Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Engineering & Technology / Computer Science Highly Cited Researchers 68 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
Neurosymbolic AI
Knowledge Graph
Knowledge-infused Learning
Semantic Web
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,698
14,125
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Digital Image Correlation
Stereo Vision
Computer Vision
Fracture Mechanics
Biomechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,715
10,682
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
data analysis
leadership
stress
performance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,092
11,775
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
computer engineering
FPGA
Data Mining
Hardware Accelerator
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,879
5,029
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
multiagent systems
service-oriented computing
ontologies
computer vision
distributed computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,206
1,018
0.077
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Computer Vision
Image Processing
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,248
8,246
0.673
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
network science
random graphs
spectral graph/hypergraph theory
probabilistic methods
extremal combinatorics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,985
2,843
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Machine Learning Systems
Causality
ML for Systems
Systems for ML
Self-Adaptive Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,318
5,139
0.618
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Deep learning
AI for Science
materials informatics
bioinformatics
evolutionary computation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,968
5,691
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Marine Robotics
Robot Perception
Coverage
Cooperative Localization
SLAM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,920
2,687
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Artificial Intelligence (Automated Planning
Trust
Learning)
Smarter Cities (Water)
Services
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,737
2,718
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Computer Networking
Wireless Networking
Mobile Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,930
893
0.181
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Computer vision
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,177
2,172
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Business
computer science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,666
538
0.147
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Industrial Internet of Things
Artificial Intelligence
Cloud Computing
Digital Twin
Industry 4.0
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,362
2,086
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
multiagent systems
agent-based modeling
artificial intelligence
distributed systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,291
501
0.152
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Structural Health Monitoring
Digital Fabrication
Infrastructure resiliency
Sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,819
1,465
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Neurosymbolic AI
Knowledge-infused Learning
Artificial Intelligence
NLP
Knowledge Graphs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,786
2,623
0.941
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,390
1,294
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Network Security
Network Protocol Design and Verification
Distributed Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,323
832
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Speech Recognition
Attention
Aging
Cognitive Neuroscience
Neuroimaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,263
1,430
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,151
679
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
information security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,892
363
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,583
1,485
0.938
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Computer vision
Medical imaging
Machine learning
Deep learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,549
1,283
0.828
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,339
3,475
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Amit Sheth
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,698
14,125
0.229
Neurosymbolic AI
Knowledge Graph
Knowledge-infused Learning
Semantic Web
Artificial Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,813
7,883
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Michael A Sutton
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,715
10,682
0.291
Digital Image Correlation
Stereo Vision
Computer Vision
Fracture Mechanics
Biomechanics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,067
8,429
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Paul Bliese
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,092
11,775
0.336
data analysis
leadership
stress
performance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,804
24,242
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Yan Zhang
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,879
5,029
0.317
computer engineering
FPGA
Data Mining
Hardware Accelerator
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,255
29,990
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Michael Huhns
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,206
1,018
0.077
multiagent systems
service-oriented computing
ontologies
computer vision
distributed computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,191
32,466
91
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Song Wang
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,248
8,246
0.673
Computer Vision
Image Processing
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,408
36,488
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Linyuan Lu
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,985
2,843
0.259
network science
random graphs
spectral graph/hypergraph theory
probabilistic methods
extremal combinatorics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
124,070
47,972
128
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Pooyan Jamshidi
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,318
5,139
0.618
Machine Learning Systems
Causality
ML for Systems
Systems for ML
Self-Adaptive Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
130,107
49,976
134
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jianjun Hu
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,968
5,691
0.714
Deep learning
AI for Science
materials informatics
bioinformatics
evolutionary computation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
151,281
56,808
155
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ioannis Rekleitis
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,920
2,687
0.388
Marine Robotics
Robot Perception
Coverage
Cooperative Localization
SLAM
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
155,610
58,162
156
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Biplav Srivastava
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,737
2,718
0.403
Artificial Intelligence (Automated Planning
Trust
Learning)
Smarter Cities (Water)
Services
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
212,213
75,528
223
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Srihari Nelakuditi
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,930
893
0.181
Computer Networking
Wireless Networking
Mobile Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
247,690
85,965
259
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Yan Tong
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,177
2,172
0.520
Computer vision
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
278,065
94,720
279
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Kirk Fiedler
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,666
538
0.147
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
299,507
100,895
298
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Pankesh Patel
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,362
2,086
0.620
Industrial Internet of Things
Artificial Intelligence
Cloud Computing
Digital Twin
Industry 4.0
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
304,908
102,465
301
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jose M Vidal
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,291
501
0.152
multiagent systems
agent-based modeling
artificial intelligence
distributed systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
346,244
113,989
334
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Mahmoud Bayat
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,819
1,465
0.520
Structural Health Monitoring
Digital Fabrication
Infrastructure resiliency
Sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
349,488
114,906
340
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Manas Gaur
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,786
2,623
0.941
Neurosymbolic AI
Knowledge-infused Learning
Artificial Intelligence
NLP
Knowledge Graphs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
393,933
127,124
386
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jason O Kane
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,390
1,294
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
402,416
129,405
395
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Chin Tser Huang
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,323
832
0.358
Network Security
Network Protocol Design and Verification
Distributed Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
410,141
131,520
183
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Kenneth I Vaden
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,263
1,430
0.632
Speech Recognition
Attention
Aging
Cognitive Neuroscience
Neuroimaging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
425,952
135,903
409
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Marco Valtorta
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,151
679
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
466,764
146,912
451
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Csilla Farkas
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,892
363
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
526,046
162,592
495
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Yuxin Cui
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,583
1,485
0.938
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
533,498
164,541
498
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Guo Dazhou
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,549
1,283
0.828
Computer vision
Medical imaging
Machine learning
Deep learning