter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,573
32,931
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Lithium battery chemistry
Polymer materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,519
41,353
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
asymmetric synthesis
catalysis
organic chemistry
organic synthesis
organometallic chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,172
11,065
0.124
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,315
66,370
0.752
* 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
86,835
46,145
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
theoretical chemistry
catalytic chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,725
39,915
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
305
7
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Rodney Ruoff
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
269,053
93,543
0.348
Chemistry
materials
carbon materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
321
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jun Chen
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
265,711
160,412
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
576
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
227,741
105,170
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
625
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
218,007
77,811
0.357
Theoretical Chemistry
Quantum Chemistry
Photochemistry
Catalysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
753
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
201,352
129,584
0.644
Aggregation-Induced Emission
Functional Polymers
Sensing and Imaging
Room Temperature Phosphorescence
Clusteroluminescence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
809
10
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jiaguo Yu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
196,252
122,027
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,097
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
167,430
46,234
0.276
Photocatalysis
Boron-doped diamond electrode
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,407
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
147,211
89,854
0.610
molecular imaging
nanomedicine
drug and gene delivery
theranostics
radiopharmaceuticals
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,560
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
139,426
117,159
0.840
Chemistry
Material science
Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,646
24
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Vinod Kumar Gupta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,879
62,501
0.460
Chemistry
Environmental Engineering
Chemical Engg
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,908
3
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Abdullah M Asiri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,753
92,466
0.735
Photochemistry
Photochromic Materials
Thermochrmic Materials
Nanochemistry
Sensors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,240
32
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
CNR Rao
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,540
27,305
0.236
Materials Chemistry
Solid State Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,384
36
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Shu Hong Yu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,772
61,880
0.554
Inorganic Chemistry
Nanochemistry (无机化学，纳米化学）
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,478
38
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Yongsheng Chen 陈永胜
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,552
51,566
0.471
Graphene
Carbon Nanotubes
Chemical Vapor Depostion
Lithium Ion Batteries
Solar Cells
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,644
42
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Weihong Tan 谭蔚泓
Hunan University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,115
46,357
0.437
Chemical biology
Bioanalytical Chemistry
Bionanotechnology
Nucleic Acids
Molecular Medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,681
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Yu-Hung Chen 陳毓宏
National Cheng Kung University
Tainan City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,376
58,383
0.554
Physical Chemistry
Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Field Theory
Vibration/Rotation Spectroscopy
Nanomedicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,699
39
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sabu Thomas|SABU THOMAS, S.THOMAS, Thomas S
Mahatma Gandhi University Kerala
Kottayam, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,161
60,493
0.575
Polymer Science & Engineering
Green Nanocomposites
bionanocomposites
Biomedical Sciences
Polymer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,183
35
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Susumu Kitagawa
Kyoto University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,664
33,934
0.351
Chemistry of Coordination Space
Porous Coordination Polymers
Metal-Organic Frameworks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,214
7
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Mohamed Eddaoudi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,300
38,603
0.401
Porous Materials
Reticular Chemistry
Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs)
Carbon Capture
Gas separation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,682
34
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Kwang S Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,573
32,931
0.368
machine learning
quantum chemistry
nano science
physical chemistry
condensed matter
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,687
35
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Dong Wook Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,519
41,353
0.462
Lithium battery chemistry
Polymer materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,720
41
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ryoji Noyori
Nagoya University
Nagoya, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,172
11,065
0.124
asymmetric synthesis
catalysis
organic chemistry
organic synthesis
organometallic chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,778
73
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Fan Zhang
Fudan University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,315
66,370
0.752
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,878
14
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
86,835
46,145
0.531
graphene
2-D materials
surface science
covalent organic framewok
batteries
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,889
47
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jun Ya Hasegawa
Hokkaido University
Sapporo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,725
39,915
0.460
theoretical chemistry
catalytic chemistry