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
Materials Processing
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,986
11,422
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
political theory
China studies
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,772
4,796
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Cancer Biology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,991
7,715
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Nanoporous metals
Energy storage/conversion
Electrocatalysis
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,950
11,773
0.695
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Photocatalysis
Electrocatalysis
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,785
12,540
0.794
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Metal Nanocluster
Silver Cluster
MOF
Coordination Polymer
Crystal Engineering
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,569
9,804
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
combinatorics
graph theory
game theory
bioinformatic
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,536
8,926
0.575
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Electrochemistry
Nanomaterials
Energy storage and conversion
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,349
8,327
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Recombineering
Biotechnology
Genetic Engineering
PKS/NRPS
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,213
4,917
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,173
10,817
0.763
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
computer vision
medical image analysis
clinical study
eye diseases
breast cancer
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,135
11,159
0.789
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
carbon materials
polymer materials
colloid and interface science
organic electronics
energy technologies
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,937
11,490
0.824
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Computational Material Science
Computational Physics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,093
9,385
0.717
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Colloid and Surface Chemistry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,010
3,381
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Discontinuous Control Systems
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,781
9,570
0.749
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
太阳物理\空间物理
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,658
7,036
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,443
9,853
0.792
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Nanoengineering
Bionanotechnology
Colloid and Interface Science
Therapeutic Delivery
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,816
8,332
0.705
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Signal&Image Processing
IoT
Healthcare
Sustainable Cities and Society
Embedded System
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,417
9,744
0.853
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,647
3,893
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,401
6,083
0.585
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,109
5,870
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Battery
Hydrogen
Nanomaterials
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,938
7,591
0.764
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Werable ECG
Blood pressure
PPG
depression
sleep
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,397
8,061
0.858
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
大气环境、大气化学、空气污染
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,381
7,279
0.776
Guoqun Zhao
Shandong University
Jinan, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,986
11,422
0.635
Daniel A. Bell
Shandong University
Jinan, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,772
4,796
0.270
political theory
China studies
Xiangguo Liu
Shandong University
Jinan, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,991
7,715
0.454
Zhonghua Zhang 张忠华
Shandong University
Jinan, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,950
11,773
0.695
Nanoporous metals
Energy storage/conversion
Electrocatalysis
Jian Tian
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,785
12,540
0.794
Di Sun
Shandong University
Jinan, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,569
9,804
0.630
Metal Nanocluster
Silver Cluster
MOF
Coordination Polymer
Crystal Engineering
Guanghui Wang
Shandong University
Jinan, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,536
8,926
0.575
combinatorics
graph theory
game theory
bioinformatic
Jintao Zhang
Shandong University
Jinan, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,349
8,327
0.543
Electrochemistry
Nanomaterials
Energy storage and conversion
Youming Zhang
Shandong University
Jinan, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,213
4,917
0.323
Recombineering
Biotechnology
Genetic Engineering
PKS/NRPS
Chi Yang
Shandong University
Jinan, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,173
10,817
0.763
Yuanjie Zheng
Shandong Normal University
Jinan, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,135
11,159
0.789
computer vision
medical image analysis
clinical study
eye diseases
breast cancer
Renhao Dong
Shandong University
Jinan, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,937
11,490
0.824
carbon materials
polymer materials
colloid and interface science
organic electronics
energy technologies
Yandong Ma 马衍东
Shandong University
Jinan, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,093
9,385
0.717
Computational Material Science
Computational Physics
Jingcheng Hao
Shandong University
Jinan, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,010
3,381
0.260
Xiaodi Li
Shandong Normal University
Jinan, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,781
9,570
0.749
Yao Chen
Shandong University
Jinan, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,658
7,036
0.556
Qiang Sun
Shandong University
Jinan, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,443
9,853
0.792
Jiwei Cui
Shandong University
Jinan, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,816
8,332
0.705
Nanoengineering
Bionanotechnology
Colloid and Interface Science
Therapeutic Delivery
Gwanggil Jeon
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,417
9,744
0.853
Signal&Image Processing
IoT
Healthcare
Sustainable Cities and Society
Embedded System
Yaoqin Gong
Shandong University
Jinan, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,647
3,893
0.366
Shuping Zhuo
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,401
6,083
0.585
Liu Rutao
Shandong University
Jinan, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,109
5,870
0.581
Meng-Chang Lin (林孟昌)
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,938
7,591
0.764
Battery
Hydrogen
Nanomaterials
Chengyu Liu
Shandong University
Jinan, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,397
8,061
0.858
Werable ECG
Blood pressure
PPG
depression
sleep
Likun Xue
Shandong University
Jinan, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,381
7,279
0.776