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
delay differential equations
dynamical systems
disease modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,072
18,602
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
stochastic processes
quantitative finance
Filtering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,489
5,890
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Manufacturing Systems
Product Design
Process Planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,695
6,144
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Industrial Engineering
Learning Curves
Inventory Management
Production Economics
Sustainable Supply Chains
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,833
7,396
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ergonomics
Human Factors
Engineering Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,594
5,150
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Hydrometallurgy
leaching
solvent extraction
ion exchange
precipitation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,393
4,787
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Manufacturing
Machine Tools
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,705
5,650
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Industry 4.0
Industry 5.0
project planning
industrial engineering
génie industriel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,757
6,061
0.692
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Maritime Industries
Safety Science
Risk Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,457
6,065
0.717
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
ergonomics
occupational health
women's studies
prolonged standing
work-family
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,443
1,895
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Manufacturing Engineering
Metal cutting
Machining
Engineering Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,116
4,237
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Infrastructure management
Risk and Resilience assessment
Data-driven decision-making
Supply Chain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,563
5,825
0.770
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Stochastic networks
wireless systems
stochastic analysis
applied probability
game theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,177
645
0.090
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Systems Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,901
2,377
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Engineering Design
Manufacturing
Systems
complexity
Industrial engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,723
2,858
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ergonomics
biomechanics
electromyography
muscle fatigue
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,252
1,978
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
production planning and control
maintenance
logistics
optimization
simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,184
2,476
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
ergonomics
evidence-based practice
work disability prevention
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,912
2,401
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Manufacturing metrology
machine tool metrology
dimensional metrology
precision engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,829
1,870
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Manufacturing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,562
1,688
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
industrial engineering
big data
artificial intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,226
1,692
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
process systems engineering
optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,592
1,789
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Organizational Culture
International Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,555
1,599
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Industrial Automation and Control Systems
Design Engineering
Engineering Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,465
842
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Industry 4.0
Additive Manufacturing (AM)
Automation
Machining
AI applications/CAD/CAM/CAE
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,458
2,424
0.701
Jianhong Wu
York University
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,072
18,602
0.476
delay differential equations
dynamical systems
disease modeling
Robert Elliott
University of Calgary
Calgary, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,489
5,890
0.274
stochastic processes
quantitative finance
Filtering
Hoda A Elmaraghy
University of Windsor
Windsor, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,695
6,144
0.329
Manufacturing Systems
Product Design
Process Planning
MY Jaber
Toronto Metropolitan University
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,833
7,396
0.415
Industrial Engineering
Learning Curves
Inventory Management
Production Economics
Sustainable Supply Chains
Patrick Neumann
Toronto Metropolitan University
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,594
5,150
0.486
Ergonomics
Human Factors
Engineering Design
David Dreisinger
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,393
4,787
0.461
Hydrometallurgy
leaching
solvent extraction
ion exchange
precipitation
Stephen Veldhuis
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,705
5,650
0.582
Manufacturing
Machine Tools
Robert Pellerin
École Polytechnique de Montréal
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,757
6,061
0.692
Industry 4.0
Industry 5.0
project planning
industrial engineering
génie industriel
Floris Goerlandt
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,457
6,065
0.717
Maritime Industries
Safety Science
Risk Research
Karen Messing
Université du Québec Montréal
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,443
1,895
0.224
ergonomics
occupational health
women's studies
prolonged standing
work-family
Hossam A Kishawy
Ontario Tech University
Oshawa, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,116
4,237
0.522
Manufacturing Engineering
Metal cutting
Machining
Engineering Design
Golam Kabir
University of Regina
Regina, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,563
5,825
0.770
Infrastructure management
Risk and Resilience assessment
Data-driven decision-making
Supply Chain
Ravi R Mazumdar
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,177
645
0.090
Stochastic networks
wireless systems
stochastic analysis
applied probability
game theory
Liping Fang
Toronto Metropolitan University
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,901
2,377
0.344
Systems Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Waguih Elmaraghy
University of Windsor
Windsor, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,723
2,858
0.425
Engineering Design
Manufacturing
Systems
complexity
Industrial engineering
Jim Robert Potvin
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,252
1,978
0.316
Ergonomics
biomechanics
electromyography
muscle fatigue
Ali Gharbi
École de Technologie Supérieure
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,184
2,476
0.400
production planning and control
maintenance
logistics
optimization
simulation
Kimberley Cullen
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St John’s, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,912
2,401
0.406
ergonomics
evidence-based practice
work disability prevention
JRR Mayer René Mayer
École Polytechnique de Montréal
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,829
1,870
0.321
Manufacturing metrology
machine tool metrology
dimensional metrology
precision engineering
Marek Balazinski
École Polytechnique de Montréal
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,562
1,688
0.370
Bruno Agard
École Polytechnique de Montréal
Montréal, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,226
1,692
0.400
industrial engineering
big data
artificial intelligence
Zukui Li
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,592
1,789
0.498
process systems engineering
optimization
Catherine T Kwantes
University of Windsor
Windsor, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,555
1,599
0.450
Organizational Culture
International Management
RW Bob Brennan
University of Calgary
Calgary, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,465
842
0.243
Industrial Automation and Control Systems
Design Engineering
Engineering Education
Ibrahim M Deiab
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,458
2,424
0.701
Industry 4.0
Additive Manufacturing (AM)
Automation
Machining
AI applications/CAD/CAM/CAE