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
computer vision
pattern recognition
biometrics
affective computing
artificial intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,069
28,676
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Machine Learning
Computational Neuroscience
#UnivHelsinkiCS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,600
21,000
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Machine learning
pattern recognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,161
10,317
0.147
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
nanotechnology
2D materials
polymer composites
electromagnetics
high energy physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,564
12,983
0.226
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
B5G/6G
machine learning
semantic communication
protocol learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,888
40,089
0.788
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
computer science
algorithms
machine learning
data analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,919
6,414
0.143
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Robotics
virtual reality
sensor fusion
motion planning
control theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,722
16,164
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Virtual reality
ubiquitous computing
urban computing
multimedia
pattern recognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,368
10,713
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Photonics
Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,970
18,631
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
image processing
image restoration
computational imaging
sparse representations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,376
16,164
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
electromagnetics
optics
microwaves
metamaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,317
17,134
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Water Treatment
(Bio)adsorption
Microalgae
Resource recovery
Biochar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,100
23,469
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
food technology and nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,858
11,228
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
2D inorganic materials
graphene
ion and electron irradiation
electronic structure calculations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,962
14,132
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Machine learning
Artificial intelligence
Signal processing
image processing
video communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,016
18,985
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
computer graphics
computer vision
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,748
28,175
0.887
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
biogeochemistry
greenhouse gases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,344
7,578
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Affective Computing
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,048
18,742
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Computer Science
Data Science
Computational Creativity
Artificial Intelligence
#UnivHelsinkiCS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,826
4,221
0.152
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
image processing
stochastic methods
optimization
inverse imaging
coherent wave field processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,653
11,566
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
renewable energy
energy transition
solar energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,580
21,144
0.795
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Advanced Energy Systems
Renewable Energy
Energy Transition
Multidisciplinarity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,147
13,457
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Chemical reaction engineering
reactor technology
kinetics
catalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,072
7,791
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Steel metallurgy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,252
9,818
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Biogeochemical cycles
climate change
land use
atmospheric deposition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,122
9,503
0.411
Matti Pietikäinen
University of Oulu
Oulu, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,069
28,676
0.308
computer vision
pattern recognition
biometrics
affective computing
artificial intelligence
Aapo Hyvarinen
University of Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,600
21,000
0.289
Machine Learning
Computational Neuroscience
#UnivHelsinkiCS
Erkki Oja
Aalto University
Espoo, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,161
10,317
0.147
Machine learning
pattern recognition
Polina Kuzhir
University of Eastern Finland
Joensuu, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,564
12,983
0.226
nanotechnology
2D materials
polymer composites
electromagnetics
high energy physics
Bennis Mehdi
University of Oulu
Oulu, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,888
40,089
0.788
B5G/6G
machine learning
semantic communication
protocol learning
Heikki Mannila
Aalto University
Espoo, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,919
6,414
0.143
computer science
algorithms
machine learning
data analysis
Steven M Lavalle
University of Oulu
Oulu, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,722
16,164
0.370
Robotics
virtual reality
sensor fusion
motion planning
control theory
Timo Ojala
University of Oulu
Oulu, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,368
10,713
0.259
Virtual reality
ubiquitous computing
urban computing
multimedia
pattern recognition
Zhipei Sun
Aalto University
Espoo, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,970
18,631
0.455
Karen Egiazarian Eguiazarian
Tampere University
Tampere, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,376
16,164
0.411
image processing
image restoration
computational imaging
sparse representations
Sergei Tretyakov
Aalto University
Espoo, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,317
17,134
0.436
electromagnetics
optics
microwaves
metamaterials
Amit Bhatnagar
Lappeenranta University of Technology
Lappeenranta, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,100
23,469
0.633
Water Treatment
(Bio)adsorption
Microalgae
Resource recovery
Biochar
Kaisa Poutanen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,858
11,228
0.305
food technology and nutrition
Krasheninnikov Arkady
Aalto University
Espoo, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,962
14,132
0.393
2D inorganic materials
graphene
ion and electron irradiation
electronic structure calculations
Moncef Gabbouj
Tampere University
Tampere, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,016
18,985
0.558
Machine learning
Artificial intelligence
Signal processing
image processing
video communication
Jaakko Lehtinen
Aalto University
Espoo, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,748
28,175
0.887
computer graphics
computer vision
machine learning
Pertti J Martikainen
University of Eastern Finland
Joensuu, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,344
7,578
0.242
biogeochemistry
greenhouse gases
Guoying Zhao
University of Oulu
Oulu, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,048
18,742
0.604
Affective Computing
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
Hannu Tt Toivonen
University of Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,826
4,221
0.152
Computer Science
Data Science
Computational Creativity
Artificial Intelligence
#UnivHelsinkiCS
V.Katkovnik
BioMediTech
Tampere, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,653
11,566
0.434
image processing
stochastic methods
optimization
inverse imaging
coherent wave field processing
Christian Breyer
Lappeenranta University of Technology
Lappeenranta, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,580
21,144
0.795
renewable energy
energy transition
solar energy
Peter D Lund
Aalto University
Espoo, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,147
13,457
0.535
Advanced Energy Systems
Renewable Energy
Energy Transition
Multidisciplinarity
Tapio Salmi
Abo Akademi University
Turku, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,072
7,791
0.324
Chemical reaction engineering
reactor technology
kinetics
catalysis
David Porter
University of Oulu
Oulu, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,252
9,818
0.422
Pirkko Kortelainen
Finnish Environment Institute SYKE
Bhubaneswar, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,122
9,503
0.411
Biogeochemical cycles
climate change
land use
atmospheric deposition