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
Materials Science
Metallurgy
Friction Stir Processing
High Entropy Alloys
Additive Manufacturing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,706
18,992
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Metallic materials
Phase transformations
Microstructural evolution
Processing
Surface engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,466
14,502
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Materials Science
Materials Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,378
4,965
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Glass and ceramics
biomaterials
electronic materials
atomistic computer simulation
material
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,868
6,176
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
tribology - surface engineering - additive manufacturing - coatings and thin films - metal and ceramic matrix composites
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,267
2,765
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Computational materials science
materials deformation and failure ...
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,203
1,832
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Surface Science
spintronics
electronic materials
thin film deposition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,871
1,026
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Materials Science
Metallic Glasses
Nano-materials
Energy Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,498
3,055
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
2D materials
Thin film
Electronic devices
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,441
3,281
0.739
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Materials Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,375
1,770
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
polymers
biopolymers
composites
nanocomposites
mechanical properties
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,445
969
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Additive Manufacturing
Alloy Design
Titanium alloys
Deformation Studies
Electron Microscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,004
2,672
0.889
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
thin-walled structures
cold-formed steel
structual stability
composite materials for construction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,998
1,707
0.569
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
High Entropy alloys
Titanium alloys
Failure analysis
Steels
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,995
2,695
0.900
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
composites
nanomaterials
ceramics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,093
936
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Li-S Batteries
Zinc Ion Batteries
Supercapacitors
Fuel Cells
Polyurethanes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,905
1,698
0.891
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
computational material science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,858
510
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Materials processing
Additive manufacturing
Light metals
Amorphous metallic materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,755
1,518
0.865
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Additive Manufacturing
Materials and Process Development
Materials Characterization and Testing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,571
1,119
0.712
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
2D materials
Silicon nanotubes
perovskites
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,495
1,221
0.817
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Tribology and thin films
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
958
429
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Metallurgy
Metallurgical Engineering
Friction Stir Welding & Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
783
250
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
3D Metal Printing
Laser Surface Engineering
Corrosion
Oxidation&Wear Resistant Coatings
Physical&Mechanical Metallurgy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
509
282
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
low-k dielectrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
497
298
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Material Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375
278
0.741
Rajiv S Mishra
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,706
18,992
0.435
Materials Science
Metallurgy
Friction Stir Processing
High Entropy Alloys
Additive Manufacturing
Rajarshi Banerjee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,466
14,502
0.593
Metallic materials
Phase transformations
Microstructural evolution
Processing
Surface engineering
Witold Brostow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,378
4,965
0.286
Materials Science
Materials Engineering
Jincheng Du
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,868
6,176
0.626
Glass and ceramics
biomaterials
electronic materials
atomistic computer simulation
material
Thomas W Scharf
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,267
2,765
0.441
tribology - surface engineering - additive manufacturing - coatings and thin films - metal and ceramic matrix composites
Srinivasan G Srivilliputhur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,203
1,832
0.352
Computational materials science
materials deformation and failure ...
Jeffry Kelber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,871
1,026
0.211
Surface Science
spintronics
electronic materials
thin film deposition
Sundeep Mukherjee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,498
3,055
0.679
Materials Science
Metallic Glasses
Nano-materials
Energy Materials
Juhong Park
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,441
3,281
0.739
2D materials
Thin film
Electronic devices
Samir Aouadi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,375
1,770
0.405
Nandika Anne D Souza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,445
969
0.281
polymers
biopolymers
composites
nanocomposites
mechanical properties
Srinivas Aditya Mantri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,004
2,672
0.889
Additive Manufacturing
Alloy Design
Titanium alloys
Deformation Studies
Electron Microscopy
Cheng Yu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,998
1,707
0.569
thin-walled structures
cold-formed steel
structual stability
composite materials for construction
Vishal Soni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,995
2,695
0.900
High Entropy alloys
Titanium alloys
Failure analysis
Steels
Jianbing Niu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,093
936
0.447
composites
nanomaterials
ceramics
Sanket Bhoyate
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,905
1,698
0.891
Li-S Batteries
Zinc Ion Batteries
Supercapacitors
Fuel Cells
Polyurethanes
Priya Gopal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,858
510
0.274
computational material science
Sameehan S Joshi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,755
1,518
0.865
Materials processing
Additive manufacturing
Light metals
Amorphous metallic materials
Aidin Imandoust
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,571
1,119
0.712
Additive Manufacturing
Materials and Process Development
Materials Characterization and Testing
Roberto Gonzalez Rodriguez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,495
1,221
0.817
2D materials
Silicon nanotubes
perovskites
D Arcy Stone
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
958
429
0.448
Tribology and thin films
Dwight Burford
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
783
250
0.319
Metallurgy
Metallurgical Engineering
Friction Stir Welding & Processing
Ravi Shanker Rajamure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
509
282
0.554
3D Metal Printing
Laser Surface Engineering
Corrosion
Oxidation&Wear Resistant Coatings
Physical&Mechanical Metallurgy
Swayambhu P Behera
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
497
298
0.600
Victor Ageh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
375
278
0.741