Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 671 Scientists Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
281,401
155,011
0.551
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Graphene
Carbon Nanotubes
Chemical Vapor Depostion
Lithium Ion Batteries
Solar Cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,369
45,433
0.401
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Computer Vision
Computer Graphics
Image Processing
Visual Attention
Saliency
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,410
44,058
0.742
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Drug Delivery
Antibacterial Materials
Tissue Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,352
28,688
0.344
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Functional Materials
Batteries
Electrochemistry
Energy Storage and Conversion
Nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,992
27,442
0.560
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Computational Materials Science and Chemistry
New Energy Materials
Materials Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,577
24,960
0.536
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
nanocarbon materials
flexible energy storage devices
supercapacitors
lithium sulfur batteries
aqueous zinc-ion batteries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,970
22,544
0.728
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,949
20,638
0.646
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
tissue engineering
biomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,587
19,406
0.596
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,970
17,439
0.459
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Solar energy conversion
Electrocatalysis
Photoelectrocatalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,097
15,714
0.540
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
environmental engineering
environmental chemistry
aquatic chemistry
environmental nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,868
14,674
0.778
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
food safety
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,229
14,646
0.724
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,723
14,550
0.490
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
ENVIRONMENT CHEMISTRY
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,086
13,340
0.493
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,407
12,982
0.401
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
ab initio calculations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,625
12,530
0.509
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Structural Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,781
12,169
0.684
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Organic semiconductor materials
organic electronics and optoelectronics
organic solar cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,618
11,948
0.403
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
rechargeable batteries
solid-state chemistry
energy material
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,234
10,819
0.666
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
porous material
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,861
10,681
0.771
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
electrochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,976
9,309
0.933
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Computational Catalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,763
8,955
0.917
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,918
8,564
0.374
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
-Functional polymeric materials -Polymeric Micelles -Targeting Drug Delivery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,022
8,541
0.609
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117
5
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jun Chen
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
281,401
155,011
0.551
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,029
105
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Yongsheng Chen 陈永胜
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,369
45,433
0.401
Graphene
Carbon Nanotubes
Chemical Vapor Depostion
Lithium Ion Batteries
Solar Cells
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,203
115
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ming-Ming Cheng, 程明明|程明明
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,410
44,058
0.742
Computer Vision
Computer Graphics
Image Processing
Visual Attention
Saliency
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,299
301
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Xinge Zhang 张新歌
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,352
28,688
0.344
Drug Delivery
Antibacterial Materials
Tissue Engineering
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,757
325
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Fangyi Cheng
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,992
27,442
0.560
Functional Materials
Batteries
Electrochemistry
Energy Storage and Conversion
Nanotechnology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,855
387
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Zhen Zhou
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,577
24,960
0.536
Computational Materials Science and Chemistry
New Energy Materials
Materials Design
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,216
475
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Zhiqiang Niu
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,970
22,544
0.728
nanocarbon materials
flexible energy storage devices
supercapacitors
lithium sulfur batteries
aqueous zinc-ion batteries
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,596
577
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Gang Wang
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,949
20,638
0.646
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,654
664
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Deling Kong
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,587
19,406
0.596
tissue engineering
biomaterials
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,645
806
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Xianhe Bu 卜显和
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,970
17,439
0.459
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,930
995
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jingshan Luo
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,097
15,714
0.540
Solar energy conversion
Electrocatalysis
Photoelectrocatalysis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,680
1,117
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Chuanjia Jiang 姜传佳
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,868
14,674
0.778
environmental engineering
environmental chemistry
aquatic chemistry
environmental nanotechnology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,720
1,121
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Xu Wentao
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,229
14,646
0.724
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,886
1,133
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Zhongyong Yuan （袁忠勇）
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,723
14,550
0.490
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,405
1,315
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Lilin Wang
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,086
13,340
0.493
ENVIRONMENT CHEMISTRY
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,289
1,400
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Xiu Ping Yan
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,407
12,982
0.401
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,465
1,501
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Lixin Zhang
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,625
12,530
0.509
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,415
1,593
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jianyi Yang
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,781
12,169
0.684
Structural Bioinformatics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,128
1,636
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Yongsheng Liu (刘永胜)
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,618
11,948
0.403
Organic semiconductor materials
organic electronics and optoelectronics
organic solar cells
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,008
1,931
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
KAI ZHANG 张凯
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,234
10,819
0.666
rechargeable batteries
solid-state chemistry
energy material
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,602
1,974
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Zhenjie Zhang
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,861
10,681
0.771
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,127
2,433
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Zhenhua Yan
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,976
9,309
0.933
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,120
2,574
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jin-Cheng Liu(刘锦程)
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,763
8,955
0.917
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,646
2,750
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Qi-Lin Zhou
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,918
8,564
0.374
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,800
2,757
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Linqi Shi
Nankai University
Tianjin, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,022
8,541
0.609
-Functional polymeric materials -Polymeric Micelles -Targeting Drug Delivery