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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
control and optimization of industrial processes
dynamics of systems
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,000
14,237
0.837
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Organic Photovoltaic
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,667
13,774
0.939
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Time-delay systems
Robust Control
Process Control
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,487
11,107
0.454
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
OPV
Organic Electronics
Materials Science
Polymer Physics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,710
3,296
0.888
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
electrical engineering
power system
microgrid
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,259
2,759
0.847
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Organic solar cells
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,829
1,775
0.970
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Radar remote sensing
PolSAR
PolInSAR
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,273
1,608
0.707
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
remote sensing
aerosol
air pollution
lidar
point cloud
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,593
1,450
0.910
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Control Theory and Applications
Nonlinear Control
Hybrid Systems
Boolean Networks
Logical Systems
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,006
1,427
0.711
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
power electronic reliability
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,645
1,331
0.809
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Terahertz Communications
Integrated Sensing and Communications
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,416
1,270
0.897
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
quantum communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
924
867
0.938
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
optics
photonic crystal
slow light
fiber optics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
899
459
0.511
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Multi-Agent Systems
Group Intelligence
Robotics & Control
Spacecraft control
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
413
386
0.935
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
electric machines and drives
model predictive control
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
254
250
0.984
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Wireless
VANET
Cyber Physical System
User Interface
Human Computer Interaction
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
31
0.263
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Power Electronics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
Chunhua Yang
Central South University
Changsha, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,000
14,237
0.837
control and optimization of industrial processes
dynamics of systems
Jun Yuan
Central South University
Changsha, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,667
13,774
0.939
Yong He
Central South University
Changsha, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,487
11,107
0.454
Time-delay systems
Robust Control
Process Control
Lin Zhang (张霖)
Central South University
Changsha, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,710
3,296
0.888
OPV
Organic Electronics
Materials Science
Polymer Physics
Hou Xiaochao
Central South University
Changsha, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,259
2,759
0.847
electrical engineering
power system
microgrid
Honggang Chen
Central South University
Changsha, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,829
1,775
0.970
Changcheng Wang
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,273
1,608
0.707
Radar remote sensing
PolSAR
PolInSAR
Wei Wang
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,593
1,450
0.910
remote sensing
aerosol
air pollution
lidar
point cloud
Yuqian Guo 郭宇骞
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,006
1,427
0.711
Control Theory and Applications
Nonlinear Control
Hybrid Systems
Boolean Networks
Logical Systems
Liu Yonglu
Central South University
Changsha, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,645
1,331
0.809
power electronic reliability
Lingxiang Li
Central South University
Changsha, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,416
1,270
0.897
Terahertz Communications
Integrated Sensing and Communications
Qin Liao
Central South University
Changsha, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
924
867
0.938
quantum communication
Jin Hou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
899
459
0.511
optics
photonic crystal
slow light
fiber optics
Ming-Zhe Dai |Mingzhe Dai
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
413
386
0.935
Multi-Agent Systems
Group Intelligence
Robotics & Control
Spacecraft control
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ruirui Zhou
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
254
250
0.984
electric machines and drives
model predictive control
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
M Mahbubur Rasheed
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
31
0.263
Wireless
VANET
Cyber Physical System
User Interface
Human Computer Interaction
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Li Hang
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000