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
hydrometeorology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,743
65,684
0.646
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,527
49,260
0.698
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Blockchain
Smart Contract
Services Computing
Software Reliability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,208
34,655
0.821
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Natural Products
Antioxidants
Bioactivities
Functional Foods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,646
30,898
0.708
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Multimodal Data Analysis and Understanding
Machine Perception and Learning
Embodied AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,810
30,869
0.839
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Disinfection byproducts
emerging contaminants
water treatment
water chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,491
29,512
0.809
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Computer vision
Embodied AI
Machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,430
25,528
0.898
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
environmental microbiome
microbial ecology
synthetic microbial ecology
microbiome engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,970
23,508
0.672
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Bioinformatics / Computional Biology / Precision Medicine Data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,123
20,637
0.571
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
microbial resources、microbial ecology、extremophilic enzymes、systematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,890
20,588
0.574
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,445
18,245
0.746
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Biomaterials
Drug Delivery
Tissue Engineering
Nanomedicine
Translational Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,809
18,125
0.761
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Edge Computing
Edge Intelligence
Edge Robotics
Mobile Networks
IoT
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,843
17,498
0.882
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Theoretical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,299
17,456
0.664
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
organic optoelectronic materials
smart materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,089
17,299
0.690
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,229
17,006
0.545
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Electronic commerce
knowledge management
service innovation
strategic IS
Intelligent systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,837
16,362
0.391
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,602
16,349
0.723
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Urbanization and the environment
CO2 emissions
Low-carbon cities
Air pollution
Land Use
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,121
16,094
0.888
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
环境科学、环境工程、土壤污染、土壤修复
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,218
15,837
0.746
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,231
15,802
0.711
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ordinary Differential Equations
Dynamical Systems. Mathematical Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,075
14,650
0.541
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Trustworthy AI
Synthetic Aperture Radar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,035
14,170
0.884
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
porous materials
crystal engineering
metal-organic frameworks
inorganic chemistry
gas storage/separation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,268
13,625
0.838
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Polymer
Polybenzoxazine
Mesoporous Materials
Covalent Organic Framework
POSS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,769
13,499
0.568
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,947
52
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Qiang Zhang （张强）
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,743
65,684
0.646
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,143
104
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Zhiqi Huang
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,527
49,260
0.698
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,491
230
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Zibin Zheng
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,208
34,655
0.821
Blockchain
Smart Contract
Services Computing
Software Reliability
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,560
293
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Hua-Bin Li
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,646
30,898
0.708
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,567
294
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Liang Lin
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,810
30,869
0.839
Multimodal Data Analysis and Understanding
Machine Perception and Learning
Embodied AI
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,026
319
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Xin Yang
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,491
29,512
0.809
Disinfection byproducts
emerging contaminants
water treatment
water chemistry
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,837
429
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Xiaodan Liang
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,430
25,528
0.898
Computer vision
Embodied AI
Machine learning
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,042
513
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Zhili He
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,970
23,508
0.672
environmental microbiome
microbial ecology
synthetic microbial ecology
microbiome engineering
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,183
663
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Weizhong Li
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,123
20,637
0.571
Bioinformatics / Computional Biology / Precision Medicine Data
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,226
667
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Wen Jun Li
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,890
20,588
0.574
microbial resources、microbial ecology、extremophilic enzymes、systematics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,680
845
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mingyang Li
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,445
18,245
0.746
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,836
853
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jun Wu
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,809
18,125
0.761
Biomaterials
Drug Delivery
Tissue Engineering
Nanomedicine
Translational Medicine
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,630
907
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Xu Chen
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,843
17,498
0.882
Edge Computing
Edge Intelligence
Edge Robotics
Mobile Networks
IoT
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,691
916
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Honghao Zhang
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,299
17,456
0.664
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,904
934
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Zhenguo Chi
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,089
17,299
0.690
organic optoelectronic materials
smart materials
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,341
974
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Erwei Song
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,229
17,006
0.545
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,318
68
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ting Peng Liang
National Sun Yat Sen University
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,837
16,362
0.391
Electronic commerce
knowledge management
service innovation
strategic IS
Intelligent systems
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,339
1,038
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Miaoxin Li
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,602
16,349
0.723
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,758
1,066
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Shaojian Wang
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,121
16,094
0.888
Urbanization and the environment
CO2 emissions
Low-carbon cities
Air pollution
Land Use
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,182
1,088
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Rong-Liang Qiu
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,218
15,837
0.746
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,249
1,096
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Wei-Shi Zheng
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,231
15,802
0.711
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,475
1,255
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Yulin Zhao 赵育林
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,075
14,650
0.541
Ordinary Differential Equations
Dynamical Systems. Mathematical Biology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,571
1,347
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Li Liu
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,035
14,170
0.884
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Trustworthy AI
Synthetic Aperture Radar
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,950
1,449
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Rui Biao Lin
Sun Yat Sen University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,268
13,625
0.838
porous materials
crystal engineering
metal-organic frameworks
inorganic chemistry
gas storage/separation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,256
92
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Shiao Wei Kuo
National Sun Yat Sen University
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,769
13,499
0.568
Polymer
Polybenzoxazine
Mesoporous Materials
Covalent Organic Framework
POSS