Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
asia 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
machine learning
statistics
computer science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
319,739
114,549
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Carbon Nanotubes
Graphene
Energy storage materials
Photocatalytic Semiconductors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
269,726
180,998
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Fluid Mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
264,510
88,929
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Materials Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,617
161,762
0.783
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Crossfields
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,694
106,363
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Fluid mechanics
Computational fluid dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183,962
128,775
0.700
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Materials Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180,810
55,566
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Fluid Mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179,432
131,988
0.736
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Environmental Geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171,547
147,291
0.859
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Photonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,580
110,378
0.659
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Hydrocolloids
Polysaccharide
Protein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156,439
88,248
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,450
100,692
0.656
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Phase engineering of nanomaterials (PEN) and controlled epitaxial growth of heterostructures
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151,294
83,674
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Astrophysics
Cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,230
98,586
0.656
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
hollow structures
batteries
electrocatalysis
supercapacitors
photocatalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143,055
80,508
0.563
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136,723
70,247
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Astroparticle Physics
Elementary Particle Physics
High Energy Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136,481
37,503
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Structural Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,276
99,965
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Pharmaceutical Development
Chemical Engineering
CFD
DEM Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,531
85,078
0.657
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Artificial Intelligence
Transfer Learning
Federated Learning
Machine Learning and Data Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,655
82,273
0.639
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Computer vision
pattern recognition
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,180
96,440
0.770
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Dairy Sience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,655
59,019
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Machine Learning
Bioinformatics
Data Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,328
88,097
0.720
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Machine learning
Data Mining
Optimization
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,689
33,794
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Materials Science and Engineering
Plasma Science
Surface Science
Biomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,821
68,599
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
169
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Vapnik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
319,739
114,549
0.358
machine learning
statistics
computer science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
321
7
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Hui-Ming Cheng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
269,726
180,998
0.671
Carbon Nanotubes
Graphene
Energy storage materials
Photocatalytic Semiconductors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
343
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Gs Gunasegarane
Pondicherry Engineering College
Pondicherry, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
264,510
88,929
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
732
10
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Kenji Watanabe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,617
161,762
0.783
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
842
3
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Seeram Ramakrishna
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,694
106,363
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
958
13
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Liang Wang
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183,962
128,775
0.700
Fluid mechanics
Computational fluid dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
984
11
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Hideo Hosono
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180,810
55,566
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
997
14
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Feng Wang
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179,432
131,988
0.736
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,078
15
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Min Liu
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171,547
147,291
0.859
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,136
16
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Wei Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,580
110,378
0.659
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,299
18
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Bin Li 李斌
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156,439
88,248
0.564
Hydrocolloids
Polysaccharide
Protein
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,340
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Xiaoou Tang
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,450
100,692
0.656
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,381
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Hua Zhang (张华)
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151,294
83,674
0.553
Phase engineering of nanomaterials (PEN) and controlled epitaxial growth of heterostructures
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,397
21
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sanjit Mitra
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,230
98,586
0.656
Astrophysics
Cosmology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,546
7
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Xiong Wen David Lou
Nanyang Technological University
Jurong West, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143,055
80,508
0.563
hollow structures
batteries
electrocatalysis
supercapacitors
photocatalysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,681
16
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Minoru Kanehisa
Kyoto University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136,723
70,247
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,686
17
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Hirokazu Ishino
Okayama University
Okayama, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136,481
37,503
0.275
Astroparticle Physics
Elementary Particle Physics
High Energy Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,765
29
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Gang Wang
Shanghai University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,276
99,965
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,869
21
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Wei Chen
Kyoto University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,531
85,078
0.657
Pharmaceutical Development
Chemical Engineering
CFD
DEM Modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,892
8
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Qiang Yang (杨强）
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128,655
82,273
0.639
Artificial Intelligence
Transfer Learning
Federated Learning
Machine Learning and Data Mining
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,992
10
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Xiaogang Wang
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,180
96,440
0.770
Computer vision
pattern recognition
machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,054
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Nanes Hasanian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,655
59,019
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,065
33
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Chen, Peng (陳鵬)
Anhui University
Hefei, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,328
88,097
0.720
Machine Learning
Bioinformatics
Data Mining
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,090
5
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Chih-Jen Lin
National Taiwan University
Taipei City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,689
33,794
0.278
Machine learning
Data Mining
Optimization
Artificial Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,119
11
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Paul K Chu
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,821
68,599
0.568
Materials Science and Engineering
Plasma Science
Surface Science
Biomaterials