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
Carbon Nanotubes
Graphene
Energy storage materials
Photocatalytic Semiconductors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
269,726
180,998
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Chemistry
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223,763
97,908
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Materials Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,617
161,762
0.783
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Crossfields
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,694
106,363
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Materials Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180,810
55,566
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Advanced Carbon Materials
Polymers
Electrochemistry
Catalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,569
72,432
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Materials design
computational modeling
energy storage
thermoelectrics
solar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,029
77,880
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Structural Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,276
99,965
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Energy materials
superconductivity
electronic materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,491
76,352
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
semiconductors
heterostructures
solid state devices
light emitting diodes
compound semiconductors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,224
31,054
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Materials Science and Engineering
Plasma Science
Surface Science
Biomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,821
68,599
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Surface Plasmon Resonance
Single Cell Imaging
Single Nanoparticle Imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,387
78,754
0.660
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Materials science
Nanoscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,261
52,638
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
Lithium Metal Anode
SEI
Electrolyte
Electrocatalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,557
88,648
0.774
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
High performance thermoelectric materials and devices
Ultrahigh thermal conductivity in boron arsenide
Hydrogen generation th
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,906
52,879
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Sustainable Materials
Computational Materials Science
Metal Physics
Physical Metallurgy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,011
71,815
0.659
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Two-Dimensional Materials
Quantum magnetism
Superconductivity
Strongly Correlated Electron Systems.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,552
45,727
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Chemistry
Polymer Science
Materials
Polymers
Polymer Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,570
26,339
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Materials chemistry
chemical engineering
photocatalysis
carbon nanomaterials
nanoporous materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,128
33,249
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Materials Science and Engineering
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Energy and Environmental Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,762
69,634
0.665
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Materials
nuclear
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,347
39,514
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Low dimensional materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,390
42,641
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
materials science
1D/2D nanomaterials
TEM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,332
39,111
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Materials Science & engineering
Biomaterials
Fracture mechanics
Fatigue
Bone
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,871
50,936
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Materials Science and Engineering
Creep
Superplasticity
Ultrafine-Grained Materials
Severe Plastic Deformation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,864
32,097
0.312
Hui-Ming Cheng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
269,726
180,998
0.671
Carbon Nanotubes
Graphene
Energy storage materials
Photocatalytic Semiconductors
Ajayan PM
Rice University
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
223,763
97,908
0.438
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Chemistry
Physics
Kenji Watanabe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206,617
161,762
0.783
Seeram Ramakrishna
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,694
106,363
0.544
Hideo Hosono
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180,810
55,566
0.307
Liming Dai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,569
72,432
0.527
Advanced Carbon Materials
Polymers
Electrochemistry
Catalysis
Gerbrand Ceder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,029
77,880
0.581
Materials design
computational modeling
energy storage
thermoelectrics
solar
Gang Wang
Shanghai University
Shanghai, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,276
99,965
0.750
Shi Xue Dou
University of Wollongong
Wollongong, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,491
76,352
0.623
Energy materials
superconductivity
electronic materials
Stephen Pearton
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,224
31,054
0.256
semiconductors
heterostructures
solid state devices
light emitting diodes
compound semiconductors
Paul K Chu
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,821
68,599
0.568
Materials Science and Engineering
Plasma Science
Surface Science
Biomaterials
Wei Wang
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,387
78,754
0.660
Surface Plasmon Resonance
Single Cell Imaging
Single Nanoparticle Imaging
Jonathan N Coleman
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,261
52,638
0.457
Materials science
Nanoscience
Qiang Zhang
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,557
88,648
0.774
Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
Lithium Metal Anode
SEI
Electrolyte
Electrocatalysis
Zhifeng Ren
University of Houston
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,906
52,879
0.464
High performance thermoelectric materials and devices
Ultrahigh thermal conductivity in boron arsenide
Hydrogen generation th
Dierk Raabe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,011
71,815
0.659
Sustainable Materials
Computational Materials Science
Metal Physics
Physical Metallurgy
Antonio H Castro Neto
National University of Singapore
Queenstown, Singapore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,552
45,727
0.425
Two-Dimensional Materials
Quantum magnetism
Superconductivity
Strongly Correlated Electron Systems.
Craig Hawker
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,570
26,339
0.249
Chemistry
Polymer Science
Materials
Polymers
Polymer Chemistry
GQ Max Lu
University of Surrey
Guildford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,128
33,249
0.316
Materials chemistry
chemical engineering
photocatalysis
carbon nanomaterials
nanoporous materials
Guihua Yu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,762
69,634
0.665
Materials Science and Engineering
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Energy and Environmental Science
WE Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,347
39,514
0.379
Jing Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,390
42,641
0.412
Low dimensional materials
Yoshio Bando
University of Wollongong
Wollongong, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,332
39,111
0.378
materials science
1D/2D nanomaterials
TEM
Robert O Ritchie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,871
50,936
0.495
Materials Science & engineering
Biomaterials
Fracture mechanics
Fatigue
Bone
Terence G Langdon
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,864
32,097
0.312
Materials Science and Engineering
Creep
Superplasticity
Ultrafine-Grained Materials
Severe Plastic Deformation