Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
asia Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 22.183 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
281,401
155,011
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Chemistry
materials
carbon materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
274,634
77,385
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
photocatalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237,871
96,186
0.404
* 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
223,046
69,407
0.311
* 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
214,737
127,328
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Photocatalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,713
115,720
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Photocatalysis
Boron-doped diamond electrode
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
170,787
40,332
0.236
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Chemistry
Material science
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155,564
128,568
0.826
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
molecular imaging
nanomedicine
drug and gene delivery
theranostics
radiopharmaceuticals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155,561
86,647
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Chemistry
Environmental Engineering
Chemical Engg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,089
53,638
0.383
* 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
137,205
64,550
0.470
* 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
131,848
84,437
0.640
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Materials Chemistry
Solid State Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,799
23,784
0.197
* 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
116,789
57,053
0.489
* 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
113,369
45,433
0.401
* 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
111,306
58,852
0.529
* 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
109,757
42,738
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Porous Materials
Reticular Chemistry
Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs)
Carbon Capture
Gas separation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,972
36,473
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Chemistry of Coordination Space
Porous Coordination Polymers
Metal-Organic Frameworks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,459
30,737
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,687
67,687
0.700
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Lithium battery chemistry
Polymer materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,663
39,036
0.417
* 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
91,947
29,476
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
graphene
2-D materials
surface science
covalent organic framewok
batteries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,635
42,345
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
theoretical chemistry
catalytic chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,191
38,654
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
asymmetric synthesis
catalysis
organic chemistry
organic synthesis
organometallic chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,087
9,456
0.105
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
303
7
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jun Chen
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
281,401
155,011
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
333
7
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Rodney Ruoff
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
274,634
77,385
0.282
Chemistry
materials
carbon materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
570
9
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Zhi LIU 刘智
Wuhan University
Wuhan, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237,871
96,186
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
658
9
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Masahiro Ehara
Institute for Molecular Science
Okazaki, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223,046
69,407
0.311
Theoretical Chemistry
Quantum Chemistry
Photochemistry
Catalysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
709
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ben Zhong Tang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214,737
127,328
0.593
Aggregation-Induced Emission
Functional Polymers
Sensing and Imaging
Room Temperature Phosphorescence
Clusteroluminescence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
781
10
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jiaguo Yu
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,713
115,720
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,141
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
170,787
40,332
0.236
Photocatalysis
Boron-doped diamond electrode
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,368
22
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Huang Baibiao 黄柏标
Shandong University
Jinan, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155,564
128,568
0.826
Chemistry
Material science
Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,369
6
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Xiaoyuan Shawn Chen
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155,561
86,647
0.557
molecular imaging
nanomedicine
drug and gene delivery
theranostics
radiopharmaceuticals
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,683
24
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Vinod Kumar Gupta
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,089
53,638
0.383
Chemistry
Environmental Engineering
Chemical Engg
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,752
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
137,205
64,550
0.470
Physical Chemistry
Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Field Theory
Vibration/Rotation Spectroscopy
Nanomedicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,891
3
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Abdullah M Asiri
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131,848
84,437
0.640
Photochemistry
Photochromic Materials
Thermochrmic Materials
Nanochemistry
Sensors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,216
32
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
CNR Rao
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,799
23,784
0.197
Materials Chemistry
Solid State Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,363
37
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Shu Hong Yu
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,789
57,053
0.489
Inorganic Chemistry
Nanochemistry (无机化学，纳米化学）
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,520
40
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Yongsheng Chen 陈永胜
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,369
45,433
0.401
Graphene
Carbon Nanotubes
Chemical Vapor Depostion
Lithium Ion Batteries
Solar Cells
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,615
39
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sabu Thomas|SABU THOMAS, S.THOMAS, Thomas S
Mahatma Gandhi University Kerala
Kottayam, India
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,306
58,852
0.529
Polymer Science & Engineering
Green Nanocomposites
bionanocomposites
Biomedical Sciences
Polymer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,693
44
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
109,757
42,738
0.389
Chemical biology
Bioanalytical Chemistry
Bionanotechnology
Nucleic Acids
Molecular Medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,232
8
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Mohamed Eddaoudi
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,972
36,473
0.365
Porous Materials
Reticular Chemistry
Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs)
Carbon Capture
Gas separation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,265
36
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Susumu Kitagawa
Kyoto University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,459
30,737
0.309
Chemistry of Coordination Space
Porous Coordination Polymers
Metal-Organic Frameworks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,458
64
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Fan Zhang
Fudan University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,687
67,687
0.700
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,664
35
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Dong Wook Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,663
39,036
0.417
Lithium battery chemistry
Polymer materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,783
36
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Kwang S Kim
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,947
29,476
0.321
machine learning
quantum chemistry
nano science
physical chemistry
condensed matter
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,882
16
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Kian Ping Loh
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,635
42,345
0.467
graphene
2-D materials
surface science
covalent organic framewok
batteries
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,920
44
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jun Ya Hasegawa
Hokkaido University
Sapporo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,191
38,654
0.429
theoretical chemistry
catalytic chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,930
45
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ryoji Noyori
Nagoya University
Nagoya, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,087
9,456
0.105
asymmetric synthesis
catalysis
organic chemistry
organic synthesis
organometallic chemistry