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
Food and Bioprocess Engineering
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,694
4,364
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Food and Grain Chemistry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,799
5,172
0.663
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Biobased Polymers
Recycling
Nanomaterial Synthesis
Composites
Hydrogels
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,253
3,726
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Paleoclimatology
ice cores
atmospheric chemistry
environmental chemistry
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,385
1,881
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Hydrologic Modeling
Hillslope Hydrology
Watershed Modeling
Topographic Analysis
Water Resources Systems
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,991
4,096
0.821
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
food microbiology
biofilms
spores
food safety
probiotics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,392
1,653
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
power systems
computation
electric grid.
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,307
1,961
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Energy Conversion & Storage
Fuel Cells
Electrospinning & Nanofibers
Composites & Joining Technology
Solid Mechanics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,216
1,976
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
First interest
Dynamics of Excited States in Nanomaterials
Second interest
Theory and Computation of Quantum Dissipation..
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,139
1,968
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence
Cybersecurity
Small Spacecraft
3D Printing & Scanning
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,111
2,025
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Polymer Matrix Composites
Bio-Based Materials
Composites Recycling
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,087
2,242
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Paleoecology
Paleoclimatology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,867
933
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Carbon materials
biofuel
bioenergy
bioseparation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,624
2,526
0.697
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Perovskite Solar Cell
Organic Solar Cell
Nanotechnology
Applied and Computational Mathematics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,569
3,514
0.985
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Convective Heat Transfer
Electronics Cooling
Two-Phase Flows
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,014
2,573
0.854
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Smart City and Intelligent Transportation Systems
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,828
2,030
0.718
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Network security
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,808
1,128
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Remote Sensing
Amazon
land cover land use change
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,536
1,304
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Human Body Biomechanics
Brain/Spinal Trauma
Head/Neck/Brain Computer Modeling
Vehicle Dynamics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,519
934
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Waterfowl and wetland ecology and management
CRU Program
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,472
1,175
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Structure-Function Relationships of Carbohydrates
Carriers of Bioactive compounds
Biomass
Biodegradable Films
Packaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,449
1,676
0.684
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Electricity markets
Cyber-physical-social systems
Energy management
Optimization
High-performance computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,361
2,039
0.864
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Smart Bridge Maintenance
Sustainable Structural Engineering
Multi-Hazard Assessment
Testing and Simulation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,339
1,866
0.798
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Nanomedicine
Drug Delivery
Pharmacokinetics
Pancreatic Cancer
Pulmonary Delivery
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,204
1,375
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Nanotechnology
wearable sensors
nanomaterials
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,059
707
0.343
Kasiviswanathan Muthukumarappan
South Dakota State University
Brookings, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,694
4,364
0.450
Food and Bioprocess Engineering
Senay Simsek
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,799
5,172
0.663
Food and Grain Chemistry
Long Jiang
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,253
3,726
0.514
Biobased Polymers
Recycling
Nanomaterial Synthesis
Composites
Hydrogels
Jihong Cole Dai|Jihong Dai
South Dakota State University
Brookings, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,385
1,881
0.295
Paleoclimatology
ice cores
atmospheric chemistry
environmental chemistry
Xuefeng Chu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,991
4,096
0.821
Hydrologic Modeling
Hillslope Hydrology
Watershed Modeling
Topographic Analysis
Water Resources Systems
Sanjeev Anand
South Dakota State University
Brookings, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,392
1,653
0.376
food microbiology
biofilms
spores
food safety
probiotics
Rajesh Kavasseri
South Dakota State University
Brookings, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,307
1,961
0.455
power systems
computation
electric grid.
Xiangfa Wu Xiang Fa Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,216
1,976
0.469
Energy Conversion & Storage
Fuel Cells
Electrospinning & Nanofibers
Composites & Joining Technology
Solid Mechanics
Dmitri Kilin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,139
1,968
0.475
First interest
Dynamics of Excited States in Nanomaterials
Second interest
Theory and Computation of Quantum Dissipation..
Jeremy Straub
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,111
2,025
0.493
Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence
Cybersecurity
Small Spacecraft
3D Printing & Scanning
Chad Ulven
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,087
2,242
0.549
Polymer Matrix Composites
Bio-Based Materials
Composites Recycling
Allan Ashworth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,867
933
0.241
Paleoecology
Paleoclimatology
Zhengrong Gu
South Dakota State University
Brookings, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,624
2,526
0.697
Carbon materials
biofuel
bioenergy
bioseparation
Behzad Bahrami
South Dakota State University
Brookings, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,569
3,514
0.985
Perovskite Solar Cell
Organic Solar Cell
Nanotechnology
Applied and Computational Mathematics
Gregory J Michna
South Dakota State University
Brookings, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,014
2,573
0.854
Convective Heat Transfer
Electronics Cooling
Two-Phase Flows
Ying Huang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,828
2,030
0.718
Smart City and Intelligent Transportation Systems
Yong Wang
Dakota State University
Madison, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,808
1,128
0.402
Izaya Numata
South Dakota State University
Brookings, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,536
1,304
0.514
Remote Sensing
Amazon
land cover land use change
Mariusz Ziejewski
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,519
934
0.371
Human Body Biomechanics
Brain/Spinal Trauma
Head/Neck/Brain Computer Modeling
Vehicle Dynamics
Joshua Stafford
South Dakota State University
Brookings, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,472
1,175
0.475
Waterfowl and wetland ecology and management
CRU Program
Srinivas Janaswamy
South Dakota State University
Brookings, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,449
1,676
0.684
Structure-Function Relationships of Carbohydrates
Carriers of Bioactive compounds
Biomass
Biodegradable Films
Packaging
Tim Hansen
South Dakota State University
Brookings, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,361
2,039
0.864
Electricity markets
Cyber-physical-social systems
Energy management
Optimization
High-performance computing
Junwon Seo Pe
South Dakota State University
Brookings, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,339
1,866
0.798
Smart Bridge Maintenance
Sustainable Structural Engineering
Multi-Hazard Assessment
Testing and Simulation
Joshua Reineke
South Dakota State University
Brookings, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,204
1,375
0.624
Nanomedicine
Drug Delivery
Pharmacokinetics
Pancreatic Cancer
Pulmonary Delivery
Danling Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,059
707
0.343
Nanotechnology
wearable sensors
nanomaterials