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
Signal Processing
Signal Processing for Communications
Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,780
9,801
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Analog electronics
RF electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,575
5,929
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
photovoltaics - PV system performance - next generation PV - smart grids - renewables integration - CVD
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,531
9,109
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Motion Control
Automotive
Robotics
Plasma Fusion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,925
5,223
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Nanophotonics
Nano Science
Near-field Optics
Ultrafast phenomena
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,420
3,352
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Perovskites
TRMC
opto electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,959
7,801
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
DC Systems
Electric Mobility
Power Electronics
E-learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,465
9,233
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Signal Processing
Multimedia Retrieval
Information Forensics and Security
Watermarking
Privacy-Protected Signal Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,403
1,850
0.113
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Electronic packaging
sensors
reliability
WBS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,273
8,663
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Biomechanics
Wearable and Rehabilitation Robots
Rehabilitation Robotics
Human Balance
Human-Robot Interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,660
6,364
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Electrical Machines
Electrical Drives
Renewable Energy
Power Propulsion and Energy Systems
Electric Machines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,549
4,005
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
wireless sensor networks
embedded systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,087
1,237
0.082
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Analog Radio Frequency IC Design
Software Defined Radio
Cognitive Radio
N-path Filters
Phased Arrays
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,586
4,481
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Analog Electronics
Smart Sensors
Operational Amplifiers
Instrumentation Amplifiers
Analog to Digital converters
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,461
2,360
0.163
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
optical communication systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,459
3,210
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Fields and waves
electromagnetics
radar
UWB technology
antennas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,053
5,558
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Signal Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,012
3,515
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Signal and image processing and analysis
Quantitative microscopy
Pattern recognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,990
1,943
0.162
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Photonics
Photonic Integration
Integrated Optics
Optics and Photonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,726
1,534
0.131
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Power Electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,275
4,553
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Human Factors
HCI
Haptics
Robotics
Applied Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,081
4,530
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Automatic Control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,066
6,198
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
signal processing
acoustics
patient monitoring
audio engineering
biomedical engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,949
4,626
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
organizational behavior
power and leadership
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,873
4,677
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Electronic instrumentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,832
5,479
0.506
Geert Leus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,780
9,801
0.366
Signal Processing
Signal Processing for Communications
Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing
Bram Nauta
University of Twente
Enschede, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,575
5,929
0.288
Analog electronics
RF electronics
Wilfried Van Sark
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,531
9,109
0.492
photovoltaics - PV system performance - next generation PV - smart grids - renewables integration - CVD
Maarten Steinbuch
Eindhoven University of Technology
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,925
5,223
0.291
Motion Control
Automotive
Robotics
Plasma Fusion
L. Kobus Kuipers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,420
3,352
0.192
Nanophotonics
Nano Science
Near-field Optics
Ultrafast phenomena
Tom J. Savenije
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,959
7,801
0.460
Perovskites
TRMC
opto electronics
P Bauer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,465
9,233
0.561
DC Systems
Electric Mobility
Power Electronics
E-learning
R. Inald L. Lagendijk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,403
1,850
0.113
Signal Processing
Multimedia Retrieval
Information Forensics and Security
Watermarking
Privacy-Protected Signal Processing
Guo Qi Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,273
8,663
0.532
Electronic packaging
sensors
reliability
WBS
Van Der Kooij H
University of Twente
Enschede, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,660
6,364
0.406
Biomechanics
Wearable and Rehabilitation Robots
Rehabilitation Robotics
Human Balance
Human-Robot Interaction
Henk Polinder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,549
4,005
0.258
Electrical Machines
Electrical Drives
Renewable Energy
Power Propulsion and Energy Systems
Electric Machines
Koen Langendoen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,087
1,237
0.082
wireless sensor networks
embedded systems
Eric Klumperink
University of Twente
Enschede, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,586
4,481
0.307
Analog Radio Frequency IC Design
Software Defined Radio
Cognitive Radio
N-path Filters
Phased Arrays
Johan Hendrik Huijsing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,461
2,360
0.163
Analog Electronics
Smart Sensors
Operational Amplifiers
Instrumentation Amplifiers
Analog to Digital converters
AMJ Koonen
Eindhoven University of Technology
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,459
3,210
0.239
optical communication systems
Alexander Yarovoy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,053
5,558
0.426
Fields and waves
electromagnetics
radar
UWB technology
antennas
Alle-Jan Van Der Veen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,012
3,515
0.270
Ian T. Young
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,990
1,943
0.162
Signal and image processing and analysis
Quantitative microscopy
Pattern recognition
Xaveer Leijtens
Eindhoven University of Technology
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,726
1,534
0.131
Photonics
Photonic Integration
Integrated Optics
Optics and Photonics
Jl Duarte
Eindhoven University of Technology
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,275
4,553
0.404
Jan Van Erp
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,081
4,530
0.409
Human Factors
HCI
Haptics
Robotics
Applied Neuroscience
Claudio De Persis
University of Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,066
6,198
0.560
Ronald M. Aarts
Eindhoven University of Technology
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,949
4,626
0.423
signal processing
acoustics
patient monitoring
audio engineering
biomedical engineering
B. Wisse|Barbara van Knippenberg, Barbara M. Wisse
University of Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,873
4,677
0.430
organizational behavior
power and leadership
RN Schouten
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,832
5,479
0.506
Electronic instrumentation