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 :26
polymer biomaterials
controlled release
tissue engineering
regenerative medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,998
3,005
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Geotechnical Engineering
Geoenvironmental Engineering
Digital Image Correlation
Landslides
Geosynthetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,780
4,907
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Permafrost
Hydrology
Geomorphology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,244
3,043
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Biomechanical Engineering
motion capture
waveform data analysis
knee osteoarthritis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,104
3,287
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Population health
physical activity epidemiology
global collaboration
quantitative intersectionality
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,958
7,195
0.904
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Environmental Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,503
2,402
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Nanomaterials
Catalysis
X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,431
6,105
0.822
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Adversarial knowledge discovery
Textual analytics
Social network analysis
Bioinformatics
Cybersecurity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,161
1,595
0.223
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Design Optimization
Topology Optimization
Structural Design
Lightweight Design
Automotive and Aerospace Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,006
4,326
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Power Electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,951
3,279
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Software Engineering
Software Evolution and Maintenance
Web Services and Service Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,926
3,599
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
artifical intelligence
biomedical data science
uncertainty analysis
radiomics
image processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,210
5,490
0.884
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Visual Cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,192
1,929
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Control polymerization of polymers
sustainable polymer
stimulus-responsive polymers as well as their self-assembly behaviors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,067
3,409
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
computer science
mechanical engineering
surgery
biomechanics medical imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,014
1,208
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Geochronology
Crustal Evolution
Tectonochemistry
Orogenesis
Uniformitarianism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,878
4,916
0.836
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Geochemistry
isotope geochemistry
analytical geochemistry
ore deposits
mineral exploration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,635
2,590
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Data Analytics
Cloud Computing
Self-Managing Systems
Database Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,612
1,527
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
geotechnical
geosynthetics
geoenvironmental engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,400
2,321
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Cryospheric Sciences
Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,381
3,581
0.665
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Machine learning
IoT
Wireless Communications
Signal Processing
Communications Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,254
1,886
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Robotics
Controls
Biomedical Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,250
1,684
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Structural geology
tectonics
Himalaya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,185
2,131
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Networking
scheduling
algorithms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,161
3,078
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,159
1,327
0.257
Brian Amsden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,998
3,005
0.301
polymer biomaterials
controlled release
tissue engineering
regenerative medicine
Andy Take
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,780
4,907
0.502
Geotechnical Engineering
Geoenvironmental Engineering
Digital Image Correlation
Landslides
Geosynthetics
Scott Lamoureux
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,244
3,043
0.369
Permafrost
Hydrology
Geomorphology
Kevin Deluzio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,104
3,287
0.406
Biomechanical Engineering
motion capture
waveform data analysis
knee osteoarthritis
Eun Young Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,958
7,195
0.904
Population health
physical activity epidemiology
global collaboration
quantitative intersectionality
climate change
SN Liss
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,503
2,402
0.320
Environmental Biotechnology
Paul N Duchesne
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,431
6,105
0.822
Nanomaterials
Catalysis
X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
David Skillicorn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,161
1,595
0.223
Adversarial knowledge discovery
Textual analytics
Social network analysis
Bioinformatics
Cybersecurity
Il Yong Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,006
4,326
0.617
Design Optimization
Topology Optimization
Structural Design
Lightweight Design
Automotive and Aerospace Design
Yan Fei Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,951
3,279
0.472
Ying Zou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,926
3,599
0.520
Software Engineering
Software Evolution and Maintenance
Web Services and Service Computing
Amber L Simpson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,210
5,490
0.884
artifical intelligence
biomedical data science
uncertainty analysis
radiomics
image processing
Martin Pare
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,192
1,929
0.312
Liu Hanbin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,067
3,409
0.562
Control polymerization of polymers
sustainable polymer
stimulus-responsive polymers as well as their self-assembly behaviors
Randy Ellis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,014
1,208
0.201
computer science
mechanical engineering
surgery
biomechanics medical imaging
Christopher J Spencer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,878
4,916
0.836
Geochronology
Crustal Evolution
Tectonochemistry
Orogenesis
Uniformitarianism
Matthew Leybourne
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,635
2,590
0.460
Geochemistry
isotope geochemistry
analytical geochemistry
ore deposits
mineral exploration
Patrick Martin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,612
1,527
0.272
Data Analytics
Cloud Computing
Self-Managing Systems
Database Systems
Rwi Brachman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,400
2,321
0.430
geotechnical
geosynthetics
geoenvironmental engineering
Robert G Way
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,381
3,581
0.665
Cryospheric Sciences
Climate Change
Il Min Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,254
1,886
0.359
Machine learning
IoT
Wireless Communications
Signal Processing
Communications Security
Keyvan Hashtrudi Zaad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,250
1,684
0.321
Robotics
Controls
Biomedical Engineering
Laurent Godin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,185
2,131
0.411
Structural geology
tectonics
Himalaya
Ning Lu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,161
3,078
0.596
Networking
scheduling
algorithms
Tim Bryant
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,159
1,327
0.257