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
High Energy Physics
experiment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
265,385
95,682
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Experimental High Energy Physics
High Energy Astrophysics
Computational physics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225,927
96,056
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161,551
36,097
0.223
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Physical Chemistry
Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Field Theory
Vibration/Rotation Spectroscopy
Nanomedicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,205
64,550
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Machine learning
Data Mining
Optimization
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,815
26,970
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Experimental High Energy Physics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,905
55,384
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Pattern Recognition
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,347
84,669
0.722
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Immunotherapy
Target Therapy
Cross talk and Drug Resistance
Breast and GI Cancers
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,328
36,426
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
experimental particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,277
39,178
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Particle Phenomenology
Astroparticle
Dark Matter
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,239
67,848
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Optical Materials and Devices
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,216
73,910
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
光學
薄膜光學
半導體
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,185
70,538
0.704
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Chemical Biology and Glycoscience
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,828
17,011
0.174
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
data analysis
statistics
earth sciences
engineering
applied mathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,811
30,840
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
bibliometrics
chemical engineering
adsorption
sorption
kinetics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,725
26,650
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Bioenergy
Biorefinery
Biofuel
Microalgae
Biohydrogen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,225
44,431
0.575
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Research methods for problems-solving - multiple criteria decision making - fuzzy theory - rough set theory - statistics and mul
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,752
25,103
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
臨床微生物
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,699
35,861
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Bioenergy
wastewater treatment
heat transfer
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,829
33,211
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Pulmonary and critical care medicine
Lung cancer
Genetics and molecular biology
Precision medicine
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,348
19,894
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,502
49,883
0.786
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,146
21,678
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
science education
computers & education
educational technology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,806
26,014
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Materials Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,664
25,356
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Hepatology and gastroenterology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,612
17,648
0.317
Paganis Efstathios|Stathes Paganis, E. Paganis, Efstathios Paganis
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
265,385
95,682
0.361
Efe Yazgan
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225,927
96,056
0.425
Experimental High Energy Physics
High Energy Astrophysics
Computational physics
Paoti Chang
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161,551
36,097
0.223
Yu-Hung Chen 陳毓宏
National Cheng Kung University
Tainan City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,205
64,550
0.470
Physical Chemistry
Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Field Theory
Vibration/Rotation Spectroscopy
Nanomedicine
Chih-Jen Lin
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,815
26,970
0.220
Machine learning
Data Mining
Optimization
Artificial Intelligence
Gouranga Kole
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,905
55,384
0.458
Wei Chen
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,347
84,669
0.722
Mien Chie Hung
China Medical University Taiwan
Taichung, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,328
36,426
0.324
Immunotherapy
Target Therapy
Cross talk and Drug Resistance
Breast and GI Cancers
Min-Zu Wang
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,277
39,178
0.349
Kingman Cheung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,239
67,848
0.633
Particle Phenomenology
Astroparticle
Dark Matter
Shiuh Chao *
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,216
73,910
0.702
Huang-Wei Pan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,185
70,538
0.704
Chi-Huey Wong
Academia Sinica
Taipei, Taiwan
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,828
17,011
0.174
Norden E Huang
National Central University
Taoyuan, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,811
30,840
0.355
data analysis
statistics
earth sciences
engineering
applied mathematics
Yuh Shan Ho
Asia University Taiwan
Taichung, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,725
26,650
0.326
bibliometrics
chemical engineering
adsorption
sorption
kinetics
Jo-Shu Chang (張嘉修)
Tunghai University
Taichung, Taiwan
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,225
44,431
0.575
Gwo Hshiung Tzeng
National Taipei University
Taipei, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,752
25,103
0.336
Research methods for problems-solving - multiple criteria decision making - fuzzy theory - rough set theory - statistics and mul
Po-Ren Hsueh
China Medical University Taiwan
Taichung, Taiwan
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,699
35,861
0.500
Lee Duu Jong
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,829
33,211
0.469
Bioenergy
wastewater treatment
heat transfer
Pan Chyr Yang
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,348
19,894
0.287
Pulmonary and critical care medicine
Lung cancer
Genetics and molecular biology
Precision medicine
Soumya Ray
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,502
49,883
0.786
Hsue-Yie Wang
National Central University
Taoyuan, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,146
21,678
0.373
Chin Chung Tsai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,806
26,014
0.450
science education
computers & education
educational technology
Ru Shi Liu
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,664
25,356
0.456
JH Kao
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,612
17,648
0.317
Hepatology and gastroenterology