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 Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Flexible electronics
Nanomedicine
Cancer diagnosis and therapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,378
26,148
0.681
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Metamaterials
Phononic crystals
Photonic crystals
superlattice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,869
15,228
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Stretchable Electronics
Soft Electronics
Wearable Sensors
Implantable Devices
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,994
10,494
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
plasmonics
photo(electro)catalysis
Raman scattering
SERS
nanoparticle synthesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,149
7,955
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
electronic materials
nanostructured composite materials
thermoelectrics
molecular beam epitaxy
rare earth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,145
6,758
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Organic Electronics;Persistent Luminescence
Room-temperature Phosphorescence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,991
11,541
0.888
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Ecohydrology
Earth Observation
Climate Change
Extreme events
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,475
8,226
0.659
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Microwave Circuit and System
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,121
8,156
0.673
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Fiber electronics
Bioelectronics
Energy storage
Polymer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,184
8,730
0.781
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Organic Phosphorescence
Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
Organic Optoelectronic Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,978
10,517
0.958
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
graphene
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,962
4,154
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Cooperative Communications
Cognitive Radio
Wireless Security
Green Communications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,909
5,818
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Electromagnetics
metamaterials
microwave
antenna
plasmonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,868
6,414
0.650
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,752
6,992
0.717
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Semiconductor materials and devices
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,377
6,359
0.678
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
VANET
UAV and Network Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,362
8,061
0.861
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Metamaterials
Plasmonics
Terahertz
Infrared
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,136
4,922
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
organic electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,071
7,963
0.878
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
organic photovoltaics
perovskite light emitting-diodes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,473
6,941
0.819
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Semiconductor optics
Laser spectroscopy
Microlasers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,037
6,413
0.798
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Semiconductor materials
Topological Insulator
Molecular Beam Epitaxy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,654
4,368
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Silicon Photonics and Integrated Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,418
3,799
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
VLSI
FEC
DSP
MIMO
Neural Network
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,282
3,738
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Chaos
Memristors
Nonlinear Dynamics
Energy harvesting
Complex networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,632
5,239
0.790
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
fault diagnosis
fault-tolerant control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,514
4,452
0.683
Xiaochen Dong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,378
26,148
0.681
Flexible electronics
Nanomedicine
Cancer diagnosis and therapy
Minghui Lu
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,869
15,228
0.696
Metamaterials
Phononic crystals
Photonic crystals
superlattice
Desheng Kong
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,994
10,494
0.500
Stretchable Electronics
Soft Electronics
Wearable Sensors
Implantable Devices
Gang LU 吕刚|吕刚
Nanjing Tech University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,149
7,955
0.493
plasmonics
photo(electro)catalysis
Raman scattering
SERS
nanoparticle synthesis
Hong Lu
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,145
6,758
0.514
electronic materials
nanostructured composite materials
thermoelectrics
molecular beam epitaxy
rare earth
Zhongfu An
Nanjing Tech University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,991
11,541
0.888
Organic Electronics;Persistent Luminescence
Room-temperature Phosphorescence
Yi Liu (YY Liu)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,475
8,226
0.659
Ecohydrology
Earth Observation
Climate Change
Extreme events
Che Wenquan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,121
8,156
0.673
Microwave Circuit and System
Ye Zhang(张晔)
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,184
8,730
0.781
Fiber electronics
Bioelectronics
Energy storage
Polymer
Huili Ma
Nanjing Tech University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,978
10,517
0.958
Organic Phosphorescence
Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
Organic Optoelectronic Materials
Alexander Mayorov
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,962
4,154
0.417
Yulong Zou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,909
5,818
0.587
Cooperative Communications
Cognitive Radio
Wireless Security
Green Communications
Yijun Feng
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,868
6,414
0.650
Electromagnetics
metamaterials
microwave
antenna
plasmonics
Xiaomu Wang
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,752
6,992
0.717
Jiandong Ye
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,377
6,359
0.678
Semiconductor materials and devices
Haibo Zhou
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,362
8,061
0.861
VANET
UAV and Network Intelligence
Kebin Fan
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,136
4,922
0.539
Metamaterials
Plasmonics
Terahertz
Infrared
Huifang Shi
Nanjing Tech University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,071
7,963
0.878
Nana Wang
Nanjing Tech University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,473
6,941
0.819
organic photovoltaics
perovskite light emitting-diodes
Yue Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,037
6,413
0.798
Semiconductor optics
Laser spectroscopy
Microlasers
Liang He
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,654
4,368
0.571
Semiconductor materials
Topological Insulator
Molecular Beam Epitaxy
Xiaoping Liu
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,418
3,799
0.512
Silicon Photonics and Integrated Optics
Zhongfeng Wang
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,282
3,738
0.513
VLSI
FEC
DSP
MIMO
Neural Network
Chunbiao Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,632
5,239
0.790
Chaos
Memristors
Nonlinear Dynamics
Energy harvesting
Complex networks
Ke Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,514
4,452
0.683
fault diagnosis
fault-tolerant control