Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
Human-Computer Interaction
Augmented Reality
Computational Photography
Mobile Computing
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,487
7,609
0.171
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Programming Languages
Formal Methods
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,839
16,835
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Theoretical Computer Science
Machine Learning
Approximation Algorithms
Algorithmic Game Theory
Privacy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,502
12,568
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Machine Learning
Statistical Learning Theory
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,335
23,041
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Natural Language Processing
Machine Learning
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,173
23,983
0.851
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Machine Learning
Algorithm and Optimization
Computational Biology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,887
10,187
0.641
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,410
8,976
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
speech and language processing
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,777
9,292
0.674
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Learning Theory
Machine Learning
Optimization
Reinforcement Learning
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,628
5,665
0.657
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Natural Language Processing
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,087
8,058
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Natural Language Processing
Artificial Intelligence
Information Extraction
Text Mining
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,427
5,118
0.689
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Machine Learning
Foundation Models
AI Security & Privacy
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,804
4,580
0.953
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Language Models
Machine learning and optimization
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,706
4,389
0.933
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Machine learning
speech processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,994
3,049
0.763
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Learning Theory
Statistics
Artificial Intelligence
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,986
2,371
0.595
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,523
2,916
0.828
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Optimization
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,453
3,311
0.959
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Theoretical Computer Science
Approximation Algorithms
Combinatorial Optimization
Beyond Worst-Case Analysis
Metric Geometry
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,776
1,197
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,583
1,245
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,463
2,337
0.949
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
artificial intelligence
statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,360
2,031
0.861
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Natural Language Processing
Language Models
Speech Recognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,294
2,204
0.961
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Systems Biology
Computational Biology
Computer Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,058
1,796
0.873
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Spatial Transcriptomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,928
1,052
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Theoretical Computer Science
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,850
745
0.403
Matthew Turk
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,487
7,609
0.171
Computer Vision
Human-Computer Interaction
Augmented Reality
Computational Photography
Mobile Computing
David Mcallester
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,839
16,835
0.402
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Programming Languages
Formal Methods
Avrim Blum
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,502
12,568
0.303
Theoretical Computer Science
Machine Learning
Approximation Algorithms
Algorithmic Game Theory
Privacy
Nathan Srebro
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,335
23,041
0.671
Machine Learning
Statistical Learning Theory
Kevin Gimpel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,173
23,983
0.851
Natural Language Processing
Machine Learning
Jinbo Xu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,887
10,187
0.641
Machine Learning
Algorithm and Optimization
Computational Biology
Greg Shakhnarovich
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,410
8,976
0.582
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Karen Livescu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,777
9,292
0.674
speech and language processing
machine learning
Karthik Sridharan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,628
5,665
0.657
Learning Theory
Machine Learning
Optimization
Reinforcement Learning
Mingda Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,087
8,058
0.996
Natural Language Processing
Machine Learning
Makoto Miwa
Toyota Technological Institute
Nagoya, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,427
5,118
0.689
Natural Language Processing
Artificial Intelligence
Information Extraction
Text Mining
Hongyang Zhang|张弘扬
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,804
4,580
0.953
Machine Learning
Foundation Models
AI Security & Privacy
Suriya Gunasekar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,706
4,389
0.933
Language Models
Machine learning and optimization
Weiran Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,994
3,049
0.763
Machine learning
speech processing
Steve Hanneke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,986
2,371
0.595
Learning Theory
Statistics
Artificial Intelligence
Nicholas Kolkin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,523
2,916
0.828
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Blake Woodworth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,453
3,311
0.959
Optimization
Machine Learning
Yury Makarychev
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,776
1,197
0.431
Theoretical Computer Science
Approximation Algorithms
Combinatorial Optimization
Beyond Worst-Case Analysis
Metric Geometry
Sasaki Yutaka
Toyota Technological Institute
Nagoya, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,583
1,245
0.482
Pedro Savarese
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,463
2,337
0.949
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Bradly Stadie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,360
2,031
0.861
artificial intelligence
statistics
Shubham Toshniwal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,294
2,204
0.961
Natural Language Processing
Language Models
Speech Recognition
Michael Ku Yu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,058
1,796
0.873
Systems Biology
Computational Biology
Computer Science
Payman Yadollahpour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,928
1,052
0.546
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Spatial Transcriptomics
Madhur Tulsiani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,850
745
0.403
Theoretical Computer Science