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asia Engineering & Technology Highly Cited Researchers 159.621 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
machine learning
statistics
computer scienc
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
325,777
107,278
0.329
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Carbon Nanotubes
Graphene
Energy storage materials
Photocatalytic Semiconductor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
297,291
192,614
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Materials Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
227,661
165,858
0.729
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Crossfield
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
213,300
110,558
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Materials Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
187,692
50,132
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Environmental Geograph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
184,062
152,808
0.830
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Photonic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180,261
108,863
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Hydrocolloids
Polysaccharide
Protei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
170,916
83,925
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognitio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164,417
95,939
0.584
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Astrophysics
Cosmolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159,866
92,704
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Phase engineering of nanomaterials (PEN) and controlled epitaxial growth of heterostructure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158,894
76,150
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
hollow structures
batteries
electrocatalysis
supercapacitors
photocatalysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,044
72,905
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Bioinformatic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,468
72,095
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Structural Material
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,174
100,389
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Astroparticle Physics
Elementary Particle Physics
High Energy Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,521
34,412
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Pharmaceutical Development
Chemical Engineering
CFD
DEM Modelin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139,555
82,999
0.595
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Computer vision
pattern recognition
machine learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,412
93,048
0.687
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Machine Learning
Bioinformatics
Data Minin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,364
89,578
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
self-healing coating
corrosion protection
numerical simulatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131,209
87,761
0.669
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Materials Science and Engineering
Plasma Science
Surface Science
Biomaterial
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,422
68,411
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
foo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,968
93,508
0.719
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Surface Plasmon Resonance
Single Cell Imaging
Single Nanoparticle Imagin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,841
76,131
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Pattern Recognitio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,999
93,231
0.740
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
Lithium Metal Anode
SEI
Electrolyte
Electrocatalysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,204
88,630
0.708
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Machine learning
Data Mining
Optimization
Artificial Intelligenc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,412
28,118
0.226
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
185
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Vapnik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
325,777
107,278
0.329
machine learning
statistics
computer scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
262
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Hui-Ming Cheng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
297,291
192,614
0.648
Carbon Nanotubes
Graphene
Energy storage materials
Photocatalytic Semiconductor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
661
9
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Kenji Watanabe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
227,661
165,858
0.729
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
765
3
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Seeram Ramakrishna
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
213,300
110,558
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,001
11
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Hideo Hosono
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
187,692
50,132
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,031
13
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Min Liu
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
184,062
152,808
0.830
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,081
14
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Wei Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180,261
108,863
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,202
16
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Bin Li 李斌
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
170,916
83,925
0.491
Hydrocolloids
Polysaccharide
Protei
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,291
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Xiaoou Tang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164,417
95,939
0.584
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognitio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,354
21
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sanjit Mitra
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159,866
92,704
0.580
Astrophysics
Cosmolog
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,371
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Hua Zhang (张华)
City University of Hong Kong
Kowloon, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158,894
76,150
0.479
Phase engineering of nanomaterials (PEN) and controlled epitaxial growth of heterostructure
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,533
7
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Xiong Wen David Lou
Nanyang Technological University
Jurong West, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,044
72,905
0.486
hollow structures
batteries
electrocatalysis
supercapacitors
photocatalysi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,594
16
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Minoru Kanehisa
Kyoto University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,468
72,095
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,665
24
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Gang Wang
Shanghai University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144,174
100,389
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,758
17
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Hirokazu Ishino
Okayama University
Okayama, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,521
34,412
0.245
Astroparticle Physics
Elementary Particle Physics
High Energy Physic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,789
19
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Wei Chen
Kyoto University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139,555
82,999
0.595
Pharmaceutical Development
Chemical Engineering
CFD
DEM Modelin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,878
9
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Xiaogang Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,412
93,048
0.687
Computer vision
pattern recognition
machine learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,944
30
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Chen, Peng (陳鵬)
Anhui University
Hefei, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,364
89,578
0.672
Machine Learning
Bioinformatics
Data Minin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,009
32
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Wei Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131,209
87,761
0.669
self-healing coating
corrosion protection
numerical simulatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,028
10
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Paul K Chu
City University of Hong Kong
Kowloon, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,422
68,411
0.525
Materials Science and Engineering
Plasma Science
Surface Science
Biomaterial
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,045
33
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Bin Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,968
93,508
0.719
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,126
34
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Wei Wang
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,841
76,131
0.600
Surface Plasmon Resonance
Single Cell Imaging
Single Nanoparticle Imagin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,151
5
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Wei Chen
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,999
93,231
0.740
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,175
35
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Qiang Zhang
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,204
88,630
0.708
Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
Lithium Metal Anode
SEI
Electrolyte
Electrocatalysi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,212
6
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Chih-Jen Lin
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,412
28,118
0.226
Machine learning
Data Mining
Optimization
Artificial Intelligenc