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 :126
Heat Transfer
Numerical Simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,237
16,019
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :127
robotics
haptics
bio-inspired design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,071
10,323
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :128
Additive manufacturing
Design for additive manufacturing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,936
19,231
0.584
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :129
cartilage
osteoarthritis
growth mechanics
cell mechanics
computational biomechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,901
9,047
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :130
boiling
heat transfer
microchannels
fuel cells
fluid flow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,659
13,184
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :131
Small scale mechanics
Lower dimensional materials
Plasticity
Cochlear mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,617
14,295
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :132
Materials Science
Materials Design
Materials for Energy Applications
Materials Synthesis (Atomic Layer Deposition)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,580
10,502
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :133
mechanics
biomechanics
orthopaedics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,492
6,642
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :134
tribology
surface functionalization
surface analysis
biointerfaces
gradients
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,261
9,892
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :135
Heath & Healthcare Equity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,235
12,536
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :136
Combustion
Spray Atomization
IC Engines
Chemical Kinetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,822
18,494
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :137
Topology optimization
Crashworthiness
Mechanical Design
Biofabrication
Biomechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,779
21,795
0.686
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :138
Nanostructured thin films and coatings
Nanoscale fluid flow and transport
Heat transfer in nanofluidic cooling system
Numeric
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,762
18,088
0.569
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :139
fluid inclusions
melt inclusions
mineral deposits
volcanic systems
geohydrologic cycle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,671
11,785
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :140
refrigeration
air conditioning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,548
14,337
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :141
Fluid Mechanics
Aerodynamics
Wetting phenomena
Atomization and sprays
Light scattering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,372
12,492
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :142
Applied Mathematics
Fluid Mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,359
20,672
0.659
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :143
Desalination
Thermodynamics
Water
Heat & Mass Transfer
Convection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,213
17,866
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :144
composites
fuel cells
energy
heat transfer
rheology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,177
10,509
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :145
Aerosol
climate
clouds
modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,150
13,925
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :146
Hydrology
geomorphology
aqueous geochemistry
evolutionary ecology
paleobiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,131
14,330
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :147
Machinery condition monitoring and intelligent maintenance
Hybrid intelligent fault diagnosis and prognosis
Reliability eval
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,983
25,078
0.809
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :148
Heat Transfer
Gas Turbine Heat Transfer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,844
9,248
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :149
mechanics of materials
materials informatics
soft materials
shape memory alloys
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,839
11,202
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :150
Multiphase Gas-Solid
Liquid-Solid
and Gas-Liquid Flow
Particle Adhesion and Resuspension
Respiratory Deposition and Exposure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,827
13,876
0.450
Lin Li
Fuzhou University
Fuzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,237
16,019
0.482
Heat Transfer
Numerical Simulation
Mark Cutkosky
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,071
10,323
0.312
robotics
haptics
bio-inspired design
David Rosen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,936
19,231
0.584
Additive manufacturing
Design for additive manufacturing
Gerard A Ateshian
Columbia University New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,901
9,047
0.275
cartilage
osteoarthritis
growth mechanics
cell mechanics
computational biomechanics
Kandlikar Sg
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,659
13,184
0.404
boiling
heat transfer
microchannels
fuel cells
fluid flow
Jeffrey W Kysar
Columbia University New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,617
14,295
0.438
Small scale mechanics
Lower dimensional materials
Plasticity
Cochlear mechanics
Prinz F
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,580
10,502
0.322
Materials Science
Materials Design
Materials for Energy Applications
Materials Synthesis (Atomic Layer Deposition)
Stephen Cowin
City College of New York CUNY
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,492
6,642
0.204
mechanics
biomechanics
orthopaedics
Nicholas D Spencer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,261
9,892
0.307
tribology
surface functionalization
surface analysis
biointerfaces
gradients
Kevin Fiscella
University of Rochester
Rochester, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,235
12,536
0.389
Heath & Healthcare Equity
Zuohua Huang
Xi'An Jiaotong University
Xi'an, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,822
18,494
0.581
Combustion
Spray Atomization
IC Engines
Chemical Kinetics
Qing Li
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,779
21,795
0.686
Topology optimization
Crashworthiness
Mechanical Design
Biofabrication
Biomechanics
Chong Liu 刘崇
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,762
18,088
0.569
Nanostructured thin films and coatings
Nanoscale fluid flow and transport
Heat transfer in nanofluidic cooling system
Numeric
Robert J Bodnar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,671
11,785
0.372
fluid inclusions
melt inclusions
mineral deposits
volcanic systems
geohydrologic cycle
Zhenying Zhang (张振迎)
Tianjin University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,548
14,337
0.454
refrigeration
air conditioning
C Tropea
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,372
12,492
0.398
Fluid Mechanics
Aerodynamics
Wetting phenomena
Atomization and sprays
Light scattering
Sohail Nadeem Ti
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,359
20,672
0.659
Applied Mathematics
Fluid Mechanics
John H Lienhard V
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,213
17,866
0.572
Desalination
Thermodynamics
Water
Heat & Mass Transfer
Convection
Suresh G Advani
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,177
10,509
0.337
composites
fuel cells
energy
heat transfer
rheology
Kenneth S Carslaw
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,150
13,925
0.447
Aerosol
climate
clouds
modeling
James Kirchner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,131
14,330
0.460
Hydrology
geomorphology
aqueous geochemistry
evolutionary ecology
paleobiology
Yaguo Lei 雷亚国
Xi'An Jiaotong University
Xi'an, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,983
25,078
0.809
Machinery condition monitoring and intelligent maintenance
Hybrid intelligent fault diagnosis and prognosis
Reliability eval
JE Chin Han
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,844
9,248
0.300
Heat Transfer
Gas Turbine Heat Transfer
Lc Brinson
Duke University
Durham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,839
11,202
0.363
mechanics of materials
materials informatics
soft materials
shape memory alloys
Goodarz Ahmadi
Clarkson University
Potsdam, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,827
13,876
0.450
Multiphase Gas-Solid
Liquid-Solid
and Gas-Liquid Flow
Particle Adhesion and Resuspension
Respiratory Deposition and Exposure