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
Digital Watermarking
Information Security
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,595
10,336
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
climate dynamics
coupled model development
climate prediction and application
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,116
10,693
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Image and Video Analysis
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,968
9,930
0.585
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Information Security
Public Crypto
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,999
12,911
0.807
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
global existence
stability
blow up
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,255
8,927
0.673
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Edge computing
Edge intelligence
Big data
Service computing
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,716
10,351
0.966
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Aerosols
Black carbon
Persistent Organic Pollutants
Radiocarbon
Accelerator mass spectrometry
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,112
7,265
0.718
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
computer vision
level set method
visual tracking
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,005
4,390
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Thermochemical conversion of biomass wastes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,579
5,920
0.781
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Deep Learning
Evolutionary Computation
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,570
6,275
0.829
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Wireless Communication
IoT
Cloud Computing
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,014
4,862
0.693
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Digital Forensics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,161
3,763
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Metamaterials
Spoof Surface Plasmons
Metasurface
Electromagnetic Scattering
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,867
4,171
0.711
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Global Change
Urban climate
Remote Sensing,Land use change
ecological modelling
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,402
4,267
0.790
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
heavy metals
soil contamination
air pollution
human health
climate change
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,174
3,433
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
AI for Science
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,169
2,831
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Geomatics
LiDAR
Mapping
Photogrammetry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,030
4,031
0.801
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Remote sensing
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,791
3,926
0.819
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Electrocatalysis
Water Splitting
Nitrate reduction
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,746
3,994
0.842
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Biomass resources & environment
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,565
2,554
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
GHG Emission
Environmental Pollution
WQ assessment
Eco-Hydrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,522
4,331
0.958
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,207
3,241
0.770
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
Remote Sensing
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,046
3,832
0.947
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Social networking
data mining
privacy preserving
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,803
2,409
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
ENSO dynamics and Air-Sea Interaction and Climate Impact
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,661
2,738
0.748
Xingming Sun
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,595
10,336
0.527
Digital Watermarking
Information Security
Jing Jia Luo
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,116
10,693
0.559
climate dynamics
coupled model development
climate prediction and application
Qingshan Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,968
9,930
0.585
Image and Video Analysis
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
Jian Shen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,999
12,911
0.807
Information Security
Public Crypto
Wenjun Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,255
8,927
0.673
global existence
stability
blow up
Xiaolong Xu 许小龙
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,716
10,351
0.966
Edge computing
Edge intelligence
Big data
Service computing
Yan Lin Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,112
7,265
0.718
Aerosols
Black carbon
Persistent Organic Pollutants
Radiocarbon
Accelerator mass spectrometry
Kaihua Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,005
4,390
0.439
computer vision
level set method
visual tracking
Yafei Shen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,579
5,920
0.781
Thermochemical conversion of biomass wastes
Yu Xue
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,570
6,275
0.829
Deep Learning
Evolutionary Computation
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Qi Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,014
4,862
0.693
Wireless Communication
IoT
Cloud Computing
Zhihua Xia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,161
3,763
0.611
Liangliang Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,867
4,171
0.711
Metamaterials
Spoof Surface Plasmons
Metasurface
Electromagnetic Scattering
Decheng Zhou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,402
4,267
0.790
Global Change
Urban climate
Remote Sensing,Land use change
ecological modelling
Xiao San Luo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,174
3,433
0.664
heavy metals
soil contamination
air pollution
human health
climate change
Xiao Tong Yuan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,169
2,831
0.548
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
AI for Science
Haiyan Guan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,030
4,031
0.801
Geomatics
LiDAR
Mapping
Photogrammetry
Yuanjian Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,791
3,926
0.819
Dongdong Zhu 朱冬冬)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,746
3,994
0.842
Electrocatalysis
Water Splitting
Nitrate reduction
Dagang Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,565
2,554
0.559
Biomass resources & environment
Amit Kumar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,522
4,331
0.958
GHG Emission
Environmental Pollution
WQ assessment
Eco-Hydrology
Tang Yujia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,207
3,241
0.770
Renlong Hang (杭仁龙)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,046
3,832
0.947
Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
Remote Sensing
Tinghuai Ma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,803
2,409
0.633
Social networking
data mining
privacy preserving
wenjun zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,661
2,738
0.748
ENSO dynamics and Air-Sea Interaction and Climate Impact