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 :76
Shape memory polymers
Flexible phase change materials
Polymer nanocomposites
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,778
4,311
0.902
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :77
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,762
2,529
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :78
Sleep
Emotion
Memory
EEG-fMRI
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,735
3,085
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :79
cognitive control
attention
inductive reasoning
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,664
2,894
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :80
Sustainable Manufacturing
Energy Efficiency
Sustainability
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,649
4,338
0.933
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :81
Battery Modeling
Lithium-ion batteries
Energy Storage
Renewable Energy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,607
4,505
0.978
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :82
metabolism
MDD
obesity
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,583
4,496
0.981
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :83
membrane separation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,499
3,984
0.886
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :84
Decision Neuroscience
Neuroeconomics
fMRI
Learning and Memory
Addiction
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,479
3,058
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :85
remote sensing image processing
computer vision
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,450
4,185
0.940
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :86
Creative Thinking
Creative Cognition
Domain-general Mechanisms
Cognitive Neuroscience
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,403
3,906
0.887
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :87
Enhanced oil recovery
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,398
3,967
0.902
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :88
Superconducting Maglev
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,326
3,028
0.700
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :89
nuclear physics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,293
2,393
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :90
Food Science and Technology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,247
4,126
0.972
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :91
Seismic inversion
granular computing
active learning
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,243
2,288
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :92
Biophysical parameters retrieval & global change biology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,231
4,002
0.946
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :93
Bioinformatics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,199
3,410
0.812
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :94
Food Quality and safety
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,152
4,057
0.977
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :95
vortex induced vibration
flow control
energy harvesting from FIV
flow induced vibration
CFD
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,138
3,633
0.878
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :96
Petroleum Engineering
Formation Damage Control
Transport in Unconventional Reservoir
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,116
3,153
0.766
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :97
Environmental Health
Health Risk Assessment
Soil Remediation
Food Safety
Pollution Ecology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,115
3,606
0.876
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :98
Food Science
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,113
2,792
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :99
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,100
3,155
0.770
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :100
Transformation optics
Metamaterials
Heat manipulation
Super-resolution imaging
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,960
2,528
0.638
Xiaodong Qi
Southwest Jiaotong University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,778
4,311
0.902
Shape memory polymers
Flexible phase change materials
Polymer nanocomposites
Zhihua Liao
Southwest University
Chongqing, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,762
2,529
0.531
Xu Lei 雷旭
Southwest University
Chongqing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,735
3,085
0.652
Antao Chen
Southwest University
Chongqing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,664
2,894
0.620
Wei Cai(蔡维)
Southwest University
Chongqing, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,649
4,338
0.933
Shunli Wang
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,607
4,505
0.978
Battery Modeling
Lithium-ion batteries
Energy Storage
Renewable Energy
Cao Bing
Southwest University
Chongqing, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,583
4,496
0.981
Guangyong Zeng
Southwest Petroleum University
Nanchong, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,499
3,984
0.886
Qinghua He (何清华)
Southwest University
Chongqing, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,479
3,058
0.683
Decision Neuroscience
Neuroeconomics
fMRI
Learning and Memory
Addiction
Yuanxin Ye
Southwest Jiaotong University
Chengdu, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,450
4,185
0.940
remote sensing image processing
computer vision
Qunlin Chen
Southwest University
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,403
3,906
0.887
Creative Thinking
Creative Cognition
Domain-general Mechanisms
Cognitive Neuroscience
Bing Wei
Southwest Petroleum University
Nanchong, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,398
3,967
0.902
Zigang Deng|Z. Deng, Z.G. Deng
Southwest Jiaotong University
Chengdu, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,326
3,028
0.700
Zhipan Li
Southwest University
Chongqing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,293
2,393
0.557
Hongjie Dai
Southwest University
Chongqing, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,247
4,126
0.972
Food Science and Technology
Fan Min (闵帆)
Southwest Petroleum University
Nanchong, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,243
2,288
0.539
Seismic inversion
granular computing
active learning
Gaofei Yin
Southwest Jiaotong University
Chengdu, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,231
4,002
0.946
Biophysical parameters retrieval & global change biology
Hua Tang
Southwest Medical University
Luzhou, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,199
3,410
0.812
Liang Ma
Southwest University
Chongqing, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,152
4,057
0.977
Food Quality and safety
Hongjun Zhu
Southwest Petroleum University
Nanchong, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,138
3,633
0.878
vortex induced vibration
flow control
energy harvesting from FIV
flow induced vibration
CFD
Mingjun Chen
Southwest Petroleum University
Nanchong, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,116
3,153
0.766
Petroleum Engineering
Formation Damage Control
Transport in Unconventional Reservoir
Ping Xiang (向萍)
Southwest Forestry University
Kunming, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,115
3,606
0.876
Environmental Health
Health Risk Assessment
Soil Remediation
Food Safety
Pollution Ecology
Jian Ming
Southwest University
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,113
2,792
0.679
Rongxing He
Southwest University
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,100
3,155
0.770
Tiancheng Han
Southwest University
Chongqing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,960
2,528
0.638
Transformation optics
Metamaterials
Heat manipulation
Super-resolution imaging