Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Data Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,166
58,149
0.586
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Pattern Recognition
Computer Vision
Biometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,422
33,583
0.680
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Computer Vision
Foundation Models
OCR
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,509
23,473
0.998
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Computer Vision
Action Recognition
Video Understanding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,284
21,656
0.794
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Networked control and optimization
Smart grids
Multi-agent systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,629
18,991
0.620
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Multi-agent Systems
Big Data
Image/Video Process
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,874
18,104
0.867
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Computer Vision
Image Processing
Computational Photography
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,190
14,952
0.924
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,657
14,165
0.625
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Computer vision
Big data
AI
ML
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,989
13,920
0.995
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Communication Theory
Game Theory
Distributed Machine Learning
Multi-Agent RL
Wireless AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,100
13,609
0.901
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Computer Science and Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,761
13,145
0.510
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Machine Learning
Data Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,963
12,962
0.722
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
pattern recognition and computer vision
especially face recognition and image super resolution based on recently emerged theori
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,789
12,599
0.914
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Nanomechanics and Nanomaterial science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,343
8,356
0.677
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
Software Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,370
8,217
0.664
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Software
Programming Languages
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,896
7,897
0.530
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
medical image segmentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,826
7,793
0.996
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Multimedia Privacy&Security
AI Security
Trustworthy AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,020
7,599
0.842
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Image processing
Variational PDE
Sparse representation
Compressive senisng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,323
7,455
0.658
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,502
7,019
0.936
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Computer vision
machine learning
medical image analysis
AI in Healthcare
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,705
6,510
0.971
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
Medical Image Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,089
5,737
0.942
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Computer Vision、Multimedia Forensics、Digital Watermarking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,778
5,681
0.647
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Artificial Intelligence
Reinforcement Learning
Evolutionary Algorithms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,766
5,664
0.837
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Distributed Control and Optimization
Multi-agent Systems
Robust control
Time-delay systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,703
5,662
0.651
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,351
72
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Zhi Hua Zhou
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,166
58,149
0.586
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Data Mining
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,780
241
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jian Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,422
33,583
0.680
Pattern Recognition
Computer Vision
Biometrics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,068
516
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Wenhai Wang 王文海
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,509
23,473
0.998
Computer Vision
Foundation Models
OCR
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,369
599
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Limin Wang
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,284
21,656
0.794
Computer Vision
Action Recognition
Video Understanding
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,823
773
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Dong Yue
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,629
18,991
0.620
Networked control and optimization
Smart grids
Multi-agent systems
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,856
856
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Yang Gao
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,874
18,104
0.867
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Multi-agent Systems
Big Data
Image/Video Process
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,819
1,210
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jinshan Pan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,190
14,952
0.924
Computer Vision
Image Processing
Computational Photography
Machine Learning
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,578
1,348
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jianxin Wu 吴建鑫
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,657
14,165
0.625
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,188
1,387
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Xiang Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,989
13,920
0.995
Computer vision
Big data
AI
ML
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,990
1,452
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jun Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,100
13,609
0.901
Communication Theory
Game Theory
Distributed Machine Learning
Multi-Agent RL
Wireless AI
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,158
1,537
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Guihai Chen
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,761
13,145
0.510
Computer Science and Technology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,665
1,573
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Kai Ming Ting
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,963
12,962
0.722
Machine Learning
Data Mining
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,762
1,669
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Zhen Cui
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,789
12,599
0.914
pattern recognition and computer vision
especially face recognition and image super resolution based on recently emerged theori
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,232
3,147
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Zhuhua Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,343
8,356
0.677
Nanomechanics and Nanomaterial science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,410
3,227
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Fei Wu（吴飞）
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,370
8,217
0.664
Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
Software Engineering
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,190
3,425
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Baowen Xu
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,896
7,897
0.530
Software
Programming Languages
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,120
3,492
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jun Ma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,826
7,793
0.996
medical image segmentation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,029
3,634
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Yushu Zhang 张玉书
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,020
7,599
0.842
Multimedia Privacy&Security
AI Security
Trustworthy AI
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,485
3,723
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Liang Xiao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,323
7,455
0.658
Image processing
Variational PDE
Sparse representation
Compressive senisng
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,375
4,065
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Xiu Shen Wei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,502
7,019
0.936
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,813
4,503
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Tao Zhou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,705
6,510
0.971
Computer vision
machine learning
medical image analysis
AI in Healthcare
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,984
5,306
106
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Yinghuan Shi
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,089
5,737
0.942
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
Medical Image Analysis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,036
5,370
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Yuhui Zheng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,778
5,681
0.647
Computer Vision、Multimedia Forensics、Digital Watermarking
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,371
5,384
110
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Yang Yu
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,766
5,664
0.837
Artificial Intelligence
Reinforcement Learning
Evolutionary Algorithms
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,398
5,386
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Baoyong Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,703
5,662
0.651
Distributed Control and Optimization
Multi-agent Systems
Robust control
Time-delay systems