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
Laser micro/nano-manufacturing
Biofabrication
Additive manufacturing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,849
14,929
0.886
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
High Entropy Alloys
High-temperature Alloys
APT
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,852
8,477
0.860
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
High Energy Heavy-ion
Nuclear and Astroparticle Physics
Neutrinos and Dark Matter
Detector
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,618
7,304
0.579
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
two-dimensional material
ferroelectricity
nanoelectronics and nanophotonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,025
6,558
0.727
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Thin-film transistors
Device physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,312
6,181
0.744
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Laser micro/nano-manufacturing
Biofabrication
Additive manufacturing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,941
5,824
0.839
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Physics
Material Science
Multi-Scale Simulation
High-Throughput Calculation
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,726
2,641
0.709
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Nonlinear Optics
Ultrafast Spectroscopy
2D Materials
Nanophotonics
Biophotonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,665
2,454
0.921
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Nano device
2D Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,044
2,368
0.778
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Computational physics - Density functional theory - Quantum transport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,002
1,760
0.879
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
TEXONO
Experimental search for Low Energy Neutrino and Dark Matter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,441
1,494
0.612
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Plasmonics
Nanophotonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,668
1,361
0.510
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
III-V semiconductors
nanowires
nanotechnology
2D materials
optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,641
1,267
0.772
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Materials Science
Ceramic Processing
Crystal Growth
Density Functional Theory
first principles calculations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,071
1,233
0.595
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Strongly correlated electronic systems
Ultrafast Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,332
1,044
0.448
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Photogrammetry
Remote Sensing
Computer Vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,304
753
0.577
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Magnetism
XMCD
Multiferroic
Transport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,055
673
0.638
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Computational Geophysics
GPR
Full Waveform Inversion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
603
577
0.957
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
High Entropy Alloys
High Entropy Oxides
Magnetic Materials
Nanomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
212
211
0.995
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Theoretical physics
Quantum optics
Non-Hermitian physics
Quantum computation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242
202
0.835
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Quantum gases
Topological physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192
177
0.922
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Optical tweezers
Imaging
Janus particles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201
149
0.741
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Quantum information
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
106
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Quantum Cryptography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
20
0.833
Cijun Shuai
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,849
14,929
0.886
Laser micro/nano-manufacturing
Biofabrication
Additive manufacturing
Junyang He
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,852
8,477
0.860
High Entropy Alloys
High-temperature Alloys
APT
Venktesh Singh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,618
7,304
0.579
High Energy Heavy-ion
Nuclear and Astroparticle Physics
Neutrinos and Dark Matter
Detector
Yu Zhou
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,025
6,558
0.727
two-dimensional material
ferroelectricity
nanoelectronics and nanophotonics
Jie Jiang
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,312
6,181
0.744
Chengde Gao
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,941
5,824
0.839
Laser micro/nano-manufacturing
Biofabrication
Additive manufacturing
Hui Wang
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,726
2,641
0.709
Physics
Material Science
Multi-Scale Simulation
High-Throughput Calculation
Machine Learning
Yingwei Wang 王迎威
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,665
2,454
0.921
Nonlinear Optics
Ultrafast Spectroscopy
2D Materials
Nanophotonics
Biophotonics
Xiaochi Liu 刘晓迟
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,044
2,368
0.778
Yunpeng Wang
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,002
1,760
0.879
Computational physics - Density functional theory - Quantum transport
Lakhwinder Singh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,441
1,494
0.612
TEXONO
Experimental search for Low Energy Neutrino and Dark Matter
Zhong Jian Yang
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,668
1,361
0.510
Xiaoming Yuan
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,641
1,267
0.772
III-V semiconductors
nanowires
nanotechnology
2D materials
optics
Budhendra Singh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,071
1,233
0.595
Materials Science
Ceramic Processing
Crystal Growth
Density Functional Theory
first principles calculations
Jian Qiao Meng
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,332
1,044
0.448
Strongly correlated electronic systems
Ultrafast Spectroscopy
Pan Hongbo 潘红播
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,304
753
0.577
Photogrammetry
Remote Sensing
Computer Vision
Vijay Raj Singh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,055
673
0.638
Xun Wang (王珣)
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
603
577
0.957
Computational Geophysics
GPR
Full Waveform Inversion
Priyanka Kumari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
212
211
0.995
High Entropy Alloys
High Entropy Oxides
Magnetic Materials
Nanomaterials
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Zi-Min Li 李梓民
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242
202
0.835
Theoretical physics
Quantum optics
Non-Hermitian physics
Quantum computation
Bo Zhu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192
177
0.922
Jing Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201
149
0.741
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Zhiyue Zuo
Central South University
Changsha, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
106
1.000
张钊源
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
20
0.833