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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 994 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
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 Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Quality Control
Herbal Medicines
Glycoanalysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,465
6,192
0.355
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Pharmacology
Drug discovery
Cell death
EMT
Cance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,150
8,711
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Biochemistry
Pharmacology
Omics
New Drug Discovery
Chinese Medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,751
6,627
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Phonon
Computational materials
Computational physics
Materials informatic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,213
9,839
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,981
6,495
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
nanocrystals
LED
quantum dot
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,796
8,115
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Nano-Science and Technology
Phase Transformations
Metals and Alloys
Electrical ceramics
Synchrotron X-ray Instrumentation and Researc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,342
3,491
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Discrete event Systems
Petri net theory and applications
Scheduling
Intelligent transportation system
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,708
6,480
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
motivation
well-being
social and emotional learning
positive psychology/educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,475
9,601
0.770
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Wireless Networking
Green Communications and Computin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,967
8,732
0.796
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
system identification
Bayesian inference
structural vibration control
reliability analysis
outlier detectio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,725
6,226
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Forensic Psychiatr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,703
10,616
0.992
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
network architecture
network protocols
network security
and fiber sensors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,477
8,965
0.856
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
cancer and inflammatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,457
7,415
0.709
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
clinical psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,348
5,842
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
cultures of learning
English language learning
metaphor analysis
narrative analysis
intercultural communicatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,263
3,034
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Cancer Biology
Inflammation
Adaptive Responses to oxidative Stress
Chinese Medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,871
5,530
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Chinese medicine
nanomedicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,718
7,398
0.761
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Sensors and Actuators
Micro Robotics
Haptic Feedback
Self-Powered Electronics
Electre
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,194
6,267
0.682
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,645
6,047
0.699
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
intelligence computation
operational research
optimization scheduling
Intelligent transportation
heuristic and meta-heurist
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,554
7,026
0.821
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Cancer
Drug Discovery
Biosensor
Microfluidic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,201
3,750
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,637
2,686
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
E-waste
Urban mining
Life cycle assessment
Sustainability
GHG emission
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,325
5,513
0.753
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Smart energy/Smart energy system
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,276
7,007
0.963
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,363
28
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
SP Li
University of Macau
Taipa, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,465
6,192
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,104
29
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Xiuping Chen
University of Macau
Taipa, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,150
8,711
0.539
Pharmacology
Drug discovery
Cell death
EMT
Cance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,149
30
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Simon Ming Yuen Lee
University of Macau
Taipa, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,751
6,627
0.421
Biochemistry
Pharmacology
Omics
New Drug Discovery
Chinese Medicin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,946
31
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Yongqing Cai
University of Macau
Taipa, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,213
9,839
0.647
Phonon
Computational materials
Computational physics
Materials informatic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,191
32
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Zhi-Hong Jiang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,981
6,495
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,221
33
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Liang Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,796
8,115
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,007
34
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Haydn Chen
University of Macau
Taipa, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,342
3,491
0.243
Nano-Science and Technology
Phase Transformations
Metals and Alloys
Electrical ceramics
Synchrotron X-ray Instrumentation and Researc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,005
35
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Naiqi Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,708
6,480
0.473
Discrete event Systems
Petri net theory and applications
Scheduling
Intelligent transportation system
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,786
36
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Ronnel B King
University of Macau
Taipa, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,475
9,601
0.770
motivation
well-being
social and emotional learning
positive psychology/educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,447
38
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Yuan Wu
University of Macau
Taipa, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,967
8,732
0.796
Wireless Networking
Green Communications and Computin
Smart Institutional Plan
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,918
39
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Ka Veng Yuen
University of Macau
Taipa, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,725
6,226
0.581
system identification
Bayesian inference
structural vibration control
reliability analysis
outlier detectio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,150
40
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Wen Li
University of Macau
Taipa, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,703
10,616
0.992
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,586
41
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Jianqing Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,477
8,965
0.856
network architecture
network protocols
network security
and fiber sensors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,795
42
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Elaine Lai Han Leung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,457
7,415
0.709
cancer and inflammatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,998
43
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Todd Jackson
University of Macau
Taipa, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,348
5,842
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
102,028
44
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Lixian Jin
City University of Macau
Macao, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,263
3,034
0.296
cultures of learning
English language learning
metaphor analysis
narrative analysis
intercultural communicatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106,631
45
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Chengwei He
University of Macau
Taipa, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,871
5,530
0.560
Cancer Biology
Inflammation
Adaptive Responses to oxidative Stress
Chinese Medicin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,589
46
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Shengpeng Wang
University of Macau
Taipa, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,718
7,398
0.761
Chinese medicine
nanomedicin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,665
47
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Junwen Zhong 鍾俊文
University of Macau
Taipa, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,194
6,267
0.682
Sensors and Actuators
Micro Robotics
Haptic Feedback
Self-Powered Electronics
Electre
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
123,912
49
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Anise MS Wu
University of Macau
Taipa, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,645
6,047
0.699
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
125,369
50
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Kaizhou Gao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,554
7,026
0.821
intelligence computation
operational research
optimization scheduling
Intelligent transportation
heuristic and meta-heurist
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
131,334
51
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Kathy Qian Luo
University of Macau
Taipa, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,201
3,750
0.457
Cancer
Drug Discovery
Biosensor
Microfluidic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
141,987
52
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Edwin Cheung
University of Macau
Taipa, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,637
2,686
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
148,393
53
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Qingbin Song
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,325
5,513
0.753
E-waste
Urban mining
Life cycle assessment
Sustainability
GHG emission
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
149,437
54
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Tanveer Ahmad
University of Macau
Taipa, Macao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,276
7,007
0.963
Smart energy/Smart energy system