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
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,200
73,669
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Cancer Biology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,991
7,715
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Epigenetics in Tumor Origin and Development
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,909
3,621
0.613
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
genome assembly
plant comparative genomics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,589
3,145
0.563
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Bioinformatics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,003
4,033
0.806
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Molecular Self-Assembly
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,673
2,860
0.779
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Molecular Pharmacology
Protein Crystallography
Chemical Biology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,517
2,261
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
prostate cancer
3D genomics
long non-coding RNA
cellular senescence
epigenomics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,626
2,159
0.822
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
cell biology
developmental biology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,703
935
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Bioinformatics
Noncoding RNA
Circular RNA
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,456
1,263
0.867
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
bioinformatics
data analysis
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,456
709
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Cancer genomics
Gene regulation
miRNA
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,409
835
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Bioinformatics
Algorithms
Complexity
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,040
396
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Cell Biology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
969
796
0.821
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
cellular metabolism
metabolic engineering
synthetic biology
CAR-T
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
844
558
0.661
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Regenerative Medicine
Stem Cells
Biomaterials
Ocular Surface Disease
Refractive Surgery
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
747
477
0.639
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
infectious disease
bioinformatics
liver disease
pyroptosis
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
161
1.000
Hong Liu (刘宏)
Shandong University
Jinan, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,200
73,669
0.545
Xiangguo Liu
Shandong University
Jinan, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,991
7,715
0.454
Zhaojian Liu
Shandong University
Jinan, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,909
3,621
0.613
Epigenetics in Tumor Origin and Development
Silong Sun
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,589
3,145
0.563
genome assembly
plant comparative genomics
Zhenling Peng
Shandong University
Jinan, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,003
4,033
0.806
Pengyao Xing
Shandong University
Jinan, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,673
2,860
0.779
Molecular Self-Assembly
Dalei Wu 武大雷
Shandong University
Jinan, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,517
2,261
0.643
Molecular Pharmacology
Protein Crystallography
Chemical Biology
Haiyang Guo
Shandong University
Jinan, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,626
2,159
0.822
prostate cancer
3D genomics
long non-coding RNA
cellular senescence
epigenomics
Gongping Sun
Shandong University
Jinan, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,703
935
0.549
cell biology
developmental biology
Xianwen Meng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,456
1,263
0.867
Bioinformatics
Noncoding RNA
Circular RNA
Xiaoyong Sun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,456
709
0.487
bioinformatics
data analysis
Qilai Huang
Shandong University
Jinan, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,409
835
0.593
Cancer genomics
Gene regulation
miRNA
Daming Zhu
Shandong University
Jinan, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,040
396
0.381
Bioinformatics
Algorithms
Complexity
Tianliang Li
Shandong Normal University
Jinan, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
969
796
0.821
Wen Zhang
Shandong University
Jinan, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
844
558
0.661
cellular metabolism
metabolic engineering
synthetic biology
CAR-T
Kunpeng Pang
Shandong University
Jinan, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
747
477
0.639
Regenerative Medicine
Stem Cells
Biomaterials
Ocular Surface Disease
Refractive Surgery
Jie Zhu
Shandong University
Jinan, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
161
1.000
infectious disease
bioinformatics
liver disease
pyroptosis