Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers Citation Engineering & Technology / Industrial & Manufacturing 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
Design of Experiments
Quality Engineering
Industrial Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179,664
52,746
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Manufacturing and Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,475
65,525
0.659
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,271
30,285
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Process systems engineering
optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,572
23,647
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Data Envelopment Analysis
Performance Measurement
Multicriteria Decision Making
Quality Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,056
13,230
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Industrial Design
Inclusive Design
Universal Design
Design Innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,969
19,646
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Manufacturing Systems
Intelligent Manufacturing
Digital Twin
Service Management
Cloud Manufacturing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,925
35,995
0.784
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Industry 4.0
PHM
Smart Manufacturing
Industrial AI and Machine Learning
Digital Twin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,179
25,175
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
fuzzy logic
decision theory
quality management
engineering economy
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,679
21,612
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
lean management
Toyota Way
operations excellence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,525
11,418
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
delay differential equations
dynamical systems
disease modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,421
19,929
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
smart manufacturing
wind energy
manufacturing systems
operations research
innovation science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,713
13,283
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Industry
Precision Engineering
Robotics
Control Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,656
10,641
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
value chains
industrial organisation
market theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,593
10,671
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Optimization Mathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,866
8,232
0.223
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Process Systems Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,863
22,155
0.618
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
intelligent algorithm
scheduling
design optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,005
29,607
0.846
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
reliability engineering
quality control
industrial engineering
industrial statistics
software reliability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,935
15,499
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Manufacturing systems
Supply chains
Operations
Combinatorial design
Planning and scheduling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,673
25,255
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Manufacturing and Logistics Planning
Supply chain network
Optimization and Simulation
Intelligent
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,535
19,918
0.594
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Manufacturing
Mechanical Engineering
Augmented Reality in Manufacturing
Tool and Die
Sustainable Manufacturing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,777
18,467
0.563
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Swarm Intelligence
Evolutionary Computation
Neural Networks
Optimization
Data Analytics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,120
11,137
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Plant Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,043
12,296
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Smart Manufacturing
Smart Logistics
Smart Construction
Digital Twin
Physical Internet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,816
18,160
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Information Systems
Industrial Management
Quality Management
Mobile Technology
Technology Adoption
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,656
21,929
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,005
422
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Douglas C Montgomery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179,664
52,746
0.294
Design of Experiments
Quality Engineering
Industrial Statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,143
1,508
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
C Liu
Purdue University
West Lafayette, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,475
65,525
0.659
Manufacturing and Materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,291
24
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ruslan Z. Valiev Руслан Зуфарович Валиев
Saint Petersburg State University
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,271
30,285
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,373
2,546
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ignacio E Grossmann
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,572
23,647
0.321
Process systems engineering
optimization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,308
4,910
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Lawrence M Seiford
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,056
13,230
0.270
Data Envelopment Analysis
Performance Measurement
Multicriteria Decision Making
Quality Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,341
4,929
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Sooshin Choi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,969
19,646
0.401
Industrial Design
Inclusive Design
Universal Design
Design Innovation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,392
351
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Fei Tao
Beihang University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,925
35,995
0.784
Manufacturing Systems
Intelligent Manufacturing
Digital Twin
Service Management
Cloud Manufacturing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,190
6,719
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jay Lee
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,179
25,175
0.627
Industry 4.0
PHM
Smart Manufacturing
Industrial AI and Machine Learning
Digital Twin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,470
56
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Cengiz Kahraman
İstanbul Technical University
İstanbul, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,679
21,612
0.545
fuzzy logic
decision theory
quality management
engineering economy
Statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,567
6,889
143
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jeffrey Liker
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,525
11,418
0.289
lean management
Toyota Way
operations excellence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,226
608
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jianhong Wu
York University
Toronto, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,421
19,929
0.519
delay differential equations
dynamical systems
disease modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,670
7,382
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Andrew Kusiak
University of Iowa
Iowa City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,713
13,283
0.352
smart manufacturing
wind energy
manufacturing systems
operations research
innovation science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,701
198
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Kaiji Sato, 佐藤 海二
Toyohashi University of Technology
Toyohashi, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,656
10,641
0.283
Industry
Precision Engineering
Robotics
Control Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,746
1,364
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
John Humphrey
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,593
10,671
0.284
value chains
industrial organisation
market theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,259
7,654
190
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Stuart Dreyfus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,866
8,232
0.223
Optimization Mathematics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,956
705
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Moses O Tade
Curtin University
Bentley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,863
22,155
0.618
Process Systems Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,634
580
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Liang Gao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,005
29,607
0.846
intelligent algorithm
scheduling
design optimization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,686
150
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Min Xie
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,935
15,499
0.444
reliability engineering
quality control
industrial engineering
industrial statistics
software reliability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,706
347
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Alexandre Dolgui
IMT Atlantique
Nantes, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,673
25,255
0.750
Manufacturing systems
Supply chains
Operations
Combinatorial design
Planning and scheduling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,810
147
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Manoj Kumar Tiwari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,535
19,918
0.594
Manufacturing and Logistics Planning
Supply chain network
Optimization and Simulation
Intelligent
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,489
116
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Andrew YC Nee
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,777
18,467
0.563
Manufacturing
Mechanical Engineering
Augmented Reality in Manufacturing
Tool and Die
Sustainable Manufacturing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,139
55
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Andries Engelbrecht
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,120
11,137
0.347
Swarm Intelligence
Evolutionary Computation
Neural Networks
Optimization
Data Analytics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,253
277
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Masaru Ohme Takagi
Saitama University
Saitama, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,043
12,296
0.396
Plant Molecular Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,462
190
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
George Q Huang
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,816
18,160
0.589
Smart Manufacturing
Smart Logistics
Smart Construction
Digital Twin
Physical Internet
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,619
27
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Keng Boon Ooi
UCSI University
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,656
21,929
0.715
Information Systems
Industrial Management
Quality Management
Mobile Technology
Technology Adoption