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
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,340
4,859
0.766
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
vegetated soil behavior
soil-natural fiber biodegradation
soil-plant-atmosphere interaction
sustainable geotechnical engineer
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,332
4,612
0.865
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Systems dynamics and control
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,935
2,196
0.558
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,280
1,173
0.916
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Sustainable Manufacturing
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,431
1,164
0.813
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Infrared gases sensing
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,237
929
0.751
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Infectious Diseases
Health Literacy
Evidence-based Health Care
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,387
820
0.344
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Photo(electro)catalysis
CO2RR
HER
Solar Cell
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
835
806
0.965
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Transfer Learning
Sentiment Analysis
Domain Adaptation
Pretrained Large Model
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
778
778
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Structural health monitoring
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
808
758
0.938
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Complex Analysis
Harmonic Analysis
Operator Theory
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,774
604
0.340
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
source localization
signal processing
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
564
530
0.940
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
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Last 6 Years
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734
508
0.692
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
consolidation of unsaturated soil
pile supported embankment
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
598
473
0.791
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Auction Theory
Copula
Order Statistics
Reliability
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
499
419
0.840
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,319
347
0.263
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
医学、生物、免疫学、细胞、信号途径
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
463
318
0.687
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Brain-computer interface
ML
AI
Stroke rehabilitation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
210
198
0.943
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Lattice Boltzmann method
ferrofluids
Computational fluid dynamics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167
166
0.994
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
DFT
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164
164
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
101
0.935
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
cardiovascular disease
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
99
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
混沌加密
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
79
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
51
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
31
1.000
Zhun Fan
Shantou University
Shantou, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,340
4,859
0.766
Ankit Garg
Shantou University
Shantou, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,332
4,612
0.865
vegetated soil behavior
soil-natural fiber biodegradation
soil-plant-atmosphere interaction
sustainable geotechnical engineer
An-Min Zou
Shantou University
Shantou, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,935
2,196
0.558
Cheng Liu
Shantou University
Shantou, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,280
1,173
0.916
Alessandro Simeone
Shantou University
Shantou, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,431
1,164
0.813
Weilin Ye
Shantou University
Shantou, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,237
929
0.751
William Ba Thein
Shantou University
Shantou, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,387
820
0.344
Abebe Reda Woldu
Shantou University
Shantou, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
835
806
0.965
Rui Li
Shantou University
Shantou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
778
778
1.000
Transfer Learning
Sentiment Analysis
Domain Adaptation
Pretrained Large Model
Tao Jiang|Jiang Tao
Shantou University
Shantou, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
808
758
0.938
Hasi Wulan
Shantou University
Shantou, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,774
604
0.340
Yanbin Zou
Shantou University
Shantou, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
564
530
0.940
Wang-Kai Fang
Shantou University
Shantou, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
734
508
0.692
Linshuang Zhao
Shantou University
Shantou, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
598
473
0.791
Rui Fang
Shantou University
Shantou, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
499
419
0.840
David C Ng
Shantou University
Shantou, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,319
347
0.263
Chaohuan Luo
Shantou University
Shantou, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
463
318
0.687
Akshay Kumar
Shantou University
Shantou, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
210
198
0.943
Adnan Khan
Shantou University
Shantou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167
166
0.994
Lattice Boltzmann method
ferrofluids
Computational fluid dynamics
Miaomiao Zhou
Shantou University
Shantou, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164
164
1.000
Dong Liu
Shantou University
Shantou, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
101
0.935
Lan Yulong
Shantou University
Shantou, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
99
1.000
Shengwen Fan
Shantou University
Shantou, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
79
1.000
Jianrui Zheng
Shantou University
Shantou, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
51
1.000
Xinyi Cai
Shantou University
Shantou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
31
1.000