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
Flow Chemistry
Chemical Engineering
Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Homogeneous Catalysis
Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,451
11,257
0.645
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Hydrogen storage/sensors
Oxyhydrides
Electrochemical conversion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,023
4,969
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
microalgae
algae
biotechnology
biochemical engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,994
3,787
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
chemical engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,965
4,151
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
multiphase reactors
nanoparticles
atomic layer deposition
fluidization
scale-up
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,797
4,601
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Energy
electrocatalysis
CO2 reduction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,443
8,592
0.910
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
biotechnology chemical engineering materials manufacturing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,411
2,324
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Chemical Engineering
Fluid Mechanics
Lab-on-a-Chip
Reaction Engineering
Transport Phenomena
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,063
2,894
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
heat transfer
mass transfer
fluid flow
microfluidics
computational fluid dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,540
2,270
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Polymers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,698
2,058
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
chemical engineering
separation technology
affinity separation
biorefinery
liquid-liquid extraction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,052
3,010
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
chemical engineering
separation technology
gas purification
CCS
membrane technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,965
2,622
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Radiochemistry
Chemical Engineering
Radionuclides Separation
Nuclear Chemistry
Metal-Organic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,509
1,900
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
multifunctional materials
dynamics/electronics/optics
externally controlled separations
ultrafast and nonlinear optical spe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,972
2,195
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,963
1,810
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
electrochemical engineering
flow batteries
ion exchange membranes
electrodialysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,798
3,048
0.803
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Chemical Engineering
Process systems engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,461
2,276
0.658
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
fluid dynamics
soft and biological matter
transport phenomena
bubble dynamics
microfluidics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,439
1,509
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ion mobility-mass spectrometry
Mass spectrometry
Capillary electrophoresis
Glycomics
Protein characterization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,161
1,530
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Process Systems Engineering
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Optimization
Global Optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,902
2,767
0.953
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Electrocatalysis
Chemical Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,881
2,211
0.767
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Electrochemical Engineering
Fuel cells
Redox flow batteries
Porous media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,462
2,205
0.896
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Chemical Engineering
Process Engineering
Separation Technology
Physical Chemistry
Deep Eutectic Solvents
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,220
1,467
0.661
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
process systems engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,055
492
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Multiphase flows (Gas-Solid-Liquid)
CFD
Fluidization
Heat and mass transfer
Cavitation phenomena
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,024
871
0.430
Timothy Noel
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,451
11,257
0.645
Flow Chemistry
Chemical Engineering
Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Homogeneous Catalysis
Technology
Bernard Dam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,023
4,969
0.331
Hydrogen storage/sensors
Oxyhydrides
Electrochemical conversion
Marcel Janssen
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,994
3,787
0.379
microalgae
algae
biotechnology
biochemical engineering
Andrzej Stankiewicz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,965
4,151
0.417
J. Ruud Van Ommen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,797
4,601
0.470
multiphase reactors
nanoparticles
atomic layer deposition
fluidization
scale-up
Thomas Burdyny
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,443
8,592
0.910
Energy
electrocatalysis
CO2 reduction
Luuk Am Van Der Wielen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,411
2,324
0.276
biotechnology chemical engineering materials manufacturing
Michiel T. Kreutzer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,063
2,894
0.359
Chemical Engineering
Fluid Mechanics
Lab-on-a-Chip
Reaction Engineering
Transport Phenomena
Chris Kleijn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,540
2,270
0.347
heat transfer
mass transfer
fluid flow
microfluidics
computational fluid dynamics
Tj Dingemans
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,698
2,058
0.361
Boelo Schuur
University of Twente
Enschede, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,052
3,010
0.596
chemical engineering
separation technology
affinity separation
biorefinery
liquid-liquid extraction
Earl Goetheer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,965
2,622
0.528
chemical engineering
separation technology
gas purification
CCS
membrane technology
Pablo Serra Crespo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,509
1,900
0.421
Radiochemistry
Chemical Engineering
Radionuclides Separation
Nuclear Chemistry
Metal-Organic
Monique A. Van Der Veen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,972
2,195
0.553
multifunctional materials
dynamics/electronics/optics
externally controlled separations
ultrafast and nonlinear optical spe
Martin D Witte
University of Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,963
1,810
0.457
Michele Tedesco
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,798
3,048
0.803
electrochemical engineering
flow batteries
ion exchange membranes
electrodialysis
Edwin Zondervan
University of Twente
Enschede, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,461
2,276
0.658
Chemical Engineering
Process systems engineering
Valeria Garbin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,439
1,509
0.439
fluid dynamics
soft and biological matter
transport phenomena
bubble dynamics
microfluidics
Javier Sastre Toraño
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,161
1,530
0.484
Ion mobility-mass spectrometry
Mass spectrometry
Capillary electrophoresis
Glycomics
Protein characterization
Artur M. Schweidtmann|Artur Maria Schweidtmann, Artur Schweidtmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,902
2,767
0.953
Process Systems Engineering
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Optimization
Global Optimization
Vasileios Kyriakou
University of Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,881
2,211
0.767
Electrocatalysis
Chemical Engineering
Antoni Forner-Cuenca
Eindhoven University of Technology
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,462
2,205
0.896
Electrochemical Engineering
Fuel cells
Redox flow batteries
Porous media
Lawien Zubeir
Eindhoven University of Technology
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,220
1,467
0.661
Chemical Engineering
Process Engineering
Separation Technology
Physical Chemistry
Deep Eutectic Solvents
Johan Grievink
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,055
492
0.239
process systems engineering
Vinayak Sutkar
Eindhoven University of Technology
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,024
871
0.430
Multiphase flows (Gas-Solid-Liquid)
CFD
Fluidization
Heat and mass transfer
Cavitation phenomena