Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Natural Sciences / Physics Highly Cited Researchers Citation 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
China
Zhixing Gan
Photoluminescence
Carrier dynamics
Photophysics
Nanophotonics
Semiconductors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,108
4,267
0.835
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
China
Lifa Zhang
phonons
nonequilibrium statistics
quantum thermal transport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,177
3,259
0.780
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
China
Xiao Li 李晓
Condensed matter physics
Material Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,665
1,740
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
China
Lei Wang
Scanning Electron Microscope
Electrochemistry.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,111
2,086
0.988
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
China
Ruilin Zhu
Particle Physics
Quantum Chromodynamics
Hadron Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,872
1,354
0.723
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
China
Liming Pan (潘黎明)
statistical physics
graph neural network
complex system
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,408
1,115
0.792
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
China
Yuhang Sheng
Physics
Semiconductor
Photoluminescence
Carrier dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
306
305
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
China
Yafei Dai
Theoretical and computational science
computer design of materials
electronic structure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
294
109
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
200,583
China
9,024
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Zhixing Gan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,108
4,267
0.835
Photoluminescence
Carrier dynamics
Photophysics
Nanophotonics
Semiconductors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
242,577
China
11,110
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Lifa Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,177
3,259
0.780
phonons
nonequilibrium statistics
quantum thermal transport
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
355,169
China
16,763
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Xiao Li 李晓
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,665
1,740
0.653
Condensed matter physics
Material Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
423,684
China
20,131
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Lei Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,111
2,086
0.988
Scanning Electron Microscope
Electrochemistry.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
461,789
China
21,936
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ruilin Zhu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,872
1,354
0.723
Particle Physics
Quantum Chromodynamics
Hadron Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
557,134
China
26,284
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Liming Pan (潘黎明)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,408
1,115
0.792
statistical physics
graph neural network
complex system
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,115,753
China
49,832
105
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Yuhang Sheng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
306
305
0.997
Physics
Semiconductor
Photoluminescence
Carrier dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,133,247
China
50,502
107
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Yafei Dai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
294
109
0.371
Theoretical and computational science
computer design of materials
electronic structure