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
Surface Science
Tribology
Friction
Adhesion
Contact Mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,738
10,964
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
aerosol
black carbon
atmospheric research
research infrastructures
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,183
6,272
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
mechanical properties
ceramics
materials science
fracture
creep
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,785
3,353
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
fluid dynamics
soft matter physics
complex fluids
computer simulations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,293
3,354
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Fluid mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,949
2,164
0.734
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
computational fluid dynamics
heat transfer
mass transfer
fuel cells
solar energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,934
1,031
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Heat transfer
Thermophoresis
Energy conversion
Metamaterials
Soft matter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,027
1,005
0.979
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Tribology of polymeric materials
Rubber materials
Material modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
931
838
0.900
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Thermal spray
Thermal barrier coating
PS-PVD
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
849
739
0.870
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
thermal spraying coatings
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
838
787
0.939
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Thermo-chemistry and -physics of ashes
slags
salts and related systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
767
687
0.896
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Thermal Spray
Ceramic Coatings
Functional Surface Coatings
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
264
264
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Bayesian inference
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130
82
0.631
Bo Persson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,738
10,964
0.283
Surface Science
Tribology
Friction
Adhesion
Contact Mechanics
Andreas Petzold
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,183
6,272
0.327
aerosol
black carbon
atmospheric research
research infrastructures
Jürgen Malzbender
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,785
3,353
0.382
mechanical properties
ceramics
materials science
fracture
creep
Jens Harting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,293
3,354
0.460
fluid dynamics
soft matter physics
complex fluids
computer simulations
Nadiia Kulyk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,949
2,164
0.734
Steven Beale
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,934
1,031
0.533
computational fluid dynamics
heat transfer
mass transfer
fuel cells
solar energy
Namkyu Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,027
1,005
0.979
Heat transfer
Thermophoresis
Energy conversion
Metamaterials
Soft matter
Avinash Tiwari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
931
838
0.900
Tribology of polymeric materials
Rubber materials
Material modelling
Wenting He
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
849
739
0.870
Thermal spray
Thermal barrier coating
PS-PVD
Dapeng Zhou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
838
787
0.939
thermal spraying coatings
Guixuan Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
767
687
0.896
Thermo-chemistry and -physics of ashes
slags
salts and related systems
Edward J Gildersleeve V|Edward J Gildersleeve, EJ Gildersleeve V, Edward Gildersleeve V
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
264
264
1.000
Thermal Spray
Ceramic Coatings
Functional Surface Coatings
Rakesh Sarma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130
82
0.631
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Bayesian inference
Machine Learning