Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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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
X-ray Imaging Scintillators
Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy
4D Electron Imaging
Photovoltaics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,752
33,784
0.809
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Magnetism
magnetic materials
materials
condensed mater physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,915
24,265
0.506
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Physical Chemistry
Ultrafast Spectroscopy
Quantum dots
Perovskites
Photovoltaics & Optoelectronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,074
4,664
0.919
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Solar cell device
device optoelectronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,840
4,603
0.951
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Perovskite Solar Cell
Quantum Dots
Nanomaterial
Self-assembly
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,070
4,501
0.888
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Condensed Matter Physics
Material Sciences
Computational Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,068
4,091
0.674
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
optoelectronics
catalysis
femtosecond laser
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,766
3,979
0.690
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Photovoltaics
Solar Energy
Scale-up
Environmental Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,826
3,531
0.732
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Physics
computer science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,480
3,304
0.510
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Computational Condesned Matter Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,401
3,252
0.439
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Transmission Electron Microscopy
Materials Science
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,849
3,203
0.832
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Optics
Spectroscopy
Raman
Biophotonics
3D microprinting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,724
3,120
0.464
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Photovoltaics - solar cells - Polymers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,200
3,118
0.600
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Titanium Sesquioxide
Condensed Matter Physics
Material Science
Correlated topological phases
Superconductivity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,227
2,852
0.884
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Plasma
Chemistry
Energy
Environmental Science
CO2 Conversion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,555
2,686
0.756
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Next-generation PV
Renewable Energy
Heterojunctions
Contact Passivation
Physical Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,814
2,641
0.939
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Physics
Ultrafast Spectroscopy
Physical Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,730
2,572
0.690
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Ultrafast spectroscopy
Organic solar cells
Optoelectronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,478
2,258
0.911
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Underwater Wireless Optical Communication System and Network
Wireless Power Transfer
Digital Signal Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,239
2,039
0.911
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Quantum dots and Perovskite
Charge recombination
Transient Absorption/reflection
time-resolved photoluminescence
sensitive-E
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,371
1,830
0.772
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Laser Diagnostic
Combustion
Propulsion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,366
1,809
0.765
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Ammonia combustion
Prechamber jet ignition
Laser diagnostics
RCCI
Supersonic combustion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,342
1,246
0.928
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
magnetism
spintronics
multiferroics
electric field control of magnetism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,448
1,136
0.785
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Magnetoelectric Composites
Ferrite
Ferroelectrics
Photodetectors
Photoelectrochemical water splitting and photovoltaics.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,063
1,115
0.540
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
physics
material science
biophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,819
1,114
0.612
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,742
25
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Omar F Mohammed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,752
33,784
0.809
X-ray Imaging Scintillators
Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy
4D Electron Imaging
Photovoltaics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,581
47
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Xixiang Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,915
24,265
0.506
Magnetism
magnetic materials
materials
condensed mater physics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,319
491
139
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Partha Maity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,074
4,664
0.919
Physical Chemistry
Ultrafast Spectroscopy
Quantum dots
Perovskites
Photovoltaics & Optoelectronics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,073
504
145
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Yuliar Firdaus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,840
4,603
0.951
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,035
515
147
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jiakai Liu 刘家凯
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,070
4,501
0.888
Perovskite Solar Cell
Quantum Dots
Nanomaterial
Self-assembly
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
121,141
591
159
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ying Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,068
4,091
0.674
Condensed Matter Physics
Material Sciences
Computational Physics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
125,277
614
167
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Weili Yu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,766
3,979
0.690
optoelectronics
catalysis
femtosecond laser
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
144,176
727
183
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Daniel Bryant
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,826
3,531
0.732
Photovoltaics
Solar Energy
Scale-up
Environmental Science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
155,666
786
191
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Gianluca Castellani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,480
3,304
0.510
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
158,509
797
194
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Zhiyong Zhu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,401
3,252
0.439
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
161,290
816
200
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sergei Lopatin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,849
3,203
0.832
Transmission Electron Microscopy
Materials Science
Physics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
166,090
854
207
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Carlo Liberale
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,724
3,120
0.464
Optics
Spectroscopy
Raman
Biophotonics
3D microprinting
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
166,218
857
208
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Abdulrahman El Labban
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,200
3,118
0.600
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
183,627
951
220
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Yangyang Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,227
2,852
0.884
Titanium Sesquioxide
Condensed Matter Physics
Material Science
Correlated topological phases
Superconductivity
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
195,838
1,013
233
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ramses Snoeckx
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,555
2,686
0.756
Plasma
Chemistry
Energy
Environmental Science
CO2 Conversion
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
199,369
1,030
236
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Randi Azmi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,814
2,641
0.939
Next-generation PV
Renewable Energy
Heterojunctions
Contact Passivation
Physical Chemistry
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
205,090
1,051
240
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jafar Iqbal Khan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,730
2,572
0.690
Physics
Ultrafast Spectroscopy
Physical Chemistry
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
234,880
1,213
264
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Safakath Karuthedath
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,478
2,258
0.911
Ultrafast spectroscopy
Organic solar cells
Optoelectronics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
260,361
1,375
291
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Meiwei Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,239
2,039
0.911
Underwater Wireless Optical Communication System and Network
Wireless Power Transfer
Digital Signal Processing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
289,116
1,537
318
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Yajun Gao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,371
1,830
0.772
Quantum dots and Perovskite
Charge recombination
Transient Absorption/reflection
time-resolved photoluminescence
sensitive-E
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
292,217
1,549
322
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Gaetano Magnotti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,366
1,809
0.765
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
405,771
2,304
412
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Qinglong Tang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,342
1,246
0.928
Ammonia combustion
Prechamber jet ignition
Laser diagnostics
RCCI
Supersonic combustion
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
436,648
2,495
434
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Aitian Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,448
1,136
0.785
magnetism
spintronics
multiferroics
electric field control of magnetism
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
442,906
2,536
439
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Parvez Shaikh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,063
1,115
0.540
Magnetoelectric Composites
Ferrite
Ferroelectrics
Photodetectors
Photoelectrochemical water splitting and photovoltaics.
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
443,252
2,539
440
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Bruno Torre
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,819
1,114
0.612