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
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
653,870
538,986
0.824
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Machine Learning
Neural Networks
Artificial Intelligence
Deep Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
589,246
422,993
0.718
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
computer vision
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
536,315
422,002
0.787
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Statistics
data science
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
519,341
193,777
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
nanogenerator
self-powered sensors/systems
blue energy
piezotronics
piezo-phototronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
469,134
235,304
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
microbial diversity
microbiome
environmental microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
445,219
249,536
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
drug delivery
tissue engineering
biomaterials
nanotechnology
chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
441,116
121,493
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
AI
machine learning
computer vision
robotics
image compression
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
390,752
239,816
0.614
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Deep Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
336,218
261,932
0.779
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Distributed systems
Artificial Intelligence
machine learning
compilers
computer architecture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
328,179
190,153
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
nanotechnology
energy
environment
2D materials
nanobio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
317,192
153,586
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Vision
Natural Language Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
315,367
245,968
0.780
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
machine learning
computer science
statistics
artificial intelligence
optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
314,512
140,390
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Deep Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
298,702
247,971
0.830
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Carbon
nanomaterials
energy storage
supercapacitors
MXene
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
292,452
188,301
0.644
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Fuzzy Logic
Soft Computing
Artificial Intelligence
Human-Level Machine Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
283,794
64,595
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
283,207
193,546
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Neural Networks
Generative Models
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
282,266
229,596
0.813
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Computer Vision
Artificial Intelligence
AI
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
280,316
170,241
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Biometrics
Computer vision
Pattern recognition
Machine learning
Image processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
276,241
58,614
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
272,211
127,431
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Natural Language Processing
Computational Linguistics
Deep Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
271,993
137,483
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Nanomaterials
Biomedicine
Imaging
Energy
Catalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
269,149
66,751
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Optimization
Control
Signal Processing
Artificial Intelligence
Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
263,348
90,721
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
cancer
bioengineering
proteomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
263,173
117,090
0.445
Kaiming He
Facebook Inc
Camridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
653,870
538,986
0.824
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Ilya Sutskever
OpenAI
San Francisco, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
589,246
422,993
0.718
Machine Learning
Neural Networks
Artificial Intelligence
Deep Learning
Ross Girshick
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
536,315
422,002
0.787
computer vision
machine learning
Robert Tibshirani
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
519,341
193,777
0.373
Statistics
data science
Machine Learning
Zhong Lin Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
469,134
235,304
0.502
nanogenerator
self-powered sensors/systems
blue energy
piezotronics
piezo-phototronics
Rob Knight
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
445,219
249,536
0.560
microbial diversity
microbiome
environmental microbiology
Robert Langer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
441,116
121,493
0.275
drug delivery
tissue engineering
biomaterials
nanotechnology
chemistry
Yann Lecun
New York University
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
390,752
239,816
0.614
AI
machine learning
computer vision
robotics
image compression
Ian Goodfellow
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
336,218
261,932
0.779
Jeff Dean
Google Inc.
California, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
328,179
190,153
0.579
Distributed systems
Artificial Intelligence
machine learning
compilers
computer architecture
Yi Cui
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
317,192
153,586
0.484
nanotechnology
energy
environment
2D materials
nanobio
Oriol Vinyals
Google Inc.
California, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
315,367
245,968
0.780
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Vision
Natural Language Processing
Michael I Jordan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
314,512
140,390
0.446
machine learning
computer science
statistics
artificial intelligence
optimization
Quoc V Le
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
298,702
247,971
0.830
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Deep Learning
Yury Gogotsi
Drexel University
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
292,452
188,301
0.644
Carbon
nanomaterials
energy storage
supercapacitors
MXene
Lotfi A Zadeh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
283,794
64,595
0.228
Fuzzy Logic
Soft Computing
Artificial Intelligence
Human-Level Machine Intelligence
Li Fei Fei
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
283,207
193,546
0.683
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Neuroscience
Diederik P Kingma|Durk Kingma, Diederik Pieter Kingma
Google Inc.
California, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
282,266
229,596
0.813
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Neural Networks
Generative Models
Artificial Intelligence
Trevor Darrell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
280,316
170,241
0.607
Computer Vision
Artificial Intelligence
AI
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Anil K Jain
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
276,241
58,614
0.212
Biometrics
Computer vision
Pattern recognition
Machine learning
Image processing
Andrew Ng
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
272,211
127,431
0.468
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
AI
Christopher D Manning
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
271,993
137,483
0.505
Natural Language Processing
Computational Linguistics
Deep Learning
Younan Xia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
269,149
66,751
0.248
Nanomaterials
Biomedicine
Imaging
Energy
Catalysis
Stephen Boyd
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
263,348
90,721
0.344
Optimization
Control
Signal Processing
Artificial Intelligence
Finance
Lance Liotta
George Mason University
Fairfax, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
263,173
117,090
0.445
cancer
bioengineering
proteomics