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Highly Cited Researchers 23 Scientists Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) - 2025
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
Metal Matrix Composites
Ammonia Electrosynthesis
Electrocatalytic C-N Couplin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,311
12,554
0.820
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Cartography
Geography
GIS
Remote Sensing
Surveyin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,096
2,176
0.703
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Air Quality
Atmospheric Pollution
Aerosol Science
Particulate Matter
Remote Sensin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,668
1,617
0.969
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Fuel Cells
Zinc–Air Batteries
CO2 Reduction Reactio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,303
1,425
0.619
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Materials
Nanocrystalline
Intermetalli
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,879
1,272
0.261
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Transportation
Scheduling
Model
Algorith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,669
1,064
0.638
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Spintronics；magnetic materials；half-metallicity；First-principles calculations；Monte Carl
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,152
729
0.633
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Nonlinear Differential Equations and Mathematical Biolog
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,369
565
0.413
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
remote sensing
arid region
climate change
oasis effec
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
670
518
0.773
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
inverse problems
optimal control
parabolic equations
numerical simulation
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
783
347
0.443
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Material Physics and Chemistr
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
915
287
0.314
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Water Engineering
Environmental and Municipal Engineerin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214
214
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Homological Algebra
Commutative Algebr
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
371
155
0.418
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Bioremediatio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
115
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
acoustics
phononic crysta
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
95
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
self healing polyurethane/ functional polymer materia
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
88
0.746
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Civil Engineerin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
88
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
sesismic
civil engineerin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
50
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
建筑学，文物保�
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
368
24
0.065
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Environmental science
Environmental microbiology
environmental Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
12
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Natural Language Processing
Large Language Models
Computer Visio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
3
0.600
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Railway Transportatio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
优化算法、物�
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
0
0.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,136
1,722
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ke Chu
Lanzhou Jiaotong University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,311
12,554
0.820
Metal Matrix Composites
Ammonia Electrosynthesis
Electrocatalytic C-N Couplin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
238,542
15,888
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Haowen Yan
Lanzhou Jiaotong University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,096
2,176
0.703
Cartography
Geography
GIS
Remote Sensing
Surveyin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
317,608
20,325
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Mikalai Filonchyk
Lanzhou Jiaotong University
Lanzhou, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,668
1,617
0.969
Air Quality
Atmospheric Pollution
Aerosol Science
Particulate Matter
Remote Sensin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
355,028
22,259
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Wei Wang (王伟)
Lanzhou Jiaotong University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,303
1,425
0.619
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
390,799
24,117
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Hongding Wang
Lanzhou Jiaotong University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,879
1,272
0.261
Materials
Nanocrystalline
Intermetalli
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
450,160
26,996
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Huimin Niu
Lanzhou Jiaotong University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,669
1,064
0.638
Transportation
Scheduling
Model
Algorith
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
585,122
33,193
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Xiao-Ping Wei
Lanzhou Jiaotong University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,152
729
0.633
Spintronics；magnetic materials；half-metallicity；First-principles calculations；Monte Carl
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
681,486
37,567
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Yan Xiangping
Lanzhou Jiaotong University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,369
565
0.413
Nonlinear Differential Equations and Mathematical Biolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
716,747
39,197
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Bie Qiang
Lanzhou Jiaotong University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
670
518
0.773
remote sensing
arid region
climate change
oasis effec
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
890,050
46,710
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Zui-Cha Deng
Lanzhou Jiaotong University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
783
347
0.443
inverse problems
optimal control
parabolic equations
numerical simulation
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
977,998
50,554
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Xiao-Wei Sun
Lanzhou Jiaotong University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
915
287
0.314
Material Physics and Chemistr
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,121,342
56,999
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Gratien Twagirayezu
Lanzhou Jiaotong University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214
214
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,283,039
64,165
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Li Liang
Lanzhou Jiaotong University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
371
155
0.418
Homological Algebra
Commutative Algebr
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,441,215
70,698
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Iyobosa Eheneden
Lanzhou Jiaotong University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
115
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,539,523
74,561
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Haifei Zhu
Lanzhou Jiaotong University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
95
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,575,635
75,941
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jiaofeng Ye
Lanzhou Jiaotong University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
88
0.746
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,578,316
76,050
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Kundwa Marie Judith
Lanzhou Jiaotong University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
88
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,849,337
85,523
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Shi Jun
Lanzhou Jiaotong University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
50
1.000
sesismic
civil engineerin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,116,071
93,511
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jueyong Dou, 窦觉勇
Lanzhou Jiaotong University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
368
24
0.065
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,305,738
98,451
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Parfait Bunani
Lanzhou Jiaotong University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
12
1.000
Environmental science
Environmental microbiology
environmental Biolog
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,486,361
102,713
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Yinjie Wang
Lanzhou Jiaotong University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
3
0.600
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Natural Language Processing
Large Language Models
Computer Visio
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,549,363
103,696
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Tianyi Sheng
Lanzhou Jiaotong University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,611,277
104,854
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
石褚巍
Lanzhou Jiaotong University
Lanzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
0
0.000