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
Photonics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164,609
107,510
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Complex networks
neural networks
multi-agent systems - engineering stability - dynamics and control - time-delay systems
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,969
51,101
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
microsensor、MEMS、nitrate detection
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,033
59,442
0.762
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Remote sensing
Image processing
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,872
56,440
0.754
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Metamaterials
Computational Electromagnetics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,535
48,117
0.682
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
communication systems
wireless networks
mobile systems
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,361
38,068
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Computational Intelligence
Intelligent Control
Cybernetics
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Data Science/Engineering
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,159
43,353
0.721
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Molecular Engineering
Electrocatalysts
Bioimaging
Organic Electronics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,435
25,069
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Robust Control - Networked Control Systems - Signal Processing - Control Applications
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,291
22,704
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Graphene
2D materials
Nanotechnology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,000
21,416
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
natural language processing
multimodal vision-and-language
deep learning
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,131
43,148
0.797
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
electronic structure
photocatalysis
spintronics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,453
33,122
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
silicon photonics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,419
43,572
0.816
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
metamaterial & metasurface
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,453
35,644
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
High Voltage and Insulation Technology
Gas Discharge
Pulsed power
Plasma science
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,825
17,994
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Fiber Gratings and Sensors
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,198
29,942
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
electronic engineering
physics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,987
30,743
0.669
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Organic Semiconductor
OPV
OECT-neumorphic computing and sensing
Morphology
X-ray Scattering
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,560
31,906
0.716
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Organic solar cells
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,345
33,609
0.758
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Wireless Sensor Networks/RFID
Cyber Physical Systems and IoT
Privacy and Security
Cloud Computing
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,322
19,349
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Fiber electronics
Bioelectronics
Polymer
Energy
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,537
28,923
0.680
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
semiconductors and optoelectronic devices
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,150
33,156
0.787
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Quantum Computation and Information
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,393
16,122
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Image Processing
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
Multimedia Analysis
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,084
25,669
0.640
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Electrical Eng.
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,845
24,777
0.622
Wei Li
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164,609
107,510
0.653
Jinde Cao
Southeast University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,969
51,101
0.556
Complex networks
neural networks
multi-agent systems - engineering stability - dynamics and control - time-delay systems
Yang Li
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,033
59,442
0.762
microsensor、MEMS、nitrate detection
zhang liangpei
Wuhan University
Wuhan, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,872
56,440
0.754
Remote sensing
Image processing
Tie Jun Cui
Southeast University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,535
48,117
0.682
Metamaterials
Computational Electromagnetics
Victor C. M. Leung
Shenzhen University
Shenzhen, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,361
38,068
0.582
communication systems
wireless networks
mobile systems
Cl Philip Chen
South China University of Technology
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,159
43,353
0.721
Computational Intelligence
Intelligent Control
Cybernetics
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Data Science/Engineering
Yongye Liang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,435
25,069
0.422
Molecular Engineering
Electrocatalysts
Bioimaging
Organic Electronics
Gao Huijun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,291
22,704
0.389
Robust Control - Networked Control Systems - Signal Processing - Control Applications
Xuesong Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,000
21,416
0.376
Graphene
2D materials
Nanotechnology
Xiaodong He (何晓冬)
JD.com, Inc.
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,131
43,148
0.797
natural language processing
multimodal vision-and-language
deep learning
Ying Dai 戴瑛
Shandong University
Jinan, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,453
33,122
0.620
electronic structure
photocatalysis
spintronics
Shuai Wang
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,419
43,572
0.816
cheng qiang
Southeast University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,453
35,644
0.706
metamaterial & metasurface
Lee Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,825
17,994
0.361
High Voltage and Insulation Technology
Gas Discharge
Pulsed power
Plasma science
Tao Wang
China University of Petroleum
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,198
29,942
0.634
Fiber Gratings and Sensors
Ping Li
Chongqing University
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,987
30,743
0.669
electronic engineering
physics
Wei Ma 马伟
Xi'An Jiaotong University
Xi'an, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,560
31,906
0.716
Organic Semiconductor
OPV
OECT-neumorphic computing and sensing
Morphology
X-ray Scattering
Miao Zhang
Beijing Jiaotong University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,345
33,609
0.758
Yunhao Liu
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,322
19,349
0.437
Wireless Sensor Networks/RFID
Cyber Physical Systems and IoT
Privacy and Security
Cloud Computing
Huisheng Peng 彭慧胜
Fudan University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,537
28,923
0.680
Fiber electronics
Bioelectronics
Polymer
Energy
Jiang Tang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,150
33,156
0.787
semiconductors and optoelectronic devices
Luming Duan
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,393
16,122
0.389
Quantum Computation and Information
Xinbo Gao(高新波)|Gao Xinbo, Gao Xin-bo
Xidian University
Xi'an, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,084
25,669
0.640
Image Processing
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
Multimedia Analysis
Xiao Jian
Southwest Jiaotong University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,845
24,777
0.622