Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

352,174
World Rank

13,415
Country Rank

26
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
26
Business & Management / Decision Science and Operations Management
project scheduling | process scheduling | stochastic model
project scheduling | process scheduling | stochastic model
Citation Metrics
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Total2,895
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Last 6 Years567
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.196
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

356,183
World Rank

13,533
Country Rank

27
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
27
Engineering & Technology / Petroleum Engineering
Petroleum Engineering | Underground Gas storage | CCS/CCUS | Geothermal Engineering | Hydrogen storag
Petroleum Engineering | Underground Gas storage | CCS/CCUS | Geothermal Engineering | Hydrogen storag
Citation Metrics
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Total2,853
-
Last 6 Years2,273
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.797
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

358,132
World Rank

13,598
Country Rank

28
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
28
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Energy Informatics | Internet of Things | Embedded Sensin
Energy Informatics | Internet of Things | Embedded Sensin
Citation Metrics
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Total2,834
-
Last 6 Years1,119
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Last 6 Years / Total0.395
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

373,669
World Rank

14,113
Country Rank

29
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
29
Citation Metrics
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Total2,686
-
Last 6 Years2,006
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.747
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

375,533
World Rank

14,187
Country Rank

30
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
30
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Databases | Artificial Intelligence | Big Data | Conceptual Modelin
Databases | Artificial Intelligence | Big Data | Conceptual Modelin
Citation Metrics
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Total2,670
-
Last 6 Years883
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.331
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

381,298
World Rank

14,371
Country Rank

31
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
31
Engineering & Technology / Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Energy Storage | surface science | material science | ionic liquid
Energy Storage | surface science | material science | ionic liquid
Citation Metrics
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Total2,617
-
Last 6 Years1,623
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.620
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

384,644
World Rank

14,479
Country Rank

32
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
32
Citation Metrics
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Total2,589
-
Last 6 Years872
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.337
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

386,305
World Rank

14,537
Country Rank

33
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
33
Citation Metrics
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Total2,574
-
Last 6 Years1,239
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.481
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

412,379
World Rank

15,350
Country Rank

34
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
34
Citation Metrics
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Total2,360
-
Last 6 Years502
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.213
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

420,985
World Rank

15,622
Country Rank

35
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
35
Citation Metrics
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Total2,294
-
Last 6 Years1,392
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Last 6 Years / Total0.607
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* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

431,147
World Rank

15,968
Country Rank

36
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
36
Citation Metrics
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Total2,221
-
Last 6 Years547
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.246
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

435,636
World Rank

16,108
Country Rank

37
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
37
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) | reaction engineering | transport phenomena | microkinetic
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) | reaction engineering | transport phenomena | microkinetic
Citation Metrics
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Total2,189
-
Last 6 Years1,804
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.824
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

453,351
World Rank

16,628
Country Rank

38
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
38
Natural Sciences / Physics
High-Performance Computing | Numerical Solution of PDE | Porous Media | Soil Physics | Terrestrial System
High-Performance Computing | Numerical Solution of PDE | Porous Media | Soil Physics | Terrestrial System
Citation Metrics
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Total2,071
-
Last 6 Years763
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.368
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

455,244
World Rank

16,669
Country Rank

39
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
39
Engineering & Technology / Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Laser spectroscopy | sensing | optics and photonic
Laser spectroscopy | sensing | optics and photonic
Citation Metrics
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Total2,059
-
Last 6 Years681
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.331
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

470,472
World Rank

17,153
Country Rank

40
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
40
Citation Metrics
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Total1,965
-
Last 6 Years806
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.410
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

471,470
World Rank

17,185
Country Rank

41
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
41
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science
Socio-Technical Systems | Collaboration | HCI | Artificial Intelligence | Augmented Realit
Socio-Technical Systems | Collaboration | HCI | Artificial Intelligence | Augmented Realit
Citation Metrics
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Total1,959
-
Last 6 Years956
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.488
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

482,650
World Rank

17,527
Country Rank

42
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
42
Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences
organic materials | sustainable chemistry | carbenes | ionic liquids | carbon nanomaterial
organic materials | sustainable chemistry | carbenes | ionic liquids | carbon nanomaterial
Citation Metrics
-
Total1,894
-
Last 6 Years564
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.298
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

496,652
World Rank

17,941
Country Rank

43
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
43
Engineering & Technology / Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Surface treatments | Biomaterials and light alloys | Corrosion | Fatigue and corrosion fatigu
Surface treatments | Biomaterials and light alloys | Corrosion | Fatigue and corrosion fatigu
Citation Metrics
-
Total1,816
-
Last 6 Years864
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.476
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

522,955
World Rank

18,768
Country Rank

44
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
44
Citation Metrics
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Total1,681
-
Last 6 Years236
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.140
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

542,304
World Rank

19,319
Country Rank

45
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
45
Citation Metrics
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Total1,587
-
Last 6 Years380
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.239
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

547,326
World Rank

19,478
Country Rank

46
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
46
Citation Metrics
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Total1,564
-
Last 6 Years600
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.384
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

554,530
World Rank

19,700
Country Rank

47
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
47
Citation Metrics
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Total1,532
-
Last 6 Years779
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.508
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

562,253
World Rank

19,938
Country Rank

48
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
48
Citation Metrics
-
Total1,498
-
Last 6 Years1,300
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.868
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

577,992
World Rank

20,390
Country Rank

49
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
49
Engineering & Technology / Environmental Science & Engineering
Water/Wastewater Treatment | Ressources Recover
Water/Wastewater Treatment | Ressources Recover
Citation Metrics
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Total1,432
-
Last 6 Years509
-
Last 6 Years / Total0.355
* Total Citation Rankings
Rankings

581,604
World Rank

20,490
Country Rank

50
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
50
Natural Sciences / Physics
Energy Informatics | HPC | Computational Science | Queuing Theory | Quantum Computin
Energy Informatics | HPC | Computational Science | Queuing Theory | Quantum Computin
Citation Metrics
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Total1,417
-
Last 6 Years823
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Last 6 Years / Total0.581