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 :1,176
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
908
367
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,177
Human Dimensions
Natural Resource Policy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
908
228
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,178
Porous materials
Novel optical fiber
Fiber optic sensing
Solar water splitting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
905
458
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,179
Cross-laminated Timber
Construction Safety
Timber Connections
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
905
455
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,180
Brain-inspired Computer Architecture
Comptuational Dreaming
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
905
85
0.094
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,181
RNA biology
Spatial transcriptome
miRNA
bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
903
584
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,182
chemical ecology
plant-insect interaction
entomology
plant defense
microbes
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
901
500
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,183
Robotics
Biomimetics
Fluids
Smart Materials
Systems Engineering
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
899
469
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,184
Wave Propagation
Acoustic Energy Transfer
Acoustic Metamaterials
Focused Ultrasound
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
898
652
0.726
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,185
French studies
Critical Theory
Guattari
Serres
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
896
353
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,186
Building Science
Building Performance
Energy Efficiency
Building Technologies
Building Construction
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
894
643
0.719
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,187
critical thinking
problem solving
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
894
364
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,188
Molecular Modeling
Computational Biology
Experiential Learning
Molecular Docking
Data Analytics and Visualization
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
892
760
0.852
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,189
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
892
264
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,190
animal behavior and welfare
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
891
743
0.834
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,191
biophysics
condensed matter physics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
890
269
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,192
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
889
657
0.739
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,193
Robotics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
887
433
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,194
Hydrology
Drought
Hydrologic extremes
Wildfire impacts on hydrology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
886
661
0.746
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,195
Surface Science
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
885
720
0.814
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,196
Wireless Communication
Stochastic Geometry
Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X)
Smart Cities
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
884
790
0.894
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,197
Recreation Ecology
Trail Science
Geographic Science
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
883
554
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,198
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
883
437
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,199
Behavioral Sciences
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
882
775
0.879
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,200
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
882
249
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
712,627
209,479
1,176
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,176
Young Ah Rho
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
908
367
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
712,686
209,495
1,177
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,177
Steve L Mcmullin
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
908
228
0.251
Human Dimensions
Natural Resource Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
713,797
209,744
1,178
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,178
Brian Scott
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
905
458
0.506
Porous materials
Novel optical fiber
Fiber optic sensing
Solar water splitting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
713,801
209,745
1,179
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,179
Daniel Hindman
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
905
455
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
713,916
209,780
1,180
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,180
Joann M Paul
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
905
85
0.094
Brain-inspired Computer Architecture
Comptuational Dreaming
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
714,486
209,908
1,181
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,181
Xiaonan Fu
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
903
584
0.647
RNA biology
Spatial transcriptome
miRNA
bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
715,299
210,095
1,182
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,182
Loren Rivera Vega
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
901
500
0.555
chemical ecology
plant-insect interaction
entomology
plant defense
microbes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
716,138
210,296
1,183
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,183
Alex Villanueva
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
899
469
0.522
Robotics
Biomimetics
Fluids
Smart Materials
Systems Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
716,398
210,357
1,184
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,184
Shima Shahab
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
898
652
0.726
Wave Propagation
Acoustic Energy Transfer
Acoustic Metamaterials
Focused Ultrasound
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
717,399
210,605
1,185
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,185
Janell Watson
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
896
353
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
718,054
210,749
1,186
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,186
Georg Reichard
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
894
643
0.719
Building Science
Building Performance
Energy Efficiency
Building Technologies
Building Construction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
718,253
210,799
1,187
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,187
Curtis R Friedel
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
894
364
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
718,796
210,926
1,188
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,188
Anne M Brown
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
892
760
0.852
Molecular Modeling
Computational Biology
Experiential Learning
Molecular Docking
Data Analytics and Visualization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
719,111
210,989
1,189
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,189
Jing Zhao
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
892
264
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
719,203
211,021
1,190
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,190
Leonie Jacobs
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
891
743
0.834
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
719,933
211,182
1,191
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,191
Igor S Tolokh
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
890
269
0.302
biophysics
condensed matter physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
720,083
211,230
1,192
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,192
Keegan Yates
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
889
657
0.739
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
721,014
211,434
1,193
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,193
Jeffrey Twigg
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
887
433
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
721,273
211,488
1,194
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,194
Hyunwoo Kang
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
886
661
0.746
Hydrology
Drought
Hydrologic extremes
Wildfire impacts on hydrology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
721,595
211,571
1,195
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,195
Xu Feng
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
885
720
0.814
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
722,000
211,669
1,196
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,196
Vishnu Vardhan Chetlur
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
884
790
0.894
Wireless Communication
Stochastic Geometry
Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X)
Smart Cities
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
722,554
211,803
1,197
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,197
Jeremy Wimpey
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
883
554
0.627
Recreation Ecology
Trail Science
Geographic Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
722,622
211,819
1,198
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,198
Laura Hamm
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
883
437
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
722,800
211,867
1,199
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,199
Noémie A Guérin
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
882
775
0.879
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
723,138
211,948
1,200
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,200
Christopher Devreugd
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
882
249
0.282