Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
China Highly Cited Researchers Citation in China 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
Carbon Nanotubes
Graphene
Energy storage materials
Photocatalytic Semiconductors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
273,991
185,258
0.676
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Fluid mechanics
Computational fluid dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
185,774
130,497
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Environmental Geography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173,489
149,198
0.860
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Photonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169,326
112,034
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Hydrocolloids
Polysaccharide
Protein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157,564
89,292
0.567
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Structural Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,282
100,939
0.752
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Machine Learning
Bioinformatics
Data Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,315
89,058
0.722
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Surface Plasmon Resonance
Single Cell Imaging
Single Nanoparticle Imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,446
79,777
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
food
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,418
90,804
0.767
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
Lithium Metal Anode
SEI
Electrolyte
Electrocatalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,103
90,181
0.777
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Environmental Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry
Nanotechnology
Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,356
60,476
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Intelligent Systems
Intelligent Vehicles
Robotics and Automation
Blockchain
DAO
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,033
67,796
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Computational mechanics
Anomalous diffusion
Acoustics
Radial basis function
Fractional derivative & nonlocal statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,335
62,046
0.606
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
hydrometeorology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,743
65,684
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Data Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,166
58,149
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Steel Structure
Composite Structure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,282
79,720
0.819
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Complex networks
neural networks
multi-agent systems - engineering stability - dynamics and control - time-delay systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,180
53,263
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Environmental Soil Science & Biogeochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,830
59,477
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Two-dimensional materials
Graphene
Black phosphorus
Optics
Devices
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,452
76,191
0.815
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Biometrics
Pattern Recognition
Image Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,907
37,206
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
solar cell
nanomaterials
quantum dots
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,726
40,289
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
lidar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,488
60,751
0.657
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Nucleic acids chemistry
DNA nanotechnology
Bioimaging and biosensors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,403
50,268
0.550
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Construction Engineering and Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,871
42,627
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Materials Science and Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,289
47,479
0.550
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
310
7
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Hui-Ming Cheng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
273,991
185,258
0.676
Carbon Nanotubes
Graphene
Energy storage materials
Photocatalytic Semiconductors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
952
13
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Liang Wang
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
185,774
130,497
0.702
Fluid mechanics
Computational fluid dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,067
14
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Min Liu
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173,489
149,198
0.860
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,128
15
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Wei Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169,326
112,034
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,296
18
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Bin Li 李斌
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157,564
89,292
0.567
Hydrocolloids
Polysaccharide
Protein
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,765
28
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Gang Wang
Shanghai University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,282
100,939
0.752
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,057
32
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Chen, Peng (陳鵬)
Anhui University
Hefei, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,315
89,058
0.722
Machine Learning
Bioinformatics
Data Mining
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,156
33
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Wei Wang
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,446
79,777
0.662
Surface Plasmon Resonance
Single Cell Imaging
Single Nanoparticle Imaging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,231
34
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Bin Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,418
90,804
0.767
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,323
35
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Qiang Zhang
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,103
90,181
0.777
Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
Lithium Metal Anode
SEI
Electrolyte
Electrocatalysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,564
42
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Lingxin Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,356
60,476
0.548
Environmental Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry
Nanotechnology
Biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,729
44
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Fei-Yue Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,033
67,796
0.633
Intelligent Systems
Intelligent Vehicles
Robotics and Automation
Blockchain
DAO
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,985
48
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Wen Chen
Hohai University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,335
62,046
0.606
Computational mechanics
Anomalous diffusion
Acoustics
Radial basis function
Fractional derivative & nonlocal statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,004
50
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Qiang Zhang （张强）
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,743
65,684
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,164
54
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Zhi Hua Zhou
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,166
58,149
0.586
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Data Mining
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,289
57
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Zhang Qinghua
Southwest Jiaotong University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,282
79,720
0.819
Steel Structure
Composite Structure
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,519
63
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jinde Cao
Southeast University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,180
53,263
0.566
Complex networks
neural networks
multi-agent systems - engineering stability - dynamics and control - time-delay systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,540
64
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Yong-Guan Zhu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,830
59,477
0.634
Environmental Soil Science & Biogeochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,563
67
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Han Zhang
Shenzhen University
Shenzhen, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,452
76,191
0.815
Two-dimensional materials
Graphene
Black phosphorus
Optics
Devices
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,593
68
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
David Zhang Dapeng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,907
37,206
0.400
Biometrics
Pattern Recognition
Image Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,606
69
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Zhong Xinhua, 钟新华
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,726
40,289
0.434
solar cell
nanomaterials
quantum dots
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,627
71
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Dong Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,488
60,751
0.657
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,698
73
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Chunhai Fan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,403
50,268
0.550
Nucleic acids chemistry
DNA nanotechnology
Bioimaging and biosensors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,050
82
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
李慧敏 Li Huimin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,871
42,627
0.491
Construction Engineering and Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,091
85
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Yi Bing Cheng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,289
47,479
0.550
Materials Science and Engineering