Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the 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 :1,076
History of technology
STS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,096
915
0.835
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,077
Financial Accounting
Audit
Tax
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,096
817
0.745
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,078
Applied Cryptography
Security
Privacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,095
788
0.720
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,079
empirical corporate finance
corporate governance
executive compensation
capital structure
insider trading
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,094
652
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,080
Fluorescence imaging
data analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,091
701
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,081
Algebraic Geometry
Algebraic Combinatorics
Geometric Representation Theory
VT Math
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,089
725
0.666
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,082
condensed phase simulations
interfaces
biological systems
quantum chemistry
molecular dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,088
903
0.830
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,083
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,086
966
0.890
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,084
Multiphysics Modeling and Computation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,083
706
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,085
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,083
198
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,086
Lidar Remote Sensing
Spatial Modeling
Ecological Engineering
Uncertainty Analysis
Drone Laser Scanning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,082
856
0.791
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,087
sustainable tourism
native american tourism
event management
tourism education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,075
353
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,088
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,074
980
0.912
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,089
Landscape ecology
remote sensing
LULUC
change detection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,073
877
0.817
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,090
Mining
Induced Seismicity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,068
621
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,091
machine learning
graph algorithms
anomaly detection
approximation algorithms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,067
795
0.745
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,092
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,066
921
0.864
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,093
Power electroncis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,065
636
0.597
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,094
Systems Biology
Mathematical Biology
Bioinformatics
Epigenetics
Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,064
691
0.649
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,095
Geofluids
Numerical Modeling
Geostatistics
Reservoir Simulation
Hydrogeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,062
905
0.852
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,096
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,060
956
0.902
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,097
Health Economics
Labor Economics
Economic Demography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,060
345
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,098
Ethnography
Race
Popular Music Studies
Arts-based Research
Hip Hop
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,057
702
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,099
imaging
data science
quantum optics
material science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,055
883
0.837
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,100
Power Electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,055
787
0.746
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
644,572
192,760
1,076
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,076
Lee Vinsel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,096
915
0.835
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
644,629
192,775
1,077
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,077
Liang Tan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,096
817
0.745
Financial Accounting
Audit
Tax
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
644,987
192,874
1,078
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,078
Thang Hoang|Hoang Minh Thang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,095
788
0.720
Applied Cryptography
Security
Privacy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
645,405
192,968
1,079
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,079
Jin Xu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,094
652
0.596
empirical corporate finance
corporate governance
executive compensation
capital structure
insider trading
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
646,323
193,178
1,080
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,080
Kevin C Crosby
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,091
701
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
646,974
193,356
1,081
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,081
Leonardo Mihalcea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,089
725
0.666
Algebraic Geometry
Algebraic Combinatorics
Geometric Representation Theory
VT Math
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
647,217
193,420
1,082
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,082
Valerie Vaissier Welborn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,088
903
0.830
condensed phase simulations
interfaces
biological systems
quantum chemistry
molecular dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
647,847
193,582
1,083
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,083
Qing Sun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,086
966
0.890
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
648,992
193,867
1,084
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,084
Kevin G Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,083
706
0.652
Multiphysics Modeling and Computation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
649,192
193,915
1,085
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,085
Vivek Srivastava
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,083
198
0.183
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
649,265
193,934
1,086
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,086
Jonathan P Resop
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,082
856
0.791
Lidar Remote Sensing
Spatial Modeling
Ecological Engineering
Uncertainty Analysis
Drone Laser Scanning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
651,745
194,554
1,087
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,087
Kristin Lamoureux
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,075
353
0.328
sustainable tourism
native american tourism
event management
tourism education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
651,804
194,570
1,088
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,088
Sirui Yao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,074
980
0.912
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
652,209
194,671
1,089
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,089
Evan B Brooks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,073
877
0.817
Landscape ecology
remote sensing
LULUC
change detection
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
653,987
195,141
1,090
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,090
Erik Westman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,068
621
0.581
Mining
Induced Seismicity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
654,235
195,208
1,091
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,091
Jose Cadena
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,067
795
0.745
machine learning
graph algorithms
anomaly detection
approximation algorithms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
654,493
195,275
1,092
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,092
Yilun Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,066
921
0.864
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
655,012
195,413
1,093
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,093
Weijing Du
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,065
636
0.597
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
655,289
195,488
1,094
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,094
Hang Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,064
691
0.649
Systems Biology
Mathematical Biology
Bioinformatics
Epigenetics
Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
655,875
195,635
1,095
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,095
Ryan Pollyea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,062
905
0.852
Geofluids
Numerical Modeling
Geostatistics
Reservoir Simulation
Hydrogeology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
656,528
195,782
1,096
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,096
Chadwick Powell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,060
956
0.902
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
656,833
195,859
1,097
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,097
Susan E Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,060
345
0.325
Health Economics
Labor Economics
Economic Demography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
657,771
196,099
1,098
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,098
Anthony Kwame Harrison
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,057
702
0.664
Ethnography
Race
Popular Music Studies
Arts-based Research
Hip Hop
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
658,345
196,252
1,099
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,099
Yunhui Zhu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,055
883
0.837
imaging
data science
quantum optics
material science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
658,389
196,261
1,100
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,100
Fang Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,055
787
0.746