Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

World Highly Cited Researchers CitationEngineering & Technology / Nuclear Engineering Rankings 2025

The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
Romania
Irinel Caprini
Particle Physics
Field Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166,944
50,429
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Netherlands
Martinus Th Van Genuchten
Hydrology
vadose zone
contaminant transport
unsaturated flow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,229
29,676
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
United States
Ju Li
Computational Materials Science
metallurgy
solid mechanics
nanocomposites
batteries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,405
49,365
0.614
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
United States
Mamoru Ishii
Two-phase flow
Nuclear Engineering
Thermal Hydraulics
Safety Analysis
Two-fluid Model Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,952
11,583
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Vietnam
Pham Ngoc Dong
Probabilistic Risk Assessment
Nuclear Safety
Nuclear Engineering
High energy cosmic rays
Astroparticle physics and astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,697
3,479
0.153
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
United States
Geoff Forden
nuclear nonproliferation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,056
1,651
0.075
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
United States
Lumin Wang
Radiation Effects
Nuclear Engineering Materials
Ion Beam Modification
TEM Characterization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,066
7,726
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
United States
Fei Gao
Material Science
Radiation Effects in Materials
Multi-scale Computer Simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,688
9,498
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
United States
Douglas B Kothe
Computational Science and Engineering
Fluid Dynamics and Interfacial Flows
Nuclear Engineering
High Performance Computing
Nu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,369
7,246
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
United States
Steve Skutnik
Nuclear fuel cycles
nonproliferation
radioactive waste management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,830
4,273
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
United States
Brian D Wirth
nuclear fuel and materials behavior
fusion energy
plasma materials interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,514
7,919
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
United Arab Emirates
Tahar Laoui
Nanostructured materials
Nanocomposites
Membranes for water treatment and desalination
Additive manufacturing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,978
9,018
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Brazil
Reynaldo Luiz Victoria
isotopos estaveis
biogeoquimica
ecologia de sistemas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,383
3,051
0.198
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
United States
Fernando Antonio Flor
Nuclear Phenomenology
Experimental Heavy Ion Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,212
13,877
0.976
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
United States
Lei R Cao
Semiconductor Sensor
Radiation Detection
Neutron Imaging
Neutron Detector
Nuclear Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,948
8,098
0.740
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
United States
Pasquale F Fulvio
Materials synthesis
surface and interface chemistry
energy storage
heterogeneous catalysis
separations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,785
4,907
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
United States
Brian Kiedrowski
Nuclear Engineering
Radiation Transport
Monte Carlo
Nuclear Reactor Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,794
6,440
0.597
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Brazil
Diego Mauricio Riaño Pachón|Diego Mauricio Riano-Pachon
computational biology
gene regulatory networks
bioinformatics
genomics
genome annotation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,978
4,457
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
United States
Kai Vetter
Applied Nuclear Physics
Radiation Detection
Radiation Imaging
Nuclear Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,931
3,735
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
United States
Richard K Lester
Innovation
productivity
competitiveness
energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,304
2,014
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
United States
Thak Sang Byun
Nuclear Materials
Materials Science
Nuclear Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,049
3,926
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
United States
Per F Peterson
Heat and mass transfer
reactor safety
nuclear materials management and security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,808
4,017
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
United States
La Bernstein
nuclear science
nuclear engineering
physics
plasma
fusion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,502
3,320
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
United States
Benjamin R Sabari
Nuclear Organization
Transcription
Biomolecular Condensates
Chromatin
Phase Separation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,536
7,742
0.907
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
United States
Lawrence W Townsend
Nuclear collision modeling
space radiation transport and shielding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,106
2,140
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,142
Romania
2
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Irinel Caprini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166,944
50,429
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,953
Netherlands
66
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Martinus Th Van Genuchten
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,229
29,676
0.287
Hydrology
vadose zone
contaminant transport
unsaturated flow
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,649
United States
2,212
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ju Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,405
49,365
0.614
Computational Materials Science
metallurgy
solid mechanics
nanocomposites
batteries
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,963
United States
7,954
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mamoru Ishii
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,952
11,583
0.322
Two-phase flow
Nuclear Engineering
Thermal Hydraulics
Safety Analysis
Two-fluid Model Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,749
Vietnam
17
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Pham Ngoc Dong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,697
3,479
0.153
Probabilistic Risk Assessment
Nuclear Safety
Nuclear Engineering
High energy cosmic rays
Astroparticle physics and astronomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,489
United States
15,863
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Geoff Forden
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,056
1,651
0.075
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,885
United States
16,864
371
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Lumin Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,066
7,726
0.367
Radiation Effects
Nuclear Engineering Materials
Ion Beam Modification
TEM Characterization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,646
United States
18,313
411
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Fei Gao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,688
9,498
0.482
Material Science
Radiation Effects in Materials
Multi-scale Computer Simulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,550
United States
18,685
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Douglas B Kothe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,369
7,246
0.374
Computational Science and Engineering
Fluid Dynamics and Interfacial Flows
Nuclear Engineering
High Performance Computing
Nu
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,680
United States
20,672
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Steve Skutnik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,830
4,273
0.240
Nuclear fuel cycles
nonproliferation
radioactive waste management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,787
United States
22,682
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Brian D Wirth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,514
7,919
0.480
nuclear fuel and materials behavior
fusion energy
plasma materials interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,238
United Arab Emirates
52
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Tahar Laoui
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,978
9,018
0.564
Nanostructured materials
Nanocomposites
Membranes for water treatment and desalination
Additive manufacturing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,066
Brazil
637
198
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Reynaldo Luiz Victoria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,383
3,051
0.198
isotopos estaveis
biogeoquimica
ecologia de sistemas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,457
United States
27,083
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Fernando Antonio Flor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,212
13,877
0.976
Nuclear Phenomenology
Experimental Heavy Ion Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,107
United States
35,945
257
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Lei R Cao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,948
8,098
0.740
Semiconductor Sensor
Radiation Detection
Neutron Imaging
Neutron Detector
Nuclear Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,748
United States
36,538
285
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Pasquale F Fulvio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,785
4,907
0.455
Materials synthesis
surface and interface chemistry
energy storage
heterogeneous catalysis
separations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,652
United States
36,505
809
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Brian Kiedrowski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,794
6,440
0.597
Nuclear Engineering
Radiation Transport
Monte Carlo
Nuclear Reactor Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,251
Brazil
1,393
406
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Diego Mauricio Riaño Pachón|Diego Mauricio Riano-Pachon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,978
4,457
0.447
computational biology
gene regulatory networks
bioinformatics
genomics
genome annotation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,820
United States
39,658
696
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Kai Vetter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,931
3,735
0.376
Applied Nuclear Physics
Radiation Detection
Radiation Imaging
Nuclear Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,545
United States
42,358
770
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Richard K Lester
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,304
2,014
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,952
United States
43,484
154
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Thak Sang Byun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,049
3,926
0.434
Nuclear Materials
Materials Science
Nuclear Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,407
United States
44,706
752
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Per F Peterson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,808
4,017
0.456
Heat and mass transfer
reactor safety
nuclear materials management and security
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,032
United States
46,227
245
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
La Bernstein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,502
3,320
0.390
nuclear science
nuclear engineering
physics
plasma
fusion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,470
United States
46,045
160
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Benjamin R Sabari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,536
7,742
0.907
Nuclear Organization
Transcription
Biomolecular Condensates
Chromatin
Phase Separation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
125,535
United States
48,385
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Lawrence W Townsend
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,106
2,140
0.264
Nuclear collision modeling
space radiation transport and shielding