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
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,751
65,553
0.792
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Machine Learning
Genetic Epidemiology
Genetics
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,295
29,159
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Computer Vision
Robotics
SLAM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,035
39,621
0.591
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,985
7,987
0.125
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Visual Question Answering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,495
23,613
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Computer Vision
Medical Image Analysis
Machine Learning
Medical Image Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,980
12,078
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Software Security & Privacy
Big Data Platforms & Architectures
Empirical Software Engineering
Software Architecture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,697
8,709
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Computer Vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,555
14,038
0.964
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
NLP
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,998
11,440
0.880
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
deep learning
machine learning
computer vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,110
11,233
0.928
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Algorithms
Artificial Intelligence
Bio-inspired Computation
Evolutionary Computation
Optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,075
5,653
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
computer vision
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,566
7,999
0.757
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Computer Vision
Foundation Models
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,996
9,894
0.990
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Computer Vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,993
3,840
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Machine Learning
Data Mining
Computer Vision
Anomaly Detection
Open-world Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,337
7,848
0.941
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Software Engineering
Empirical Software Engineering
Software Maintenance
Software Documentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,625
5,080
0.666
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Embedded Systems
Autonomous Systems
Machine Learning
Computer Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,283
4,451
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,261
2,688
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Space
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,293
3,854
0.612
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Software Architecture
Distributed Systems
Computer Science Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,229
3,665
0.588
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
SLAM
Graphical Models
Computer vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,811
4,209
0.724
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Computer Vision
Deep Learning
Landmark Detection
Medical Image Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,650
5,594
0.990
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Medical Imaging / Digital Phenotyping / Machine Learning in Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,594
3,708
0.663
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,423
4,835
0.892
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Computer vision
video surveillance
image analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,312
393
0.074
Chunhua Shen (沈春华)
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82,751
65,553
0.792
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Lyle John Palmer
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,295
29,159
0.368
Machine Learning
Genetic Epidemiology
Genetics
Epidemiology
Ian D Reid
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,035
39,621
0.591
Computer Vision
Robotics
SLAM
Zbigniew Michalewicz
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,985
7,987
0.125
Anton van den Hengel
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,495
23,613
0.647
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Visual Question Answering
Gustavo Carneiro
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,980
12,078
0.672
Computer Vision
Medical Image Analysis
Machine Learning
Medical Image Computing
M Ali Babar
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,697
8,709
0.492
Software Security & Privacy
Big Data Platforms & Architectures
Empirical Software Engineering
Software Architecture
Zhi Tian
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,555
14,038
0.964
Qi Wu
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,998
11,440
0.880
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
NLP
Tong He
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,110
11,233
0.928
deep learning
machine learning
computer vision
Frank Neumann
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,075
5,653
0.510
Algorithms
Artificial Intelligence
Bio-inspired Computation
Evolutionary Computation
Optimization
Lingqiao Liu
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,566
7,999
0.757
computer vision
machine learning
Xinlong Wang
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,996
9,894
0.990
Computer Vision
Foundation Models
Anthony Dick
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,993
3,840
0.427
Guansong Pang
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,337
7,848
0.941
Machine Learning
Data Mining
Computer Vision
Anomaly Detection
Open-world Learning
Christoph Treude
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,625
5,080
0.666
Software Engineering
Empirical Software Engineering
Software Maintenance
Software Documentation
Damith C. Ranasinghe
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,283
4,451
0.611
Embedded Systems
Autonomous Systems
Machine Learning
Computer Security
Victor Stamatescu
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,261
2,688
0.370
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Astrophysics
Tat Jun Chin
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,293
3,854
0.612
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Space
Katrina Falkner
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,229
3,665
0.588
Software Architecture
Distributed Systems
Computer Science Education
Yasir Latif
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,811
4,209
0.724
SLAM
Graphical Models
Computer vision
Yang Zhao
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,650
5,594
0.990
Computer Vision
Deep Learning
Landmark Detection
Medical Image Analysis
Verjans Johan
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,594
3,708
0.663
Medical Imaging / Digital Phenotyping / Machine Learning in Medicine
Minhui Xue Jason Xue|Minhui Xue
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,423
4,835
0.892
Michael J Brooks
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,312
393
0.074
Computer vision
video surveillance
image analysis