The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
machine learning
computer science
statistics
artificial intelligence
optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
304,994
151,369
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Fuzzy Logic
Soft Computing
Artificial Intelligence
Human-Level Machine Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
279,636
73,808
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Optimization
Control
Signal Processing
Artificial Intelligence
Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
258,080
102,928
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242,828
118,119
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
computer vision
machine learning
robotics
artificial intelligence
computer graphics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
234,637
108,948
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Power Electronics
Renewable Energy
Wind Turbines
Power Systems
Electrical Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214,236
120,711
0.563
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
electronics for high energy physics
rad-hard electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
210,517
112,628
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Optimization
Evolutionary Computation
Multi-objective optimization
Machine Learning
AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
209,849
84,464
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
optoelectronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
185,803
50,193
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Computational Vision
Visual Neuroscience
Multimedia
Augmented Reality
Visual Perception
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
174,818
86,982
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Microelectronics
low-noise electronics
semiconductor detectors
3D integration
particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,609
102,708
0.613
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Photonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,580
110,378
0.659
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Robotics
Machine Learning
AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165,335
144,246
0.872
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,084
45,624
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Signal Transduction
Protein Kinase
MAP Kinase
JNK
Metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152,034
27,375
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Wireless Commu5G/6G Wireless Systems
Intelligent Surfaces
Nano-scale and Molecular Communication
Underwater and CubeSats Com
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,357
37,356
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Swarm Intelligence
Swarm Robotics
Metaheuristics
Computational Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,497
37,920
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
metamaterials
transformation optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,638
28,810
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,777
93,136
0.718
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
solid state physics
electronics
materials science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,271
36,606
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Computer vision
pattern recognition
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,180
96,440
0.770
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Nanophotonics
Photonic Crystals
Metamaterials
Plasmonics
Solar Cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,316
59,742
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Microgrids
Space Power Systems
Brain Networks
Psychobiology
Sleep Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,233
83,550
0.684
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
2D Materials
Nanophotonics
Nanoelectronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,865
27,895
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
robotics
control
hybrid systems
cyber security
embedded systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,215
31,370
0.263
Michael I Jordan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
304,994
151,369
0.496
machine learning
computer science
statistics
artificial intelligence
optimization
Lotfi A Zadeh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
279,636
73,808
0.264
Fuzzy Logic
Soft Computing
Artificial Intelligence
Human-Level Machine Intelligence
Stephen Boyd
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
258,080
102,928
0.399
Optimization
Control
Signal Processing
Artificial Intelligence
Finance
Mauro Citterio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
242,828
118,119
0.486
Jitendra Malik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
234,637
108,948
0.464
computer vision
machine learning
robotics
artificial intelligence
computer graphics
Frede Blaabjerg
Aalborg University
Aalborg, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214,236
120,711
0.563
Power Electronics
Renewable Energy
Wind Turbines
Power Systems
Electrical Engineering
Alberto Stabile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
210,517
112,628
0.535
electronics for high energy physics
rad-hard electronics
Kalyanmoy Deb
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
209,849
84,464
0.402
Optimization
Evolutionary Computation
Multi-objective optimization
Machine Learning
AI
Stephen R Forrest
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
185,803
50,193
0.270
Alan Bovik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
174,818
86,982
0.498
Computational Vision
Visual Neuroscience
Multimedia
Augmented Reality
Visual Perception
Valerio Re
Università degli Studi di Bergamo
Bergamo, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,609
102,708
0.613
Microelectronics
low-noise electronics
semiconductor detectors
3D integration
particle physics
Wei Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,580
110,378
0.659
Pieter Abbeel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165,335
144,246
0.872
Robotics
Machine Learning
AI
Josef Hammer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,084
45,624
0.298
Roger J Davis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152,034
27,375
0.180
Signal Transduction
Protein Kinase
MAP Kinase
JNK
Metabolism
Ian F Akyildiz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,357
37,356
0.248
Wireless Commu5G/6G Wireless Systems
Intelligent Surfaces
Nano-scale and Molecular Communication
Underwater and CubeSats Com
Marco Dorigo
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,497
37,920
0.259
Swarm Intelligence
Swarm Robotics
Metaheuristics
Computational Intelligence
John Pendry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,638
28,810
0.216
metamaterials
transformation optics
Richard Abbott
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,777
93,136
0.718
John Robertson
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,271
36,606
0.292
solid state physics
electronics
materials science
Xiaogang Wang
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,180
96,440
0.770
Computer vision
pattern recognition
machine learning
Shanhui Fan
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,316
59,742
0.484
Nanophotonics
Photonic Crystals
Metamaterials
Plasmonics
Solar Cells
Josep M Guerrero
Aalborg University
Aalborg, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,233
83,550
0.684
Microgrids
Space Power Systems
Brain Networks
Psychobiology
Sleep Research
Phaedon Avouris
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,865
27,895
0.233
2D Materials
Nanophotonics
Nanoelectronics
Shankar Sastry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,215
31,370
0.263
robotics
control
hybrid systems
cyber security
embedded systems