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
Nanoelectronics
Mesoscopic Physics
Probabilistic Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,903
12,616
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Functional ceramics
nanocomposites
thin film epitaxy
bulk ceramics
superconductors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,978
18,532
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Nanomanufacturing
2D semiconductor
wearable technologies
human-integrated devices
sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,282
12,236
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
nanotechnology
carbon
transition metal dichalcogenides
diffusion barrier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,119
4,950
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Nanotechnology
Nanofabrication
Directed Assembly
Electronics
Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,375
2,607
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Nanotechnology
Nanobiotechnology
Nanoelectronics
Nanophotonics
Regenerative Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,798
5,821
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
nanomaterials
battery
fuel cells
electrocatalysis
energy conversion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,087
4,332
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
nanomedicine
point-of-care medical devices
flow cytometry
cell sorting
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,704
1,618
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Smart Infrastructure
Thermoelectric
Piezoelectric
Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,473
5,265
0.705
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nanotechnology
Nanofabrication
Materials Science
Robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,429
3,157
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Nanoelectronics
Mesoscopic physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,025
1,553
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Nanotechnology
Materials Science
Analytical Chemistry
Biosensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,876
1,863
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,744
2,003
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
ultrafast microscopy and spectroscopy
nanomaterials
Raman spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,686
2,588
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Nanoscale magnetism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,639
594
0.163
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Hardware security
Photovoltaics
Optoelectronics
Semiconductor processing
Nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,303
1,623
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Nanomaterials
Flexible electronics
Transparent electrodes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,873
2,480
0.863
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
manufacturing
nanotechnology
CAD/CAM
Virtual reality
additive manufacturing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,709
1,368
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
biosensors
microbiome
soft robotics
diagnostics
nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,517
1,767
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nanotoxicology
Cardiopulmonary Toxicology
Disease Susceptibility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,514
1,266
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Nanoelectronics
Spintronics
Device Physics
Magnetism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,166
738
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
nanomaterials synthesis
characterization
rechargeable batteries
X-ray spectroscopy
in-situ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,158
335
0.155
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
基因组
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,095
612
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Nanomechanics
Ni-based alloys
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,800
1,600
0.889
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Epitaxy
Semiconductors
Thin Film Photovoltaics
nanoparticles
nanocrystals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,588
944
0.594
Supriyo Datta
Purdue University
West Lafayette, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,903
12,616
0.207
Nanoelectronics
Mesoscopic Physics
Probabilistic Computing
Haiyan Wang
Purdue University
West Lafayette, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,978
18,532
0.501
Functional ceramics
nanocomposites
thin film epitaxy
bulk ceramics
superconductors
Wenzhuo Wu (武文倬)
Purdue University
West Lafayette, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,282
12,236
0.603
Nanomanufacturing
2D semiconductor
wearable technologies
human-integrated devices
sustainability
Zhihong Chen
Purdue University
West Lafayette, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,119
4,950
0.259
nanotechnology
carbon
transition metal dichalcogenides
diffusion barrier
Theresa Mayer
Purdue University
West Lafayette, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,375
2,607
0.195
Nanotechnology
Nanofabrication
Directed Assembly
Electronics
Optics
Yi Xuan
Purdue University
West Lafayette, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,798
5,821
0.455
Nanotechnology
Nanobiotechnology
Nanoelectronics
Nanophotonics
Regenerative Medicine
Jian Xie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,087
4,332
0.536
nanomaterials
battery
fuel cells
electrocatalysis
energy conversion
James F Leary
Purdue University
West Lafayette, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,704
1,618
0.210
nanomedicine
point-of-care medical devices
flow cytometry
cell sorting
machine learning
Na Luna Lu
Purdue University
West Lafayette, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,473
5,265
0.705
Smart Infrastructure
Thermoelectric
Piezoelectric
Sensing
Ramses V Martinez
Purdue University
West Lafayette, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,429
3,157
0.491
Nanotechnology
Nanofabrication
Materials Science
Robotics
Leonid Rokhinson
Purdue University
West Lafayette, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,025
1,553
0.309
Nanoelectronics
Mesoscopic physics
Rajesh Sardar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,876
1,863
0.382
Nanotechnology
Materials Science
Analytical Chemistry
Biosensing
Mangilal Agarwal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,744
2,003
0.535
Shibin Deng
Purdue University
West Lafayette, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,686
2,588
0.702
ultrafast microscopy and spectroscopy
nanomaterials
Raman spectroscopy
NR Dilley
Purdue University
West Lafayette, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,639
594
0.163
Jungwoo Jung Woo Leem
Purdue University
West Lafayette, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,303
1,623
0.491
Hardware security
Photovoltaics
Optoelectronics
Semiconductor processing
Nanotechnology
Seungse Cho
Purdue University
West Lafayette, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,873
2,480
0.863
Nanomaterials
Flexible electronics
Transparent electrodes
Hazim El Mounayri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,709
1,368
0.505
manufacturing
nanotechnology
CAD/CAM
Virtual reality
additive manufacturing
Mohit S Verma
Purdue University
West Lafayette, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,517
1,767
0.702
biosensors
microbiome
soft robotics
diagnostics
nanotechnology
Jonathan Shannahan
Purdue University
West Lafayette, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,514
1,266
0.504
Nanotoxicology
Cardiopulmonary Toxicology
Disease Susceptibility
Deepanjan Datta
Purdue University
West Lafayette, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,166
738
0.341
Nanoelectronics
Spintronics
Device Physics
Magnetism
Swati Bhagwat Pol
Purdue University
West Lafayette, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,158
335
0.155
nanomaterials synthesis
characterization
rechargeable batteries
X-ray spectroscopy
in-situ
Shengjie Gao
Purdue University
West Lafayette, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,095
612
0.292
Jie Ding
Purdue University
West Lafayette, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,800
1,600
0.889
Nanomechanics
Ni-based alloys
Caleb K Miskin
Purdue University
West Lafayette, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,588
944
0.594
Epitaxy
Semiconductors
Thin Film Photovoltaics
nanoparticles
nanocrystals