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Highly Cited Researchers

Others Highly Cited Researchers 634 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025

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
China
Zhi Quan Luo
Optimization
Signal Processing
Communicatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,188
17,300
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
China
Peng Huang (黄鹏)
Glucose Oxidase
Theranostics
Nanomedicine
Molecular Imagin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,292
27,792
0.707
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
China
Yumeng Shi (时玉萌)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,608
17,679
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
China
Li Qing Quan
Precise engineering surveying
Multi-sensor integration
Spatial-temporal data analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,427
19,949
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
China
Ben Niu
Swarm Intelligence
Healthcare Managment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,945
21,691
0.805
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
China
Jiwu Huang
Multimedia forensics and securit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,787
10,094
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
China
Hong Meng
有机光电 OLED蓝光 OLED白光 钙钛�
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,188
8,923
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
China
Liu Zhuoxin
Nanocomposites
Thermocells
Ionic Thermoelectrics
Aqueous Batterie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,099
16,130
0.943
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
China
Yan Zhou
spintronics
ferroelectrics
ferromagnetics
multiferroics
magnonic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,400
11,653
0.711

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
China
Yuejia Luo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,886
7,683
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
China
廖常锐
光纤传感技术、飞秒激光微加工技�
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,310
7,179
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
China
Zhihui Lai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,459
7,579
0.725
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
China
Hongming Yuan Shaojun Chen Shiguo Chen Zaochuan Ge
shape memory polyme
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,049
5,681
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
China
Kunfu Ouyang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,902
3,311
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
China
Lei Huang
array signal processin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,899
5,330
0.675
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
China
Zhangwei Chen (陈张伟)|Z Chen, ZW Chen
3D printing
Polymer/ceramic/metal printing
Energy devices
Porous media
Structure-propert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,638
7,041
0.922
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
China
Yingwu Zhou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,300
6,453
0.884
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
China
Sen Jia
Hyperspectral imagery processin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,269
4,897
0.674
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
China
Ben Wang
Microrobots
bio-inspired surfaces
wetting
hydrogel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,911
5,050
0.731
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
China
Liangdong Fan(范梁栋)|Liang-Dong Fan
SOFCs & SOECs
Perovskite oxide
Ionic conductor
Semi-ion fuel cell
Solid-State Membrane Reacto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,803
4,762
0.700
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
China
Rihong Zhai
Molecular epidemiology
Genetic epidemiology
Cancer
ARDS
Occupatonal disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,793
2,058
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
China
Caizhen Zhu [朱才镇]
fiber
small angle X-ray scatterin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,778
5,847
0.863
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
China
Baohua LIU (刘宝华)
Aging
Progeria
Cance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,147
4,000
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
China
Li Zhou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,563
4,070
0.732
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
China
Pei Wang
composites、Selective laser Melting、Al、Powder Bed Fusion proces
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,733
4,289
0.906
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,080
China
364
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Zhi Quan Luo
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,188
17,300
0.352
Optimization
Signal Processing
Communicatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,964
China
557
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Peng Huang (黄鹏)
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,292
27,792
0.707
Glucose Oxidase
Theranostics
Nanomedicine
Molecular Imagin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,840
China
636
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Yumeng Shi (时玉萌)
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,608
17,679
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,499
China
797
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Li Qing Quan
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,427
19,949
0.615
Precise engineering surveying
Multi-sensor integration
Spatial-temporal data analysi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,508
China
1,079
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ben Niu
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,945
21,691
0.805
Swarm Intelligence
Healthcare Managment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,192
China
1,326
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jiwu Huang
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,787
10,094
0.424
Multimedia forensics and securit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,510
China
2,235
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Hong Meng
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,188
8,923
0.519
有机光电 OLED蓝光 OLED白光 钙钛�
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,913
China
2,256
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Liu Zhuoxin
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,099
16,130
0.943
Nanocomposites
Thermocells
Ionic Thermoelectrics
Aqueous Batterie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,999
China
2,379
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Yan Zhou
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,400
11,653
0.711
spintronics
ferroelectrics
ferromagnetics
multiferroics
magnonic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,769
China
2,771
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Yuejia Luo
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,886
7,683
0.516

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,190
China
4,000
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
廖常锐
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,310
7,179
0.635
光纤传感技术、飞秒激光微加工技�
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,860
China
4,429
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Zhihui Lai
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,459
7,579
0.725
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,627
China
4,643
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Hongming Yuan Shaojun Chen Shiguo Chen Zaochuan Ge
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,049
5,681
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,979
China
6,209
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Kunfu Ouyang
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,902
3,311
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
137,020
China
6,211
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Lei Huang
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,899
5,330
0.675
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
142,088
China
6,469
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Zhangwei Chen (陈张伟)|Z Chen, ZW Chen
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,638
7,041
0.922
3D printing
Polymer/ceramic/metal printing
Energy devices
Porous media
Structure-propert
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
149,042
China
6,818
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Yingwu Zhou
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,300
6,453
0.884
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
149,723
China
6,848
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Sen Jia
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,269
4,897
0.674
Hyperspectral imagery processin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
157,882
China
7,277
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ben Wang
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,911
5,050
0.731
Microrobots
bio-inspired surfaces
wetting
hydrogel
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
160,437
China
7,411
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Liangdong Fan(范梁栋)|Liang-Dong Fan
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,803
4,762
0.700
SOFCs & SOECs
Perovskite oxide
Ionic conductor
Semi-ion fuel cell
Solid-State Membrane Reacto
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
160,722
China
7,425
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Rihong Zhai
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,793
2,058
0.303
Molecular epidemiology
Genetic epidemiology
Cancer
ARDS
Occupatonal disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
161,048
China
7,443
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Caizhen Zhu [朱才镇]
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,778
5,847
0.863
fiber
small angle X-ray scatterin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
178,028
China
8,333
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Baohua LIU (刘宝华)
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,147
4,000
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
196,498
China
9,249
101
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Li Zhou
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,563
4,070
0.732
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
229,526
China
10,953
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Pei Wang
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,733
4,289
0.906
composites、Selective laser Melting、Al、Powder Bed Fusion proces