Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

University of Houston 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 :1,451
United States
Dalia L Lezzar
Biomedical Engineering
Microfluidics
Global Health
Lab-on-a-Chip
Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
97
0.795
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,452
United States
Siyu Xiao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
112
0.926
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,453
United States
Vasilis G Zafiris
Geometric Computing
Computational Sciences
Grid/Mesh Generation
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
49
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,454
United States
Sorochi Iloanusi|Sorochi Van Sickle
Health Economics and Outcomes Research
Pharmacoeconomics
COVID-19
HIV/AIDS
Health Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
120
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,455
United States
Chenggang Jiang
Photochemistry
Inorganic Chemistry
Organometallic
Crystallography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
119
0.992
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,456
United States
Panayiotis Kontoyiannis
Tissue Engineering
3D Printing
Regenerative Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
118
0.983
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,457
United States
Lucia Torrado
Seismic interpretation
sequence stratigraphy
seismic sequence stratigraphy
reservoir geology
applied geophysics (attributes)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
94
0.783
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,458
United States
Nicholas Kelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
82
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,459
United States
Jieni Li
HEOR
Multiple sclerosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
119
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,460
United States
Xiao Zhang
Geomatics
Geodesy
Remote Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
81
0.681
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,461
United States
Gokhan Gercek
Management of Information Technology
Networking
Network Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
64
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,462
United States
Arash Saeedi
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
117
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,463
United States
Chalapathi Charan Gajjela
Spectroscopic Imaging
Infrared Spectroscopy
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
116
0.991
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,464
United States
Scott Widmann
cell biology
cancer
bioinformatics
drug discovery
artificial intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
110
0.940
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,465
United States
Charu Hans
Image Processing
Computer Vision
Data Analytics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
56
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,466
United States
Peter Devries
MIS
RFID
Cloud Computing
ERP
Avionics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
32
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,467
United States
Xinyu Wu
Optical Coherence Tomography
Microscopy
Signal&Image processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
108
0.931
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,468
United States
Fei Wang
nano material
soft material
Monte Carlo simulation
percolation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
114
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,469
United States
Jae-Hee Jung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
114
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,470
United States
Cory Knight
Integrated Behavioral Healthcare
PTSD/Trauma
Personality and Psychopathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
112
0.982
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,471
United States
Jie Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
113
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,472
United States
Nikita M, Patel
PKDM and Cardiac Tissue Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
76
0.673
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,473
United States
Morgan Mcneel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
112
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,474
United States
Jacky Wu
Protein-protein interactions
Kinetics
Affinity Binding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
111
0.991
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1,475
United States
Xin Zhou
Climate Change
Sea Level Rise
Geomorphology
Natural Hazard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
108
0.964
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,499,136
United States
338,526
1,210
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,451
Dalia L Lezzar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
97
0.795
Biomedical Engineering
Microfluidics
Global Health
Lab-on-a-Chip
Biochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,501,889
United States
338,901
1,211
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,452
Siyu Xiao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
112
0.926
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,503,592
United States
339,084
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,453
Vasilis G Zafiris
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
49
0.405
Geometric Computing
Computational Sciences
Grid/Mesh Generation
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,504,098
United States
339,162
1,212
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,454
Sorochi Iloanusi|Sorochi Van Sickle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
120
1.000
Health Economics and Outcomes Research
Pharmacoeconomics
COVID-19
HIV/AIDS
Health Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,504,687
United States
339,262
1,213
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,455
Chenggang Jiang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
119
0.992
Photochemistry
Inorganic Chemistry
Organometallic
Crystallography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,504,771
United States
339,277
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,456
Panayiotis Kontoyiannis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
118
0.983
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,505,956
United States
339,432
1,214
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,457
Lucia Torrado
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
94
0.783
Seismic interpretation
sequence stratigraphy
seismic sequence stratigraphy
reservoir geology
applied geophysics (attributes)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,506,292
United States
339,472
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,458
Nicholas Kelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
82
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,507,419
United States
339,599
1,215
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,459
Jieni Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
119
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,509,659
United States
339,904
1,216
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,460
Xiao Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
81
0.681
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,510,110
United States
339,951
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,461
Gokhan Gercek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
64
0.538
Management of Information Technology
Networking
Network Security
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,514,568
United States
340,555
1,217
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,462
Arash Saeedi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
117
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,514,949
United States
340,617
1,218
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,463
Chalapathi Charan Gajjela
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
116
0.991
Spectroscopic Imaging
Infrared Spectroscopy
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,515,526
United States
340,697
1,219
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,464
Scott Widmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
110
0.940
cell biology
cancer
bioinformatics
drug discovery
artificial intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,517,209
United States
340,890
1,220
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,465
Charu Hans
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
56
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,517,537
United States
340,929
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,466
Peter Devries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
32
0.274
MIS
RFID
Cloud Computing
ERP
Avionics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,519,123
United States
341,184
1,221
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,467
Xinyu Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
108
0.931
Optical Coherence Tomography
Microscopy
Signal&Image processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,524,670
United States
341,884
1,222
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,468
Fei Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
114
1.000
nano material
soft material
Monte Carlo simulation
percolation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,525,034
United States
341,935
1,223
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,469
Jae-Hee Jung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
114
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,525,606
United States
342,039
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,470
Cory Knight
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
112
0.982
Integrated Behavioral Healthcare
PTSD/Trauma
Personality and Psychopathology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,528,720
United States
342,454
1,224
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,471
Jie Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
113
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,530,860
United States
342,743
1,225
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,472
Nikita M, Patel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
76
0.673
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,531,915
United States
342,891
1,226
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,473
Morgan Mcneel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
112
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,532,781
United States
343,033
1,227
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,474
Jacky Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
111
0.991
Protein-protein interactions
Kinetics
Affinity Binding
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,533,061
United States
343,073
1,228
Ranking Based On Selection: 1,475
Xin Zhou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
108
0.964
Climate Change
Sea Level Rise
Geomorphology
Natural Hazard