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
Structural Geology
Tectonics
Marine Geology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,616
18,484
0.534
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Evolutionary Computation
Swarm Intelligence
big data
scheduling
metaheuristic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,711
13,032
0.780
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,841
9,615
0.887
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
nanoparticles
microplastics
adsorption
toxicity
transformation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,631
7,784
0.732
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Marine Microbiology
Biogeochemical Cycles
DMSP
DMS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,069
6,901
0.623
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Multimedia Forensics
Computer Vision
DNN Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,967
5,841
0.979
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
biomaterials
hydrogel
mussel-inspired
adhesive
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,933
5,542
0.934
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
urban
rural and marine atmospheric chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,480
5,431
0.435
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
nutrition and functional food factors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,243
5,430
0.870
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Reactor Engineering
Catalysis
Photocatalysis
Chemical Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,884
5,414
0.920
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Multifunctional Composites
Dielectric
Capacitor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,132
5,340
0.871
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Ocean Dynamics
Air-sea Interaction
Climate Variability and Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,316
5,018
0.794
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Atmospheric chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,182
4,968
0.959
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Antibiotic Resistance Genes
biochar
soil remediation
microplastics
nanoplastics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,051
4,928
0.814
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Marine Natural Products
Organic Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,731
4,864
0.453
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,925
4,849
0.612
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Marine Geology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,888
4,682
0.594
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Environmental microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,721
4,521
0.790
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Atmospheric sciences
Climate dynamics
Monsoon
Polar climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,587
4,490
0.682
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Marine natural products
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,862
4,410
0.643
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Corrosion
Surface
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,514
4,391
0.973
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Marine Medicinal Chemistry
Marine Chemical Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,198
4,209
0.585
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
ecological physiology
Climate Change Biology
intertidal zone
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,518
4,190
0.643
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Corrosion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,709
4,168
0.885
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Molecular genetics-Genomics-Aquaculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,586
4,037
0.613
Li Sanzhong
Ocean University of China
Qingdao, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,616
18,484
0.534
Structural Geology
Tectonics
Marine Geology
Gai-Ge Wang 王改革
Ocean University of China
Qingdao, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,711
13,032
0.780
Evolutionary Computation
Swarm Intelligence
big data
scheduling
metaheuristic
Junyu Dong
Ocean University of China
Qingdao, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,841
9,615
0.887
Jian Zhao
Ocean University of China
Qingdao, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,631
7,784
0.732
nanoparticles
microplastics
adsorption
toxicity
transformation
Xiao Hua Zhang
Ocean University of China
Qingdao, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,069
6,901
0.623
Marine Microbiology
Biogeochemical Cycles
DMSP
DMS
Yuezun Li
Ocean University of China
Qingdao, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,967
5,841
0.979
Multimedia Forensics
Computer Vision
DNN Security
Lu Han (韩璐)
Ocean University of China
Qingdao, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,933
5,542
0.934
biomaterials
hydrogel
mussel-inspired
adhesive
xiaohong yao
Ocean University of China
Qingdao, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,480
5,431
0.435
urban
rural and marine atmospheric chemistry
Tiantian Zhang;张恬恬
Ocean University of China
Qingdao, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,243
5,430
0.870
nutrition and functional food factors
Xiangchao Meng
Ocean University of China
Qingdao, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,884
5,414
0.920
Reactor Engineering
Catalysis
Photocatalysis
Chemical Engineering
Zhicheng Shi
Ocean University of China
Qingdao, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,132
5,340
0.871
Multifunctional Composites
Dielectric
Capacitor
Xiaopei Lin
Ocean University of China
Qingdao, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,316
5,018
0.794
Ocean Dynamics
Air-sea Interaction
Climate Variability and Climate Change
Yuanhong Zhao (赵园红)
Ocean University of China
Qingdao, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,182
4,968
0.959
Hao Zheng
Ocean University of China
Qingdao, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,051
4,928
0.814
Antibiotic Resistance Genes
biochar
soil remediation
microplastics
nanoplastics
Weiming Zhu
Ocean University of China
Qingdao, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,731
4,864
0.453
Marine Natural Products
Organic Chemistry
Ming Kong
Ocean University of China
Qingdao, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,925
4,849
0.612
Houjie Wang
Ocean University of China
Qingdao, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,888
4,682
0.594
Yang Guo Zhao
Ocean University of China
Qingdao, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,721
4,521
0.790
Environmental microbiology
Fei HUANG
Ocean University of China
Qingdao, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,587
4,490
0.682
Atmospheric sciences
Climate dynamics
Monsoon
Polar climate change
Dehai Li
Ocean University of China
Qingdao, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,862
4,410
0.643
Cheng Man
Ocean University of China
Qingdao, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,514
4,391
0.973
Chang Lun Shao
Ocean University of China
Qingdao, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,198
4,209
0.585
Marine Medicinal Chemistry
Marine Chemical Ecology
Yun wei Dong
Ocean University of China
Qingdao, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,518
4,190
0.643
ecological physiology
Climate Change Biology
intertidal zone
Zhongyu Cui
Ocean University of China
Qingdao, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,709
4,168
0.885
Shikai Liu
Ocean University of China
Qingdao, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,586
4,037
0.613
Molecular genetics-Genomics-Aquaculture