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 :51
Nanomaterials
Porous Materials
Electrocatalysis
Photonic Crystals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,046
2,365
0.585
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :52
Electrocatalysis
Water Splitting
Photoelectrochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,976
3,882
0.976
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :53
Polymer Processing
Micro/nanostructure
Polymer Composites
Functional Polymers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,929
3,869
0.985
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
Computer Vision
AI
Computer Graphics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,721
2,982
0.801
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :55
chemical engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,684
2,658
0.721
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :56
Bioremediation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,578
2,231
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :57
Organic Electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,572
2,637
0.738
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :58
metal nanoclusters
carbon nanodots
metal nanoparticles
layered double hydroxides
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,460
2,375
0.686
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
Chemical Engineering
Process Intensification
Rotating Packed Bed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,421
2,952
0.863
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
Nanomedicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,380
3,332
0.986
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,343
1,648
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :62
Computer Vision
Deep Learning
Remote Sensing
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,341
3,300
0.988
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
Enzymatic catalysis
Multienzyme system
Bioinspiration & Biomimetics
Nanomotor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,268
2,315
0.708
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :64
corrosion and protection
coatings and metals
monitoring and simulation
anti-fouling
marine engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,122
2,239
0.717
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :65
flexible wearable electronics
polymer nanocomposites
hydrogels
elastomers
nanochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,107
2,932
0.944
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :66
nanozyme
bionanotechnology
biomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,078
3,057
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :67
organic phosphorescence
stimuli-responsive smart materials
polymer mechanochemistry
luminescent material
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,068
2,372
0.773
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :68
therapeutic ultrasound
nanotheranostics
biomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,056
3,040
0.995
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :69
molecular simulation
thermodynamics
force fields
ionic liquids
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,977
1,254
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :70
electrospinning
fuel cell
biomaterials
nanocomposites
simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,970
2,282
0.768
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :71
polymers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,941
2,386
0.811
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :72
Drug Delivery
Nanomedicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,856
2,372
0.831
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
Tissue engineering
Gene delivery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,820
2,473
0.877
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
organic chemistry
medicinal chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,773
1,315
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :75
Ionic liquids
Desulfurization
Green Chemistry
Chemical Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,771
2,386
0.861
Lianbin Xu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,046
2,365
0.585
Nanomaterials
Porous Materials
Electrocatalysis
Photonic Crystals
Muhammad Arif
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,976
3,882
0.976
Electrocatalysis
Water Splitting
Photoelectrochemistry
Jingyao Sun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,929
3,869
0.985
Polymer Processing
Micro/nanostructure
Polymer Composites
Functional Polymers
Wei Hu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,721
2,982
0.801
Computer Vision
AI
Computer Graphics
Zhongqi Ren
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,684
2,658
0.721
Dexun Zou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,578
2,231
0.624
Xiao Chengyi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,572
2,637
0.738
Zhiqin Yuan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,460
2,375
0.686
metal nanoclusters
carbon nanodots
metal nanoparticles
layered double hydroxides
Luo Yong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,421
2,952
0.863
Chemical Engineering
Process Intensification
Rotating Packed Bed
Shanshan Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,380
3,332
0.986
Kaili Nie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,343
1,648
0.493
Mengmeng Zhang(张蒙蒙)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,341
3,300
0.988
Computer Vision
Deep Learning
Remote Sensing
Machine Learning
Yifei Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,268
2,315
0.708
Enzymatic catalysis
Multienzyme system
Bioinspiration & Biomimetics
Nanomotor
Bin Liu(刘斌)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,122
2,239
0.717
corrosion and protection
coatings and metals
monitoring and simulation
anti-fouling
marine engineering
Pengbo Wan 万鹏博
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,107
2,932
0.944
flexible wearable electronics
polymer nanocomposites
hydrogels
elastomers
nanochemistry
Bolong Xu|Bolong Xu, 徐柏龙
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,078
3,057
0.993
nanozyme
bionanotechnology
biomaterials
Ma Zhiyong (马志勇)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,068
2,372
0.773
organic phosphorescence
stimuli-responsive smart materials
polymer mechanochemistry
luminescent material
Xueting Pan|潘 雪婷
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,056
3,040
0.995
therapeutic ultrasound
nanotheranostics
biomaterials
Zhiping Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,977
1,254
0.421
molecular simulation
thermodynamics
force fields
ionic liquids
Yong Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,970
2,282
0.768
electrospinning
fuel cell
biomaterials
nanocomposites
simulation
Jue Cheng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,941
2,386
0.811
Chaoyong Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,856
2,372
0.831
Shun Duan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,820
2,473
0.877
Tissue engineering
Gene delivery
shengtao ding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,773
1,315
0.474
organic chemistry
medicinal chemistry
Rashid Abro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,771
2,386
0.861
Ionic liquids
Desulfurization
Green Chemistry
Chemical Engineering