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
solar energy
organic electronics
polymer semiconductors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,595
36,683
0.527
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Optoelectronics
Photonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,513
12,385
0.707
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
remote sensing
water security
climate impacts
precision agriculture
unmanned aerial vehicles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,982
12,271
0.646
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
biomedical circuits and systems
microsystems
Edge AI
Neuromorphic
smart sensors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,056
11,681
0.685
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Control Systems
Operations Research
Computer Science
Aerospace Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,911
11,448
0.239
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Bioelectronics
Organic Electronics
Organic Bioelectronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,123
11,403
0.869
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Electron microscopy
Nuclear magnetic resonance
X-ray diffraction
Optical microscopy
XPS/SIMS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,984
10,287
0.448
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
CMOS tech.
3D-HI/3D-IC
heterogeneous integration
IoT/IoE
flexible/stretchable CMOS electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,865
6,401
0.649
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Power Electronics
Subsurface Mechatronics
Motor Drives
Electric Machines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,509
6,143
0.585
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Antennas
Wireless Sensors
Additive Manufacturing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,708
6,109
0.702
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
solar cell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,635
5,571
0.989
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Nano-photonics
energy for sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,052
5,312
0.587
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Remote Sensing
Agriculture
Object-Based Image Analysis
UAV
High Spatial Resolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,323
3,563
0.669
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Wireless Communications
Next Generation Networks
Body Area Networks
Internet of Bodies
Neuromorphic Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,174
3,352
0.543
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Semiconductors
Integration
Integrated circuit
Electronics
Photonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,613
3,060
0.663
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Wireless Communications
Smart City
Optimization
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,732
3,032
0.812
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Silicon solar cells
Electronics
Semiconductors
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,918
2,845
0.975
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Complex wave systems
Nonlinear waves
Solar energy
Nanophotonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,407
2,835
0.524
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
OPV
printed electronics
metal oxides
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,802
2,782
0.993
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
organic solar cells
perovskite photovoltaics
printed electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,902
2,757
0.707
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Bioelectronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,193
2,172
0.990
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Control theory
Estimation algorithms
Mathematical modeling
signal/image processing.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,605
1,980
0.760
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Microfluidics
Sensors
Lab on Chip Device Fabrication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,878
1,898
0.659
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Flexible electronics
sensing device
2D materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,931
1,855
0.961
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Bioelectronic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,374
1,754
0.739
Iain Mcculloch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,595
36,683
0.527
solar energy
organic electronics
polymer semiconductors
Boon S Ooi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,513
12,385
0.707
Optoelectronics
Photonics
Matthew F McCabe|McCabe MF
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,982
12,271
0.646
remote sensing
water security
climate impacts
precision agriculture
unmanned aerial vehicles
Khaled Nabil Salama
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,056
11,681
0.685
biomedical circuits and systems
microsystems
Edge AI
Neuromorphic
smart sensors
Eric Feron
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,911
11,448
0.239
Control Systems
Operations Research
Computer Science
Aerospace Engineering
Sahika Inal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,123
11,403
0.869
Bioelectronics
Organic Electronics
Organic Bioelectronics
Rachid Sougrat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,984
10,287
0.448
Electron microscopy
Nuclear magnetic resonance
X-ray diffraction
Optical microscopy
XPS/SIMS
Muhammad Mustafa Hussain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,865
6,401
0.649
CMOS tech.
3D-HI/3D-IC
heterogeneous integration
IoT/IoE
flexible/stretchable CMOS electronics
Shehab Ahmed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,509
6,143
0.585
Power Electronics
Subsurface Mechatronics
Motor Drives
Electric Machines
Atif Shamim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,708
6,109
0.702
Antennas
Wireless Sensors
Additive Manufacturing
Yuanbao Lin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,635
5,571
0.989
Qiaoqiang Gan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,052
5,312
0.587
Nano-photonics
energy for sustainability
Kasper Johansen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,323
3,563
0.669
Remote Sensing
Agriculture
Object-Based Image Analysis
UAV
High Spatial Resolution
Ahmed Eltawil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,174
3,352
0.543
Wireless Communications
Next Generation Networks
Body Area Networks
Internet of Bodies
Neuromorphic Computing
Xiaohang Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,613
3,060
0.663
Semiconductors
Integration
Integrated circuit
Electronics
Photonics
Hakim Ghazzai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,732
3,032
0.812
Wireless Communications
Smart City
Optimization
Artificial Intelligence
Wenzhu Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,918
2,845
0.975
Silicon solar cells
Electronics
Semiconductors
Physics
Andrea Fratalocchi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,407
2,835
0.524
Complex wave systems
Nonlinear waves
Solar energy
Nanophotonics
Akmaral Seitkhan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,802
2,782
0.993
OPV
printed electronics
metal oxides
Marios Neophytou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,902
2,757
0.707
organic solar cells
perovskite photovoltaics
printed electronics
David Ohayon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,193
2,172
0.990
Taous Meriem Laleg Kirati
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,605
1,980
0.760
Control theory
Estimation algorithms
Mathematical modeling
signal/image processing.
Ulrich Buttner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,878
1,898
0.659
Microfluidics
Sensors
Lab on Chip Device Fabrication
Yichen Cai 蔡依晨
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,931
1,855
0.961
Flexible electronics
sensing device
2D materials
Adel Hama
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,374
1,754
0.739