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 :876
Microbiology
Antimicrobials
MRSA
Antivirulence
Chemical Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,076
6,249
0.689
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :877
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,053
2,112
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :878
Microbiology
Host-pathogen interactions
Antibiofilm strategies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,051
6,981
0.771
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :879
Database Research
Health Services Research
Economic Evaluation
Pharmacoepidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,024
7,390
0.819
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :880
Gastric cancer and Hippo-YAP1 pathway
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,012
7,160
0.794
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :881
Steel
Materials Science and Engineering
Physical Metallurgy
Plasticity
Mechanical Properties
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,007
7,327
0.813
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :882
graphene and its polymer composites
2D materials
thermal transport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,992
6,911
0.769
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :883
real estate economics
real estate finance
real estate investment
housing economics
construction economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,986
4,470
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :884
Quantum Information
Quantum Foundations
Mathematical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,985
5,956
0.663
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :885
Sustainable Urban Planning
Sustainable Architecture
Urban Climate
Urban Microclimate
Healthy Building
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,982
7,737
0.861
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :886
nano-bio interactions
nanomedicine
drug delivery
nanobiotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,979
4,504
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :887
First interest
Second interest
...Geomechanics
geohazards
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,979
3,354
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :888
Orthopaedics
Sports Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,970
5,568
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :889
Emergency Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,968
3,830
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :890
Marine Plankton Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,963
4,453
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :891
Bayesian Statistics
Reliability Analysis
Probabilistic Methods
Uncertainty Quantification
Structural Dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,958
3,564
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :892
tourism
smartphone
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,941
6,543
0.732
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :893
CMOS Image Sensors
Mixed Analog-Digital IC
Circuits and systems for Signal
Image
Sensors and Microsystems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,935
4,778
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :894
Spatial Epidemiology
Environmental Health
Population Health
Urban Health
Disaster Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,933
8,536
0.956
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :895
Nanorobotics
NEMS
Nanomanipulation
Nanosystems
Nanomanufacturing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,927
3,552
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :896
Adolescent development
Empathy
Privacy management
Emotion expression
Emotion regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,922
5,528
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :897
Cell Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,914
2,888
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :898
Neuroscience
Chinese Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,909
2,296
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :899
Hydrogeology
Groundwater
Coastal Hydrogeology
Engineering Geology
HKU-DES
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,904
4,661
0.523
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :900
quantum physics
biophysics
relativity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,902
1,349
0.152
Richard Yi Tsun Kao|Richard Kao, Richard Y. Kao, RYT Kao
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,076
6,249
0.689
Microbiology
Antimicrobials
MRSA
Antivirulence
Chemical Genetics
Lusheng Wang
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,053
2,112
0.233
Prasanna Neelakantan
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,051
6,981
0.771
Microbiology
Host-pathogen interactions
Antibiofilm strategies
Carlos KH Wong
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,024
7,390
0.819
Database Research
Health Services Research
Economic Evaluation
Pharmacoepidemiology
Kang Wei
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,012
7,160
0.794
Gastric cancer and Hippo-YAP1 pathway
Mx Huang
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,007
7,327
0.813
Steel
Materials Science and Engineering
Physical Metallurgy
Plasticity
Mechanical Properties
Xi Shen
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,992
6,911
0.769
graphene and its polymer composites
2D materials
thermal transport
KW Chau
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,986
4,470
0.497
real estate economics
real estate finance
real estate investment
housing economics
construction economics
Giulio Chiribella
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,985
5,956
0.663
Quantum Information
Quantum Foundations
Mathematical Physics
Chao Ren
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,982
7,737
0.861
Sustainable Urban Planning
Sustainable Architecture
Urban Climate
Urban Microclimate
Healthy Building
Chung Hang Jonathan Choi
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,979
4,504
0.502
nano-bio interactions
nanomedicine
drug delivery
nanobiotechnology
Kam Tim Chau KT Chau
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,979
3,354
0.374
First interest
Second interest
...Geomechanics
geohazards
Patrick Shu Hang Yung
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,970
5,568
0.621
Orthopaedics
Sports Medicine
Colin A Graham
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,968
3,830
0.427
Hongbin Liu
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,963
4,453
0.497
Lambros S Katafygiotis
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,958
3,564
0.398
Bayesian Statistics
Reliability Analysis
Probabilistic Methods
Uncertainty Quantification
Structural Dynamics
Dan Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,941
6,543
0.732
Amine Bermak
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,935
4,778
0.535
CMOS Image Sensors
Mixed Analog-Digital IC
Circuits and systems for Signal
Image
Sensors and Microsystems
Derrick Ho Hung Chak Ho
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,933
8,536
0.956
Spatial Epidemiology
Environmental Health
Population Health
Urban Health
Disaster Medicine
Lixin Dong
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,927
3,552
0.398
Nanorobotics
NEMS
Nanomanipulation
Nanosystems
Nanomanufacturing
Skyler Hawk
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,922
5,528
0.620
Adolescent development
Empathy
Privacy management
Emotion expression
Emotion regulation
Juan Wang
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,914
2,888
0.324
David T Yew
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,909
2,296
0.258
Neuroscience
Chinese Medicine
Jiu Jimmy Jiao 焦赳赳
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,904
4,661
0.523
Hydrogeology
Groundwater
Coastal Hydrogeology
Engineering Geology
HKU-DES
Donald C Chang
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,902
1,349
0.152