Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University West Highly Cited Researchers Citation Engineering & Technology Rankings 2025
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
Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence
Statistics
Finance
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,120
24,667
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Pulsars
gamma-ray astronomy
globular clusters
cosmic rays
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,050
14,594
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,066
10,962
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Data Science & Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,874
9,213
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
coastal processes
coastal geomorphology
climate change
environment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,697
14,635
0.645
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Biometrics
Deep Learning
Machine Learning
Image Processing
Computer Vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,086
8,967
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Natural language processing
natural language understanding
natural language generation
machine learning
NLP applications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,014
16,472
0.823
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
computational materials science
photocatalysis
catalysis
biomolecules
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,855
7,704
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Computer Vision
Image Processing
Multimedia
Aritficial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,770
9,555
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Cyber Security
Digital Forensics
Internet of Things
Network Security
Privacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,509
12,087
0.732
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
computer science
unconventional computing novel materials cellular automata applied mathematics
robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,475
6,387
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
computer vision
computational neuroscience
Multimodal AI
overparameterization
autism research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,615
7,232
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Computer vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,355
4,860
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,291
4,322
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Astrophysics
Astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,681
9,663
0.658
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Symbioses
fungi
evolutionary biology
ecology
systematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,509
3,349
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Materials Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,948
5,509
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Composite Materials
Multiphysics
Multiscale
Multifunctional
Metamaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,854
4,882
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Small Island Climate Change Mitigation & Adaptation
Marine Blue Economy
Ecosystem Services
Carbon Sequestration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,729
8,394
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Bio-Energy
Energy Autonomy
Robotics
Self-Sustainable Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,612
8,831
0.649
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Sustainability/Net-Zero
Digital Enterprise
AI/Big Data
IoT/Digital Twin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,493
11,188
0.896
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
Fuel Cells
Combustion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,964
5,640
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Advanced Materials
Energy Conversion and Storage
Solar Fuels
Fuel Cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,239
5,864
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
cancer immunotherapy
in silico model-based inference
quantitative and systems pharmacology
proteomics
high content assays
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,971
9,781
0.892
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Serious Games
Computer Games
Games-based Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,920
6,102
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,860
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Sammarieo Brown
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,120
24,667
0.362
Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence
Statistics
Finance
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,750
40
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Christo Venter
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,050
14,594
0.364
Pulsars
gamma-ray astronomy
globular clusters
cosmic rays
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,224
92
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Markus Boettcher
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,066
10,962
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,552
2,853
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Kamran Munir
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,874
9,213
0.403
Data Science & Artificial Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,896
2
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Leonard Nurse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,697
14,635
0.645
coastal processes
coastal geomorphology
climate change
environment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,495
16,370
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Nasser M Nasrabadi
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,086
8,967
0.425
Biometrics
Deep Learning
Machine Learning
Image Processing
Computer Vision
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,282
1,443
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Yue Zhang
West Lake University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,014
16,472
0.823
Natural language processing
natural language understanding
natural language generation
machine learning
NLP applications
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,622
18,837
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
James P Lewis
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,855
7,704
0.409
computational materials science
photocatalysis
catalysis
biomolecules
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,969
21,681
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Guodong Guo
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,770
9,555
0.570
Computer Vision
Image Processing
Multimedia
Aritficial Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,991
4,426
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Shancang Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,509
12,087
0.732
Cyber Security
Digital Forensics
Internet of Things
Network Security
Privacy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,134
4,439
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Andrew Adamatzky
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,475
6,387
0.388
computer science
unconventional computing novel materials cellular automata applied mathematics
robotics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,991
23,645
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Xin Li
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,615
7,232
0.463
computer vision
computational neuroscience
Multimodal AI
overparameterization
autism research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,188
4,822
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Melvyn Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,355
4,860
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,503
4,845
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jim Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,291
4,322
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,654
200
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Iurii Sushch
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,681
9,663
0.658
Astrophysics
Astronomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,506
25,760
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Joseph Morton
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,509
3,349
0.231
Symbioses
fungi
evolutionary biology
ecology
systematics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,765
26,990
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ayyakkannu Manivannan
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,948
5,509
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,315
27,169
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ever J Barbero
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,854
4,882
0.352
Composite Materials
Multiphysics
Multiscale
Multifunctional
Metamaterials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,095
3
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
John Agard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,729
8,394
0.611
Small Island Climate Change Mitigation & Adaptation
Marine Blue Economy
Ecosystem Services
Carbon Sequestration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,818
5,636
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ioannis Andrea Ieropoulos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,612
8,831
0.649
Bio-Energy
Energy Autonomy
Robotics
Self-Sustainable Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,405
6,259
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Lukumon Oyedele
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,493
11,188
0.896
Sustainability/Net-Zero
Digital Enterprise
AI/Big Data
IoT/Digital Twin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,363
31,945
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ismail B Celik
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,964
5,640
0.471
Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
Fuel Cells
Combustion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,418
34,161
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jiangtian Li
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,239
5,864
0.522
Advanced Materials
Energy Conversion and Storage
Solar Fuels
Fuel Cells
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,912
35,031
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
David J Klinke II
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,971
9,781
0.892
cancer immunotherapy
in silico model-based inference
quantitative and systems pharmacology
proteomics
high content assays
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,415
7,290
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Thomas Hainey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,920
6,102
0.559
Serious Games
Computer Games
Games-based Learning