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
Biobased Polymers
Recycling
Nanomaterial Synthesis
Composites
Hydrogels
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,253
3,726
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Energy Conversion & Storage
Fuel Cells
Electrospinning & Nanofibers
Composites & Joining Technology
Solid Mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,216
1,976
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Polymer Matrix Composites
Bio-Based Materials
Composites Recycling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,087
2,242
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Convective Heat Transfer
Electronics Cooling
Two-Phase Flows
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,014
2,573
0.854
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Human Body Biomechanics
Brain/Spinal Trauma
Head/Neck/Brain Computer Modeling
Vehicle Dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,519
934
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Biofluids
River Ice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,474
813
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
fluid mechanics
computational modeling and simulation
medical devices
renewable energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,147
941
0.820
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Mechanical Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
619
446
0.721
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Heat Transfer
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Turbomachines
Gasturbines
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
224
97
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Thermodynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
74
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Heat Transfer
Thermal Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
127
0.941
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Mechanical Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
116
0.906
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Mechanical Engineering
Heat & mass Transfer
CFD
Renewable Energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
83
0.988
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Bio inspired modeling
Drug Delivery
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
37
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
32
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Nanomaterials
Low Temperature Plasma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
11
0.846
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Systems & Critical Infrastructure Design & Operations
Hardware
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Materials Modeling
Phase-Field Modeling
Molecular Dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
Long Jiang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,253
3,726
0.514
Biobased Polymers
Recycling
Nanomaterial Synthesis
Composites
Hydrogels
Xiangfa Wu Xiang Fa Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,216
1,976
0.469
Energy Conversion & Storage
Fuel Cells
Electrospinning & Nanofibers
Composites & Joining Technology
Solid Mechanics
Chad Ulven
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,087
2,242
0.549
Polymer Matrix Composites
Bio-Based Materials
Composites Recycling
Gregory J Michna
South Dakota State University
Brookings, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,014
2,573
0.854
Convective Heat Transfer
Electronics Cooling
Two-Phase Flows
Mariusz Ziejewski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,519
934
0.371
Human Body Biomechanics
Brain/Spinal Trauma
Head/Neck/Brain Computer Modeling
Vehicle Dynamics
Le Trung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,474
813
0.552
Stephen P Gent
South Dakota State University
Brookings, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,147
941
0.820
fluid mechanics
computational modeling and simulation
medical devices
renewable energy
Bala Krishna Sravanam
South Dakota State University
Brookings, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
619
446
0.721
Mechanical Engineering
Bvn Ramakumar
Dakota State University
Madison, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
224
97
0.433
Heat Transfer
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Turbomachines
Gasturbines
Jeffrey Doom
South Dakota State University
Brookings, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
74
0.525
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Thermodynamics
Rajib Uddin Rony
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
127
0.941
Heat Transfer
Thermal Engineering
Ismat Ara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
116
0.906
Mechanical Engineering
Santu Golder
South Dakota State University
Brookings, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
83
0.988
Mechanical Engineering
Heat & mass Transfer
CFD
Renewable Energy
Mohammad Mehedi Hasan Akash
South Dakota State University
Brookings, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
37
1.000
Bio inspired modeling
Drug Delivery
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Deepika Shrestha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
32
1.000
Thomas Cameron
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
11
0.846
Nanomaterials
Low Temperature Plasma
Tariqul Islam Shazeeb
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Sean Edeki
South Dakota State University
Brookings, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Systems & Critical Infrastructure Design & Operations
Hardware
Chaimae Jouhari
South Dakota State University
Brookings, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
Materials Modeling
Phase-Field Modeling
Molecular Dynamics