Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
United States Highly Cited Researchers CitationEngineering & Technology / Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in United States Rankings 2025
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
nanogenerator
self-powered sensors/systems
blue energy
piezotronics
piezo-phototronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
458,530
256,534
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
nanotechnology
energy
environment
2D materials
nanobio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
310,952
173,602
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Carbon
nanomaterials
energy storage
supercapacitors
MXene
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
285,138
203,674
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
biosensors
electrochemistry
nanomotors
modified electrodes
microfabrication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172,370
66,120
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
nanoscience
nanotechnology
nanomedicine
nanocatalysis
nanosensors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160,005
45,553
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
synthetic biology
antibiotics
biological physics
bionanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,406
62,001
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Nanotechnology
Plasmonics
Nanophotonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,177
45,069
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
copolymers
nanoparticles
wrinkling
photovoltaics
thin films
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,708
34,224
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
nanomaterials
energy technologies
manufacturing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,071
78,261
0.692
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Nanoscience and nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,913
59,335
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Biomimetics
nanotribology
nanomaterials
bio/nanotechnology
magnetic storage devices
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,526
34,399
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Batteries
Fuel Cell
Carbon material
Fluorine material
Nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,328
65,650
0.612
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Quantum Dots
SERS
Nanomedicine
Image-Guided and Robotic Surgery
Immuotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,318
28,154
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Nanogeoscience
Microbial Ecology
Geomicrobiology
Metagenomics
Mineralogy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,914
43,330
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Nanomaterial
Catalysis
Hydrogen Technology
Microbiome
2D Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,151
53,609
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
biosensors
bioengineering
Chemistry
Nanotechnology
Energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,210
42,473
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
nanotechnology
plant nanobionics
thermal properties
nanopore transport
molecular recognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,921
37,308
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Nanomaterials
Self-Assembly
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,383
33,197
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
graphene - carbon nanotubes - nanomaterials - electronic and magnetic properties - superconducting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,856
11,389
0.143
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Nanomedicine
Drug Delivery
Nanotoxicology
NanoSafety
Immunotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,131
28,288
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Nanomaterials
Nanomechanics
Biomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,293
32,835
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
NanoMedicine
Nanotoxicology
Toxicology
Nanotherapeutics
Hypersensitivity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,608
27,730
0.436
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Computational Materials Science
Energy Storage
Nanotechnology
Supercomputing
Quantum Monte Carlo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,360
28,624
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Nanoelectronics
Mesoscopic Physics
Probabilistic Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,369
14,788
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Nanomedicine
Biomaterials
Drug Delivery
Detoxification
Vaccination
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,166
38,460
0.661
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39
22
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Zhong Lin Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
458,530
256,534
0.559
nanogenerator
self-powered sensors/systems
blue energy
piezotronics
piezo-phototronics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
187
87
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Yi Cui
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
310,952
173,602
0.558
nanotechnology
energy
environment
2D materials
nanobio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
259
112
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Yury Gogotsi
Drexel University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
285,138
203,674
0.714
Carbon
nanomaterials
energy storage
supercapacitors
MXene
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,079
458
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Joseph Wang
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172,370
66,120
0.384
biosensors
electrochemistry
nanomotors
modified electrodes
microfabrication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,258
553
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Mostafa A El Sayed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160,005
45,553
0.285
nanoscience
nanotechnology
nanomedicine
nanocatalysis
nanosensors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,782
800
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
James J Collins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,406
62,001
0.465
synthetic biology
antibiotics
biological physics
bionanotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,870
848
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
NJ Halas
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130,177
45,069
0.346
Nanotechnology
Plasmonics
Nanophotonics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,257
1,059
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Russell TP
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,708
34,224
0.291
copolymers
nanoparticles
wrinkling
photovoltaics
thin films
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,436
1,160
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Liangbing Hu
University of Maryland
College Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,071
78,261
0.692
nanomaterials
energy technologies
manufacturing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,532
1,206
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Xiangfeng Duan
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110,913
59,335
0.535
Nanoscience and nanotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,609
1,236
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Bharat Bhushan
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,526
34,399
0.314
Biomimetics
nanotribology
nanomaterials
bio/nanotechnology
magnetic storage devices
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,711
1,288
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Khalil Amine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,328
65,650
0.612
Batteries
Fuel Cell
Carbon material
Fluorine material
Nanotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,226
1,547
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Shuming Nie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,318
28,154
0.286
Quantum Dots
SERS
Nanomedicine
Image-Guided and Robotic Surgery
Immuotherapy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,458
1,651
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jillian Banfield
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,914
43,330
0.457
Nanogeoscience
Microbial Ecology
Geomicrobiology
Metagenomics
Mineralogy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,645
1,727
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Yu Huang
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,151
53,609
0.582
Nanomaterial
Catalysis
Hydrogen Technology
Microbiome
2D Materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,793
1,808
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Yuehe Lin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,210
42,473
0.471
biosensors
bioengineering
Chemistry
Nanotechnology
Energy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,891
1,860
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Michael S Strano
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,921
37,308
0.420
nanotechnology
plant nanobionics
thermal properties
nanopore transport
molecular recognition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,227
2,008
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Nicholas A Kotov
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,383
33,197
0.393
Nanomaterials
Self-Assembly
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,659
2,217
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Robert C Haddon
University of California Riverside
Riverside, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,856
11,389
0.143
graphene - carbon nanotubes - nanomaterials - electronic and magnetic properties - superconducting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,734
2,249
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Andre Nel
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,131
28,288
0.357
Nanomedicine
Drug Delivery
Nanotoxicology
NanoSafety
Immunotherapy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,634
2,674
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Xiaodong Chris Li
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,293
32,835
0.461
Nanomaterials
Nanomechanics
Biomaterials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,800
3,229
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Tian Xia
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,608
27,730
0.436
NanoMedicine
Nanotoxicology
Toxicology
Nanotherapeutics
Hypersensitivity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,838
3,247
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Paul Rc Kent
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,360
28,624
0.452
Computational Materials Science
Energy Storage
Nanotechnology
Supercomputing
Quantum Monte Carlo
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,384
3,505
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Supriyo Datta
Purdue University
West Lafayette, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,369
14,788
0.245
Nanoelectronics
Mesoscopic Physics
Probabilistic Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,823
3,727
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Liangfang Zhang
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,166
38,460
0.661
Nanomedicine
Biomaterials
Drug Delivery
Detoxification
Vaccination