Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

CEA (Commissariat à l\'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives) Highly Cited Researchers CitationEngineering & Technology / Computer Science Rankings 2025

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 IndexUniversities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025

* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
France
Edouard Duchesnay
Machine Learning
Neuroimaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,351
82,011
0.817
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
France
Jerome Bobin
Computer science
signal and image processing
astrophysics
cosmology
biomedical imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,270
31,224
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
France
Vincent Derycke
2D & 1D materials
nanoelectronics
printed electronics
energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,250
1,551
0.127
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
France
Emilio Calvanese Strinati
6G
Semantic Communications
Goal Oriented Communications
AI
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,023
3,945
0.655
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
France
Olivier Bichler
Deep Neural Networks
Spiking Neural Networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,656
2,687
0.577
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
France
Vassilis Pontikis
computer simulations
materials
defects
metallurgy
irradiation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,337
554
0.166
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
France
Etienne A. Thévenot
data sciences
signal processing
machine learning
mass spectrometry
metabolomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,234
2,395
0.741
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
France
Renaud Sirdey
Fully Homorphic Encryption
FHE
FHE applied to AI
Lightweight Cryptography
Cryptographic Protocols
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,372
1,445
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
France
Sébastien Bardin
Computer Science
Formal Verification
Logic
Security
Software Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,312
1,248
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
France
Renaud Cornut
Electrochemistry
Nanosciences
Analytical Chemistry
SECM
Energy Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,231
1,120
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
France
Ali Hallal
Spintronics
Material Science
Magnetism
2D materials
Deep learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,082
1,503
0.722
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
France
Romaric Audigier
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,962
1,233
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
France
Selva Chandrasekaran Selvaraj
Computational Materials Science and Machine Learning Materials Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,630
1,489
0.913
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
France
Joël Chavas
Deep learning
Neuroscience
Software Development
Medical Application
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,604
663
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
France
Hervé Le Borgne
multimedia content analysis
multimedia information retrieval
zero shot learning
computer vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,598
702
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
France
Yair Lakretz
Cognitive Neuroscience
Natural Language Processing
Computational Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,535
1,530
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
France
Quoc Cuong Pham
Computer vision
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,498
558
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
France
Romaric Besançon
Natural Language Processing
Information Extraction
Information Retrieval
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,469
562
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
France
Hassane Essafi
Artificial Intelligence
Image and Video Understanding
Natural Language Understanding
HPC
Time Series series Analytics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,386
422
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
France
Jérôme Boutet
data science
machine learning
artificial intelligence
signal processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,140
445
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
France
David Briand
Deep Learning
embedded computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,058
899
0.850
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
France
Cédric Gouy-Pailler
AI
Trustworthy Machine Learning
privacy-preserving ML
adversarial robustness
statistical signal processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
980
569
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
France
Meritxell Vinyals
Artificial Intelligence
Deep reinforcement learning
Multi-Agent Systems
Decentralised Optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
971
360
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,958
France
56
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Edouard Duchesnay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,351
82,011
0.817
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,736
France
134
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jerome Bobin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,270
31,224
0.545
Computer science
signal and image processing
astrophysics
cosmology
biomedical imaging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,174
France
1,826
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Vincent Derycke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,250
1,551
0.127
2D & 1D materials
nanoelectronics
printed electronics
energy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
166,276
France
4,791
190
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Emilio Calvanese Strinati
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,023
3,945
0.655
6G
Semantic Communications
Goal Oriented Communications
AI
machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
213,705
France
6,401
248
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Olivier Bichler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,656
2,687
0.577
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
287,980
France
8,940
335
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Vassilis Pontikis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,337
554
0.166
computer simulations
materials
defects
metallurgy
irradiation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
295,749
France
9,208
343
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Etienne A. Thévenot
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,234
2,395
0.741
data sciences
signal processing
machine learning
mass spectrometry
metabolomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
325,254
France
10,191
381
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Nikolai Kosmatov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,884
1,534
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
379,513
France
12,008
437
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Renaud Sirdey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,372
1,445
0.609
Fully Homorphic Encryption
FHE
FHE applied to AI
Lightweight Cryptography
Cryptographic Protocols
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
387,036
France
12,242
444
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sébastien Bardin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,312
1,248
0.540
Computer Science
Formal Verification
Logic
Security
Software Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
397,490
France
12,595
458
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Renaud Cornut
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,231
1,120
0.502
Electrochemistry
Nanosciences
Analytical Chemistry
SECM
Energy Materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
418,047
France
13,234
477
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ali Hallal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,082
1,503
0.722
Spintronics
Material Science
Magnetism
2D materials
Deep learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
436,566
France
13,842
497
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Romaric Audigier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,962
1,233
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
496,282
France
15,588
546
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Selva Chandrasekaran Selvaraj
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,630
1,489
0.913
Computational Materials Science and Machine Learning Materials Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
501,777
France
15,747
549
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Joël Chavas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,604
663
0.413
Deep learning
Neuroscience
Software Development
Medical Application
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
503,051
France
15,793
552
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Hervé Le Borgne
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,598
702
0.439
multimedia content analysis
multimedia information retrieval
zero shot learning
computer vision
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
516,558
France
16,190
568
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Yair Lakretz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,535
1,530
0.997
Cognitive Neuroscience
Natural Language Processing
Computational Neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
524,952
France
16,425
576
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Quoc Cuong Pham
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,498
558
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
531,517
France
16,599
584
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Romaric Besançon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,469
562
0.383
Natural Language Processing
Information Extraction
Information Retrieval
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
551,173
France
17,133
604
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Hassane Essafi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,386
422
0.304
Artificial Intelligence
Image and Video Understanding
Natural Language Understanding
HPC
Time Series series Analytics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
619,570
France
18,911
659
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jérôme Boutet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,140
445
0.390
data science
machine learning
artificial intelligence
signal processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
646,045
France
19,614
677
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
David Briand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,058
899
0.850
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
669,329
France
20,200
696
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Vincent Gay-Bellile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
992
336
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
673,552
France
20,309
703
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Cédric Gouy-Pailler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
980
569
0.581
AI
Trustworthy Machine Learning
privacy-preserving ML
adversarial robustness
statistical signal processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
676,983
France
20,395
708
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Meritxell Vinyals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
971
360
0.371
Artificial Intelligence
Deep reinforcement learning
Multi-Agent Systems
Decentralised Optimization