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
fluid mechanics
turbulence
Computational fluid dynamics
lattice Boltzmann
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,790
14,484
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
phononics
nanoscale heat transfer
metamaterials
statistical mechanics
complex systems
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,938
15,456
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
clean energy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,456
13,751
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
lattice Boltzmann
kinetic theory
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,685
4,996
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
High Resolution Multifunctional Additive Manufacturing
Functional Materials
Continuum Mechanics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,748
10,525
0.826
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Solid Mechanics
Soft Material Physics
Smart Materials and Structures
Theory and Modeling
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,803
6,309
0.584
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Computational mechanics
boundary element method
structural dynamics
acoustics
fracture mechanics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,239
2,540
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
3D-IC
AI accelerator
THz electronics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,113
3,235
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Mechanics of Soft Materials
Hydrogel
Stretchable ionotronics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,425
4,845
0.893
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Control Theory
Hybrid Systems
Robotics
Power Systems
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,309
3,174
0.598
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Rarefied Gas Dynamics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,013
2,118
0.703
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Turbulence
Compressible Turbulence
Large Eddy Simulation
Machine Learning
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,938
2,581
0.878
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Complex Thermal and Fluid Flow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,871
1,995
0.695
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Microrobotics
Magnetic manipulation
Single-cell biopsy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,718
2,256
0.830
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
大气物理和大气环境,海洋大气遥感、以及海气相互作用研究
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,449
1,837
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
2D materials first-principle calculations
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,742
1,633
0.937
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Atomic-scale Manufacturing
Ultra-precision Machining
Figuring & Finishing
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,681
1,266
0.753
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
autonomous systems
wireless communications
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,460
1,313
0.899
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,247
565
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Physics of Multicomponent Fluids
Drops & Bubbles
Microfluidics
Interfacial flows
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
896
763
0.852
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
3D printing
Additive manufacturing
Titanium alloys
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
535
530
0.991
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Additive Manufacturing
Selective Laser Melting
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
529
523
0.989
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Applied Mechanics
Mechanobiology
Soft materials
Biophysics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
437
417
0.954
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Combustion Modeling
Lattice Boltzmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
409
330
0.807
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Combustion
Fluid Mechanics
Chemical Kinetics
AI for Science
Multi-scale Modeling
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
382
374
0.979
Shiyi Chen
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,790
14,484
0.331
fluid mechanics
turbulence
Computational fluid dynamics
lattice Boltzmann
Baowen Li|SUSTech, Shenzhen, University of Colorado, Boulder, National University of Singapore, Tongji University, Southern University of Science and Technology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,938
15,456
0.455
phononics
nanoscale heat transfer
metamaterials
statistical mechanics
complex systems
Haijiang Wang
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,456
13,751
0.411
Xiaowen Shan
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,685
4,996
0.340
lattice Boltzmann
kinetic theory
Qi (Kevin) Ge (葛锜)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,748
10,525
0.826
High Resolution Multifunctional Additive Manufacturing
Functional Materials
Continuum Mechanics
Wei Hong (洪伟)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,803
6,309
0.584
Solid Mechanics
Soft Material Physics
Smart Materials and Structures
Theory and Modeling
Yijun Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,239
2,540
0.308
Computational mechanics
boundary element method
structural dynamics
acoustics
fracture mechanics
Hao Yu (余浩)
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,113
3,235
0.529
3D-IC
AI accelerator
THz electronics
Canhui Yang (æ¨ç¿è¾‰ï¼‰
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,425
4,845
0.893
Mechanics of Soft Materials
Hydrogel
Stretchable ionotronics
Wei Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,309
3,174
0.598
Control Theory
Hybrid Systems
Robotics
Power Systems
Lei Wu (å´é›·)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,013
2,118
0.703
Rarefied Gas Dynamics
Jianchun Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,938
2,581
0.878
Turbulence
Compressible Turbulence
Large Eddy Simulation
Machine Learning
Peng Yu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,871
1,995
0.695
Complex Thermal and Fluid Flow
Chengzhi Hu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,718
2,256
0.830
Microrobotics
Magnetic manipulation
Single-cell biopsy
Ying Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,449
1,837
0.750
大气物理和大气环境,海洋大气遥感、以及海气相互作用研究
Yangfan Shao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,742
1,633
0.937
2D materials first-principle calculations
Hui Deng (邓辉)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,681
1,266
0.753
Atomic-scale Manufacturing
Ultra-precision Machining
Figuring & Finishing
Shuai Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,460
1,313
0.899
autonomous systems
wireless communications
Yu Chu M Li
Southern Taiwan University of Science & Technology
Tainan City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,247
565
0.453
Huanshu Tan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
896
763
0.852
Physics of Multicomponent Fluids
Drops & Bubbles
Microfluidics
Interfacial flows
Dawei Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
535
530
0.991
3D printing
Additive manufacturing
Titanium alloys
Hong-Chuong Tran
Southern Taiwan University of Science & Technology
Tainan City, Taiwan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
529
523
0.989
Additive Manufacturing
Selective Laser Melting
Tiankai Zhao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
437
417
0.954
Applied Mechanics
Mechanobiology
Soft materials
Biophysics
HC Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
409
330
0.807
Combustion Modeling
Lattice Boltzmann
Tianhan Zhang 张天汉|张 天汉
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
382
374
0.979
Combustion
Fluid Mechanics
Chemical Kinetics
AI for Science
Multi-scale Modeling