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
Sustainability
Functional Materials
Concrete Research
3D Concrete Printing
Multiscale Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,014
23,014
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Composites
Nanocomposites
Nanocarbon & 2D materials
Energy storage materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,421
28,513
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Renewable energy and air pollution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,337
27,030
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Experimental mechanics
Residual stress
Mechanical Properties
Metallurgy
4D printing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,153
24,392
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Indoor air quality
ventilation
infection control
urban heat island
computational fluid dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,732
29,598
0.745
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Dynamic impact
fast boundary element method
elastic wave and acoustics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,338
13,862
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Nature-inspired engineering
Surface & interface
Thermal-fluid
Droplets & Bubbles
Microfluidics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,107
20,749
0.826
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Fluid Mechanics
Heat Transfer
Asymptotic Analysis
Water Waves
Transport Phenomena
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,075
5,628
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Energy
Environment
Indoor Air Quality
Heat and Mass Transfer
Combustion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,303
10,763
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Vibro-acoustics
Vibration
Noise Control
Acoustic Black Holes
Structural Health Monitoring
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,614
9,899
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Energetics-on-a-chip
Li-ion battery
Supercapacitor
Energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,245
10,482
0.688
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
thermal comfort
heat and mass transfer in porous media
textiles and clothing
functional fibers
attractiveness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,184
7,689
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Metallic Glasses
High Entropy Alloys
Nanomembranes
amorphous alloys
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,276
11,259
0.789
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Ultrasonics
Structural Health Monitoring
Wave Propagation
Smart Materials and Structures
Nondestructive Evaluation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,765
7,828
0.569
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Droplet Microfluidics
Soft Matter
Emulsions
Droplets
Aqueous Two Phase Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,023
6,813
0.567
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Rarefied Flows
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,516
5,912
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
MEMS
Wearable Sensors
Motion Sensors
BioMEMS
Micro-/Nano-Robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,157
4,608
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Nanomechanics
Nanoengineering
Mechanical Metamaterials
Diamond
Strain Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,403
8,826
0.848
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
nuclear materials
nanomaterials
computational materials design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,178
5,128
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Biomimetic Materials
Micro-/Nano-Fabrication
Soft Electronics
Biomedical Devices
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,404
5,699
0.606
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Mechanical Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,296
4,492
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Photovoltaics
Thermoelectric
Nanofabrication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,212
6,321
0.770
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Photoacoustic imaging
wavefront engineering
biomedical imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,037
5,922
0.737
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Heat and mass transfer
thermal energy utilization
sensors
solid energy storage
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,596
5,625
0.741
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Energy Harvesting
Piezoelectric
Wireless Power Transfer
Sensor
Vibration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,525
7,212
0.958
KM Liew Kim Meow Liew
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,014
23,014
0.404
Sustainability
Functional Materials
Concrete Research
3D Concrete Printing
Multiscale Modeling
Jang Kyo Kim
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,421
28,513
0.514
Composites
Nanocomposites
Nanocarbon & 2D materials
Energy storage materials
Dennis YC Leung
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,337
27,030
0.548
Renewable energy and air pollution
Jian Lu 吕坚
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,153
24,392
0.529
Experimental mechanics
Residual stress
Mechanical Properties
Metallurgy
4D printing
Yuguo Li
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,732
29,598
0.745
Indoor air quality
ventilation
infection control
urban heat island
computational fluid dynamics
Zhang Jun
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,338
13,862
0.392
Dynamic impact
fast boundary element method
elastic wave and acoustics
Zuankai Wang 王钻开
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,107
20,749
0.826
Nature-inspired engineering
Surface & interface
Thermal-fluid
Droplets & Bubbles
Microfluidics
Chiu-On Ng 吳朝安
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,075
5,628
0.311
Fluid Mechanics
Heat Transfer
Asymptotic Analysis
Water Waves
Transport Phenomena
Christopher YH Chao
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,303
10,763
0.622
Energy
Environment
Indoor Air Quality
Heat and Mass Transfer
Combustion
Li Cheng (成利)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,614
9,899
0.596
Vibro-acoustics
Vibration
Noise Control
Acoustic Black Holes
Structural Health Monitoring
Kaili Zhang
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,245
10,482
0.688
Energetics-on-a-chip
Li-ion battery
Supercapacitor
Energy
Jintu Fan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,184
7,689
0.506
thermal comfort
heat and mass transfer in porous media
textiles and clothing
functional fibers
attractiveness
Yong Yang 楊勇|Y. Yang
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,276
11,259
0.789
Metallic Glasses
High Entropy Alloys
Nanomembranes
amorphous alloys
Zhongqing Su
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,765
7,828
0.569
Ultrasonics
Structural Health Monitoring
Wave Propagation
Smart Materials and Structures
Nondestructive Evaluation
Anderson Ho Cheung Shum
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,023
6,813
0.567
Droplet Microfluidics
Soft Matter
Emulsions
Droplets
Aqueous Two Phase Systems
Kun Xu
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,516
5,912
0.513
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Rarefied Flows
Wen Jung Li
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,157
4,608
0.413
MEMS
Wearable Sensors
Motion Sensors
BioMEMS
Micro-/Nano-Robotics
Yang Lu
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,403
8,826
0.848
Nanomechanics
Nanoengineering
Mechanical Metamaterials
Diamond
Strain Engineering
San Qiang Shi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,178
5,128
0.504
nuclear materials
nanomaterials
computational materials design
Lizhi Xu
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,404
5,699
0.606
Biomimetic Materials
Micro-/Nano-Fabrication
Soft Electronics
Biomedical Devices
Qingping Sun
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,296
4,492
0.483
Mechanical Engineering
Tony Shien Ping Feng|Tony Shien Ping Feng
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,212
6,321
0.770
Photovoltaics
Thermoelectric
Nanofabrication
Lidai Wang
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,037
5,922
0.737
Photoacoustic imaging
wavefront engineering
biomedical imaging
Baoling Huang
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,596
5,625
0.741
Heat and mass transfer
thermal energy utilization
sensors
solid energy storage
Zhengbao Yang 杨征保|杨 征保, Z. Yang, Z.B. Yang
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,525
7,212
0.958
Energy Harvesting
Piezoelectric
Wireless Power Transfer
Sensor
Vibration