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 :101
anaerobic carbon cycling
wetland
virus-host interaction
metaG and metaT
soil carbon dynamics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,073
1,770
0.854
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :102
Plant Ecophysiology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,054
1,465
0.713
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :103
Climate dynamics
Climate change
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,036
1,800
0.884
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :104
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,023
1,531
0.757
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :105
atmosphere science
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,887
1,484
0.786
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :106
Machine Learning
Brain imaging
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,876
1,466
0.781
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :107
Atomic
molecular and plasma physics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,868
1,171
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :108
stratosphere
polar vortex
ozone
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,866
1,604
0.860
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :109
Luminescence dating and paleoenvironmental changes
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,830
1,468
0.802
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :110
Microelectronics
Solid State Electronics
Semiconductor Devices
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,824
1,178
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :111
PEC devices
solar energy
hydrogen generation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,804
1,405
0.779
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :112
Rechargeable batteries
Materials
Electrolyte
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,803
1,657
0.919
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :113
Grassland Ecology and Environment
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,762
1,297
0.736
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :114
Community ecology
Theoretical Ecology
Biodiversity
Invasion
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,760
1,706
0.969
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :115
Numerical Analysis
Mathematics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,758
875
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :116
Conducting polymer
Supercapacitors
Battery
Energy storage
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,743
1,392
0.799
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :117
magnetism
condensed matter physcis
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,743
1,101
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :118
Climate Change in arid area
Numerical Simulation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,733
872
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :119
welding
materials
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,727
1,259
0.729
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :120
Supply Chain Management
Sustainable Operations Management
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,706
1,549
0.908
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :121
LLM
Practice Guideline
Reporting Guideline
Systematic Review
Cancer
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,703
1,697
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :122
Antimicrobials
Drug-resistance
Microbiology
Bioinformatics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,697
1,172
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :123
Sustainability Sciences
Circular Economy
Coupled human-natural relationship
Industrial Ecology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,676
1,149
0.686
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :124
Microscopic magnetic configuration
Electron holography
Micro-magnetic simulation
Topological insulator
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,672
1,284
0.768
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :125
Macroecology
Plant Systematics and Evolution
Biodiversity and Conservation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,650
1,564
0.948
Pengfei Liu (鹏飞, 刘)
Lanzhou University
Lanzhou, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,073
1,770
0.854
anaerobic carbon cycling
wetland
virus-host interaction
metaG and metaT
soil carbon dynamics
Fang Xiangwen
Lanzhou University
Lanzhou, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,054
1,465
0.713
Yongkun Xie
Lanzhou University
Lanzhou, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,036
1,800
0.884
Climate dynamics
Climate change
Tingting Li
Lanzhou University
Lanzhou, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,023
1,531
0.757
Pengfei Tian
Lanzhou University
Lanzhou, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,887
1,484
0.786
Zhijun Yao
Lanzhou University
Lanzhou, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,876
1,466
0.781
Machine Learning
Brain imaging
Bowen Li
Lanzhou University
Lanzhou, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,868
1,171
0.627
Jiankai Zhang
Lanzhou University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,866
1,604
0.860
stratosphere
polar vortex
ozone
Guoqiang Li
Lanzhou University
Lanzhou, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,830
1,468
0.802
Jianhong Yang
Lanzhou University
Lanzhou, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,824
1,178
0.646
Microelectronics
Solid State Electronics
Semiconductor Devices
Zemin Zhang (张泽民)
Lanzhou University
Lanzhou, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,804
1,405
0.779
Qujiang Sun (孙渠江)
Lanzhou University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,803
1,657
0.919
Rechargeable batteries
Materials
Electrolyte
Muhammad Khalid Rafiq
Lanzhou University
Lanzhou, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,762
1,297
0.736
Grassland Ecology and Environment
Yanhao Feng
Lanzhou University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,760
1,706
0.969
Community ecology
Theoretical Ecology
Biodiversity
Invasion
Yu Jiang Wu Yujiang Wu
Lanzhou University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,758
875
0.498
Numerical Analysis
Mathematics
Yongtao Tan
Lanzhou University of Technology
Lanzhou, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,743
1,392
0.799
Yang DeZheng
Lanzhou University
Lanzhou, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,743
1,101
0.632
Huang Wei
Lanzhou University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,733
872
0.503
Climate Change in arid area
Numerical Simulation
Jiankang Huang
Lanzhou University of Technology
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,727
1,259
0.729
Zhaofu Hong
Lanzhou University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,706
1,549
0.908
Supply Chain Management
Sustainable Operations Management
Xufei Luo
Lanzhou University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,703
1,697
0.996
LLM
Practice Guideline
Reporting Guideline
Systematic Review
Cancer
Jie Feng
Lanzhou University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,697
1,172
0.691
Antimicrobials
Drug-resistance
Microbiology
Bioinformatics
Zilong Zhang
Lanzhou University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,676
1,149
0.686
Sustainability Sciences
Circular Economy
Coupled human-natural relationship
Industrial Ecology
Junli Zhang (张俊丽)
Lanzhou University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,672
1,284
0.768
Microscopic magnetic configuration
Electron holography
Micro-magnetic simulation
Topological insulator
Nawal Shrestha
Lanzhou University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,650
1,564
0.948
Macroecology
Plant Systematics and Evolution
Biodiversity and Conservation