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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,766
27,095
0.299
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Graphene
devices
2D materials
materials science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,142
27,063
0.397
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
International Business
Global Strategy
Strategic Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,945
25,345
0.390
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Sensometrics
Sensory Evaluation
Psychometrics
Brain imaging
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,417
21,950
0.463
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Earth Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,608
20,225
0.475
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Electronic Materials
Surfaces
Interfaces
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,473
19,635
0.360
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Strategic Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,831
19,162
0.296
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Materials science/surface science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,237
13,538
0.275
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Cognitive neuroscience of memory and aging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,265
12,303
0.231
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Public economics
Microeconomics
Terrorism
Collective action
Political Economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,643
12,179
0.250
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
robotics
control
mechatronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,719
11,001
0.226
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Wireless Localization
RF sensing
Green Communications
Smart Grid Communications
FMCW radar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,824
10,901
0.499
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Affective computing
Speech Processing
Multimodal Interaction
Social Signal Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,816
10,529
0.666
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
International business
Organizational learning
Strategic alliances
Research methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,712
10,043
0.362
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Organic Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,963
9,700
0.360
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Real-Time Signal and Image Processing
Biomedical Signal and Image Analysis
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,201
9,089
0.598
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Speech Processing
Speech Recognition
Speaker Recognition
Speech Under Stress
Lombard Effect
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,090
8,975
0.320
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,597
8,886
0.654
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Biomedical Imaging
Image-Guided Intervention
Hyperspectral Imaging
AI and Data Science
Surgical Innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,826
8,402
0.655
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Stochastic Control
Risk Management
Operations Research
Mathematical Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,297
8,386
0.260
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Computational biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,440
8,142
0.363
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
AI4SE
Software Engineering
Artificial Intelligence
Mining Software Repositories
Software Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,607
7,956
0.585
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
cognition
aging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,861
7,951
0.333
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Aging
Neuroimaging
Cognitive Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,706
7,809
0.441
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Security and Privacy in AI
Databases
Data Science
Computer Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,042
7,224
0.424
Ray Baughman
University of Texas Dallas
Richardson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,766
27,095
0.299
Luigi Colombo
University of Texas Dallas
Richardson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,142
27,063
0.397
Graphene
devices
2D materials
materials science
Mike W Peng
University of Texas Dallas
Richardson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,945
25,345
0.390
International Business
Global Strategy
Strategic Management
Hervé Abdi
University of Texas Dallas
Richardson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,417
21,950
0.463
Sensometrics
Sensory Evaluation
Psychometrics
Brain imaging
Statistics
Robert J Stern
University of Texas Dallas
Richardson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,608
20,225
0.475
Robert M Wallace
University of Texas Dallas
Richardson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,473
19,635
0.360
Electronic Materials
Surfaces
Interfaces
Gregory Dess
University of Texas Dallas
Richardson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,831
19,162
0.296
Yves Jean Chabal
University of Texas Dallas
Richardson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,237
13,538
0.275
Materials science/surface science
Michael D Rugg
University of Texas Dallas
Richardson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,265
12,303
0.231
Todd Sandler
University of Texas Dallas
Richardson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,643
12,179
0.250
Public economics
Microeconomics
Terrorism
Collective action
Political Economy
Mark Spong
University of Texas Dallas
Richardson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,719
11,001
0.226
robotics
control
mechatronics
Naofal Aldhahirieee
University of Texas Dallas
Richardson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,824
10,901
0.499
Wireless Localization
RF sensing
Green Communications
Smart Grid Communications
FMCW radar
Carlos Busso
University of Texas Dallas
Richardson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,816
10,529
0.666
Affective computing
Speech Processing
Multimodal Interaction
Social Signal Processing
Eric Wk Tsang
University of Texas Dallas
Richardson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,712
10,043
0.362
International business
Organizational learning
Strategic alliances
Research methodology
Vladimir Gevorgyan
University of Texas Dallas
Richardson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,963
9,700
0.360
Nasser Kehtarnavaz
University of Texas Dallas
Richardson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,201
9,089
0.598
Real-Time Signal and Image Processing
Biomedical Signal and Image Analysis
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
John Hansen
University of Texas Dallas
Richardson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,090
8,975
0.320
Speech Processing
Speech Recognition
Speaker Recognition
Speech Under Stress
Lombard Effect
Theodore Price
University of Texas Dallas
Richardson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,597
8,886
0.654
Baowei Fei
University of Texas Dallas
Richardson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,826
8,402
0.655
Biomedical Imaging
Image-Guided Intervention
Hyperspectral Imaging
AI and Data Science
Surgical Innovation
Alain Bensoussan
University of Texas Dallas
Richardson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,297
8,386
0.260
Stochastic Control
Risk Management
Operations Research
Mathematical Finance
Zhenyu Xuan
University of Texas Dallas
Richardson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,440
8,142
0.363
Tien N Nguyen
University of Texas Dallas
Richardson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,607
7,956
0.585
AI4SE
Software Engineering
Artificial Intelligence
Mining Software Repositories
Software Mining
Denise Park
University of Texas Dallas
Richardson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,861
7,951
0.333
Karen M Rodrigue
University of Texas Dallas
Richardson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,706
7,809
0.441
Murat Kantarcioglu
University of Texas Dallas
Richardson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,042
7,224
0.424
Security and Privacy in AI
Databases
Data Science
Computer Security