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 :401
boundary layer transition
flow instability
transition/turbulence modelling
CFD
aerodynamic design
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
603
565
0.937
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :402
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
596
573
0.961
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :403
Higher Education
Educational Psychology
Human Resource Management
Organizational Behavior
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
592
591
0.998
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :404
Information fusion
Pattern classification
Belief functions
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Last 6 Years
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584
446
0.764
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :405
wetting
biomimetic
micro
nano
icing
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580
376
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :406
Partial Differential Equations
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Last 6 Years
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570
443
0.777
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :407
Non-destructive testing
sensor design
electrical capacitance tomography
measurement
control
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
570
419
0.735
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :408
AI
Neuropeptide FF
Macrophage
Peptides
Bioinformatics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
566
351
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :409
Evolutionary Computation
Swarm Intelligence
Robotics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
565
411
0.727
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :410
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Last 6 Years
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562
496
0.883
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :411
evaporation duct electromagnetic wave propagation ocean acoustics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
562
445
0.792
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :412
Tribology
Friction
Lubrication
Surface Engineering
Superlubricity
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
558
531
0.952
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :413
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Last 6 Years
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550
526
0.956
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :414
Heat transfer
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Last 6 Years
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547
543
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :415
Metals and alloys
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545
531
0.974
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :416
Mechanics
Structural optimization
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
545
489
0.897
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :417
Brain Computer Interface
Biomedical Signal Processing
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Artificial Intelligence
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
543
543
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :418
Statistical Signal Processing
Nonconvex Optimization
Wireless Communications
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
540
523
0.969
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :419
Causal inference
Machine learning
Applied statistics
Belief functions
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
537
402
0.749
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :420
Solid mechanics
shape memory alloys
fatigue
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Last 6 Years
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536
486
0.907
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :421
Electrical Automation and Control
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
533
521
0.977
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :422
Structure Optimization
Composite Structure Optimization
Multi-scale Analysis and Optimization
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
532
494
0.929
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :423
acoustic signal processing
machine learning
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
527
523
0.992
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :424
solidification
microstructure
laser materials processing
phase field
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Last 6 Years
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526
469
0.892
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :425
control
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Last 6 Years
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525
437
0.832
Jiakuan Xu
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603
565
0.937
boundary layer transition
flow instability
transition/turbulence modelling
CFD
aerodynamic design
Qiao Ke
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
596
573
0.961
Zahid Shafait|Northwestern Polytechnical University Xi'an China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
592
591
0.998
Higher Education
Educational Psychology
Human Resource Management
Organizational Behavior
Lianmeng Jiao
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
584
446
0.764
Yang He
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
580
376
0.648
Bai,Xueli
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Last 6 Years
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570
443
0.777
Partial Differential Equations
Nan Li
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
570
419
0.735
Non-destructive testing
sensor design
electrical capacitance tomography
measurement
control
Yulong Sun
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
566
351
0.620
AI
Neuropeptide FF
Macrophage
Peptides
Bioinformatics
Xingguang Peng (彭星光)
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
565
411
0.727
Evolutionary Computation
Swarm Intelligence
Robotics
Xiaojun Gu|谷 小军
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
562
496
0.883
Shi Yang
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
562
445
0.792
evaporation duct electromagnetic wave propagation ocean acoustics
Qiang Ma
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
558
531
0.952
Tribology
Friction
Lubrication
Surface Engineering
Superlubricity
Muhammed Pervez Akhter
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
550
526
0.956
Yong Li
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547
543
0.993
Linke Huang
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Last 6 Years
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545
531
0.974
Weizhu Yang
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Last 6 Years
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545
489
0.897
Mechanics
Structural optimization
Muhammad Zulkifal Aziz
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
543
543
1.000
Brain Computer Interface
Biomedical Signal Processing
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Zhengang Guo (郭振刚)|郭 振刚
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
540
523
0.969
Statistical Signal Processing
Nonconvex Optimization
Wireless Communications
Kuang Zhou
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
537
402
0.749
Causal inference
Machine learning
Applied statistics
Belief functions
Zhang Yahui 张亚辉
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
536
486
0.907
Solid mechanics
shape memory alloys
fatigue
Saleem Riaz
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Last 6 Years
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533
521
0.977
Electrical Automation and Control
Zunyi Duan
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
532
494
0.929
Structure Optimization
Composite Structure Optimization
Multi-scale Analysis and Optimization
Zhongxin Bai
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
527
523
0.992
acoustic signal processing
machine learning
Lei Wang
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
526
469
0.892
solidification
microstructure
laser materials processing
phase field
Wei Tang
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
525
437
0.832