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
Robust Control - Networked Control Systems - Signal Processing - Control Applications
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,291
22,704
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
silicon photonics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,419
43,572
0.816
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Electrical Engineering
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,760
19,856
0.606
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Luminescence
Lanthanides
Upconversion
Biophotonics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,761
10,901
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Remote sensing
machine learning
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,646
11,006
0.870
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Micro & Nano Photonics
Plasmonics
Perovskite lasers
Microcavity
Metasurface
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,733
8,601
0.801
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Control theory and application
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,677
6,492
0.846
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Sliding Mode Control - Electrical Engineering - Control and Observers
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,379
3,382
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
image processing
pattern recognition
machine learning
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,229
5,216
0.722
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
piezoelectric actuators
piezoelectric robots
ultrasonic motors
micro robots
soft robots
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,285
5,168
0.822
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
data-driven prognostics
system health management
Unmanned aerial system
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,079
4,811
0.791
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
metamaterial metasurface cloak
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,777
4,979
0.862
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Micro- and Nanorobotics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,563
4,528
0.814
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Microwave Technology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,115
3,275
0.640
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Silicon Photonics
Optical Communications
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,544
3,250
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Optical fiber sensor
Nonlinear optics
Structural health monitoring
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,307
2,647
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Silicon Photonics
Flexible Electronics
Flexible Photonics
Inkjet Printing
Fiber Optics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,063
2,534
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Micro-/Nanorobot
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,503
2,838
0.810
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Power Electroncis
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,951
2,252
0.763
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Modular Robotics
Exoskeleton
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,941
2,143
0.729
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Piezoelectric robots Micro-nano manipulations Bionic robots Amphibious robot
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,906
2,843
0.978
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
nanomotor
soft robotics
3D printing
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,221
1,806
0.813
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Piezoelectric
Ferroelectric
Ultrasonic transducer
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,987
1,376
0.693
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,925
1,393
0.724
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Power Electronics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,887
1,591
0.843
Gao Huijun
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,291
22,704
0.389
Robust Control - Networked Control Systems - Signal Processing - Control Applications
Shuai Wang
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,419
43,572
0.816
Dianguo XU
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,760
19,856
0.606
Electrical Engineering
Guanying Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,761
10,901
0.581
Luminescence
Lanthanides
Upconversion
Biophotonics
Yushi Chen
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,646
11,006
0.870
Remote sensing
machine learning
Qinghai Song
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,733
8,601
0.801
Micro & Nano Photonics
Plasmonics
Perovskite lasers
Microcavity
Metasurface
Jianxing Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,677
6,492
0.846
Control theory and application
Yong Feng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,379
3,382
0.458
Sliding Mode Control - Electrical Engineering - Control and Observers
Yanfeng Gu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,229
5,216
0.722
image processing
pattern recognition
machine learning
Yingxiang Liu 刘英想
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,285
5,168
0.822
piezoelectric actuators
piezoelectric robots
ultrasonic motors
micro robots
soft robots
Datong Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,079
4,811
0.791
data-driven prognostics
system health management
Unmanned aerial system
Zhang Kuang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,777
4,979
0.862
metamaterial metasurface cloak
Hui Xie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,563
4,528
0.814
Micro- and Nanorobotics
Fan Yi Meng|Fanyi Meng, FY Meng
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,115
3,275
0.640
Ke Xu
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,544
3,250
0.715
Silicon Photonics
Optical Communications
Dong Yongkang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,307
2,647
0.615
Optical fiber sensor
Nonlinear optics
Structural health monitoring
Xiaochuan Xu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,063
2,534
0.624
Silicon Photonics
Flexible Electronics
Flexible Photonics
Inkjet Printing
Fiber Optics
Tianlong Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,503
2,838
0.810
BINBIN LI 李彬彬
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,951
2,252
0.763
Yanhe Zhu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,941
2,143
0.729
Modular Robotics
Exoskeleton
Deng Jie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,906
2,843
0.978
Piezoelectric robots Micro-nano manipulations Bionic robots Amphibious robot
Dekai Zhou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,221
1,806
0.813
nanomotor
soft robotics
3D printing
Enwei Sun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,987
1,376
0.693
Piezoelectric
Ferroelectric
Ultrasonic transducer
Fengjiang Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,925
1,393
0.724
Yueshi Guan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,887
1,591
0.843