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
mechanical behavior of materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,084
25,720
0.325
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Shape Memory Alloys
Severe Plastic Deformation
Additive Manufacturing
Ultrafine Grained Materials
Nanocrystalline Metals and
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,581
12,205
0.540
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
solid mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,985
12,166
0.217
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Infrastructure Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,907
8,585
0.431
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Materials Science
Metallurgy
Physics
Ceramics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,360
7,027
0.678
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Quantum Materials
Nonlinear Optics
Electronic Structure Theory
AI for Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,332
6,517
0.698
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Polymer Science
Nanomaterials Dispersion & Assembly
Scratch & Mar
and Mechanical Behaviors of Films/Adhesives/Composites
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,957
6,468
0.341
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Nuclear Materials
Radiation Effects
Materials Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,590
6,389
0.260
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Materials Science and Engineering
Nanoscience
Nanotechnology
Computational Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,420
5,867
0.302
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Additive Manufacturing
Advance Manufacturing
3D Printing
Reliability and Maintenance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,796
5,518
0.812
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
materials
tribology
CMP
interface
bio-nanofabrication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,436
5,413
0.519
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Polymer Assemblies
Responsive Materials
Controlled Delivery
Dynamic Covalent Polymer Networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,563
4,012
0.319
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Materials Science and Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,855
3,898
0.496
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Materials
Infrastructure
Fracture
Viscoelasticity
Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,407
3,645
0.569
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Porous Materials
Metal-Organic Frameworks
Materials Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,484
3,474
0.997
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Metal-Organic Frameworks
Gas Storage and Separation
PFAS Capture
Inorganic Materials
Crystal Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,542
3,412
0.963
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Corrosion
Chemistry
Process Safety
Chemical Engineering
Catalyst
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,792
3,311
0.873
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Road Materials & Pavements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,831
3,286
0.680
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
solid mechanics
2D materials
surface and interface
Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Perovskites
scanning probe microscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,577
3,000
0.839
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
corrosion
electrochemistry
materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,843
2,772
0.721
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Metallurgy
Ceramics
Transmission Electron Microscopy
Atom Probe Tomography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,328
2,686
0.807
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
polymers
materials science
emulsions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,087
2,363
0.765
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Sustainable manufacturing
materials and manufacturing
friction stir processing
superplastic forming
high temperature deforma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,804
2,338
0.487
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Advanced manufacturing
Additive manufacturing
In situ monitoring
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,569
2,336
0.909
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Ceramic 3D Printing
Laser Polishing
Metal Matrix Nanocomposites
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,734
2,199
0.804
George Pharr
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,084
25,720
0.325
mechanical behavior of materials
Ibrahim Karaman
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,581
12,205
0.540
Shape Memory Alloys
Severe Plastic Deformation
Additive Manufacturing
Ultrafine Grained Materials
Nanocrystalline Metals and
A Needleman
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,985
12,166
0.217
Eyad Masad
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,907
8,585
0.431
Infrastructure Materials
Raymundo Arroyave
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,360
7,027
0.678
Materials Science
Metallurgy
Physics
Ceramics
Xiaofeng Qian
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,332
6,517
0.698
Quantum Materials
Nonlinear Optics
Electronic Structure Theory
AI for Science
Hung-Jue Sue
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,957
6,468
0.341
Polymer Science
Nanomaterials Dispersion & Assembly
Scratch & Mar
and Mechanical Behaviors of Films/Adhesives/Composites
Michael Nastasi
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,590
6,389
0.260
Nuclear Materials
Radiation Effects
Materials Science
Tahir Cagin
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,420
5,867
0.302
Materials Science and Engineering
Nanoscience
Nanotechnology
Computational Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics
Alaa Elwany
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,796
5,518
0.812
Additive Manufacturing
Advance Manufacturing
3D Printing
Reliability and Maintenance
Hong Liang
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,436
5,413
0.519
materials
tribology
CMP
interface
bio-nanofabrication
Svetlana Sukhishvili
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,563
4,012
0.319
Polymer Assemblies
Responsive Materials
Controlled Delivery
Dynamic Covalent Polymer Networks
Michael J Demkowicz
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,855
3,898
0.496
Materials Science and Engineering
Yong Rak Kim
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,407
3,645
0.569
Materials
Infrastructure
Fracture
Viscoelasticity
Modeling
Kunyu Wang|Kun-Yu Wang
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,484
3,474
0.997
Porous Materials
Metal-Organic Frameworks
Materials Science
Hao Heather Li
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,542
3,412
0.963
Metal-Organic Frameworks
Gas Storage and Separation
PFAS Capture
Inorganic Materials
Crystal Engineering
Ru Jia
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,792
3,311
0.873
Corrosion
Chemistry
Process Safety
Chemical Engineering
Catalyst
Lubinda F Walubita
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,831
3,286
0.680
Road Materials & Pavements
Qing Tu (涂庆)
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,577
3,000
0.839
solid mechanics
2D materials
surface and interface
Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Perovskites
scanning probe microscopy
Homero Castaneda
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,843
2,772
0.721
corrosion
electrochemistry
materials
Kelvin Xie (谢昱玄)
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,328
2,686
0.807
Metallurgy
Ceramics
Transmission Electron Microscopy
Atom Probe Tomography
Emily Pentzer
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,087
2,363
0.765
polymers
materials science
emulsions
Marwan Khraisheh
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,804
2,338
0.487
Sustainable manufacturing
materials and manufacturing
friction stir processing
superplastic forming
high temperature deforma
Hui Wang
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,569
2,336
0.909
Advanced manufacturing
Additive manufacturing
In situ monitoring
Chao Ma
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,734
2,199
0.804
Ceramic 3D Printing
Laser Polishing
Metal Matrix Nanocomposites