Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1

Particle Physics
Field Theor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,396
42,192
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2

Machine Learning
Big data
Parallel computing
Statistical Modeling
Public Healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,653
42,027
0.985
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3

Fluid Mechanics
Heat Transfer
Porous Media
Nanofluids
Academy of Romanian Scientist
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,078
13,435
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4

Labour market
composite indicators
machine learning
inequality
social network analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,653
27,405
0.991
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5

Petrology
Tectonics
Igneous Petrology
Geology
Geophysic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,153
9,158
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
BIOTECHNOLOGY
WASTE
ACADEMY OF ROMANIAN SCIENTIST
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,157
7,422
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7

fuzzy control
control systems
fuzzy modeling
data-driven control
optimal contro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,462
7,212
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8

Materials Science
Nanomaterials
Nanobiomaterials
University Politehnica of Bucharest
Academy of Romanian Scientist
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,459
8,762
0.703
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9

Machines
Bioengineering
Nuclear Power
Robots
Aerospac
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,957
3,995
0.334
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10

carbon based nanomaterials
nanocomposites
optoelectronic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,193
4,134
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11

Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Materials Science
Academy of Romanian Scientist
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,874
7,899
0.726
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12

Computer Vision
Machine Learning
AI
Computational Linguistics
Medical Imagin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,720
9,445
0.881
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13

Nanoparticles and Nanostructures
Plasmonics
Nanomedicine and Theranostics
Confocal Raman and Fluorescence Microscopy
Graphe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,660
4,514
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14

Design
CAD
Transportation
Mechanical engineering
Industrial engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,073
3,144
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15

Intelligent Systems
Soft Computing
Fuzzy Control
Academy of Romanian Scientist
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,975
6,703
0.747
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16

computer vision
image processing
machine learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,995
6,181
0.773
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17

Computer Vision
Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,969
6,212
0.780
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18

Social-ecological systems
Conservation biology
Amphibians
Wood-pastures
Transdisciplinar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,626
3,918
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19

Image Processing
Pattern Recognition
Machine/Deep Learning
Stereo Vision
Perceptio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,255
2,545
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20

nanomaterials
photodynamic therapy of cancer
porphyrins
phthalocyanins
restoration an
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,067
3,049
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21

Quaternary paleoclimatolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,753
3,902
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22

Metal Foams
Composites
Cellular Materials
Polymeric Foams
Syntactic Foa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,692
5,478
0.819
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23

Academy of Romanian Scientists
Stiinta Materialelo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,587
4,783
0.726
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24

Academy of Romanian Scientist
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,565
4,072
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25

renewable energy
marine engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,468
3,417
0.528
Irinel Caprini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,396
42,192
0.252
Particle Physics
Field Theor
Bogdan Oancea|Oancea Bogdan
University of Bucharest
Bucharest, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,653
42,027
0.985
Machine Learning
Big data
Parallel computing
Statistical Modeling
Public Healt
Ioan Pop
University Babes Bolyai
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,078
13,435
0.372
Fluid Mechanics
Heat Transfer
Porous Media
Nanofluids
Academy of Romanian Scientist
Adrian Otoiu
Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies
Bucharest, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,653
27,405
0.991
Labour market
composite indicators
machine learning
inequality
social network analysi
Mihai N Ducea
University of Bucharest
Bucharest, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,153
9,158
0.504
Petrology
Tectonics
Igneous Petrology
Geology
Geophysic
Maria Gavrilescu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,157
7,422
0.490
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
BIOTECHNOLOGY
WASTE
ACADEMY OF ROMANIAN SCIENTIST
Radu-Emil Precup
Politehnica University Timisoara
Timisoara, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,462
7,212
0.536
fuzzy control
control systems
fuzzy modeling
data-driven control
optimal contro
Ecaterina Andronescu
University Politehnica of Bucharest
Bucharest, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,459
8,762
0.703
Materials Science
Nanomaterials
Nanobiomaterials
University Politehnica of Bucharest
Academy of Romanian Scientist
Florian Ion Tiberiu Petrescu
University Politehnica of Bucharest
Bucharest, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,957
3,995
0.334
Machines
Bioengineering
Nuclear Power
Robots
Aerospac
Lucia Monica Veca|L.Monica Veca, L.M. Veca
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,193
4,134
0.369
carbon based nanomaterials
nanocomposites
optoelectronic
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Anton Ficai
University Politehnica of Bucharest
Bucharest, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,874
7,899
0.726
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Materials Science
Academy of Romanian Scientist
Radu Tudor Ionescu|Radu Ionescu
University of Bucharest
Bucharest, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,720
9,445
0.881
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
AI
Computational Linguistics
Medical Imagin
Simion Astilean
University Babes Bolyai
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,660
4,514
0.423
Nanoparticles and Nanostructures
Plasmonics
Nanomedicine and Theranostics
Confocal Raman and Fluorescence Microscopy
Graphe
Relly Victoria Virgil Petrescu
University Politehnica of Bucharest
Bucharest, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,073
3,144
0.312
Design
CAD
Transportation
Mechanical engineering
Industrial engineerin
Valentina E Balas|Valentina E. Balas, VE Balas, V Balas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,975
6,703
0.747
Intelligent Systems
Soft Computing
Fuzzy Control
Academy of Romanian Scientist
Cosmin Ancuti
Politehnica University Timisoara
Timisoara, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,995
6,181
0.773
computer vision
image processing
machine learnin
Codruta O. Ancuti
Politehnica University Timisoara
Timisoara, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,969
6,212
0.780
Computer Vision
Machine Learnin
Tibor Hartel
University Babes Bolyai
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,626
3,918
0.514
Social-ecological systems
Conservation biology
Amphibians
Wood-pastures
Transdisciplinar
Sergiu Nedevschi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,255
2,545
0.351
Image Processing
Pattern Recognition
Machine/Deep Learning
Stereo Vision
Perceptio
Rodica-Mariana Ion
University Valachia Targoviste
Dâmbovița, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,067
3,049
0.431
nanomaterials
photodynamic therapy of cancer
porphyrins
phthalocyanins
restoration an
Daniel Veres
University Babes Bolyai
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,753
3,902
0.578
Quaternary paleoclimatolog
Emanoil LINUL
Politehnica University Timisoara
Timisoara, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,692
5,478
0.819
Metal Foams
Composites
Cellular Materials
Polymeric Foams
Syntactic Foa
Sandu Andrei Victor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,587
4,783
0.726
Academy of Romanian Scientists
Stiinta Materialelo
Horia Iovu
University Politehnica of Bucharest
Bucharest, Romania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,565
4,072
0.620
Academy of Romanian Scientist
Eugen Rusu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,468
3,417
0.528
renewable energy
marine engineerin