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
River and Estuarine Hydrology
Geomorphology
Sediment transportation
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,556
3,812
0.686
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :52
medicinal chemistry
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,547
2,720
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :53
Electroanalytical Chemistry
Fluorescent sensing
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,519
2,567
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
Microplastic pollution and Marine Ecotoxicology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,410
4,682
0.865
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :55
Complex Networks
Epidemic Spreading
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,408
3,266
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :56
Biogeochemical cycles
Microbial Ecophysiology
Nitrification
Comammox Nitrospira
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,372
4,348
0.809
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :57
physics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,272
2,227
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :58
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,246
3,601
0.686
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
flexible electronics
2D/3D functional materials
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,199
3,128
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
Security
Vehicle
IoT
Edge Computing
Digital Twin
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,067
3,377
0.666
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
Oceanography
radiochemistry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,036
2,970
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :62
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,927
3,366
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
Forest ecology
Climate change
Biodiversity
Community ecology
Biogeography
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,844
3,227
0.666
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :64
Medical Image
Neuroscience
Image Processing
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,834
4,094
0.847
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :65
urban climatology
human bio-meteorology
built environment
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,753
3,093
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :66
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,631
1,635
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :67
optics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,562
2,276
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :68
coastal evolution
sea level
storm deposition
Neolithic culture
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,559
2,297
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :69
MEMS
Micro/Nano energy
Interfaces
Bio-inspired
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,495
3,943
0.877
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :70
Cluster Physics
Computational Chemistry
Photoelectron Spectroscopy
Photophysical Chemistry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,361
3,748
0.859
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :71
Ras
anti-cancer drug discovery
drug resistance
tumor angiogenesis
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,318
2,223
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :72
Physical Chemistry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,221
3,467
0.821
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
Pattern Recognition
Document Image Analysis and Recognition
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,188
1,743
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
Machine learning
data mining
time series analysis
bioinformatics and biomedical engineering
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,133
2,244
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :75
cancer
pharmacology
chemical biology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,100
2,890
0.705
Zhijun Dai
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,556
3,812
0.686
River and Estuarine Hydrology
Geomorphology
Sediment transportation
Wei Lu
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,547
2,720
0.490
Anwei Zhu
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,519
2,567
0.465
Electroanalytical Chemistry
Fluorescent sensing
Prabhu Kolandhasamy
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,410
4,682
0.865
Microplastic pollution and Marine Ecotoxicology
Ming Tang
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,408
3,266
0.604
Complex Networks
Epidemic Spreading
Ping Han (Penny, 韩平)
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,372
4,348
0.809
Biogeochemical cycles
Microbial Ecophysiology
Nitrification
Comammox Nitrospira
E Wu
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,272
2,227
0.422
Lin Xu
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,246
3,601
0.686
Hengchang Bi
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,199
3,128
0.602
flexible electronics
2D/3D functional materials
Hong Liu
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,067
3,377
0.666
Security
Vehicle
IoT
Edge Computing
Digital Twin
Jinzhou Du
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,036
2,970
0.590
Oceanography
radiochemistry
Yang Li
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,927
3,366
0.683
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Jian Zhang 张健|张健
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,844
3,227
0.666
Forest ecology
Climate change
Biodiversity
Community ecology
Biogeography
Chu Chung Huang
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,834
4,094
0.847
Medical Image
Neuroscience
Image Processing
Chen Liang
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,753
3,093
0.651
urban climatology
human bio-meteorology
built environment
Dy Sun
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,631
1,635
0.353
Jian Wu
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,562
2,276
0.499
Zhanghua Wang
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,559
2,297
0.504
coastal evolution
sea level
storm deposition
Neolithic culture
Xiaofeng Zhou
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,495
3,943
0.877
Haitao Sun
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,361
3,748
0.859
Cluster Physics
Computational Chemistry
Photoelectron Spectroscopy
Photophysical Chemistry
Xiufeng Pang
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,318
2,223
0.515
Ras
anti-cancer drug discovery
drug resistance
tumor angiogenesis
Jinquan Chen
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,221
3,467
0.821
Yue Lu|Yue Lyu, 吕岳
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,188
1,743
0.416
Pattern Recognition
Document Image Analysis and Recognition
Kai Zhang
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,133
2,244
0.543
Machine learning
data mining
time series analysis
bioinformatics and biomedical engineering
Weiqiang Lu
East China Normal University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,100
2,890
0.705
cancer
pharmacology
chemical biology