Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
Nanomaterials
Nanotechnology
Spray pyrolysis
Electrospinning
Energy storage
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,512
3,992
0.724
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Density functional theory (DFT)
Cluster expansion
Thermodynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,890
2,349
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
AI
Machine Learning
Data mining
Bioinfomatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,525
1,507
0.428
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
power electronics
renewable energy
power quality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,278
939
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Construction materials
Multiscale modeling
Micromechanics
Functional composites
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,211
1,990
0.900
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Shear
torsion
flexure
Seismic behavior of reinforced and prestressed concrete structure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,154
1,526
0.708
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Waste to energy
Value-added products from organic resources
Odor management
Environmental engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,955
1,544
0.790
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Edge Computing
SDN
Internet of Things
Wireless networks
Distributed Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,773
1,053
0.594
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
speech recognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,454
440
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Computer Vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,311
949
0.724
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,306
610
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Storage
Operating systems
System software
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,072
563
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Self-Adaptive
Model-checking
Internet of Things
Data Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
849
785
0.925
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Nanoparticles
2D nanomaterials
Biodegradable polymers
Green synthesis
ANN
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
825
789
0.956
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Insulation and dielectrics
High voltage engineering
Piezoelectric motor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
787
193
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
fuzzy topology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
561
184
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Vibration Visualization
Vibration Control
Naval Ship Survivability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
496
233
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Nanophotonics
Metamaterials
Fluorescence
Microscopy
Super-resolution imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
473
388
0.820
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
"density functional theory" "first principles" DFT
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
418
385
0.921
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
SDN
Cloud Computing
Internet of Things
Wireless networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
343
343
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Computer Vision
Artificial Intelligence
Image Processing
Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
332
289
0.870
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Geology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
300
207
0.690
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
natural language processing
information retrieval
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
263
46
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
CMOS
VLSI
Security
Embedded
Bio-Medical
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
208
194
0.933
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Materials
Electrocatalysis
MEA
Water Electrolysis
Fuel Cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186
176
0.946
Jung Sang Cho 조중상|Jung Sang Cho
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,512
3,992
0.724
Nanomaterials
Nanotechnology
Spray pyrolysis
Electrospinning
Energy storage
Dong-Hee Lim 임동희
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,890
2,349
0.604
Density functional theory (DFT)
Cluster expansion
Thermodynamics
Keon Myung Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,525
1,507
0.428
AI
Machine Learning
Data mining
Bioinfomatics
Jaeho Choi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,278
939
0.286
power electronics
renewable energy
power quality
Beomjoo Yang 양범주
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,211
1,990
0.900
Construction materials
Multiscale modeling
Micromechanics
Functional composites
Deuckhang DK Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,154
1,526
0.708
Shear
torsion
flexure
Seismic behavior of reinforced and prestressed concrete structure
Yeo Myeong Yun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,955
1,544
0.790
Waste to energy
Value-added products from organic resources
Odor management
Environmental engineering
Taehong Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,773
1,053
0.594
Edge Computing
SDN
Internet of Things
Wireless networks
Distributed Systems
Oh Wook Kwon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,454
440
0.303
Youngbae Hwang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,311
949
0.724
Kimi Hayasaki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,306
610
0.467
Eunji Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,072
563
0.525
Storage
Operating systems
System software
Euijong Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
849
785
0.925
Self-Adaptive
Model-checking
Internet of Things
Data Mining
Aarti R Deshmukh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
825
789
0.956
Nanoparticles
2D nanomaterials
Biodegradable polymers
Green synthesis
ANN
Kee Joe Lim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
787
193
0.245
Insulation and dielectrics
High voltage engineering
Piezoelectric motor
Seok Jong Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
561
184
0.328
Yun-ho Shin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
496
233
0.470
Vibration Visualization
Vibration Control
Naval Ship Survivability
Yeon Ui Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
473
388
0.820
Nanophotonics
Metamaterials
Fluorescence
Microscopy
Super-resolution imaging
Jeong An Kwon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
418
385
0.921
"density functional theory" "first principles" DFT
Linh-An Phan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
343
343
1.000
SDN
Cloud Computing
Internet of Things
Wireless networks
Mohamed S Abdallah (Mohamed Sameer)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
332
289
0.870
Computer Vision
Artificial Intelligence
Image Processing
Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
Munjae Park
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
300
207
0.690
Jae Sung Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
263
46
0.175
natural language processing
information retrieval
Seungbum Baek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
208
194
0.933
CMOS
VLSI
Security
Embedded
Bio-Medical
Ayon Karmakar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186
176
0.946
Materials
Electrocatalysis
MEA
Water Electrolysis
Fuel Cells