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Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Metal-Organic Frameworks
Adsorption and Separation
Catalysis
Sensing
MOF-based Membrane and Fil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,035
26,383
0.471
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,371
27,377
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
milieu
energie
powders
reactore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,913
15,527
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Metallic Glass
High-Entropy Alloys
Atom Probe Tomograph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,268
16,301
0.766
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
luminescence
crystal structure
local structure
electronic structure
phospho
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,686
13,472
0.684
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,410
11,711
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
graphene
polymer nanocomposites
MXene
EMI shieldin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,131
13,614
0.751
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Transmission electron microscopy
solid oxide fuel cell
lithium ion battery
insitu and operando TE
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,760
13,417
0.755
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,694
5,029
0.301
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
environmental fracture
material failure analysi
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,206
9,252
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Safety Engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,215
12,614
0.829
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Organic Photovoltiacs
Organic Solar Cells
Conjugated Polymer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,084
7,914
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,003
9,067
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,654
7,090
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Adaptive and learning systems
computational intelligence
intelligent contro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,805
9,272
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,617
10,372
0.762
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Dielectric
Polymer
nanocomposites
et al
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,091
7,983
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Electrochemical sensor
Micro/nanomotor
Wearable biosensor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,263
9,873
0.877
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
TEM characterization
Nano-science and technolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,425
5,699
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
in situ microscopy
deformation mechanisms
dislocatio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,422
5,682
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,332
4,214
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
TE
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,183
6,238
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
生物传感技术，体外诊断POCT，纳米诊疗技术�
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,698
3,152
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
iterative learning control
fault-tolerant control
artificial pancreas
state monitoring
biomedical processe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,317
3,901
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Photodetector
Si solar cell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,197
5,340
0.742
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,015
273
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jian-Rong Li
Beijing University of Technology
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,035
26,383
0.471
Metal-Organic Frameworks
Adsorption and Separation
Catalysis
Sensing
MOF-based Membrane and Fil
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,120
395
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Zhong-Zhen Yu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,371
27,377
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,085
676
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jan Baeyens
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,913
15,527
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,869
1,580
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Yuan Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,268
16,301
0.766
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,366
1,778
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Quanlin Liu Ql Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,686
13,472
0.684
luminescence
crystal structure
local structure
electronic structure
phospho
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,191
1,816
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
陈标华
Beijing University of Technology
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,410
11,711
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,633
2,022
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Hao-Bin Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,131
13,614
0.751
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,059
2,102
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Pengfei Yan (闫鹏飞)
Beijing University of Technology
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,760
13,417
0.755
Transmission electron microscopy
solid oxide fuel cell
lithium ion battery
insitu and operando TE
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,498
2,283
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Wm Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,694
5,029
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,655
2,388
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Lijie Qiao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,206
9,252
0.571
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,751
2,628
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Kai Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,215
12,614
0.829
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,430
2,938
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Weiwei Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,084
7,914
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,946
2,969
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Liu Huiyu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,003
9,067
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,134
3,052
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Keping Long
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,654
7,090
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,176
3,016
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ding Wang
Beijing University of Technology
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,805
9,272
0.672
Adaptive and learning systems
computational intelligence
intelligent contro
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,372
3,063
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Baocai Yin
Beijing University of Technology
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,617
10,372
0.762
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,070
3,240
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Junwei Zha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,091
7,983
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,276
3,956
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Tailin Xu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,263
9,873
0.877
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,158
4,964
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Kun Zheng (郑坤)
Beijing University of Technology
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,425
5,699
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,209
4,968
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Lihua Wang
Beijing University of Technology
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,422
5,682
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
113,411
5,028
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Xueyun Gao 高学云|Xueyun Gao
Beijing University of Technology
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,332
4,214
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,540
5,125
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Xiaoxing Ke
Beijing University of Technology
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,183
6,238
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
140,420
6,309
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Lei Su
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,698
3,152
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
148,164
6,676
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Youqing Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,317
3,901
0.533
iterative learning control
fault-tolerant control
artificial pancreas
state monitoring
biomedical processe
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,734
6,803
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Yongzhe Zhang
Beijing University of Technology
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,197
5,340
0.742