Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science Highly Cited Researchers 475 Scientists Citation Rankings - 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.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Data Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,308
52,119
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Pattern Recognition
Computer Vision
Biometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,450
32,369
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Networked control and optimization
Smart grids
Multi-agent systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,368
17,762
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Computer Vision
Action Recognition
Video Understanding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,261
21,519
0.735
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Computer Vision
Foundation Models
OCR
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,631
26,518
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Computer Science and Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,325
11,887
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,221
12,999
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Multi-agent Systems
Big Data
Image/Video Process
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,914
17,825
0.813
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Machine Learning
Data Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,690
12,286
0.657
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Computer Vision
Image Processing
Computational Photography
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,101
14,646
0.856
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Communication Theory
Game Theory
Distributed Machine Learning
Multi-Agent RL
Wireless AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,114
13,754
0.854
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Computer vision
Big data
AI
ML
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,325
15,008
0.979
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Software
Programming Languages
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,207
7,104
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
pattern recognition and computer vision
especially face recognition and image super resolution based on recently emerged theori
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,452
12,447
0.861
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
Software Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,494
8,302
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Nanomechanics and Nanomaterial science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,686
7,776
0.613
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Image processing
Variational PDE
Sparse representation
Compressive senisng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,624
6,718
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Multimedia Privacy&Security
AI Security
Trustworthy AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,556
7,400
0.774
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Computer Vision、Multimedia Forensics、Digital Watermarking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,146
5,441
0.595
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Distributed Control and Optimization
Multi-agent Systems
Robust control
Time-delay systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,865
4,921
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
medical image segmentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,745
8,574
0.980
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
computer networks
security and privacy
theory of computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,596
2,648
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,920
3,279
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,851
6,952
0.885
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Wireless networking
Mobile Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,459
3,737
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,135
55
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Zhi Hua Zhou
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,308
52,119
0.514
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Data Mining
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,836
297
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jian Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,450
32,369
0.629
Pattern Recognition
Computer Vision
Biometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,451
746
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Dong Yue
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,368
17,762
0.566
Networked control and optimization
Smart grids
Multi-agent systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,935
860
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Limin Wang
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,261
21,519
0.735
Computer Vision
Action Recognition
Video Understanding
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,537
990
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Wenhai Wang 王文海
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,631
26,518
0.996
Computer Vision
Foundation Models
OCR
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,014
1,014
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Guihai Chen
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,325
11,887
0.452
Computer Science and Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,633
1,244
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jianxin Wu 吴建鑫
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,221
12,999
0.560
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,497
1,384
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Yang Gao
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,914
17,825
0.813
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Multi-agent Systems
Big Data
Image/Video Process
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,484
1,780
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Kai Ming Ting
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,690
12,286
0.657
Machine Learning
Data Mining
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,299
2,051
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jinshan Pan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,101
14,646
0.856
Computer Vision
Image Processing
Computational Photography
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,645
2,225
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jun Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,114
13,754
0.854
Communication Theory
Game Theory
Distributed Machine Learning
Multi-Agent RL
Wireless AI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,450
2,405
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Xiang Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,325
15,008
0.979
Computer vision
Big data
AI
ML
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,060
2,428
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Baowen Xu
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,207
7,104
0.467
Software
Programming Languages
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,144
2,622
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Zhen Cui
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,452
12,447
0.861
pattern recognition and computer vision
especially face recognition and image super resolution based on recently emerged theori
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,128
2,893
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Fei Wu（吴飞）
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,494
8,302
0.615
Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
Software Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,773
3,142
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Zhuhua Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,686
7,776
0.613
Nanomechanics and Nanomaterial science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,271
3,542
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Liang Xiao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,624
6,718
0.578
Image processing
Variational PDE
Sparse representation
Compressive senisng
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,887
4,515
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Yushu Zhang 张玉书
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,556
7,400
0.774
Multimedia Privacy&Security
AI Security
Trustworthy AI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,318
4,786
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Yuhui Zheng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,146
5,441
0.595
Computer Vision、Multimedia Forensics、Digital Watermarking
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,339
4,999
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Baoyong Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,865
4,921
0.555
Distributed Control and Optimization
Multi-agent Systems
Robust control
Time-delay systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,098
5,076
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jun Ma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,745
8,574
0.980
medical image segmentation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,376
5,178
109
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Sheng Zhong
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,596
2,648
0.308
computer networks
security and privacy
theory of computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
130,683
5,687
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Xiaojian Ding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,920
3,279
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
131,952
5,741
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Xiu Shen Wei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,851
6,952
0.885
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
139,530
6,109
127
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Wei Wang
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,459
3,737
0.501
Wireless networking
Mobile Computing