Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) 2025
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
condensed matter physics
materials science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
410,938
221,629
0.539
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Surface Plasmon Resonance
Single Cell Imaging
Single Nanoparticle Imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,446
79,777
0.662
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Data Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,166
58,149
0.586
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Nano-gradient materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,581
55,986
0.741
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Bio-organic fertilizers and soil microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,417
45,746
0.733
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
optical fiber sensor
fiber laser
nonlinear optics
optical force
trapping
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,213
42,014
0.635
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Night Vision
Image Enhancement
Computational Imaging
Quantitative Phase Imaging
3D imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,834
41,133
0.809
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,868
38,326
0.699
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Perovskite Quantum Dots
2D materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,359
36,571
0.673
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Crop modeling
Remote Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,057
35,094
0.649
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Pattern Recognition
Computer Vision
Biometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,422
33,583
0.680
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Soil Science
Plant nutrition
Environmental Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,398
32,533
0.476
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Flexible electronics
Nanomedicine
Cancer diagnosis and therapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,722
27,462
0.691
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,539
26,718
0.821
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Neuroimaging
Radiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,758
25,074
0.573
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
energy
carbon material
biomass
gasification
pyrolysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,258
24,206
0.827
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
computational nanoscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,434
24,190
0.770
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Thoracic surgery
thoracoscopic anatomical segmentectomy
thoracoscopic sub-subsegmentectomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,400
24,135
0.794
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Computer Vision
Foundation Models
OCR
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,509
23,473
0.998
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Perovskite
Fuel Cells
ORR
OER
HER
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,812
23,263
0.755
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Extracellular RNA
microRNA
Mitochondria
Metabolism
Molecular Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,581
23,083
0.381
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Upconversion
lanthanide
rare earth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,648
22,692
0.655
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,325
22,680
0.410
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
QPM
nonlinear opitcs
quantum opitcs
laser
metamaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,643
22,476
0.649
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Membrane separation
Mixed-conducting membranes
Graphene
Metal-organic frameworks
Biosensors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,062
22,167
0.651
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jun-Ming Liu
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
410,938
221,629
0.539
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,411
32
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Wei Wang
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,446
79,777
0.662
Surface Plasmon Resonance
Single Cell Imaging
Single Nanoparticle Imaging
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,351
72
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Zhi Hua Zhou
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,166
58,149
0.586
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Data Mining
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,514
73
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Yusheng Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,581
55,986
0.741
Nano-gradient materials
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,542
124
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Qirong Shen
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,417
45,746
0.733
Bio-organic fertilizers and soil microbiology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,048
147
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Fei Xu （徐飞）
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,213
42,014
0.635
optical fiber sensor
fiber laser
nonlinear optics
optical force
trapping
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,172
151
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Qian Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,834
41,133
0.809
Night Vision
Image Enhancement
Computational Imaging
Quantitative Phase Imaging
3D imaging
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,683
175
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Qiang Wang
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,868
38,326
0.699
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,016
197
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Haibo Zeng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,359
36,571
0.673
Perovskite Quantum Dots
2D materials
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,366
219
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Yan Zhu
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,057
35,094
0.649
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,780
241
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jian Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,422
33,583
0.680
Pattern Recognition
Computer Vision
Biometrics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,053
258
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Fang Jie Zhao
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,398
32,533
0.476
Soil Science
Plant nutrition
Environmental Science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,881
368
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Xiaochen Dong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,722
27,462
0.691
Flexible electronics
Nanomedicine
Cancer diagnosis and therapy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,243
390
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jia Zhu
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,539
26,718
0.821
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,085
446
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Zhiqiang Zhang
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,758
25,074
0.573
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,577
479
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
shu zhang
Nanjing Forestry University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,258
24,206
0.827
energy
carbon material
biomass
gasification
pyrolysis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,579
480
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Yafei Li
Nanjing Normal University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,434
24,190
0.770
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,611
482
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Liang Chen
Nanjing Medical University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,400
24,135
0.794
Thoracic surgery
thoracoscopic anatomical segmentectomy
thoracoscopic sub-subsegmentectomy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,068
516
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Wenhai Wang 王文海
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,509
23,473
0.998
Computer Vision
Foundation Models
OCR
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,226
532
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Wei Zhou（周嵬）
Nanjing Tech University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,812
23,263
0.755
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,353
541
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Chen Yu Zhang
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,581
23,083
0.381
Extracellular RNA
microRNA
Mitochondria
Metabolism
Molecular Medicine
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,585
551
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ling Huang
Nanjing Tech University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,648
22,692
0.655
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,590
552
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Huangxian Ju
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,325
22,680
0.410
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,718
559
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Shining Zhu (S N Zhu)
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,643
22,476
0.649
QPM
nonlinear opitcs
quantum opitcs
laser
metamaterials
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,972
572
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Wanqin Jin
Nanjing Tech University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,062
22,167
0.651
Membrane separation
Mixed-conducting membranes
Graphene
Metal-organic frameworks
Biosensors