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
Deep learning
Renewable energy
Optimization
Control Science
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,463
1,458
0.997
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Image processing
image dehazing
diffusion
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
318
318
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
operation research
optimization
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274
270
0.985
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Recommender System Security
Data Mining
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268
268
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Addiction
Decision-making
Self-control
Social media
Big data
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Last 6 Years
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300
266
0.887
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Computer Vision
Generative Models
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
261
261
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Federated Learning
User Modeling
LLMs
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Last 6 Years
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260
260
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Solid Electrolyte
Material Design
Computational Modeling
Backend Development
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Last 6 Years
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259
259
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Computer Vision
Multi-media Understanding
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252
252
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
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AI
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242
242
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Computer vision
Makeup transfer
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Last 6 Years
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241
241
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
computer vision
facial expression recognition
video analysis
domain generalization
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Last 6 Years
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237
237
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
data privacy
machine learning
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Last 6 Years
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230
229
0.996
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Signal Processing
Digital Health
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
228
228
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Photocatalysis
Synchrotron Radiation based characterizations
DRIFTS
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
224
224
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Sensing
Edge Computing
Real-Time System
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205
205
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
wearable sensors
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200
200
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Reinforcement Learning
Multi-Agent System
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196
196
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Cellulose Biomimetic materials
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196
196
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Document AI
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193
193
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Computer Graphics
Computer Vision
3D Vision
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Last 6 Years
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191
191
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Quantum optics
Quantum information
atom-photon interaction
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Last 6 Years
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182
182
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Solid state batteries
Solid Oxide fuel cells
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179
179
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Novel Agrivoltaic Technologies: Materials
Fabrication
and Application development
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178
178
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Audio-Visual Speech Enhancement
Audio-Visual Speech Recognition
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178
178
1.000
Adeel Feroz Mirza
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,463
1,458
0.997
Deep learning
Renewable energy
Optimization
Control Science
Hu Yu
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
318
318
1.000
Ganggang Zhang
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
274
270
0.985
Chenwang Wu
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
268
268
1.000
Rujing Zha
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
300
266
0.887
Bowen Zhang
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
261
261
1.000
Computer Vision
Generative Models
Jingwei Yi
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260
260
1.000
Jinda Luo
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
259
259
1.000
Solid Electrolyte
Material Design
Computational Modeling
Backend Development
Kun Zhang
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
252
252
1.000
Computer Vision
Multi-media Understanding
Changtao Miao
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242
242
1.000
Feng He|何峰
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Last 6 Years
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241
241
1.000
Computer vision
Makeup transfer
Hanting Li
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237
237
1.000
computer vision
facial expression recognition
video analysis
domain generalization
Bangzhou Xin
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
230
229
0.996
Jinbo Chen
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228
228
1.000
Heng Cao
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224
224
1.000
Photocatalysis
Synchrotron Radiation based characterizations
DRIFTS
Hanqi Zhu
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Last 6 Years / Total
205
205
1.000
Chao Ma
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200
200
1.000
Jian Zhao
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196
196
1.000
De Han Li
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196
196
1.000
Hao Feng
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193
193
1.000
Hongrui Cai
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Last 6 Years
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191
191
1.000
En Ze Li 李恩泽|Enze Li
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182
182
1.000
Quantum optics
Quantum information
atom-photon interaction
Fiaz Hussain
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179
179
1.000
Solid state batteries
Solid Oxide fuel cells
Altyeb Ali Abaker Omer
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178
178
1.000
Novel Agrivoltaic Technologies: Materials
Fabrication
and Application development
Hang Chen
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178
178
1.000
Audio-Visual Speech Enhancement
Audio-Visual Speech Recognition