Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Engineering & Technology / Metallurgical & Materials Engineering Highly Cited Researchers 33.749 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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
Carbon Nanotubes
Graphene
Energy storage materials
Photocatalytic Semiconductors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
282,617
178,853
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Chemistry
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
228,149
85,448
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Materials Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216,298
154,751
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Crossfields
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202,820
100,169
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Materials Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183,545
47,029
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Advanced Carbon Materials
Polymers
Electrochemistry
Catalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,553
62,730
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Materials design
computational modeling
energy storage
thermoelectrics
solar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,278
71,887
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Structural Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,122
94,319
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Energy materials
superconductivity
electronic materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,672
72,509
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Materials Science and Engineering
Plasma Science
Surface Science
Biomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,631
62,835
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Surface Plasmon Resonance
Single Cell Imaging
Single Nanoparticle Imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,050
72,288
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
semiconductors
heterostructures
solid state devices
light emitting diodes
compound semiconductors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,932
27,225
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
Lithium Metal Anode
SEI
Electrolyte
Electrocatalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,399
82,834
0.694
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Materials science
Nanoscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,327
44,328
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
High performance thermoelectric materials and devices
Ultrahigh thermal conductivity in boron arsenide
Hydrogen generation th
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,425
47,102
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Sustainable Materials
Computational Materials Science
Metal Physics
Physical Metallurgy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,569
67,737
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Two-Dimensional Materials
Quantum magnetism
Superconductivity
Strongly Correlated Electron Systems.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,441
38,778
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Materials Science and Engineering
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Energy and Environmental Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,204
65,612
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Chemistry
Polymer Science
Materials
Polymers
Polymer Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,875
22,830
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Materials chemistry
chemical engineering
photocatalysis
carbon nanomaterials
nanoporous materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,434
27,431
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Materials Science & engineering
Biomaterials
Fracture mechanics
Fatigue
Bone
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,174
48,071
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Materials
nuclear
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,022
34,410
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Lithium ion batteries
All Solid State Battery
Na ion and Potassium ion batteries
Cathode for batteries
Li sulfur and Li oxyg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,917
55,384
0.523
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Low dimensional materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,108
36,842
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
materials science
1D/2D nanomaterials
TEM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,815
33,744
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
297
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Hui-Ming Cheng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
282,617
178,853
0.633
Carbon Nanotubes
Graphene
Energy storage materials
Photocatalytic Semiconductors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
623
245
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ajayan PM
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
228,149
85,448
0.375
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Chemistry
Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
702
10
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Kenji Watanabe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216,298
154,751
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
821
3
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Seeram Ramakrishna
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202,820
100,169
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
996
11
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Hideo Hosono
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183,545
47,029
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,671
49
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Liming Dai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140,553
62,730
0.446
Advanced Carbon Materials
Polymers
Electrochemistry
Catalysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,722
774
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Gerbrand Ceder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,278
71,887
0.520
Materials design
computational modeling
energy storage
thermoelectrics
solar
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,729
28
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Gang Wang
Shanghai University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,122
94,319
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,003
63
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Shi Xue Dou
University of Wollongong
Wollongong, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,672
72,509
0.568
Energy materials
superconductivity
electronic materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,088
11
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Paul K Chu
City University of Hong Kong
Kowloon, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124,631
62,835
0.504
Materials Science and Engineering
Plasma Science
Surface Science
Biomaterials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,148
33
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Wei Wang
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,050
72,288
0.587
Surface Plasmon Resonance
Single Cell Imaging
Single Nanoparticle Imaging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,155
994
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Stephen Pearton
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,932
27,225
0.221
semiconductors
heterostructures
solid state devices
light emitting diodes
compound semiconductors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,269
35
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Qiang Zhang
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,399
82,834
0.694
Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
Lithium Metal Anode
SEI
Electrolyte
Electrocatalysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,350
7
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jonathan N Coleman
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,327
44,328
0.378
Materials science
Nanoscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,377
1,116
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Zhifeng Ren
University of Houston
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,425
47,102
0.405
High performance thermoelectric materials and devices
Ultrahigh thermal conductivity in boron arsenide
Hydrogen generation th
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,507
71
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Dierk Raabe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,569
67,737
0.596
Sustainable Materials
Computational Materials Science
Metal Physics
Physical Metallurgy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,704
11
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Antonio H Castro Neto
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,441
38,778
0.354
Two-Dimensional Materials
Quantum magnetism
Superconductivity
Strongly Correlated Electron Systems.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,720
1,291
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Guihua Yu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,204
65,612
0.601
Materials Science and Engineering
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Energy and Environmental Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,848
1,353
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Craig Hawker
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,875
22,830
0.214
Chemistry
Polymer Science
Materials
Polymers
Polymer Chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,870
224
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
GQ Max Lu
University of Surrey
Guildford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,434
27,431
0.258
Materials chemistry
chemical engineering
photocatalysis
carbon nanomaterials
nanoporous materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,885
1,370
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Robert O Ritchie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,174
48,071
0.453
Materials Science & engineering
Biomaterials
Fracture mechanics
Fatigue
Bone
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,894
228
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
WE Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,022
34,410
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,901
24
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Sun Yang Kook
Hanyang University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,917
55,384
0.523
Lithium ion batteries
All Solid State Battery
Na ion and Potassium ion batteries
Cathode for batteries
Li sulfur and Li oxyg
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,939
1,400
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jing Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,108
36,842
0.351
Low dimensional materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,953
110
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Yoshio Bando
University of Wollongong
Wollongong, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,815
33,744
0.322
materials science
1D/2D nanomaterials
TEM