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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :101
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,587
4,103
0.894
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :102
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,543
4,065
0.895
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :103
Backfill
Mining Environment
Mining Engineering.
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,228
4,026
0.952
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :104
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,930
4,024
0.816
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :105
Electrochemistry
Energy-storage Materials
Nano Materials
Mineral Engineering
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,254
4,022
0.945
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :106
Mining
Blasting
Geotechnical Engineering
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,356
4,014
0.921
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :107
carbon materials
catalysis
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,493
3,999
0.890
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :108
Artificial Intelligence
Evolutionary Computation
Intelligent Control
Robotics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,005
3,851
0.241
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :109
Heavy metals
Solid waste
Metallurgical environmental engineering
Resource recovery
Soil & Wastewater
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,391
3,847
0.876
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :110
aerodynamics
turbulence
Bluff body flows
aeroacoustics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,424
3,805
0.860
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :111
Plastic flotation
Waste management
Plastic recycling
Mineral processing
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,419
3,780
0.855
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :112
Neuro-onology
Neurosurgery
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,144
3,763
0.908
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :113
Nanoporous oraganic materials
high performance polymers
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,701
3,687
0.784
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :114
Cancer epigenetics
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,790
3,576
0.618
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :115
Shale Gas and Shale Oil
Petroleum Geochemistry
Tectonics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,220
3,470
0.822
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :116
Ferroelectric
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,709
3,455
0.932
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :117
Construction Management
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,837
3,443
0.897
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :118
Spectroscopy
Dissolved organic matter
Bauxite residue
interfacial interaction
Landfill leachate
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,745
3,415
0.912
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :119
Rock mechanics
Rock dynamics
Fracture
Rock-water interaction
Geotechnical engineering
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,575
3,412
0.954
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :120
Metal forming
Metals and alloys
Modelling and simulation
Metal processing
Mechanical properties
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,738
3,357
0.709
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :121
High temperature Process
Continuous casting
Solidification
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,657
3,352
0.720
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :122
Economic geology
Tectonics
Geochemistry
Mineral prospecting and exploration
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,014
3,322
0.828
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :123
Wireless communication
Intelligent computation
Optization theory
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,200
3,314
0.789
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :124
OPV
Organic Electronics
Materials Science
Polymer Physics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,710
3,296
0.888
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :125
Cathode Materials
Battery
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,517
3,215
0.712
Yong Peng
Central South University
Changsha, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,587
4,103
0.894
Li Wang
Central South University
Changsha, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,543
4,065
0.895
Qiusong Chen
Central South University
Changsha, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,228
4,026
0.952
Backfill
Mining Environment
Mining Engineering.
Zhen He
Central South University
Changsha, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,930
4,024
0.816
Peng Ge
Central South University
Changsha, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,254
4,022
0.945
Electrochemistry
Energy-storage Materials
Nano Materials
Mineral Engineering
Ming Tao
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,356
4,014
0.921
Mining
Blasting
Geotechnical Engineering
Liqiang Wang
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,493
3,999
0.890
carbon materials
catalysis
Zixing Cai(蔡自兴)
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,005
3,851
0.241
Artificial Intelligence
Evolutionary Computation
Intelligent Control
Robotics
Feiping Zhao
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,391
3,847
0.876
Heavy metals
Solid waste
Metallurgical environmental engineering
Resource recovery
Soil & Wastewater
Guang Chen
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,424
3,805
0.860
Hui Wang
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,419
3,780
0.855
Plastic flotation
Waste management
Plastic recycling
Mineral processing
Xuejun Li
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,144
3,763
0.908
Yu Guipeng
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,701
3,687
0.784
Nanoporous oraganic materials
high performance polymers
Yongguang Tao
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,790
3,576
0.618
Jingqiang Tan
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,220
3,470
0.822
Shale Gas and Shale Oil
Petroleum Geochemistry
Tectonics
Xuefan Zhou
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,709
3,455
0.932
Ming Shan
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,837
3,443
0.897
Wei Chen
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,745
3,415
0.912
Spectroscopy
Dissolved organic matter
Bauxite residue
interfacial interaction
Landfill leachate
Xin Cai
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,575
3,412
0.954
Rock mechanics
Rock dynamics
Fracture
Rock-water interaction
Geotechnical engineering
YU Hailiang
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,738
3,357
0.709
Metal forming
Metals and alloys
Modelling and simulation
Metal processing
Mechanical properties
Wanlin Wang
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,657
3,352
0.720
Huan Li 李欢|Li Huan
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,014
3,322
0.828
Economic geology
Tectonics
Geochemistry
Mineral prospecting and exploration
Shiwen He
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,200
3,314
0.789
Wireless communication
Intelligent computation
Optization theory
Lin Zhang (张霖)
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,710
3,296
0.888
OPV
Organic Electronics
Materials Science
Polymer Physics
Jun Chen (陈军)
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,517
3,215
0.712
Cathode Materials
Battery