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Highly Cited Researchers 578 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
Machine Learning
Multimodal AI
NLP
Multimedia
Computer Visio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,529
44,298
0.798
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Growth
Sustainability
Grand Challenge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,064
28,862
0.465
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
AI4SE
Software Analytics
SE4AI
Software Maintenance
Software Engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,885
27,484
0.689
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,629
22,824
0.535
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Information security
cryptography
data privacy
computer security
network securit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,999
15,195
0.490
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Human Resource Management
Talent Assessment
Adaptability
Selection
Employer Brandin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,517
14,088
0.420
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Natural Language Processing
Text Mining
Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,117
8,660
0.430
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Transfer Learning
Domain Adaptatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,206
8,530
0.927
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Data and Text Mining
Social Network Mining
Information Integration
Digital Librarie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,726
8,121
0.304
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
subjective well-being
emotion
satisfaction
personality
cultur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,969
8,031
0.619
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ubiquitous Computing
Mobile Computin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,077
7,289
0.658
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Social psychology
evolutionary psychology
evolutionary mismatch
mating
mate selectio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,066
7,262
0.452
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,134
7,095
0.585
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Financial Reporting
Corporate Disclosure
Corporate Governance
Taxatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,074
7,000
0.695
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Financial accounting
ESG
valuatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,593
6,934
0.510
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
AI Safety
Formal Methods
Software Engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,830
6,659
0.615
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Multimedia
Food Computing
Computer Vision
Information Retrieva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,280
5,939
0.365
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Marketing
Strategy
Operation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,299
5,476
0.187
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
information retrieval
natural language processing
social computing
artificial intelligenc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,492
5,439
0.726
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Corporate Social Responsibility
Law and Finance
International Busines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,241
5,339
0.855
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Deep Learning
Transfer Learning
Chatbots
NLP
Artificial Intelligenc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,373
5,041
0.791
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Happiness
Subjective Well-Being
Personality/Social Psychology
Emotions
Cultur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,465
4,880
0.362
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Public Key Cryptography
Cloud Security
Network Securit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,123
4,691
0.766
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Econometrics
Financial Econometrics
Empirical Asset Pricing
Bayesian Econometric
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,117
4,690
0.422
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,161
4,684
0.760
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,594
27
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Steven Ch Hoi
Singapore Management University
Singapore, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,529
44,298
0.798
Machine Learning
Multimodal AI
NLP
Multimedia
Computer Visio
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,056
57
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Gerard George
Singapore Management University
Singapore, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,064
28,862
0.465
Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Growth
Sustainability
Grand Challenge
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,678
66
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
David Lo
Singapore Management University
Singapore, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,885
27,484
0.689
AI4SE
Software Analytics
SE4AI
Software Maintenance
Software Engineerin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,319
91
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Lionel Tang
Singapore Management University
Singapore, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,629
22,824
0.535
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,961
164
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Robert H Deng
Singapore Management University
Singapore, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,999
15,195
0.490
Information security
cryptography
data privacy
computer security
network securit
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,298
179
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Filip Lievens
Singapore Management University
Singapore, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,517
14,088
0.420
Human Resource Management
Talent Assessment
Adaptability
Selection
Employer Brandin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,895
365
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jing Jiang
Singapore Management University
Singapore, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,117
8,660
0.430
Natural Language Processing
Text Mining
Machine Learnin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,811
370
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Qianru Sun 孙倩茹
Singapore Management University
Singapore, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,206
8,530
0.927
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Transfer Learning
Domain Adaptatio
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,038
396
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ee Peng Lim
Singapore Management University
Singapore, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,726
8,121
0.304
Data and Text Mining
Social Network Mining
Information Integration
Digital Librarie
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,809
402
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
William Tov
Singapore Management University
Singapore, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,969
8,031
0.619
subjective well-being
emotion
satisfaction
personality
cultur
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Powerful Insights + Smart Membership = Institutional Success
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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,035
462
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Zimu Zhou
Singapore Management University
Singapore, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,077
7,289
0.658
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,319
466
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Norman Li
Singapore Management University
Singapore, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,066
7,262
0.452
Social psychology
evolutionary psychology
evolutionary mismatch
mating
mate selectio
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,185
481
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Heli Wang
Singapore Management University
Singapore, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,134
7,095
0.585
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,303
487
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Liandong Zhang
Singapore Management University
Singapore, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,074
7,000
0.695
Financial Reporting
Corporate Disclosure
Corporate Governance
Taxatio
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,082
496
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Qiang Cheng
Singapore Management University
Singapore, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,593
6,934
0.510
Financial accounting
ESG
valuatio
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,504
529
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jun Sun
Singapore Management University
Singapore, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,830
6,659
0.615
AI Safety
Formal Methods
Software Engineerin
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,215
614
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Chong Wah Ngo
Singapore Management University
Singapore, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,280
5,939
0.365
Multimedia
Food Computing
Computer Vision
Information Retrieva
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,555
680
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Nirmalya Kumar
Singapore Management University
Singapore, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,299
5,476
0.187
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,317
688
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Wei Gao
Singapore Management University
Singapore, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,492
5,439
0.726
information retrieval
natural language processing
social computing
artificial intelligenc
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,322
705
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Hao Liang
Singapore Management University
Singapore, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,241
5,339
0.855
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Corporate Social Responsibility
Law and Finance
International Busines
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,872
765
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Minghui Qiu
Singapore Management University
Singapore, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,373
5,041
0.791
Deep Learning
Transfer Learning
Chatbots
NLP
Artificial Intelligenc
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
95,680
788
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Christie Napa Scollon
Singapore Management University
Singapore, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,465
4,880
0.362
Happiness
Subjective Well-Being
Personality/Social Psychology
Emotions
Cultur
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,725
820
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Yinghui Zhang
Singapore Management University
Singapore, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,123
4,691
0.766
Public Key Cryptography
Cloud Security
Network Securit
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,731
822
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jun Yu
Singapore Management University
Singapore, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,117
4,690
0.422
Econometrics
Financial Econometrics
Empirical Asset Pricing
Bayesian Econometric
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,919
824
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Devasheesh P Bhave
Singapore Management University
Singapore, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,161
4,684
0.760