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
Optical Wireless Communications
Interference Managment in Wireless Networks
Spatial Modulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,489
28,424
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
speech and language processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,760
9,349
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Speech Recognition
Speech and Language Technology
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,981
3,348
0.116
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Wireless Communication
Communication Theory
Massive MIMO
Cell-Free Massive MIMO
5G and Beyond
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,139
14,039
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Communications
Signal Processing
Wireless Communications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,491
6,546
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Communications
Signal Processing
Wireless Communications
Low-Rank Signal Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,440
6,708
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Photonics
Optoelectronics
Quantum Photonics
Quantum Technologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,043
10,209
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Internet of Things
Wireless Communication
Molecular Communication
Internet of Everything
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,037
4,563
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Perovskite semiconductors
Nanostructured materials
Solar Cells & Solar Fuels
Light-Emitting Diodes
Optoelectronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,189
7,942
0.779
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Optical wireless communications
free space optics
visible light communications
LiFi
Optical communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,504
4,695
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Light-emitting diodes
Photovoltaics
Laser spectroscopy
Optoelectronics
Device physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,294
7,060
0.760
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Wireless Communications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,198
1,472
0.160
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Optical communications
Mobile Communications
Smartphone Technology
Signal Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,117
3,341
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sensor Networks
IoT
Wireless Communications
Cyber-physical systems
Smart Dust
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,782
4,094
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
digital communication
optical communications
free-space optics
visible light communications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,267
3,807
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Communications
Electromagnetics
IoT
Anrenna8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,519
3,229
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Wireless Communications
Mobile Communications
Internet of Things
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,441
5,012
0.674
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
speech recognition
machine translation
speech synthesis
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,430
2,025
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs)
Spintronics
Optoelectronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,616
4,870
0.736
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
communications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,577
3,076
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Speech and language science and technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,403
1,442
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Edge AI
NOMA
MEC
RIS
Machine learning for Wireless Communications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,968
5,287
0.886
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Communication systems
wireless communications
high speed circuit design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,439
2,154
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
UWB Systems
Wireless Communications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,238
1,358
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
optoelectronics
halide perovskites
photonics
PV
LEDs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,072
4,167
0.822
Harald Haas
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,489
28,424
0.462
Optical Wireless Communications
Interference Managment in Wireless Networks
Spatial Modulation
Steve Young
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,760
9,349
0.214
speech and language processing
Philip Woodland
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,981
3,348
0.116
Speech Recognition
Speech and Language Technology
Machine Learning
Hien Quoc Ngo
Queen's University Belfast
Belfast, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,139
14,039
0.664
Wireless Communication
Communication Theory
Massive MIMO
Cell-Free Massive MIMO
5G and Beyond
John S Thompson
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,491
6,546
0.336
Communications
Signal Processing
Wireless Communications
Rodrigo De Lamare
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,440
6,708
0.385
Communications
Signal Processing
Wireless Communications
Low-Rank Signal Processing
Mark G Thompson
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,043
10,209
0.599
Photonics
Optoelectronics
Quantum Photonics
Quantum Technologies
Ozgur B Akan
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,037
4,563
0.285
Internet of Things
Wireless Communication
Molecular Communication
Internet of Everything
Mojtaba Abdi Jalebi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,189
7,942
0.779
Perovskite semiconductors
Nanostructured materials
Solar Cells & Solar Fuels
Light-Emitting Diodes
Optoelectronics
Sujan Rajbhandari
Bangor University
Noakhali, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,504
4,695
0.494
Optical wireless communications
free space optics
visible light communications
LiFi
Optical communication
Dawei Di
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,294
7,060
0.760
Light-emitting diodes
Photovoltaics
Laser spectroscopy
Optoelectronics
Device physics
Mark Beach
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,198
1,472
0.160
Wireless Communications
Hoa Le Minh
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,117
3,341
0.366
Optical communications
Mobile Communications
Smartphone Technology
Signal Processing
Julie A McCann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,782
4,094
0.466
Sensor Networks
IoT
Wireless Communications
Cyber-physical systems
Smart Dust
Wasiu O Popoola
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,267
3,807
0.461
digital communication
optical communications
free-space optics
visible light communications
Ian Craddock
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,519
3,229
0.429
Communications
Electromagnetics
IoT
Anrenna8
Yue Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,441
5,012
0.674
Wireless Communications
Mobile Communications
Internet of Things
Bill Byrne
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,430
2,025
0.273
speech recognition
machine translation
speech synthesis
machine learning
Florian Auras
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,616
4,870
0.736
Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs)
Spintronics
Optoelectronics
Hamed Al-Raweshidy
Brunel University
Uxbridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,577
3,076
0.468
Martin Russell
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,403
1,442
0.225
Speech and language science and technology
Fang Fang
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,968
5,287
0.886
Edge AI
NOMA
MEC
RIS
Machine learning for Wireless Communications
Izzat Darwazeh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,439
2,154
0.396
Communication systems
wireless communications
high speed circuit design
Mohammad Ghavami
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,238
1,358
0.259
UWB Systems
Wireless Communications
M Anaya
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,072
4,167
0.822
optoelectronics
halide perovskites
photonics
PV
LEDs