Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
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
VT physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,195
12,301
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :52
microbiome
built environment
antibiotic resistance genes
water
ICTAS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,160
14,599
0.659
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :53
Computational Genomics
Nonlinear Dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,954
5,070
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
Paleontology
Paleobiology
Geology
Geobiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,934
10,315
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :55
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,817
9,879
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :56
digital libraries
information retrieval
multimedia
education
linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,694
3,478
0.160
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :57
Virtual Reality
Augmented Reality
3D User Interfaces
Human-Computer Interaction
Virtual Environments
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,565
8,862
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :58
Renewable Energy
Smart Gird
Energy Efficiency
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,336
8,520
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
Research: digital interactions between individuals
businesses
and governments and related privacy & security issues.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,267
8,174
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
Remote Sensing
Ecosystems
Forests
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,913
8,365
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
travel behavior
information technology
social media analytics
e-Tourism
tourism analytics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,410
13,435
0.658
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :62
Innate Immune Memory
Immunotherapeutics
chronic inflammation
VT Biological Sciences
ictas_center
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,926
9,731
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Semiconductor Devices
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,882
3,734
0.188
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :64
ICTAS Center for Engineered Health
Electroporation
Microfluidics
Dielectrophoresis
Biotransport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,876
11,804
0.594
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :65
Applied Behavioral Science
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,596
4,313
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :66
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,177
6,879
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :67
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,108
7,624
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :68
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,987
3,782
0.199
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :69
environmental engineering
bioaerosols
infectious disease transmission
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,793
13,785
0.734
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :70
organic
polymer and supramolecular chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,753
2,726
0.145
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :71
VT Biological Sciences
Mycobacteria
Methylobacteria
Antibiotic Discovery and Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,103
6,360
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :72
Health psychology
public health
behavioral medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,969
3,648
0.203
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
Gerontology
Epidemiology
Long-term Care
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,498
5,553
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
Critical Geopolitics
Political Geography
Conflict Regions
Balkans
Caucasus
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,428
5,741
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :75
Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,376
6,422
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,906
15,336
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Camillo Mariani
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,195
12,301
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,968
15,364
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Amy Pruden
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,160
14,599
0.659
microbiome
built environment
antibiotic resistance genes
water
ICTAS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,435
15,557
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Roderick V Jensen
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,954
5,070
0.231
Computational Genomics
Nonlinear Dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,478
15,573
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Shuhai Xiao
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,934
10,315
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,770
15,671
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Chen Ching Liu
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,817
9,879
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,033
15,798
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Edward Fox
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,694
3,478
0.160
digital libraries
information retrieval
multimedia
education
linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,343
15,934
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Doug A Bowman
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,565
8,862
0.411
Virtual Reality
Augmented Reality
3D User Interfaces
Human-Computer Interaction
Virtual Environments
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,898
16,143
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Saifur Rahman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,336
8,520
0.399
Renewable Energy
Smart Gird
Energy Efficiency
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,056
16,202
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
France Belanger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,267
8,174
0.384
Research: digital interactions between individuals
businesses
and governments and related privacy & security issues.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,924
16,557
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Randolph Hamilton Wynne
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,913
8,365
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,201
17,083
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Zheng Xiang 向征
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,410
13,435
0.658
travel behavior
information technology
social media analytics
e-Tourism
tourism analytics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,541
17,619
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Liwu Li
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,926
9,731
0.488
Innate Immune Memory
Immunotherapeutics
chronic inflammation
VT Biological Sciences
ictas_center
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,659
17,670
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Timothy D Sands
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,882
3,734
0.188
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Semiconductor Devices
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,675
17,677
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Rafael V Davalos
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,876
11,804
0.594
ICTAS Center for Engineered Health
Electroporation
Microfluidics
Dielectrophoresis
Biotransport
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,468
17,979
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
E Scott Geller
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,596
4,313
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,678
18,459
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Patrick Huber
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,177
6,879
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,865
18,540
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Brett Tyler
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,108
7,624
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,220
18,678
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Sharon Landesman Ramey
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,987
3,782
0.199
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,797
18,890
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Linsey C Marr
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,793
13,785
0.734
environmental engineering
bioaerosols
infectious disease transmission
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,915
18,935
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Harry W Gibson
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,753
2,726
0.145
organic
polymer and supramolecular chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,020
19,755
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Joseph O Falkinham III
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,103
6,360
0.351
VT Biological Sciences
Mycobacteria
Methylobacteria
Antibiotic Discovery and Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,476
19,929
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Richard Winett
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,969
3,648
0.203
Health psychology
public health
behavioral medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,157
20,597
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Laura P Sands
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,498
5,553
0.317
Gerontology
Epidemiology
Long-term Care
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,424
20,696
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Gerard Toal Gearóİd Ó Tuathail
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,428
5,741
0.329
Critical Geopolitics
Political Geography
Conflict Regions
Balkans
Caucasus
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,627
20,783
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Xiaoting Jia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,376
6,422
0.370
Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering