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Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,114
106,221
0.636
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142,494
56,108
0.394
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,530
50,046
0.654
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Polymer physics
Synchrotron X-ray techniques
Morphology
Organic semiconductors
Electronic device
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,231
40,116
0.655
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
MEM
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,398
30,100
0.507
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,998
28,807
0.758
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
pregnancy labor epidemiology perinata
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,512
25,525
0.505
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,800
22,557
0.504
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Perovskite solar cell
solar energy
resource catalysi
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,919
17,727
0.659
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
gut microbiot
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,623
16,940
0.592
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
battery
fuel cell
supercapacitor
catalysi
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,558
14,707
0.599
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,832
13,043
0.693
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
millimeter-wave communications
channel modeling
beamforming
6
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,565
12,400
0.526
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Graph
Spatial-Temporal
String
Uncertain Dat
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,314
12,395
0.471
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,516
10,493
0.344
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Prognostics and Health Management
Fault diagnosis
Condition monitorin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,747
10,201
0.800
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Nonconventional Luminophores
Pure Organic RTP Materials
Efficient Solid-Emitter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,713
9,913
0.593
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Electrocatalysis
Fuel Cells
Electrolyzers
Electrochemistry
Batterie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,730
9,417
0.454
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
mechanisms of cancer progression
treatment resistance and theranostic target identification
exosome biology and application
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,797
9,320
0.428
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
nonlinear vibration
signal processing
condition monitoring
structural health monitorin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,868
8,831
0.557
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Perovskite Solar Cell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,246
8,103
0.400
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
immunolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,949
7,272
0.304
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Phosphoinositide signaling
Autophagy
the plant Hippo pathwa
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,018
7,061
0.392
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,076
6,922
0.492
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
perovskite optoelectroni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,059
6,857
0.851
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
601
15
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Zhang Qi
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,114
106,221
0.636
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,429
77
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Yafei Zhang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142,494
56,108
0.394
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,934
104
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ning Guang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,530
50,046
0.654
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,229
173
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Feng Liu
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,231
40,116
0.655
Polymer physics
Synchrotron X-ray techniques
Morphology
Organic semiconductors
Electronic device
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,644
323
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Wen-Ming Zhang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,398
30,100
0.507
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,102
358
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jiangao Fan
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,998
28,807
0.758
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,625
454
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jun Zhang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,512
25,525
0.505
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,535
588
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Di Zhang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,800
22,557
0.504
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,105
948
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Yixin Zhao
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,919
17,727
0.659
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,123
1,030
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Liping Zhao
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,623
16,940
0.592
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,993
1,312
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Zi-Feng Ma
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,558
14,707
0.599
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,009
1,669
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jianbo Wu
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,832
13,043
0.693
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,905
1,821
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Shu Sun
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,565
12,400
0.526
millimeter-wave communications
channel modeling
beamforming
6
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,929
1,822
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Xuemin Lin
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,314
12,395
0.471
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,245
2,362
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ping Cheng
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,516
10,493
0.344
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,709
2,463
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Dong Wang|王冬
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,747
10,201
0.800
Prognostics and Health Management
Fault diagnosis
Condition monitorin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,175
2,576
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Wang Zhang Yuan
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,713
9,913
0.593
Nonconventional Luminophores
Pure Organic RTP Materials
Efficient Solid-Emitter
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,940
2,773
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Junliang Zhang(章俊良)
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,730
9,417
0.454
Electrocatalysis
Fuel Cells
Electrolyzers
Electrochemistry
Batterie
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,547
2,806
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Weiliang Xia
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,797
9,320
0.428
mechanisms of cancer progression
treatment resistance and theranostic target identification
exosome biology and application
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,823
3,065
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Peng Zk
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,868
8,831
0.557
nonlinear vibration
signal processing
condition monitoring
structural health monitorin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,309
3,484
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Chun-Chao Chen
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,246
8,103
0.400
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,326
4,096
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Bing Su
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,949
7,272
0.304
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,723
4,287
110
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Qingqiu Gong
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,018
7,061
0.392
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,333
4,392
115
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Kaixue Wang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,076
6,922
0.492
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,146
4,434
117
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Yanfeng Miao
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,059
6,857
0.851