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
Controlled Synthesis of Nanostructured Materials
Nanostructured Electrodes for Lithium Ion Batteries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,951
19,473
0.723
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Economics
Energy Economics
Environmental Economics
Sustainability
Corporate Social Responsibili
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,053
9,022
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,344
3,307
0.761
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,209
3,700
0.879
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Electron Microscopy
Crystal Defects
Additive Manufacturing
Alloys
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,650
3,378
0.925
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
nanomaterials
perovskite solar cells
catalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,561
2,754
0.773
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Thermal comfort
IEQ
Passive design
Builiding energy efficiency
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,377
2,752
0.815
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
cement hydration; concrete property
durability
microstructure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,084
3,048
0.988
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,043
2,227
0.732
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Land Cover/Land Use extracted by Remote sensing Technology
Image classification
feature extraction
Computer Vision applied in
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,724
2,511
0.922
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Mine gas
Coalbed methane recovery
CCUS
CO2
Liquid nitrogen fracturing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,720
2,559
0.941
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
2D materials
g-GaN
vdW heterostructures
GaN nanowires
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,694
2,499
0.928
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
water reservoir
algae
watershed
non-point source pollution
membrane filtration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,506
2,123
0.847
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Dynamic membrane
Anaerobic Membrane bioreactor
Anaerobic digestion
Bioenergy and bioresource recovery
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,441
2,214
0.907
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Image Processing
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,299
1,126
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Process safety
Loss prevention
Explosion
Explosion suppression
Explosion mitigation
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,160
2,108
0.976
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Hybrid Electric Vehicle
EV
energy mangement
autonomous vehicles
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,004
1,921
0.959
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Organic Optoelectronic Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,994
1,690
0.848
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
artificial intelligence
kernel adaptive filter
information theoretical learning
digital signal processing
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,952
1,614
0.827
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,876
1,549
0.826
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Single-atom/Nanocatalyst
Producing Hydrogen
Hydrogenation reaction
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,815
1,785
0.983
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Information security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,783
1,270
0.712
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Mechanics of Problematic Soil
Geo-environmental Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,773
1,527
0.861
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Low Energy Buildings
Building Climate
Heat Transfer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,687
1,519
0.900
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
solar cells
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,684
1,354
0.804
Xifei Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,951
19,473
0.723
Controlled Synthesis of Nanostructured Materials
Nanostructured Electrodes for Lithium Ion Batteries
Muhammad Khalid Anser Rao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,053
9,022
0.997
Economics
Energy Economics
Environmental Economics
Sustainability
Corporate Social Responsibili
Li Shufeng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,344
3,307
0.761
Wen Chieh Cheng
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,209
3,700
0.879
Longchao Zhuo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,650
3,378
0.925
Electron Microscopy
Crystal Defects
Additive Manufacturing
Alloys
Meidan Que
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,561
2,754
0.773
nanomaterials
perovskite solar cells
catalysis
Yongchao Zhai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,377
2,752
0.815
Thermal comfort
IEQ
Passive design
Builiding energy efficiency
Lei Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,084
3,048
0.988
cement hydration; concrete property
durability
microstructure
Mengnan Qu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,043
2,227
0.732
ZHIYONG LV
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,724
2,511
0.922
Land Cover/Land Use extracted by Remote sensing Technology
Image classification
feature extraction
Computer Vision applied in
Lei Qin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,720
2,559
0.941
Mine gas
Coalbed methane recovery
CCUS
CO2
Liquid nitrogen fracturing
Zhen Cui
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,694
2,499
0.928
2D materials
g-GaN
vdW heterostructures
GaN nanowires
Kai Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,506
2,123
0.847
water reservoir
algae
watershed
non-point source pollution
membrane filtration
Yisong Hu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,441
2,214
0.907
Dynamic membrane
Anaerobic Membrane bioreactor
Anaerobic digestion
Bioenergy and bioresource recovery
Erhu Zhang 张二虎
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,299
1,126
0.490
Image Processing
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
Tao Wang(王涛)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,160
2,108
0.976
Process safety
Loss prevention
Explosion
Explosion suppression
Explosion mitigation
Fengqi Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,004
1,921
0.959
Hybrid Electric Vehicle
EV
energy mangement
autonomous vehicles
Yuxiang Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,994
1,690
0.848
Organic Optoelectronic Materials
wentao ma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,952
1,614
0.827
artificial intelligence
kernel adaptive filter
information theoretical learning
digital signal processing
Xiao Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,876
1,549
0.826
Hu Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,815
1,785
0.983
Single-atom/Nanocatalyst
Producing Hydrogen
Hydrogenation reaction
Sui Liansheng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,783
1,270
0.712
Jian Xu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,773
1,527
0.861
Mechanics of Problematic Soil
Geo-environmental Engineering
Yan Liu (刘衍)|刘衍
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,687
1,519
0.900
Low Energy Buildings
Building Climate
Heat Transfer
Bo Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,684
1,354
0.804