Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign 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
machine learning/deep learning
computational materials science
statistical mechanics
computer simulation
polymer nanocomposi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189,989
126,410
0.665
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Quantum Dots
SERS
Nanomedicine
Image-Guided and Robotic Surgery
Immuotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,264
27,207
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Materials Chemistry
Energy Sciences
Catalysis
Fabrication and Patterning
Devices
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,156
22,048
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Large Scale Data Mining
Graph Mining
Social Networks
Healthcare
Multimedia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,362
31,639
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Control
Communications
Game Theory
Networks
Optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,548
22,606
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
High performance computing
HPC
Parallel computing
Scientific Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,081
12,937
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
materials physics
thermal sciences
nanoscience
materials science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,844
20,649
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
wireless sensors
structural health monitoring
structural control
cyberinfrastructure applications
stochastic fatigue
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,483
18,767
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Deep Learning
Generative AI
Time Series Analysis
Gravitational Astrophysics
Supercomputing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,051
47,041
0.887
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
composite materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,424
20,167
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Climate Change
Biogeochemical Cycles
Land Use Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,754
29,904
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,549
20,437
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Real-time Systems
wireless sensor networks
cyber-physical systems
embedded systems
social sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,293
10,826
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Computer Vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,781
13,935
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Information Retrieval
Text Mining
Machine Learning
Biomedical Informatics
Intelligent Education Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,551
14,067
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
parallel programming
parallel computing
high performance computing
computational science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,494
13,401
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
materials
materials science
chemistry
energy storage
photonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,172
17,369
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Hydrology
Socio-hydrology
Water Resources
Hydrology and Water Resources
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,586
15,980
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Machine Learning
Data Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,164
21,949
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
civil engineering
hydraulics
geomorphology
sedimentology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,400
10,636
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Computer Architecture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,352
18,543
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Computer vision
recognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,586
14,705
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Computer Science
Mathematics
Logic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,968
5,842
0.158
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Computer vision
image processing
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,893
18,771
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Quality of Service
multimedia systems
distributed systems
networks
teleimmersion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,097
5,249
0.145
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
867
356
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jian Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189,989
126,410
0.665
machine learning/deep learning
computational materials science
statistical mechanics
computer simulation
polymer nanocomposi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,144
1,519
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Shuming Nie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,264
27,207
0.280
Quantum Dots
SERS
Nanomedicine
Image-Guided and Robotic Surgery
Immuotherapy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,033
1,920
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ralph Nuzzo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,156
22,048
0.259
Materials Chemistry
Energy Sciences
Catalysis
Fabrication and Patterning
Devices
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,337
2,076
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Hanghang Tong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,362
31,639
0.389
Large Scale Data Mining
Graph Mining
Social Networks
Healthcare
Multimedia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,668
3,670
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Tamer Başar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,548
22,606
0.393
Control
Communications
Game Theory
Networks
Optimization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,010
3,841
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
William Gropp
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,081
12,937
0.231
High performance computing
HPC
Parallel computing
Scientific Computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,325
3,987
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
David G Cahill
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,844
20,649
0.377
materials physics
thermal sciences
nanoscience
materials science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,684
4,167
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Billie F Spencer Jr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,483
18,767
0.351
wireless sensors
structural health monitoring
structural control
cyberinfrastructure applications
stochastic fatigue
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,800
4,221
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Daniel George
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,051
47,041
0.887
Deep Learning
Generative AI
Time Series Analysis
Gravitational Astrophysics
Supercomputing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,519
4,566
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Scott R White
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,424
20,167
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,371
4,961
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Atul Jain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,754
29,904
0.626
Climate Change
Biogeochemical Cycles
Land Use Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,445
5,000
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Nancy Sottos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,549
20,437
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,885
5,196
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Tarek Abdelzaher
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,293
10,826
0.234
Real-time Systems
wireless sensor networks
cyber-physical systems
embedded systems
social sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,078
5,279
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Narendra Ahuja
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,781
13,935
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,466
5,955
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Chengxiang Zhai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,551
14,067
0.331
Information Retrieval
Text Mining
Machine Learning
Biomedical Informatics
Intelligent Education Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,496
5,968
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Laxmikant Kale
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,494
13,401
0.315
parallel programming
parallel computing
high performance computing
computational science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,637
6,032
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Paul V Braun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,172
17,369
0.412
materials
materials science
chemistry
energy storage
photonics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,465
6,415
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Murugesu Sivapalan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,586
15,980
0.394
Hydrology
Socio-hydrology
Water Resources
Hydrology and Water Resources
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,257
6,780
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Arindam Banerjee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,164
21,949
0.560
Machine Learning
Data Mining
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,725
6,988
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Gary Parker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,400
10,636
0.277
civil engineering
hydraulics
geomorphology
sedimentology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,757
7,007
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Matthew R Johnson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,352
18,543
0.483
Computer Architecture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,230
7,213
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Svetlana Lazebnik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,586
14,705
0.391
Computer vision
recognition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,601
7,382
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jose Meseguer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,968
5,842
0.158
Computer Science
Mathematics
Logic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,656
7,411
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Yang Jianchao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,893
18,771
0.509
Computer vision
image processing
machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,232
7,678
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Klara Nahrstedt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,097
5,249
0.145
Quality of Service
multimedia systems
distributed systems
networks
teleimmersion