Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 1.731 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
Metamaterials
Computational Electromagnetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,925
47,879
0.631
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Complex networks
neural networks
multi-agent systems - engineering stability - dynamics and control - time-delay systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,986
47,365
0.493
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
metamaterial & metasurface
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,956
36,562
0.665
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Wireless Communications
MIMO
5G Technologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,523
30,244
0.765
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Epidemiology
Infectious diseases
Public Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,269
28,967
0.990
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Organ on a chip
Organoid
3D bioprinting
Droplet
Biohybrid robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,791
27,221
0.806
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Channel Knowledge Map
UAV communications and Sensing
Near-Field
XL-MIMO
ISAC
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,423
22,918
0.779
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,082
19,660
0.726
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
无线通信、信号处理
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,442
17,922
0.609
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
nonlinear control
nonsmooth control
disturbance rejection
motion control
control applications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,497
17,919
0.535
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Micro-nano electronic materials and devices
atomic-scale fabrication and in-situ detection research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,471
17,763
0.583
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Critical Care Medicine
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,664
17,022
0.751
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
RIS
UAV
ISAC
URLLC
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,161
16,836
0.927
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
two-dimensional materials
nanocatalysis
electronic and optical properties
first-principles calculations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,847
14,588
0.612
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
complex networks
multi-agent systems
networked collective intelligence
machine learning
UAVs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,225
13,729
0.470
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Wireless Communications
Signal Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,288
13,208
0.593
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Affective Computing
Pattern Recognition
Computer Vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,077
12,587
0.783
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Wireless Communications
Signal Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,199
12,430
0.723
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Southeast University
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,691
12,277
0.497
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
transportation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,234
11,913
0.900
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Clean Energy
Pyrolysis
Gasification
Biofuels
Catalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,668
11,800
0.600
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
结构工程，结构健康监测，FRP增强
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,250
11,409
0.470
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
MIMO
AI for Communication
Communication for Computing
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,907
11,233
0.754
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
IEEE Fellow
IET Fellow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,162
11,099
0.441
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
biomedical engineering
fluorescence imaging
biosensing
biomaterials
nanomedicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,319
10,940
0.821
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,770
91
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Tie Jun Cui
Southeast University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,925
47,879
0.631
Metamaterials
Computational Electromagnetics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,820
94
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jinde Cao
Southeast University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,986
47,365
0.493
Complex networks
neural networks
multi-agent systems - engineering stability - dynamics and control - time-delay systems
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,294
168
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
cheng qiang
Southeast University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,956
36,562
0.665
metamaterial & metasurface
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,830
263
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Shi Jin
Southeast University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,523
30,244
0.765
Wireless Communications
MIMO
5G Technologies
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,230
289
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Tauseef Ahmad|Ahmad, Tauseef, T. Ahmad
Southeast University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,269
28,967
0.990
Epidemiology
Infectious diseases
Public Health
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,854
330
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Yuanjin Zhao
Southeast University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,791
27,221
0.806
Organ on a chip
Organoid
3D bioprinting
Droplet
Biohybrid robotics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,005
461
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Yong Zeng (曾勇）
Southeast University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,423
22,918
0.779
Channel Knowledge Map
UAV communications and Sensing
Near-Field
XL-MIMO
ISAC
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,438
639
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Qiang Cheng
Southeast University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,082
19,660
0.726
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,079
751
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Xiaohu You
Southeast University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,442
17,922
0.609
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,083
752
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Shihua Li
Southeast University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,497
17,919
0.535
nonlinear control
nonsmooth control
disturbance rejection
motion control
control applications
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,270
768
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Litao Sun
Southeast University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,471
17,763
0.583
Micro-nano electronic materials and devices
atomic-scale fabrication and in-situ detection research
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,152
851
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Haibo Qiu
Southeast University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,664
17,022
0.751
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,388
872
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Cunhua Pan
Southeast University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,161
16,836
0.927
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,836
1,134
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jinlan Wang
Southeast University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,847
14,588
0.612
two-dimensional materials
nanocatalysis
electronic and optical properties
first-principles calculations
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,555
1,254
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Wenwu Yu
Southeast University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,225
13,729
0.470
complex networks
multi-agent systems
networked collective intelligence
machine learning
UAVs
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,728
1,341
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Xiqi Gao
Southeast University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,288
13,208
0.593
Wireless Communications
Signal Processing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,331
1,494
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Wenming Zheng
Southeast University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,077
12,587
0.783
Affective Computing
Pattern Recognition
Computer Vision
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,742
1,532
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Yongming Huang
Southeast University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,199
12,430
0.723
Wireless Communications
Signal Processing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,123
1,566
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ting Wang
Southeast University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,691
12,277
0.497
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,243
1,645
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Chen Wang
Southeast University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,234
11,913
0.900
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,591
1,668
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Rui Xiao
Southeast University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,668
11,800
0.600
Clean Energy
Pyrolysis
Gasification
Biofuels
Catalysis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,880
1,776
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Zhishen Wu / 吴 智深
Southeast University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,250
11,409
0.470
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,481
1,822
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Wei Xu (许威)
Southeast University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,907
11,233
0.754
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,974
1,859
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ming Cheng (程明)
Southeast University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,162
11,099
0.441
IEEE Fellow
IET Fellow
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,580
1,902
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Fu-Gen Wu (吴富根)
Southeast University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,319
10,940
0.821
biomedical engineering
fluorescence imaging
biosensing
biomaterials
nanomedicine