Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Highly Cited Researchers CitationEngineering & Technology / Electrical & Electronic Engineering Rankings 2025
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
Control
Communications
Game Theory
Networks
Optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,770
23,748
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Real-time Systems
wireless sensor networks
cyber-physical systems
embedded systems
social sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,837
11,329
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Computer Architecture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,235
19,351
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Security
Networking
Wireless Networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,622
3,489
0.107
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
signal processing
computational imaging
machine perception
data science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,677
10,377
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Computational Electromagnetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,844
7,312
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
quantitative phase imaging
phase retrieval
biomedical optics
biophotonics
optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,797
12,272
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Distributed Systems
Cryptography
Blockchain
Programming languages
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,564
16,738
0.776
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
control
controls
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,468
7,170
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Wireless networking
mobile computing
sensing
signal processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,247
6,659
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Speech
Audio
Natural Language Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,217
9,101
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
control theory
game theory
multiagent systems
robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,546
5,673
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Semiconductor Materials and Devices
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,956
7,294
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Design Automation
EDA/CAD
Algorithms
Optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,541
2,786
0.168
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
power electronics
solar power
electric drives
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,654
4,682
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
AI/ Machine Learning
healthcare
electronic commerce
e-business
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,126
2,553
0.169
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
control
controls
neural networks
cooperative control
unmanned aerial systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,953
5,870
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Computer Engineering
Computer Architecture
Interconnection Networks
Electronic Design Automation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,652
773
0.053
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Electric Power Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,635
4,311
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
circuits
signal processing
communications
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,370
4,102
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Information Theory
Imaging
Lightwave Communication
Coding Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,304
1,956
0.147
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
nanotechnology
scanned probe microscopy
graphene
carbon nanotubes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,271
2,981
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Signal and Image Processing
Compressed Sensing
Inverse Problems
Imaging Systems
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,940
3,904
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
semiconductor materials science
photovoltaics
thin films
nitrides
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,751
3,442
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
laser radar
laser ranging
atmospheric physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,177
1,719
0.141
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,712
3,665
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Tamer Başar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,770
23,748
0.404
Control
Communications
Game Theory
Networks
Optimization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,061
5,241
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Tarek Abdelzaher
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,837
11,329
0.242
Real-time Systems
wireless sensor networks
cyber-physical systems
embedded systems
social sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,745
6,968
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Matthew R Johnson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,235
19,351
0.493
Computer Architecture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,629
9,150
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Yih Chun Hu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,622
3,489
0.107
Security
Networking
Wireless Networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,599
9,555
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Minh N Do
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,677
10,377
0.328
signal processing
computational imaging
machine perception
data science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,603
10,446
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jian Ming Jin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,844
7,312
0.245
Computational Electromagnetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,884
13,601
122
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Gabriel Popescu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,797
12,272
0.495
quantitative phase imaging
phase retrieval
biomedical optics
biophotonics
optics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,480
16,320
150
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Andrew Miller
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,564
16,738
0.776
Distributed Systems
Cryptography
Blockchain
Programming languages
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,085
18,564
167
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Andrew Alleyne
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,468
7,170
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,960
20,064
182
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Romit Roy Choudhury
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,247
6,659
0.365
Wireless networking
mobile computing
sensing
signal processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,070
20,110
184
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mark Hasegawa Johnson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,217
9,101
0.500
Speech
Audio
Natural Language Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,497
21,064
191
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jeff S Shamma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,546
5,673
0.323
control theory
game theory
multiagent systems
robotics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,744
21,959
200
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Xiuling Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,956
7,294
0.430
Semiconductor Materials and Devices
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,440
22,627
209
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Martin Df Wong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,541
2,786
0.168
Design Automation
EDA/CAD
Algorithms
Optimization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,468
24,152
227
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Patrick L Chapman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,654
4,682
0.299
power electronics
solar power
electric drives
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,117
25,176
237
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Michael J Shaw
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,126
2,553
0.169
AI/ Machine Learning
healthcare
electronic commerce
e-business
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,047
25,529
244
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Naira Hovakimyan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,953
5,870
0.393
control
controls
neural networks
cooperative control
unmanned aerial systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,610
26,108
250
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Janak H Patel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,652
773
0.053
Computer Engineering
Computer Architecture
Interconnection Networks
Electronic Design Automation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,720
28,383
270
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Peter W Sauer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,635
4,311
0.316
Electric Power Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,416
28,978
274
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Naresh Shanbhag
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,370
4,102
0.307
circuits
signal processing
communications
machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,877
29,136
275
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Richard Blahut
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,304
1,956
0.147
Information Theory
Imaging
Lightwave Communication
Coding Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,082
29,207
277
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Joseph W Lyding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,271
2,981
0.225
nanotechnology
scanned probe microscopy
graphene
carbon nanotubes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,359
30,049
286
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Yoram Bresler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,940
3,904
0.302
Signal and Image Processing
Compressed Sensing
Inverse Problems
Imaging Systems
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,730
30,548
291
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Angus Rockett
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,751
3,442
0.270
semiconductor materials science
photovoltaics
thin films
nitrides
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,942
32,069
299
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Chester S Gardner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,177
1,719
0.141
laser radar
laser ranging
atmospheric physics